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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
51,508.0
43.0%
56,842.5
33,242.9
1,696
115,214
17
7.94%
Death Knight
Unholy
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Druid
Balance
64,250.5
53.7%
74,417.9
30,403.8
50,980
136,580
10
4.67%
Druid
Feral Cat
68,641.5
57.4%
68,641.5
17,235.5
51,406
85,877
2
0.93%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
56,394.0
47.1%
62,218.3
28,198.0
1,684
136,148
16
7.48%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
61,430.0
51.3%
65,098.8
33,084.4
1,358
127,255
17
7.94%
Mage
Arcane
37,100.5
31.0%
57,809.0
56,577.6
4,057
152,978
4
1.87%
Mage
Fire
76,993.0
64.3%
78,808.2
38,492.6
5,344
125,605
13
6.07%
Mage
Frost
58,793.0
49.1%
59,681.8
31,471.0
679
117,600
16
7.48%
Paladin
Retribution
44,615.5
37.3%
46,547.6
13,674.8
20,290
63,779
8
3.74%
Priest
Shadow
61,213.0
51.1%
69,821.2
34,106.5
3,261
149,305
21
9.81%
Rogue
Assassination
81,803.0
68.4%
77,711.4
21,371.3
52,090
109,901
5
2.34%
Rogue
Combat
56,418.0
47.1%
44,803.4
27,449.1
2,091
79,693
5
2.34%
Rogue
Subtlety
55,368.0
46.3%
55,368.0
0.0
55,368
55,368
1
0.47%
Shaman
Elemental
54,499.0
45.5%
51,528.9
41,176.9
0
139,310
15
7.01%
Shaman
Enhancement
55,808.5
46.6%
51,436.3
24,500.7
12,976
81,152
4
1.87%
Warlock
Affliction
119,676.0
100.0%
119,676.0
0.0
119,676
119,676
1
0.47%
Warlock
Demonology
63,992.5
53.5%
69,969.3
53,748.3
1,801
150,091
4
1.87%
Warlock
Destruction
59,425.0
49.7%
47,727.3
33,269.7
1,806
96,462
13
6.07%
Warrior
Arms
32,131.5
26.8%
36,030.2
28,007.3
821
78,480
10
4.67%
Warrior
Fury
37,256.0
31.1%
50,525.8
37,532.6
1,247
124,458
15
7.01%
Monk
Windwalker
59,382.0
49.6%
59,438.1
23,474.5
587
116,327
17
7.94%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
17,346.5
46.8%
16,115.1
9,481.7
695
34,156
16
21.33%
Paladin
Holy
37,047.0
100.0%
33,193.2
13,468.0
0
61,390
15
20.00%
Priest
Discipline
23,925.0
64.6%
19,162.5
8,990.2
325
27,586
13
17.33%
Priest
Holy
18,127.0
48.9%
19,293.7
5,884.9
9,566
29,261
11
14.67%
Shaman
Restoration
26,369.5
71.2%
23,793.3
15,247.5
809
58,319
12
16.00%
Monk
Mistweaver
18,984.5
51.2%
20,227.0
9,481.3
9,458
34,792
8
10.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
51,174.0
100.0%
50,151.4
3,469.2
46,049
53,760
5
21.74%
Druid
Feral Bear
45,385.5
88.7%
45,380.5
15,461.1
28,682
62,069
4
17.39%
Paladin
Protection
27,827.0
54.4%
29,452.9
17,869.2
420
63,003
8
34.78%
Warrior
Protection
20,397.5
39.9%
24,783.7
14,204.7
7,123
45,175
6
26.09%
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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