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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
218,951.0
98.6%
240,768.4
68,675.1
183,748
413,642
8
6.78%
Death Knight
Unholy
222,166.0
100.0%
222,166.0
0.0
222,166
222,166
1
0.85%
Druid
Balance
119,000.0
53.6%
132,823.0
43,601.7
72,911
204,258
7
5.93%
Druid
Feral Cat
169,405.0
76.3%
169,405.0
0.0
169,405
169,405
1
0.85%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
199,455.0
89.8%
180,988.9
89,656.4
72,533
341,581
7
5.93%
Hunter
Marksmanship
101,437.0
45.7%
101,437.0
0.0
101,437
101,437
1
0.85%
Hunter
Survival
197,374.5
88.8%
212,559.0
93,875.6
75,778
498,856
14
11.86%
Mage
Arcane
103,680.0
46.7%
103,680.0
60,568.0
43,112
164,248
2
1.69%
Mage
Fire
153,611.0
69.1%
152,610.1
98,815.2
21,235
337,567
12
10.17%
Mage
Frost
150,802.0
67.9%
164,621.8
66,250.6
90,226
266,657
4
3.39%
Paladin
Retribution
134,512.5
60.5%
173,085.6
128,504.2
16,059
362,696
8
6.78%
Priest
Shadow
151,826.0
68.3%
164,744.3
73,204.9
83,136
293,662
6
5.08%
Rogue
Assassination
152,072.0
68.4%
150,003.6
47,645.3
66,813
241,041
7
5.93%
Rogue
Combat
138,941.0
62.5%
177,734.7
64,933.1
125,050
269,213
3
2.54%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
126,131.0
56.8%
129,196.3
69,559.6
27,199
243,205
9
7.63%
Shaman
Enhancement
164,513.5
74.0%
164,513.5
95,898.5
68,615
260,412
2
1.69%
Warlock
Affliction
39,381.0
17.7%
39,381.0
0.0
39,381
39,381
1
0.85%
Warlock
Demonology
141,453.0
63.7%
112,946.8
64,425.5
16,368
178,981
6
5.08%
Warlock
Destruction
136,340.0
61.4%
170,530.0
60,734.0
108,579
285,816
7
5.93%
Warrior
Arms
126,821.5
57.1%
126,821.5
22,767.5
104,054
149,589
2
1.69%
Warrior
Fury
220,981.5
99.5%
235,806.0
114,583.4
91,187
410,074
4
3.39%
Monk
Windwalker
208,407.0
93.8%
167,195.0
91,567.7
41,730
264,234
6
5.08%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
27,900.0
68.8%
34,548.0
18,047.3
11,217
64,512
5
13.16%
Paladin
Holy
26,571.5
65.6%
26,495.9
12,287.8
4,734
51,433
10
26.32%
Priest
Discipline
31,441.0
77.6%
31,958.9
13,482.2
14,922
55,446
10
26.32%
Priest
Holy
34,103.5
84.1%
35,551.0
15,351.4
15,625
58,372
4
10.53%
Shaman
Restoration
21,670.0
53.5%
18,570.0
8,803.0
6,017
28,737
7
18.42%
Monk
Mistweaver
40,533.5
100.0%
40,533.5
5,902.5
34,631
46,436
2
5.26%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
131,167.0
79.9%
123,553.9
59,562.5
26,520
241,318
11
32.35%
Druid
Feral Bear
164,106.0
100.0%
154,716.2
103,326.0
46,015
332,606
5
14.71%
Paladin
Protection
91,293.0
55.6%
139,400.8
91,259.9
31,870
310,430
9
26.47%
Warrior
Protection
71,781.0
43.7%
88,299.9
42,933.5
45,121
170,954
8
23.53%
Monk
Brewmaster
79,416.0
48.4%
79,416.0
0.0
79,416
79,416
1
2.94%
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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