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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
54,086.0
71.4%
55,924.3
30,002.2
425
113,775
26
7.51%
Death Knight
Unholy
46,711.5
61.7%
57,847.8
23,591.6
39,574
98,394
4
1.16%
Druid
Balance
44,449.5
58.7%
45,401.4
17,031.1
21,181
74,115
16
4.62%
Druid
Feral Cat
51,539.0
68.1%
66,151.1
32,978.2
33,282
121,947
7
2.02%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
57,818.0
76.4%
57,974.9
27,495.6
8,440
112,476
15
4.34%
Hunter
Marksmanship
63,350.0
83.7%
63,350.0
25,854.0
37,496
89,204
2
0.58%
Hunter
Survival
57,302.0
75.7%
59,418.0
25,608.2
13,147
128,185
30
8.67%
Mage
Arcane
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Mage
Fire
39,643.5
52.4%
52,970.8
39,383.8
7,903
132,140
26
7.51%
Mage
Frost
45,149.0
59.6%
47,843.6
24,291.0
14,452
87,837
14
4.05%
Paladin
Retribution
44,534.5
58.8%
47,531.0
23,527.4
5,724
90,079
44
12.72%
Priest
Shadow
51,003.0
67.4%
54,579.8
30,021.4
919
112,711
32
9.25%
Rogue
Assassination
68,880.0
91.0%
71,974.8
15,905.3
38,286
96,416
10
2.89%
Rogue
Combat
28,088.5
37.1%
36,315.8
23,607.8
10,460
85,397
6
1.73%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
51,879.0
68.5%
50,300.2
24,959.3
7,534
97,976
13
3.76%
Shaman
Enhancement
75,723.5
100.0%
75,723.5
5,059.5
70,664
80,783
2
0.58%
Warlock
Affliction
65,486.0
86.5%
70,984.8
43,674.6
16,027
136,940
4
1.16%
Warlock
Demonology
30,296.0
40.0%
43,278.0
34,852.6
3,830
93,850
8
2.31%
Warlock
Destruction
52,329.0
69.1%
50,993.0
28,594.6
4,235
98,239
39
11.27%
Warrior
Arms
53,232.0
70.3%
51,745.8
18,437.3
29,306
94,223
19
5.49%
Warrior
Fury
70,155.0
92.6%
71,274.5
34,088.2
21,242
157,576
20
5.78%
Monk
Windwalker
65,922.0
87.1%
59,560.8
21,200.8
18,752
97,061
9
2.60%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
12,265.0
58.1%
15,441.6
8,456.6
3,036
34,107
17
18.09%
Paladin
Holy
15,892.0
75.3%
13,852.8
6,775.7
2,649
24,058
27
28.72%
Priest
Discipline
21,100.0
100.0%
21,730.5
9,010.2
1,836
42,559
23
24.47%
Priest
Holy
20,830.5
98.7%
20,830.5
4,135.5
16,695
24,966
2
2.13%
Shaman
Restoration
14,922.0
70.7%
15,096.7
6,032.5
2,514
27,973
17
18.09%
Monk
Mistweaver
15,761.5
74.7%
16,201.8
5,255.5
9,506
26,576
8
8.51%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
36,309.5
61.2%
36,013.3
12,656.3
11,830
54,852
8
15.38%
Druid
Feral Bear
44,496.5
75.0%
42,981.0
18,637.8
12,153
80,927
12
23.08%
Paladin
Protection
37,691.0
63.5%
32,980.5
17,340.2
6,367
81,846
18
34.62%
Warrior
Protection
48,798.5
82.2%
50,096.5
13,370.9
32,855
71,201
6
11.54%
Monk
Brewmaster
59,355.5
100.0%
69,309.8
34,412.1
25,244
118,225
8
15.38%
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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