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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
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Death Knight
Unholy
215,904.0
82.1%
219,387.8
35,215.8
138,416
276,701
13
10.24%
Druid
Balance
219,783.0
83.6%
218,558.5
41,859.1
133,517
316,790
13
10.24%
Druid
Feral Cat
137,752.0
52.4%
142,463.3
8,171.1
137,733
156,616
4
3.15%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
189,303.0
72.0%
189,303.0
0.0
189,303
189,303
1
0.79%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
161,033.5
61.3%
161,324.2
27,821.4
127,326
229,713
12
9.45%
Mage
Arcane
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Mage
Fire
229,148.5
87.2%
258,266.3
71,230.5
163,711
395,004
10
7.87%
Mage
Frost
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Paladin
Retribution
185,210.0
70.5%
188,479.8
16,821.2
170,473
212,836
5
3.94%
Priest
Shadow
217,337.0
82.7%
198,995.9
44,307.4
75,788
239,473
10
7.87%
Rogue
Assassination
175,739.5
66.9%
172,950.8
26,816.7
99,296
239,433
16
12.60%
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
141,766.0
53.9%
163,973.4
49,725.3
120,750
298,492
10
7.87%
Shaman
Enhancement
164,650.5
62.6%
154,912.8
42,026.0
102,782
195,798
6
4.72%
Warlock
Affliction
236,471.0
90.0%
256,390.7
38,963.3
207,329
329,101
7
5.51%
Warlock
Demonology
262,857.0
100.0%
262,857.0
48,156.0
214,701
311,013
2
1.57%
Warlock
Destruction
177,773.5
67.6%
195,840.3
31,306.7
177,749
250,065
4
3.15%
Warrior
Arms
110,677.0
42.1%
110,675.0
7.5
110,665
110,683
3
2.36%
Warrior
Fury
159,046.5
60.5%
165,668.2
19,214.3
149,067
215,827
10
7.87%
Monk
Windwalker
145,914.0
55.5%
145,914.0
0.0
145,914
145,914
1
0.79%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
59,301.0
67.1%
62,833.7
9,048.9
53,948
75,252
3
7.89%
Paladin
Holy
82,960.0
93.9%
77,085.2
15,926.0
56,502
94,193
10
26.32%
Priest
Discipline
68,244.0
77.2%
65,338.0
18,247.2
46,574
109,727
9
23.68%
Priest
Holy
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Restoration
72,755.0
82.4%
71,879.7
17,957.2
41,420
102,667
10
26.32%
Monk
Mistweaver
88,347.0
100.0%
95,533.5
33,507.1
52,690
164,285
6
15.79%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
179,976.0
51.5%
179,976.0
0.0
179,976
179,976
1
11.11%
Druid
Feral Bear
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Paladin
Protection
349,749.0
100.0%
253,161.4
119,081.2
87,173
349,806
5
55.56%
Warrior
Protection
83,633.0
23.9%
83,633.0
0.0
83,633
83,633
1
11.11%
Monk
Brewmaster
235,581.5
67.4%
235,581.5
60,763.5
174,818
296,345
2
22.22%
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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