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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
60,332.0
56.2%
55,976.8
25,324.1
10,449
98,442
20
5.51%
Death Knight
Unholy
107,393.5
100.0%
97,734.0
53,765.3
13,858
162,291
4
1.10%
Druid
Balance
50,915.0
47.4%
66,977.1
37,248.3
25,420
153,174
13
3.58%
Druid
Feral Cat
73,071.0
68.0%
78,634.6
18,057.6
57,872
111,498
5
1.38%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
53,614.0
49.9%
56,558.6
25,845.4
16,350
119,548
26
7.16%
Hunter
Marksmanship
73,196.0
68.2%
73,196.0
0.0
73,196
73,196
1
0.28%
Hunter
Survival
61,936.0
57.7%
60,670.7
26,214.3
2,856
108,102
26
7.16%
Mage
Arcane
46,107.5
42.9%
43,136.8
9,709.0
27,131
53,201
4
1.10%
Mage
Fire
79,859.0
74.4%
75,240.4
32,160.9
2,918
148,175
13
3.58%
Mage
Frost
61,836.0
57.6%
68,035.2
29,258.4
20,753
139,215
34
9.37%
Paladin
Retribution
56,532.0
52.6%
64,398.1
26,368.5
8,046
115,107
17
4.68%
Priest
Shadow
54,299.5
50.6%
58,571.1
26,586.1
4,324
125,774
30
8.26%
Rogue
Assassination
86,269.5
80.3%
84,806.1
35,066.0
2,193
150,244
38
10.47%
Rogue
Combat
58,948.0
54.9%
58,948.0
13,595.0
45,353
72,543
2
0.55%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
60,188.0
56.0%
69,063.9
26,210.4
32,282
130,150
21
5.79%
Shaman
Enhancement
58,647.0
54.6%
58,966.4
26,311.0
31,776
106,049
5
1.38%
Warlock
Affliction
91,488.0
85.2%
98,398.3
40,171.9
45,463
176,418
7
1.93%
Warlock
Demonology
67,276.0
62.6%
92,681.2
44,413.9
49,469
170,671
9
2.48%
Warlock
Destruction
66,714.5
62.1%
68,057.6
21,527.9
22,773
118,190
44
12.12%
Warrior
Arms
46,632.0
43.4%
36,220.9
20,728.8
1,152
60,621
9
2.48%
Warrior
Fury
58,954.0
54.9%
64,417.9
36,691.3
8,695
149,554
21
5.79%
Monk
Windwalker
54,229.5
50.5%
49,076.8
28,130.3
7,168
107,930
14
3.86%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
13,045.0
82.0%
14,776.9
8,146.2
209
33,213
32
24.62%
Paladin
Holy
13,564.0
85.3%
13,372.3
8,481.7
0
33,425
25
19.23%
Priest
Discipline
15,906.5
100.0%
18,241.5
9,759.2
3,295
40,502
20
15.38%
Priest
Holy
14,252.0
89.6%
15,400.8
6,933.1
5,969
34,642
18
13.85%
Shaman
Restoration
15,109.0
95.0%
15,151.3
6,907.3
3,053
30,140
27
20.77%
Monk
Mistweaver
15,900.5
100.0%
15,782.0
4,813.7
5,794
21,708
8
6.15%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
35,666.5
76.6%
44,960.9
26,289.5
6,806
142,693
22
26.51%
Druid
Feral Bear
29,011.0
62.3%
31,225.1
16,089.9
11,785
61,251
7
8.43%
Paladin
Protection
34,356.0
73.8%
34,635.0
15,454.8
32
77,364
30
36.14%
Warrior
Protection
36,603.5
78.6%
38,004.9
7,826.2
26,055
50,055
14
16.87%
Monk
Brewmaster
46,547.5
100.0%
43,859.0
21,722.0
152
70,717
10
12.05%
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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