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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
82,194.5
89.8%
87,020.7
12,012.2
75,193
137,370
100
4.74%
Death Knight
Unholy
69,683.0
76.1%
72,369.7
23,252.8
22,356
138,242
92
4.36%
Druid
Balance
77,483.0
84.6%
82,573.4
17,992.7
63,357
151,606
100
4.74%
Druid
Feral Cat
54,140.0
59.1%
54,165.6
16,076.0
15,007
89,110
91
4.31%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
82,961.0
90.6%
85,098.0
11,272.2
71,934
130,897
100
4.74%
Hunter
Marksmanship
59,178.0
64.6%
57,009.9
18,819.0
8,015
117,531
44
2.09%
Hunter
Survival
88,489.5
96.7%
90,225.2
9,169.4
80,542
122,995
100
4.74%
Mage
Arcane
57,611.0
62.9%
60,827.0
21,406.1
13,890
128,029
98
4.65%
Mage
Fire
81,474.0
89.0%
85,571.8
15,039.0
66,140
123,865
100
4.74%
Mage
Frost
91,284.0
99.7%
93,687.0
10,437.8
81,578
123,506
100
4.74%
Paladin
Retribution
76,633.0
83.7%
81,647.6
15,812.3
64,370
135,283
100
4.74%
Priest
Shadow
90,770.5
99.1%
93,711.2
11,215.5
79,445
125,186
100
4.74%
Rogue
Assassination
91,551.5
100.0%
95,223.4
11,872.7
82,652
142,409
100
4.74%
Rogue
Combat
56,118.0
61.3%
55,825.8
15,107.9
20,288
85,092
80
3.79%
Rogue
Subtlety
63,046.0
68.9%
70,264.5
17,610.3
55,041
99,925
4
0.19%
Shaman
Elemental
88,977.5
97.2%
91,076.6
10,273.5
76,971
119,974
100
4.74%
Shaman
Enhancement
69,725.5
76.2%
71,755.9
13,960.0
54,757
105,493
100
4.74%
Warlock
Affliction
61,673.0
67.4%
64,149.6
15,894.6
41,146
144,801
100
4.74%
Warlock
Demonology
66,424.0
72.6%
69,353.8
19,349.3
38,942
126,111
100
4.74%
Warlock
Destruction
86,981.0
95.0%
90,056.2
10,656.2
78,758
147,174
100
4.74%
Warrior
Arms
65,540.0
71.6%
67,858.8
13,637.4
47,288
120,215
100
4.74%
Warrior
Fury
82,796.0
90.4%
86,531.9
16,051.2
68,005
142,235
100
4.74%
Monk
Windwalker
72,053.0
78.7%
75,314.1
12,715.7
59,146
111,906
100
4.74%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
50,278.0
96.4%
52,149.9
6,554.8
44,537
77,191
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
52,131.5
100.0%
53,936.9
6,228.3
48,710
86,281
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
51,627.0
99.0%
53,315.5
6,343.8
47,367
83,730
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
40,132.5
77.0%
41,685.3
6,059.3
34,682
59,672
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
46,066.5
88.4%
47,540.0
5,870.6
41,405
67,389
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
46,983.0
90.1%
49,604.0
7,898.0
41,160
83,129
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
50,628.5
97.7%
55,826.7
15,646.0
41,801
125,307
100
20.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
44,154.0
85.2%
49,005.5
12,891.3
36,014
88,842
100
20.00%
Paladin
Protection
45,726.5
88.2%
49,035.4
10,142.8
39,418
106,422
100
20.00%
Warrior
Protection
41,578.5
80.2%
44,585.3
9,824.5
36,266
117,141
100
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
51,824.5
100.0%
56,764.0
15,380.0
42,935
148,555
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
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