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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
80,963.5
48.3%
92,003.0
57,334.8
11,125
195,526
10
7.25%
Death Knight
Unholy
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Druid
Balance
93,874.0
56.0%
108,114.9
54,451.3
37,028
191,738
7
5.07%
Druid
Feral Cat
24,581.5
14.7%
24,581.5
11,672.5
12,909
36,254
2
1.45%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
66,867.5
39.9%
94,978.7
50,343.1
52,315
171,740
6
4.35%
Hunter
Marksmanship
6,731.5
4.0%
6,731.5
6,545.5
186
13,277
2
1.45%
Hunter
Survival
113,145.0
67.6%
131,768.8
58,294.5
63,100
251,432
12
8.70%
Mage
Arcane
69,286.0
41.4%
95,654.3
64,904.2
32,698
184,979
3
2.17%
Mage
Fire
50,484.5
30.1%
91,599.9
88,071.6
11,065
256,735
10
7.25%
Mage
Frost
70,317.0
42.0%
68,637.7
22,377.6
37,617
104,963
7
5.07%
Paladin
Retribution
95,207.5
56.8%
99,037.7
43,723.0
44,515
182,850
6
4.35%
Priest
Shadow
89,742.0
53.6%
80,969.4
37,389.9
14,908
125,554
10
7.25%
Rogue
Assassination
104,097.0
62.2%
117,645.0
37,858.2
78,590
180,253
7
5.07%
Rogue
Combat
33,581.0
20.0%
43,580.8
29,687.2
20,719
106,560
6
4.35%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
95,302.0
56.9%
92,894.7
39,177.5
40,006
157,384
6
4.35%
Shaman
Enhancement
126,514.0
75.5%
155,362.7
128,109.0
14,888
324,686
3
2.17%
Warlock
Affliction
167,490.0
100.0%
167,490.0
0.0
167,490
167,490
1
0.72%
Warlock
Demonology
82,929.5
49.5%
92,437.8
20,942.1
75,796
128,096
4
2.90%
Warlock
Destruction
86,312.0
51.5%
91,707.4
41,700.8
9,046
149,161
13
9.42%
Warrior
Arms
69,690.0
41.6%
69,609.4
30,033.3
13,755
101,244
7
5.07%
Warrior
Fury
65,086.5
38.9%
88,938.8
68,022.1
17,642
240,882
12
8.70%
Monk
Windwalker
72,465.5
43.3%
63,065.3
17,968.4
32,028
75,302
4
2.90%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
14,217.0
67.5%
15,469.3
5,412.4
9,556
22,635
3
7.14%
Paladin
Holy
20,648.0
98.0%
20,842.8
8,444.7
8,377
35,884
10
23.81%
Priest
Discipline
19,542.0
92.7%
24,689.8
14,591.4
5,289
60,353
11
26.19%
Priest
Holy
8,622.0
40.9%
9,678.0
4,632.1
4,607
15,805
3
7.14%
Shaman
Restoration
18,308.0
86.9%
17,373.7
8,869.2
6,086
32,505
12
28.57%
Monk
Mistweaver
21,072.0
100.0%
20,425.3
2,959.4
16,521
23,683
3
7.14%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
74,063.5
88.7%
75,457.7
28,283.2
42,148
121,814
10
33.33%
Druid
Feral Bear
47,611.0
57.0%
58,233.4
38,755.2
27,000
132,451
5
16.67%
Paladin
Protection
38,929.0
46.6%
55,043.3
43,104.0
6,187
145,189
7
23.33%
Warrior
Protection
42,015.5
50.3%
43,068.8
21,617.8
7,207
77,585
6
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
83,477.5
100.0%
83,477.5
835.5
82,642
84,313
2
6.67%
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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