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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
61,525.0
53.8%
56,906.1
32,980.6
8,344
123,872
14
11.20%
Death Knight
Unholy
89,818.0
78.6%
74,185.7
24,035.4
40,230
92,509
3
2.40%
Druid
Balance
66,689.0
58.4%
56,017.0
22,522.1
28,612
97,499
9
7.20%
Druid
Feral Cat
25,306.0
22.1%
25,306.0
0.0
25,306
25,306
1
0.80%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
53,251.0
46.6%
66,500.3
34,778.2
30,062
154,457
12
9.60%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
62,143.0
54.4%
65,220.4
23,843.9
22,618
115,107
9
7.20%
Mage
Arcane
60,595.0
53.0%
60,595.0
0.0
60,595
60,595
1
0.80%
Mage
Fire
72,327.0
63.3%
74,118.0
32,966.6
12,396
121,892
9
7.20%
Mage
Frost
54,091.0
47.3%
44,366.7
22,798.3
6,390
68,757
7
5.60%
Paladin
Retribution
55,872.5
48.9%
54,039.4
20,011.0
22,720
87,932
8
6.40%
Priest
Shadow
58,432.0
51.1%
58,055.1
25,633.0
29,832
106,606
7
5.60%
Rogue
Assassination
40,689.0
35.6%
43,801.0
11,536.6
31,487
59,227
3
2.40%
Rogue
Combat
39,438.5
34.5%
39,438.5
26,043.5
13,395
65,482
2
1.60%
Rogue
Subtlety
85,676.0
75.0%
85,676.0
0.0
85,676
85,676
1
0.80%
Shaman
Elemental
91,943.5
80.5%
92,473.3
20,794.5
64,893
121,113
4
3.20%
Shaman
Enhancement
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warlock
Affliction
114,269.0
100.0%
114,269.0
0.0
114,269
114,269
1
0.80%
Warlock
Demonology
45,320.5
39.7%
61,470.2
38,750.4
30,355
141,527
6
4.80%
Warlock
Destruction
63,409.0
55.5%
52,854.2
26,075.7
7,622
93,712
13
10.40%
Warrior
Arms
37,964.0
33.2%
36,602.2
21,175.9
8,898
64,836
5
4.00%
Warrior
Fury
72,614.0
63.5%
83,090.7
46,380.7
7,622
157,164
9
7.20%
Monk
Windwalker
64,927.0
56.8%
64,927.0
0.0
64,927
64,927
1
0.80%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
36,938.0
67.8%
34,233.6
20,702.7
135
63,323
5
11.90%
Paladin
Holy
33,605.0
61.7%
32,868.4
17,078.4
3,469
55,253
7
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
43,520.0
79.8%
45,425.1
14,269.7
16,487
70,663
11
26.19%
Priest
Holy
49,367.5
90.6%
42,326.0
15,657.9
20,073
56,915
6
14.29%
Shaman
Restoration
25,282.0
46.4%
27,315.1
10,421.0
9,659
44,014
10
23.81%
Monk
Mistweaver
54,504.0
100.0%
55,798.3
18,882.0
33,347
79,544
3
7.14%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
45,835.5
53.7%
43,627.5
14,002.2
22,170
60,669
4
12.50%
Druid
Feral Bear
41,847.0
49.0%
52,477.3
31,988.1
24,473
121,525
8
25.00%
Paladin
Protection
28,630.0
33.5%
40,332.4
38,365.2
10,995
157,847
11
34.38%
Warrior
Protection
32,375.0
37.9%
32,296.7
3,639.8
26,490
37,703
6
18.75%
Monk
Brewmaster
85,379.0
100.0%
71,629.3
25,901.1
35,352
94,157
3
9.38%
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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