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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
77,467.0
84.7%
82,670.7
15,045.1
69,383
161,686
100
4.50%
Death Knight
Unholy
50,420.0
55.1%
58,638.2
32,465.0
20,380
187,871
100
4.50%
Druid
Balance
75,579.5
82.6%
83,790.3
26,905.2
55,088
179,278
100
4.50%
Druid
Feral Cat
48,897.0
53.4%
53,209.2
15,834.1
34,774
129,385
100
4.50%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
71,274.5
77.9%
74,104.1
13,914.3
58,178
120,887
100
4.50%
Hunter
Marksmanship
52,240.5
57.1%
55,215.8
15,802.5
38,354
131,310
100
4.50%
Hunter
Survival
81,635.5
89.2%
88,004.0
18,960.2
70,069
167,210
100
4.50%
Mage
Arcane
56,406.0
61.6%
62,300.2
18,301.9
42,690
164,780
100
4.50%
Mage
Fire
71,497.5
78.1%
81,551.1
28,541.2
51,421
180,076
100
4.50%
Mage
Frost
91,514.0
100.0%
96,868.7
18,862.8
77,188
156,287
100
4.50%
Paladin
Retribution
73,590.0
80.4%
77,748.1
17,976.2
60,599
144,338
100
4.50%
Priest
Shadow
87,597.5
95.7%
93,244.6
19,238.1
72,880
160,485
100
4.50%
Rogue
Assassination
82,877.5
90.6%
89,212.8
24,487.0
68,834
171,948
100
4.50%
Rogue
Combat
45,312.0
49.5%
54,939.4
21,529.5
33,576
132,888
100
4.50%
Rogue
Subtlety
30,588.0
33.4%
34,525.4
16,424.6
2,246
82,405
29
1.30%
Shaman
Elemental
80,741.0
88.2%
87,524.1
20,591.1
67,751
178,939
100
4.50%
Shaman
Enhancement
48,882.5
53.4%
58,772.4
25,079.4
34,429
149,868
100
4.50%
Warlock
Affliction
48,092.5
52.6%
52,685.2
27,071.6
15,604
176,131
94
4.23%
Warlock
Demonology
49,500.5
54.1%
57,933.3
25,533.9
32,874
159,755
100
4.50%
Warlock
Destruction
87,313.5
95.4%
93,295.5
17,548.1
78,058
189,485
100
4.50%
Warrior
Arms
64,950.5
71.0%
68,947.3
13,316.1
55,912
130,273
100
4.50%
Warrior
Fury
67,520.0
73.8%
76,027.3
23,166.2
56,631
156,813
100
4.50%
Monk
Windwalker
61,591.0
67.3%
65,171.8
14,639.8
49,846
144,885
100
4.50%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
20,582.0
71.9%
21,591.1
4,761.6
16,466
44,098
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
24,831.0
86.7%
26,296.7
6,391.5
19,709
48,191
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
28,634.0
100.0%
30,607.1
5,823.6
24,005
52,732
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
15,914.0
55.6%
17,604.5
5,631.0
11,858
43,539
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
20,579.0
71.9%
23,099.5
5,837.9
16,912
40,340
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
17,679.0
61.7%
18,692.7
4,776.0
13,037
35,933
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
41,608.0
100.0%
50,878.4
24,574.5
36,581
160,680
100
20.79%
Druid
Feral Bear
32,133.0
77.2%
33,363.4
6,862.5
22,457
60,452
100
20.79%
Paladin
Protection
34,825.5
83.7%
39,653.6
12,455.0
30,263
86,149
100
20.79%
Warrior
Protection
34,993.0
84.1%
37,760.6
9,878.6
29,830
77,957
100
20.79%
Monk
Brewmaster
34,677.0
83.3%
35,796.9
13,078.6
0
77,258
81
16.84%
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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