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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
104,259.0
71.0%
102,114.8
18,085.9
47,276
130,387
21
3.29%
Death Knight
Unholy
122,875.0
83.7%
116,532.8
24,857.2
45,267
154,220
20
3.13%
Druid
Balance
110,273.0
75.1%
110,644.8
32,269.8
40,051
176,153
47
7.37%
Druid
Feral Cat
98,694.0
67.2%
102,795.8
11,346.7
90,484
124,190
5
0.78%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
108,187.0
73.7%
106,971.9
21,654.1
9,004
131,787
29
4.55%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
107,621.0
73.3%
108,829.2
22,066.4
52,377
154,534
53
8.31%
Mage
Arcane
146,831.0
100.0%
136,032.0
23,507.6
103,403
157,862
3
0.47%
Mage
Fire
114,259.0
77.8%
116,558.6
30,542.0
44,278
184,977
79
12.38%
Mage
Frost
87,792.0
59.8%
86,598.2
22,866.5
30,236
131,597
18
2.82%
Paladin
Retribution
86,886.0
59.2%
84,269.4
30,504.6
15,068
135,273
25
3.92%
Priest
Shadow
101,168.0
68.9%
102,104.2
29,650.4
30,045
154,257
60
9.40%
Rogue
Assassination
125,695.0
85.6%
123,640.5
27,000.2
18,084
186,207
65
10.19%
Rogue
Combat
108,818.5
74.1%
112,082.2
18,981.4
90,402
150,782
6
0.94%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
101,160.0
68.9%
101,523.7
20,374.6
54,797
137,299
63
9.87%
Shaman
Enhancement
92,611.0
63.1%
97,320.1
20,754.6
56,746
134,415
15
2.35%
Warlock
Affliction
105,189.0
71.6%
106,995.0
29,885.8
19,027
170,229
29
4.55%
Warlock
Demonology
123,595.5
84.2%
112,075.4
43,173.6
12,624
160,291
22
3.45%
Warlock
Destruction
101,618.5
69.2%
101,005.5
18,528.8
63,804
147,744
36
5.64%
Warrior
Arms
52,806.5
36.0%
52,806.5
1,709.5
51,097
54,516
2
0.31%
Warrior
Fury
105,047.0
71.5%
101,552.8
27,170.2
52,380
145,097
30
4.70%
Monk
Windwalker
80,212.5
54.6%
85,408.8
10,864.2
73,246
110,032
10
1.57%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
33,194.0
81.8%
35,651.3
9,366.5
13,509
54,374
31
12.86%
Paladin
Holy
37,656.0
92.8%
38,877.7
12,619.8
12,197
74,969
77
31.95%
Priest
Discipline
40,584.5
100.0%
39,792.1
11,494.2
4,757
78,528
74
30.71%
Priest
Holy
39,674.5
97.8%
43,730.8
12,271.1
31,421
64,153
4
1.66%
Shaman
Restoration
34,187.0
84.2%
36,134.3
11,329.7
7,788
53,570
26
10.79%
Monk
Mistweaver
37,912.0
93.4%
37,622.8
9,153.8
16,276
53,329
29
12.03%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
57,008.0
65.7%
64,927.9
22,329.4
34,595
123,219
56
25.45%
Druid
Feral Bear
53,849.0
62.0%
57,720.2
24,363.9
24,604
106,005
27
12.27%
Paladin
Protection
51,590.5
59.4%
56,409.7
19,833.5
23,872
125,439
66
30.00%
Warrior
Protection
50,528.0
58.2%
51,485.8
13,865.8
24,065
80,960
43
19.55%
Monk
Brewmaster
86,790.0
100.0%
81,942.7
22,611.8
38,662
116,263
28
12.73%
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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