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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
95,465.0
80.3%
98,726.1
14,441.9
80,270
135,224
100
5.07%
Death Knight
Unholy
73,923.0
62.2%
79,151.5
37,137.1
14,740
172,191
71
3.60%
Druid
Balance
87,327.0
73.5%
92,125.2
22,351.3
66,534
158,413
100
5.07%
Druid
Feral Cat
68,017.5
57.2%
71,445.3
21,857.2
39,250
137,925
100
5.07%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
90,831.5
76.4%
98,267.2
22,486.9
72,877
164,005
100
5.07%
Hunter
Marksmanship
65,019.0
54.7%
61,307.2
24,616.2
10,058
114,667
31
1.57%
Hunter
Survival
103,817.0
87.3%
105,525.3
15,162.4
86,341
153,268
100
5.07%
Mage
Arcane
49,921.0
42.0%
53,237.7
21,192.7
8,143
122,328
58
2.94%
Mage
Fire
102,512.5
86.2%
109,482.9
24,862.2
78,352
182,613
100
5.07%
Mage
Frost
89,538.5
75.3%
95,214.2
16,018.1
76,318
136,689
100
5.07%
Paladin
Retribution
88,989.5
74.9%
95,106.0
22,212.0
68,195
148,751
100
5.07%
Priest
Shadow
101,553.0
85.4%
104,071.6
17,717.0
80,854
157,810
100
5.07%
Rogue
Assassination
118,889.5
100.0%
124,181.8
21,454.2
97,890
193,777
100
5.07%
Rogue
Combat
60,118.0
50.6%
67,535.4
38,362.8
6,795
184,254
52
2.63%
Rogue
Subtlety
49,403.5
41.6%
44,295.7
23,444.6
5,526
81,609
6
0.30%
Shaman
Elemental
99,444.5
83.6%
105,584.3
21,419.2
82,023
159,513
100
5.07%
Shaman
Enhancement
74,590.0
62.7%
75,165.4
25,556.7
13,648
143,164
100
5.07%
Warlock
Affliction
95,199.0
80.1%
92,418.5
36,067.7
17,726
165,281
79
4.00%
Warlock
Demonology
78,426.0
66.0%
84,151.1
36,929.2
9,156
160,394
77
3.90%
Warlock
Destruction
101,336.0
85.2%
106,774.9
15,605.1
90,081
173,136
100
5.07%
Warrior
Arms
70,829.5
59.6%
73,928.4
14,773.1
52,597
109,159
100
5.07%
Warrior
Fury
89,930.5
75.6%
100,752.5
28,135.6
72,416
178,056
100
5.07%
Monk
Windwalker
79,524.5
66.9%
83,161.4
17,703.7
62,329
144,344
100
5.07%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
39,098.5
84.0%
40,257.9
6,420.8
33,014
66,625
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
41,941.0
90.1%
43,784.9
5,459.2
37,650
58,976
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
46,532.5
100.0%
48,931.9
7,128.8
40,765
74,151
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
35,539.0
76.4%
35,965.9
6,396.7
26,616
65,650
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
38,258.5
82.2%
39,514.2
7,919.3
30,315
71,759
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
33,033.0
71.0%
34,840.8
7,625.4
25,795
56,547
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
50,299.5
92.9%
54,667.9
14,893.7
43,582
133,324
100
20.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
46,373.0
85.6%
49,905.2
14,241.1
34,201
113,164
100
20.00%
Paladin
Protection
50,062.5
92.4%
51,988.8
9,325.3
41,625
84,467
100
20.00%
Warrior
Protection
44,064.5
81.4%
45,825.9
9,699.1
34,883
98,888
100
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
54,155.5
100.0%
58,598.7
14,955.8
38,025
105,349
100
20.00%
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
More details of the methodology used can be found on the DPS Bot Docs page.
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