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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
32,804.0
19.4%
57,810.3
43,312.7
32,803
132,830
4
3.60%
Death Knight
Unholy
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Druid
Balance
78,947.0
46.6%
87,174.5
54,482.3
23,266
196,164
11
9.91%
Druid
Feral Cat
105,333.0
62.2%
105,335.0
2.8
105,333
105,339
3
2.70%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
91,320.0
53.9%
96,595.9
21,845.2
54,557
133,092
9
8.11%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
73,524.5
43.4%
65,500.1
43,586.1
14
118,903
10
9.01%
Mage
Arcane
142,198.0
84.0%
142,198.0
0.0
142,198
142,198
1
0.90%
Mage
Fire
124,846.0
73.7%
122,898.8
20,659.6
96,718
145,185
4
3.60%
Mage
Frost
114,033.0
67.4%
106,031.6
21,640.1
62,145
132,244
7
6.31%
Paladin
Retribution
84,497.5
49.9%
84,147.8
26,190.9
49,709
152,655
12
10.81%
Priest
Shadow
51,283.5
30.3%
53,690.2
24,130.4
0
95,057
14
12.61%
Rogue
Assassination
81,333.5
48.0%
83,884.6
38,568.1
19,172
146,486
8
7.21%
Rogue
Combat
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Rogue
Subtlety
64,273.0
38.0%
64,273.0
0.0
64,273
64,273
1
0.90%
Shaman
Elemental
85,330.0
50.4%
93,507.0
28,520.8
47,291
130,340
9
8.11%
Shaman
Enhancement
19,673.0
11.6%
19,673.0
0.0
19,673
19,673
1
0.90%
Warlock
Affliction
130,524.0
77.1%
130,524.0
19,692.0
110,832
150,216
2
1.80%
Warlock
Demonology
169,303.0
100.0%
169,303.0
0.0
169,303
169,303
1
0.90%
Warlock
Destruction
72,441.0
42.8%
62,004.5
31,674.0
11,385
91,751
4
3.60%
Warrior
Arms
2,471.0
1.5%
2,471.0
0.0
2,471
2,471
1
0.90%
Warrior
Fury
124,746.0
73.7%
110,216.4
18,408.9
80,984
124,754
5
4.50%
Monk
Windwalker
73,679.0
43.5%
72,221.0
2,528.2
67,842
73,684
4
3.60%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
57,053.5
90.3%
53,470.0
11,946.8
30,898
64,540
10
22.22%
Paladin
Holy
63,185.0
100.0%
64,029.3
6,715.5
52,498
74,282
9
20.00%
Priest
Discipline
55,455.0
87.8%
49,034.8
19,571.4
15,421
72,824
9
20.00%
Priest
Holy
58,409.0
92.4%
65,475.1
11,940.5
47,527
78,884
7
15.56%
Shaman
Restoration
53,681.0
85.0%
54,904.4
13,911.6
31,497
80,031
7
15.56%
Monk
Mistweaver
38,792.0
61.4%
54,653.3
24,314.7
36,162
89,006
3
6.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
102,891.0
79.2%
98,282.0
6,752.8
88,734
103,221
3
18.75%
Druid
Feral Bear
94,733.0
72.9%
94,733.0
27,404.0
67,329
122,137
2
12.50%
Paladin
Protection
80,141.5
61.7%
80,141.5
49,697.5
30,444
129,839
2
12.50%
Warrior
Protection
101,849.0
78.4%
90,429.3
19,783.1
56,164
101,855
4
25.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
129,978.0
100.0%
114,288.2
25,357.1
64,596
129,986
5
31.25%
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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