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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
92,730.0
47.4%
95,909.9
53,204.6
8,249
208,907
14
9.40%
Death Knight
Unholy
195,429.0
100.0%
154,981.3
68,251.0
58,861
210,654
3
2.01%
Druid
Balance
30,741.5
15.7%
52,954.1
67,581.2
0
214,358
8
5.37%
Druid
Feral Cat
82,476.0
42.2%
78,806.5
32,366.7
31,445
118,829
4
2.68%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
62,599.0
32.0%
86,286.8
56,067.7
33,719
193,642
5
3.36%
Hunter
Marksmanship
23,569.0
12.1%
23,569.0
0.0
23,569
23,569
1
0.67%
Hunter
Survival
80,193.0
41.0%
82,370.0
46,723.6
14,076
167,307
7
4.70%
Mage
Arcane
77,760.5
39.8%
69,394.5
39,224.3
8,140
113,917
4
2.68%
Mage
Fire
83,693.0
42.8%
97,515.7
84,411.6
2,206
323,681
17
11.41%
Mage
Frost
49,606.0
25.4%
55,484.0
30,688.4
12,939
116,100
9
6.04%
Paladin
Retribution
60,589.5
31.0%
71,356.1
48,831.2
3,487
150,377
10
6.71%
Priest
Shadow
62,865.0
32.2%
91,653.3
72,720.0
11,466
238,482
12
8.05%
Rogue
Assassination
31,500.0
16.1%
87,954.3
119,588.0
12,404
349,702
6
4.03%
Rogue
Combat
48,505.0
24.8%
48,505.0
23,433.0
25,072
71,938
2
1.34%
Rogue
Subtlety
28,681.0
14.7%
28,681.0
0.0
28,681
28,681
1
0.67%
Shaman
Elemental
55,191.0
28.2%
68,660.9
42,441.7
15,906
169,346
16
10.74%
Shaman
Enhancement
67,087.5
34.3%
67,087.5
45,198.5
21,889
112,286
2
1.34%
Warlock
Affliction
112,977.0
57.8%
112,977.0
0.0
112,977
112,977
1
0.67%
Warlock
Demonology
34,998.0
17.9%
44,469.3
15,140.2
32,575
65,835
3
2.01%
Warlock
Destruction
56,333.0
28.8%
63,187.8
40,766.9
1,064
128,238
12
8.05%
Warrior
Arms
40,864.0
20.9%
66,691.0
37,798.4
39,073
120,136
3
2.01%
Warrior
Fury
172,782.0
88.4%
166,724.0
64,055.3
81,022
275,259
5
3.36%
Monk
Windwalker
44,058.5
22.5%
57,710.0
36,313.1
26,420
116,303
4
2.68%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
18,762.0
68.9%
20,823.8
10,568.4
5,895
41,769
11
25.58%
Paladin
Holy
27,249.0
100.0%
30,922.9
12,905.0
8,107
46,825
7
16.28%
Priest
Discipline
23,042.0
84.6%
23,783.5
10,719.0
11,571
41,492
6
13.95%
Priest
Holy
21,443.0
78.7%
20,837.0
8,329.6
10,558
29,904
4
9.30%
Shaman
Restoration
19,452.0
71.4%
20,897.0
9,904.7
3,146
39,055
11
25.58%
Monk
Mistweaver
17,968.0
65.9%
17,459.8
11,695.8
3,502
30,401
4
9.30%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
30,777.5
90.9%
37,804.8
23,402.4
6,943
74,274
10
24.39%
Druid
Feral Bear
30,661.0
90.6%
37,632.4
31,126.1
2,228
101,232
7
17.07%
Paladin
Protection
33,859.0
100.0%
36,715.6
23,833.2
7,124
88,229
15
36.59%
Warrior
Protection
32,637.0
96.4%
43,385.3
29,612.3
6,251
101,353
9
21.95%
Monk
Brewmaster
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
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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