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Latest Data in Amazing Table Form
DPS
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Frost
103,062.0
72.8%
113,796.1
41,046.6
35,420
180,919
9
4.64%
Death Knight
Unholy
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Druid
Balance
129,857.0
91.8%
122,719.9
52,412.7
3,185
214,500
11
5.67%
Druid
Feral Cat
95,500.0
67.5%
98,643.3
34,355.0
58,455
145,118
4
2.06%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
97,406.0
68.8%
102,408.6
58,001.7
19,511
250,998
13
6.70%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
83,355.5
58.9%
81,750.4
37,399.7
14,633
149,043
14
7.22%
Mage
Arcane
92,605.5
65.4%
105,043.7
60,579.5
41,277
204,357
6
3.09%
Mage
Fire
118,506.0
83.7%
132,336.3
38,922.4
64,949
174,367
9
4.64%
Mage
Frost
85,868.0
60.7%
90,498.3
28,109.1
30,171
150,999
25
12.89%
Paladin
Retribution
86,610.0
61.2%
90,865.4
55,361.7
4,142
214,842
11
5.67%
Priest
Shadow
60,189.0
42.5%
62,345.6
34,716.4
6,604
127,757
14
7.22%
Rogue
Assassination
141,500.5
100.0%
130,775.2
57,843.5
53,268
221,860
10
5.15%
Rogue
Combat
85,447.0
60.4%
67,450.7
34,327.2
19,406
97,499
3
1.55%
Rogue
Subtlety
44,476.0
31.4%
44,476.0
27,259.0
17,217
71,735
2
1.03%
Shaman
Elemental
85,398.0
60.4%
77,114.5
21,079.7
31,406
108,470
13
6.70%
Shaman
Enhancement
52,385.0
37.0%
58,725.4
42,395.4
11,308
117,842
5
2.58%
Warlock
Affliction
127,412.0
90.0%
124,555.7
19,387.5
99,512
146,743
3
1.55%
Warlock
Demonology
52,318.5
37.0%
52,318.5
12,203.5
40,115
64,522
2
1.03%
Warlock
Destruction
84,691.5
59.9%
84,628.8
38,220.7
968
191,408
20
10.31%
Warrior
Arms
67,950.0
48.0%
68,018.0
22,690.3
36,721
99,451
4
2.06%
Warrior
Fury
83,742.0
59.2%
87,296.4
46,149.5
48
173,402
9
4.64%
Monk
Windwalker
94,573.0
66.8%
95,319.3
47,562.6
17,705
157,719
7
3.61%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
54,820.0
86.8%
54,436.8
16,698.9
18,286
74,756
12
13.79%
Paladin
Holy
63,134.0
100.0%
63,401.0
22,736.9
29,622
111,599
21
24.14%
Priest
Discipline
47,917.0
75.9%
54,126.3
22,345.4
28,969
117,345
16
18.39%
Priest
Holy
52,502.0
83.2%
54,032.3
15,353.9
25,682
76,569
13
14.94%
Shaman
Restoration
51,208.0
81.1%
52,018.3
15,851.4
32,893
85,129
17
19.54%
Monk
Mistweaver
45,660.5
72.3%
47,794.6
19,037.0
20,829
84,911
8
9.20%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
45,812.0
99.7%
47,261.4
12,652.7
29,947
68,985
7
23.33%
Druid
Feral Bear
42,786.5
93.1%
47,333.3
32,551.5
664
104,556
6
20.00%
Paladin
Protection
24,463.0
53.2%
31,437.1
14,422.3
11,906
53,126
9
30.00%
Warrior
Protection
44,879.0
97.6%
43,879.3
5,931.8
34,228
49,953
6
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
45,960.0
100.0%
45,960.0
10,824.0
35,136
56,784
2
6.67%
What Is This?
At the most basic level, the DPS Bot attempts to determine and display how various World of Warcraft classes
and specs compare against each other. It does this by crunching data from World of Logs.
There are a few things to be aware of above all else:
All values are aggregated over the last 14 days from all public logs. So for a specific boss fight, you are usually looking at the median over all kills from the past 14 days.
Data should be interpreted with a large grain of salt for new fights or bosses that have only been killed by a
handful of guilds.
Be smart about using this data in discussions of class balance. Don't just look at the overall charts and QQ on
forums. The truth is usually more nuanced than what is shown here.
What is Spec Score?
Spec Score is the best measure I've been able to come up with to compare specs across all fights of a given
tier. The goal has been to minimize the effect a "gimmick" fight has on the overall rankings and generally normalize
fights to have a common ground of comparison.
In a nutshell, each spec is scored on a curve for each fight. For each individual boss, the spec with the top DPS on a fight gets a score of 100 and then all other specs are scored according
to that top spec. The average across all fights for a given spec is the Spec Score for the
current tier.
As usual, this score is not the end-all, be-all measure of anything. It's merely an interesting collection of data
trying to compress a whole lot of data into a single comparable value. Don't ever forget that each spec has its
strengths and weaknesses and may be needed for any number of reasons. While raw numbers are absolutely an important
facet of raiding, there are often other variables that are far more important.
All of that said, I think Spec Score is a far better indicator of relative spec power than a simple aggregation of
DPS values from all fights. Those values are still available but I hope and pray that you understand that they have
their own variety of problems and caveats.
A more detailed description and example will be posted on the Raidbots Blog.
The Rest
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