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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
54,032.5
47.6%
52,079.8
27,405.0
12,623
99,191
8
7.21%
Death Knight
Unholy
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Druid
Balance
67,557.0
59.6%
70,707.2
24,579.9
28,612
97,499
5
4.50%
Druid
Feral Cat
25,306.0
22.3%
25,306.0
0.0
25,306
25,306
1
0.90%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
61,722.0
54.4%
57,619.0
19,017.9
30,062
80,598
6
5.41%
Hunter
Marksmanship
84,154.0
74.2%
84,154.0
0.0
84,154
84,154
1
0.90%
Hunter
Survival
58,783.0
51.8%
62,228.6
28,295.1
22,618
115,107
8
7.21%
Mage
Arcane
91,715.5
80.9%
91,715.5
6,202.5
85,513
97,918
2
1.80%
Mage
Fire
83,043.5
73.2%
77,019.8
39,479.6
12,396
128,476
6
5.41%
Mage
Frost
46,862.0
41.3%
46,214.7
31,566.8
6,390
102,767
6
5.41%
Paladin
Retribution
54,810.5
48.3%
48,066.0
24,017.7
7,331
78,732
8
7.21%
Priest
Shadow
64,497.5
56.9%
59,906.4
18,719.0
29,832
88,218
8
7.21%
Rogue
Assassination
52,711.0
46.5%
55,028.2
18,404.0
31,487
88,148
5
4.50%
Rogue
Combat
39,948.0
35.2%
46,816.0
30,481.3
13,395
87,105
3
2.70%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
55,722.0
49.1%
54,306.8
19,053.0
30,913
83,336
5
4.50%
Shaman
Enhancement
28,863.0
25.5%
28,863.0
0.0
28,863
28,863
1
0.90%
Warlock
Affliction
113,408.0
100.0%
113,408.0
861.0
112,547
114,269
2
1.80%
Warlock
Demonology
53,335.5
47.0%
57,951.8
24,674.5
34,007
91,129
4
3.60%
Warlock
Destruction
49,973.0
44.1%
50,231.9
24,289.1
7,622
93,712
17
15.32%
Warrior
Arms
17,302.0
15.3%
29,139.3
22,941.0
8,898
61,218
3
2.70%
Warrior
Fury
70,348.5
62.0%
58,966.9
22,890.5
7,622
77,759
8
7.21%
Monk
Windwalker
66,254.5
58.4%
55,822.3
19,262.6
22,528
68,252
4
3.60%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
38,469.5
68.1%
38,469.5
1,531.5
36,938
40,001
2
6.45%
Paladin
Holy
30,588.5
54.2%
30,361.3
14,668.3
3,469
53,806
8
25.81%
Priest
Discipline
42,847.0
75.9%
46,525.2
13,162.0
33,255
70,663
9
29.03%
Priest
Holy
56,472.0
100.0%
52,746.0
5,585.5
44,851
56,915
3
9.68%
Shaman
Restoration
37,269.5
66.0%
34,478.6
9,637.3
20,560
48,902
8
25.81%
Monk
Mistweaver
45,896.0
81.3%
45,896.0
0.0
45,896
45,896
1
3.23%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
44,920.0
52.6%
40,860.0
9,818.4
21,858
50,035
5
16.13%
Druid
Feral Bear
46,168.0
54.1%
62,274.2
36,602.5
26,036
121,525
5
16.13%
Paladin
Protection
36,271.0
42.5%
47,598.8
40,420.9
10,995
157,847
9
29.03%
Warrior
Protection
37,703.0
44.2%
48,339.7
31,414.8
27,715
132,364
9
29.03%
Monk
Brewmaster
85,379.0
100.0%
71,629.3
25,901.1
35,352
94,157
3
9.68%
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
More details of the methodology used can be found on the DPS Bot Docs page.
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