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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
67,908.0
77.4%
68,144.4
29,070.3
212
143,926
207
7.37%
Death Knight
Unholy
69,515.0
79.2%
70,403.1
34,913.4
4,589
144,758
63
2.24%
Druid
Balance
67,480.5
76.9%
76,905.6
38,139.0
1,913
186,299
162
5.77%
Druid
Feral Cat
57,924.5
66.0%
60,736.4
31,915.6
1,454
166,853
70
2.49%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
70,264.0
80.0%
73,694.4
31,852.4
1,257
145,231
130
4.63%
Hunter
Marksmanship
53,074.5
60.5%
50,061.0
25,031.9
4,910
88,192
18
0.64%
Hunter
Survival
70,667.5
80.5%
73,864.2
31,577.5
1,181
161,137
188
6.69%
Mage
Arcane
50,153.0
57.1%
56,157.2
34,398.6
253
156,790
51
1.81%
Mage
Fire
87,768.5
100.0%
88,541.1
35,117.4
695
159,090
96
3.42%
Mage
Frost
69,470.5
79.1%
67,912.2
28,844.5
484
130,733
190
6.76%
Paladin
Retribution
65,334.0
74.4%
68,988.1
30,096.7
2,798
160,745
187
6.65%
Priest
Shadow
67,643.5
77.1%
70,460.7
30,937.1
1,252
192,839
268
9.54%
Rogue
Assassination
81,518.0
92.9%
87,339.6
34,900.7
1,172
176,576
169
6.01%
Rogue
Combat
53,922.5
61.4%
59,436.9
27,635.7
1,558
143,713
40
1.42%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
67,873.5
77.3%
71,997.9
30,464.2
3,671
188,262
200
7.12%
Shaman
Enhancement
68,116.0
77.6%
71,798.8
29,915.8
9,227
137,290
59
2.10%
Warlock
Affliction
87,782.0
100.0%
94,355.2
42,980.8
13,967
191,986
52
1.85%
Warlock
Demonology
81,775.0
93.2%
83,652.8
33,227.1
5,169
177,976
75
2.67%
Warlock
Destruction
69,265.0
78.9%
72,294.8
29,517.1
0
168,209
210
7.47%
Warrior
Arms
62,627.5
71.3%
59,852.9
22,647.4
1,058
113,750
96
3.42%
Warrior
Fury
65,198.0
74.3%
65,142.0
36,240.5
1,385
160,902
147
5.23%
Monk
Windwalker
60,157.5
68.5%
60,734.1
30,679.8
0
163,913
132
4.70%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
21,824.0
82.0%
22,873.2
8,996.1
14
52,289
195
20.86%
Paladin
Holy
26,622.0
100.0%
26,466.7
9,579.1
20
56,647
221
23.64%
Priest
Discipline
24,457.0
91.9%
25,485.1
10,029.7
1,523
54,799
185
19.79%
Priest
Holy
22,770.5
85.5%
24,468.7
9,134.3
6,836
45,425
64
6.84%
Shaman
Restoration
24,084.0
90.5%
23,915.7
9,251.3
1,582
52,381
148
15.83%
Monk
Mistweaver
22,934.5
86.1%
23,908.1
9,332.5
2,670
54,660
122
13.05%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
37,982.0
74.0%
39,094.9
15,339.6
0
91,921
139
23.97%
Druid
Feral Bear
40,285.0
78.5%
44,935.1
20,222.9
542
101,229
70
12.07%
Paladin
Protection
32,947.0
64.2%
33,641.1
15,072.8
1,225
76,035
181
31.21%
Warrior
Protection
35,620.0
69.4%
36,072.9
13,992.8
5,426
85,826
111
19.14%
Monk
Brewmaster
51,330.0
100.0%
56,114.9
22,525.2
9,768
110,928
79
13.62%
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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