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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
88,535.0
52.0%
85,354.8
35,293.9
37,191
121,186
6
8.82%
Death Knight
Unholy
148,523.0
87.2%
148,523.0
28,059.0
120,464
176,582
2
2.94%
Druid
Balance
170,256.0
100.0%
164,024.7
38,820.5
113,671
208,147
3
4.41%
Druid
Feral Cat
57,277.0
33.6%
57,277.0
0.0
57,277
57,277
1
1.47%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
87,930.5
51.6%
123,013.0
103,737.8
21,276
294,915
4
5.88%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
63,366.0
37.2%
84,589.7
53,968.2
50,115
202,715
6
8.82%
Mage
Arcane
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Mage
Fire
67,051.0
39.4%
99,385.8
67,754.8
43,825
225,858
5
7.35%
Mage
Frost
72,111.0
42.4%
72,111.0
785.0
71,326
72,896
2
2.94%
Paladin
Retribution
93,181.0
54.7%
107,366.0
70,531.8
28,953
199,964
3
4.41%
Priest
Shadow
33,603.0
19.7%
59,950.8
62,241.7
8,134
164,463
4
5.88%
Rogue
Assassination
36,961.0
21.7%
44,599.0
20,513.6
26,891
77,583
4
5.88%
Rogue
Combat
37,757.5
22.2%
69,394.5
67,091.8
23,826
216,816
6
8.82%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
80,758.0
47.4%
87,376.2
41,132.3
33,279
155,645
5
7.35%
Shaman
Enhancement
113,554.5
66.7%
113,554.5
50,195.5
63,359
163,750
2
2.94%
Warlock
Affliction
73,727.0
43.3%
73,727.0
33,372.0
40,355
107,099
2
2.94%
Warlock
Demonology
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warlock
Destruction
81,375.0
47.8%
127,224.8
89,319.3
65,606
280,543
4
5.88%
Warrior
Arms
73,737.5
43.3%
73,737.5
17,016.5
56,721
90,754
2
2.94%
Warrior
Fury
109,862.0
64.5%
132,883.4
95,801.4
16,375
265,775
5
7.35%
Monk
Windwalker
83,866.0
49.3%
83,866.0
1,409.0
82,457
85,275
2
2.94%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
23,031.0
82.4%
24,509.0
13,628.1
1,795
40,553
5
27.78%
Paladin
Holy
26,385.0
94.4%
21,410.7
10,096.1
7,333
30,514
3
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
24,756.0
88.6%
34,568.7
14,478.1
23,912
55,038
3
16.67%
Priest
Holy
27,937.0
100.0%
27,937.0
3,518.0
24,419
31,455
2
11.11%
Shaman
Restoration
18,901.5
67.7%
19,617.5
10,024.9
7,523
33,144
4
22.22%
Monk
Mistweaver
25,348.0
90.7%
25,348.0
0.0
25,348
25,348
1
5.56%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
57,368.5
100.0%
58,986.0
25,174.3
29,672
91,535
4
30.77%
Druid
Feral Bear
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Paladin
Protection
26,691.0
46.5%
31,921.3
7,831.4
26,082
42,991
3
23.08%
Warrior
Protection
21,137.0
36.8%
37,424.4
22,474.6
18,300
73,861
5
38.46%
Monk
Brewmaster
30,312.0
52.8%
30,312.0
0.0
30,312
30,312
1
7.69%
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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