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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
10,415.5
5.2%
10,415.5
5,831.5
4,584
16,247
2
4.35%
Death Knight
Unholy
127,442.5
63.8%
127,442.5
19,756.5
107,686
147,199
2
4.35%
Druid
Balance
76,959.0
38.5%
98,125.2
86,064.1
9,154
228,335
5
10.87%
Druid
Feral Cat
10,487.0
5.2%
10,487.0
0.0
10,487
10,487
1
2.17%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Marksmanship
13,524.5
6.8%
13,524.5
3,807.5
9,717
17,332
2
4.35%
Hunter
Survival
173,070.5
86.6%
173,070.5
85,970.5
87,100
259,041
2
4.35%
Mage
Arcane
57,761.0
28.9%
57,761.0
0.0
57,761
57,761
1
2.17%
Mage
Fire
199,835.0
100.0%
199,835.0
0.0
199,835
199,835
1
2.17%
Mage
Frost
86,204.5
43.1%
93,975.0
69,713.7
12,961
236,534
6
13.04%
Paladin
Retribution
131,565.0
65.8%
121,227.3
44,710.0
62,037
170,080
3
6.52%
Priest
Shadow
107,069.5
53.6%
117,976.8
38,991.0
80,189
177,579
4
8.70%
Rogue
Assassination
143,014.0
71.6%
143,014.0
0.0
143,014
143,014
1
2.17%
Rogue
Combat
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
95,818.5
47.9%
111,398.0
33,208.9
85,548
168,407
4
8.70%
Shaman
Enhancement
73,866.5
37.0%
73,866.5
62,359.5
11,507
136,226
2
4.35%
Warlock
Affliction
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warlock
Demonology
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warlock
Destruction
77,164.0
38.6%
84,107.4
33,779.5
36,482
140,782
5
10.87%
Warrior
Arms
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warrior
Fury
140,962.0
70.5%
100,623.3
64,598.3
9,468
151,440
3
6.52%
Monk
Windwalker
99,998.5
50.0%
99,998.5
24,156.5
75,842
124,155
2
4.35%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
25,017.0
100.0%
29,773.5
11,646.3
19,585
49,475
4
26.67%
Paladin
Holy
6,779.5
27.1%
9,328.2
7,163.8
1,632
20,155
6
40.00%
Priest
Discipline
7,280.0
29.1%
7,280.0
0.0
7,280
7,280
1
6.67%
Priest
Holy
7,658.0
30.6%
7,658.0
0.0
7,658
7,658
1
6.67%
Shaman
Restoration
13,912.0
55.6%
16,699.7
8,923.9
7,434
28,753
3
20.00%
Monk
Mistweaver
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
39,511.0
78.0%
96,115.0
93,179.2
21,361
227,473
3
20.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
18,860.0
37.2%
18,860.0
0.0
18,860
18,860
1
6.67%
Paladin
Protection
50,687.5
100.0%
45,926.5
25,900.8
8,275
74,056
4
26.67%
Warrior
Protection
43,047.0
84.9%
38,983.6
14,618.9
11,341
54,504
5
33.33%
Monk
Brewmaster
41,546.5
82.0%
41,546.5
25,561.5
15,985
67,108
2
13.33%
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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