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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
123,385.0
68.2%
120,154.2
7,801.3
107,008
130,681
9
2.89%
Death Knight
Unholy
140,656.0
77.7%
143,055.5
14,274.8
117,506
176,194
17
5.47%
Druid
Balance
124,598.0
68.9%
130,210.8
25,389.2
70,050
179,360
31
9.97%
Druid
Feral Cat
115,637.5
63.9%
115,637.5
41,129.5
74,508
156,767
2
0.64%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
140,326.0
77.5%
138,090.7
15,970.8
116,501
156,560
6
1.93%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
126,272.5
69.8%
128,418.5
16,771.0
107,534
172,448
20
6.43%
Mage
Arcane
180,967.0
100.0%
172,824.0
18,850.3
150,798
197,714
5
1.61%
Mage
Fire
149,002.0
82.3%
150,603.9
24,256.6
111,459
199,211
37
11.90%
Mage
Frost
106,058.5
58.6%
109,756.2
15,249.1
90,178
134,111
6
1.93%
Paladin
Retribution
125,736.0
69.5%
125,405.7
23,478.9
87,288
153,393
6
1.93%
Priest
Shadow
128,965.5
71.3%
126,310.7
23,496.7
74,045
169,150
28
9.00%
Rogue
Assassination
140,577.5
77.7%
138,403.4
26,989.0
61,716
198,965
34
10.93%
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
118,032.0
65.2%
116,972.6
24,266.3
63,882
162,692
31
9.97%
Shaman
Enhancement
139,394.0
77.0%
139,413.5
25,063.3
79,094
198,385
16
5.14%
Warlock
Affliction
143,042.0
79.0%
138,805.5
27,249.6
70,595
181,646
23
7.40%
Warlock
Demonology
154,828.0
85.6%
148,028.8
45,510.5
12,870
189,855
12
3.86%
Warlock
Destruction
126,431.0
69.9%
132,115.9
31,175.4
74,092
181,880
9
2.89%
Warrior
Arms
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warrior
Fury
131,806.0
72.8%
129,881.6
22,005.1
82,835
178,341
14
4.50%
Monk
Windwalker
128,012.0
70.7%
132,307.0
31,091.4
101,829
186,218
5
1.61%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
35,438.0
98.6%
34,708.7
10,006.3
17,392
51,614
11
10.58%
Paladin
Holy
33,413.5
93.0%
35,823.1
8,938.4
24,133
60,185
34
32.69%
Priest
Discipline
33,006.0
91.8%
33,737.5
6,996.3
19,786
50,871
35
33.65%
Priest
Holy
28,533.0
79.4%
29,669.3
1,635.4
28,493
31,982
3
2.88%
Shaman
Restoration
35,935.0
100.0%
35,743.0
4,606.6
26,935
42,334
11
10.58%
Monk
Mistweaver
35,399.0
98.5%
34,538.4
7,919.7
19,804
51,092
10
9.62%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
69,856.0
68.0%
67,460.4
8,957.3
48,589
82,356
27
25.71%
Druid
Feral Bear
62,743.0
61.1%
75,215.9
19,096.2
54,171
109,107
12
11.43%
Paladin
Protection
65,484.0
63.7%
67,718.3
17,883.9
5,046
113,217
35
33.33%
Warrior
Protection
63,552.0
61.9%
61,479.9
12,024.0
35,863
80,240
16
15.24%
Monk
Brewmaster
102,739.0
100.0%
104,511.5
12,067.9
87,393
141,734
15
14.29%
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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