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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
48,873.0
51.0%
50,620.0
21,654.1
24,066
75,666
5
2.40%
Death Knight
Unholy
73,595.0
76.9%
73,595.0
22,779.0
50,816
96,374
2
0.96%
Druid
Balance
59,309.0
61.9%
75,437.8
33,194.2
46,599
166,868
13
6.25%
Druid
Feral Cat
48,804.5
51.0%
57,175.0
41,155.6
5,779
144,137
8
3.85%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
90,509.0
94.5%
82,828.7
30,985.1
42,625
138,318
18
8.65%
Hunter
Marksmanship
50,355.0
52.6%
50,355.0
17,842.0
32,513
68,197
2
0.96%
Hunter
Survival
69,148.0
72.2%
70,923.0
22,922.9
23,137
106,818
14
6.73%
Mage
Arcane
60,314.5
63.0%
77,062.0
50,548.3
40,808
188,891
6
2.88%
Mage
Fire
71,914.0
75.1%
80,410.8
25,880.5
57,058
142,341
11
5.29%
Mage
Frost
76,506.0
79.9%
69,048.8
28,160.5
17,730
109,103
13
6.25%
Paladin
Retribution
77,423.5
80.9%
83,960.0
33,706.1
45,312
149,555
10
4.81%
Priest
Shadow
90,323.5
94.3%
84,514.7
41,640.0
25,049
169,879
16
7.69%
Rogue
Assassination
73,677.0
76.9%
78,756.3
28,636.6
40,996
129,602
12
5.77%
Rogue
Combat
60,467.0
63.2%
72,912.0
32,432.2
45,484
142,819
6
2.88%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
72,122.0
75.3%
70,450.9
25,441.8
5,228
116,335
17
8.17%
Shaman
Enhancement
72,386.5
75.6%
71,806.8
13,398.2
52,483
89,971
4
1.92%
Warlock
Affliction
89,699.0
93.7%
64,272.0
45,776.1
0
103,117
3
1.44%
Warlock
Demonology
68,177.0
71.2%
85,426.0
43,499.2
22,347
145,708
8
3.85%
Warlock
Destruction
72,422.0
75.6%
69,204.7
17,567.6
31,226
100,083
21
10.10%
Warrior
Arms
34,919.0
36.5%
38,177.0
19,524.1
16,061
63,551
3
1.44%
Warrior
Fury
95,750.0
100.0%
87,068.6
23,473.0
43,577
116,243
13
6.25%
Monk
Windwalker
69,156.0
72.2%
70,699.3
7,805.6
62,005
80,937
3
1.44%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
32,360.0
77.2%
30,879.3
10,678.3
4,162
49,062
12
16.00%
Paladin
Holy
30,177.5
72.0%
33,020.5
12,285.6
3,102
49,185
16
21.33%
Priest
Discipline
33,652.5
80.3%
38,155.5
12,544.2
20,373
64,463
10
13.33%
Priest
Holy
29,518.0
70.4%
31,330.9
8,170.6
21,264
55,063
12
16.00%
Shaman
Restoration
29,598.0
70.6%
30,838.2
12,242.6
3
54,401
17
22.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
41,934.0
100.0%
40,393.6
14,552.5
13,537
62,022
8
10.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
42,188.5
77.1%
42,188.5
8,386.5
33,802
50,575
2
6.90%
Druid
Feral Bear
54,724.5
100.0%
57,681.8
13,589.7
44,411
76,867
4
13.79%
Paladin
Protection
32,989.0
60.3%
29,002.3
12,374.5
6,964
45,607
7
24.14%
Warrior
Protection
27,763.0
50.7%
31,982.1
19,593.1
16,468
89,729
11
37.93%
Monk
Brewmaster
43,170.0
78.9%
39,760.2
13,374.9
21,778
59,723
5
17.24%
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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