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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
157,094.0
71.3%
155,823.1
39,508.4
58,253
234,710
50
5.45%
Death Knight
Unholy
163,080.0
74.0%
165,503.8
42,835.1
74,777
260,150
33
3.60%
Druid
Balance
175,222.0
79.5%
180,791.8
54,369.9
72,338
331,324
76
8.29%
Druid
Feral Cat
138,453.0
62.8%
130,433.4
36,962.8
66,098
191,207
23
2.51%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
139,970.0
63.5%
132,935.2
31,816.5
92,823
203,967
17
1.85%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
144,241.0
65.5%
147,178.8
35,866.6
77,929
228,883
89
9.71%
Mage
Arcane
220,338.0
100.0%
196,924.3
48,396.8
126,751
246,521
11
1.20%
Mage
Fire
193,697.0
87.9%
194,640.7
51,077.2
58,115
318,243
82
8.94%
Mage
Frost
161,820.5
73.4%
163,977.9
40,358.3
90,290
250,797
30
3.27%
Paladin
Retribution
137,510.0
62.4%
133,516.5
31,657.6
58,405
214,613
39
4.25%
Priest
Shadow
157,312.0
71.4%
160,726.1
39,966.2
59,053
258,193
90
9.81%
Rogue
Assassination
173,669.0
78.8%
172,643.8
33,509.8
76,782
277,397
88
9.60%
Rogue
Combat
129,139.0
58.6%
141,635.4
21,498.7
120,765
173,016
7
0.76%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
132,133.5
60.0%
137,059.2
34,992.1
60,189
244,064
78
8.51%
Shaman
Enhancement
139,178.0
63.2%
136,856.7
27,341.2
108,361
211,812
15
1.64%
Warlock
Affliction
165,108.0
74.9%
168,525.3
51,323.8
10,709
274,429
64
6.98%
Warlock
Demonology
190,142.0
86.3%
195,240.0
62,810.6
89,645
285,092
22
2.40%
Warlock
Destruction
165,716.0
75.2%
162,741.6
40,332.7
82,251
243,118
31
3.38%
Warrior
Arms
120,540.0
54.7%
119,042.0
17,044.6
90,533
140,423
11
1.20%
Warrior
Fury
148,568.0
67.4%
145,149.5
39,518.0
65,244
226,623
42
4.58%
Monk
Windwalker
111,307.0
50.5%
121,870.2
25,915.2
71,626
161,117
19
2.07%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
71,332.0
92.4%
72,621.1
15,614.3
41,970
108,253
45
13.76%
Paladin
Holy
71,058.0
92.0%
72,688.9
14,677.9
43,101
108,692
100
30.58%
Priest
Discipline
69,403.0
89.9%
69,756.8
15,104.8
34,596
105,986
94
28.75%
Priest
Holy
77,238.0
100.0%
72,213.0
21,964.6
37,887
105,402
6
1.83%
Shaman
Restoration
60,005.0
77.7%
61,322.7
16,094.2
34,103
104,238
37
11.31%
Monk
Mistweaver
71,141.0
92.1%
65,661.1
16,002.7
31,430
95,610
45
13.76%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
136,556.5
74.2%
129,491.9
40,341.4
72,089
236,843
30
17.34%
Druid
Feral Bear
160,538.0
87.3%
149,297.2
49,950.5
43,420
228,752
25
14.45%
Paladin
Protection
148,175.0
80.5%
144,526.9
45,609.4
15,112
226,390
73
42.20%
Warrior
Protection
109,879.0
59.7%
122,958.8
43,908.8
65,579
204,705
20
11.56%
Monk
Brewmaster
183,980.0
100.0%
184,210.9
52,442.7
98,272
272,281
25
14.45%
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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