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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
80,569.0
66.3%
77,336.2
35,142.4
3,663
152,541
78
5.63%
Death Knight
Unholy
102,156.0
84.1%
105,982.7
40,579.2
30,394
187,259
27
1.95%
Druid
Balance
100,333.0
82.6%
95,945.7
43,647.7
11,208
227,753
99
7.15%
Druid
Feral Cat
99,369.0
81.8%
111,655.7
42,527.2
3,489
213,351
29
2.09%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
117,103.0
96.4%
114,863.1
40,426.5
24,163
208,868
100
7.22%
Hunter
Marksmanship
90,939.5
74.9%
80,458.6
41,139.4
7,107
135,986
8
0.58%
Hunter
Survival
82,346.0
67.8%
80,013.2
37,156.5
2,560
170,015
69
4.98%
Mage
Arcane
108,875.0
89.6%
122,028.1
53,370.5
47,454
226,198
12
0.87%
Mage
Fire
117,099.0
96.4%
127,849.6
35,702.1
83,776
246,484
100
7.22%
Mage
Frost
81,818.0
67.4%
80,652.4
27,536.3
16,459
132,208
54
3.90%
Paladin
Retribution
86,711.0
71.4%
86,594.1
38,994.9
1,306
167,878
89
6.43%
Priest
Shadow
117,971.5
97.1%
124,905.8
36,332.2
78,101
238,287
100
7.22%
Rogue
Assassination
110,442.0
90.9%
116,021.8
29,031.1
66,769
198,647
100
7.22%
Rogue
Combat
82,447.0
67.9%
80,658.4
37,208.4
13,307
144,056
14
1.01%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
104,680.5
86.2%
110,741.2
30,603.0
69,975
210,851
100
7.22%
Shaman
Enhancement
96,926.0
79.8%
96,913.6
37,638.7
23,534
172,457
44
3.18%
Warlock
Affliction
121,452.0
100.0%
122,056.9
46,648.3
13,999
224,801
53
3.83%
Warlock
Demonology
112,358.0
92.5%
116,458.2
36,416.0
30,627
208,646
41
2.96%
Warlock
Destruction
78,104.5
64.3%
80,892.0
35,703.8
6,268
213,425
98
7.08%
Warrior
Arms
65,675.0
54.1%
60,490.4
22,750.2
16,557
102,156
27
1.95%
Warrior
Fury
80,810.0
66.5%
78,874.4
36,388.1
7,727
168,863
94
6.79%
Monk
Windwalker
77,319.0
63.7%
69,379.0
34,308.4
6,537
149,825
49
3.54%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
37,132.0
94.7%
36,486.3
13,863.9
1,106
75,570
100
22.12%
Paladin
Holy
38,998.0
99.5%
39,872.8
11,338.6
18,642
74,274
100
22.12%
Priest
Discipline
39,192.5
100.0%
41,745.8
10,485.0
28,675
72,032
100
22.12%
Priest
Holy
31,694.0
80.9%
31,851.2
13,025.9
11,235
59,559
17
3.76%
Shaman
Restoration
38,358.0
97.9%
37,219.3
11,369.8
1,058
60,467
65
14.38%
Monk
Mistweaver
35,582.0
90.8%
35,575.8
12,849.7
5,224
61,774
70
15.49%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
52,808.0
61.4%
58,469.3
30,651.5
17,353
154,834
100
30.40%
Druid
Feral Bear
51,259.0
59.6%
57,145.8
22,340.6
23,404
108,436
33
10.03%
Paladin
Protection
53,146.5
61.8%
55,177.9
16,016.0
27,131
103,660
100
30.40%
Warrior
Protection
41,643.0
48.4%
43,715.8
17,452.6
15,876
87,217
45
13.68%
Monk
Brewmaster
85,994.0
100.0%
83,385.6
35,246.0
12,376
190,051
51
15.50%
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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