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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
96,712.0
79.0%
102,506.3
30,289.1
72,490
288,550
100
4.50%
Death Knight
Unholy
56,841.5
46.4%
73,926.1
54,240.8
19,881
277,916
100
4.50%
Druid
Balance
63,458.0
51.8%
83,385.3
51,943.7
43,116
334,095
100
4.50%
Druid
Feral Cat
49,781.0
40.7%
60,590.1
34,362.7
35,587
264,590
100
4.50%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
104,112.5
85.0%
133,703.7
65,541.8
75,271
294,096
100
4.50%
Hunter
Marksmanship
43,390.0
35.4%
57,013.9
36,427.8
32,424
226,204
100
4.50%
Hunter
Survival
122,454.0
100.0%
136,646.6
40,793.3
94,121
275,722
100
4.50%
Mage
Arcane
91,620.5
74.8%
109,397.5
51,770.9
57,569
293,448
100
4.50%
Mage
Fire
119,461.0
97.6%
161,183.4
108,776.9
56,599
557,378
100
4.50%
Mage
Frost
112,752.0
92.1%
121,953.1
34,149.6
91,495
279,887
100
4.50%
Paladin
Retribution
93,409.5
76.3%
105,777.0
40,561.1
74,068
289,953
100
4.50%
Priest
Shadow
106,278.5
86.8%
127,727.9
52,435.3
76,168
280,943
100
4.50%
Rogue
Assassination
91,909.0
75.1%
104,650.7
40,095.8
62,141
242,783
100
4.50%
Rogue
Combat
61,822.0
50.5%
71,296.2
30,130.1
41,138
183,582
100
4.50%
Rogue
Subtlety
34,225.0
27.9%
38,032.5
16,804.2
4,864
98,038
48
2.16%
Shaman
Elemental
119,624.5
97.7%
136,178.6
52,231.3
87,173
320,092
100
4.50%
Shaman
Enhancement
70,538.5
57.6%
90,927.3
50,194.1
49,628
292,288
100
4.50%
Warlock
Affliction
51,961.0
42.4%
98,122.8
94,251.1
16,424
432,570
75
3.37%
Warlock
Demonology
82,991.0
67.8%
140,838.1
112,612.0
40,171
443,698
100
4.50%
Warlock
Destruction
110,463.5
90.2%
120,963.1
32,928.7
89,878
276,688
100
4.50%
Warrior
Arms
80,048.5
65.4%
89,394.4
26,724.1
62,151
195,548
100
4.50%
Warrior
Fury
73,698.5
60.2%
84,337.7
32,860.2
49,760
260,983
100
4.50%
Monk
Windwalker
78,062.0
63.7%
91,677.7
45,684.6
53,173
316,463
100
4.50%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
47,211.5
100.0%
50,317.5
8,552.7
40,795
82,422
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
40,136.0
85.0%
44,120.0
12,396.4
31,665
93,535
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
41,435.0
87.8%
46,206.5
13,655.3
32,990
85,823
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
38,472.5
81.5%
41,547.2
10,058.7
29,922
94,585
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
42,449.0
89.9%
44,853.2
11,077.1
33,588
102,649
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
43,512.5
92.2%
46,636.2
9,294.9
35,105
77,883
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
71,960.5
85.6%
79,864.9
24,181.3
60,131
207,369
100
22.52%
Druid
Feral Bear
56,639.5
67.4%
61,023.5
25,849.5
14,269
164,302
82
18.47%
Paladin
Protection
64,313.0
76.5%
73,361.3
23,788.1
52,337
178,143
100
22.52%
Warrior
Protection
50,085.5
59.6%
53,054.3
14,762.3
35,893
142,710
100
22.52%
Monk
Brewmaster
84,021.5
100.0%
100,089.2
57,956.1
33,297
342,093
62
13.96%
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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