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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
54,270.0
26.9%
60,880.3
12,970.9
51,708
83,273
4
3.64%
Death Knight
Unholy
122,775.0
60.8%
122,775.0
89,180.0
33,595
211,955
2
1.82%
Druid
Balance
33,292.0
16.5%
54,928.6
37,335.6
23,400
122,486
5
4.55%
Druid
Feral Cat
32,886.5
16.3%
32,886.5
1,302.5
31,584
34,189
2
1.82%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
80,917.0
40.1%
103,181.7
63,092.6
52,882
282,958
10
9.09%
Hunter
Marksmanship
51,349.0
25.4%
51,353.5
33,027.0
18,324
84,392
4
3.64%
Hunter
Survival
127,764.0
63.3%
128,041.7
75,182.9
19,189
251,842
6
5.45%
Mage
Arcane
64,750.5
32.1%
55,420.8
22,513.8
18,514
73,668
4
3.64%
Mage
Fire
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Mage
Frost
94,484.0
46.8%
91,703.9
27,065.7
41,941
133,717
12
10.91%
Paladin
Retribution
54,447.0
27.0%
74,583.0
71,408.2
10,920
213,684
5
4.55%
Priest
Shadow
71,854.5
35.6%
95,882.2
95,481.0
27,026
374,399
10
9.09%
Rogue
Assassination
105,941.5
52.5%
97,486.8
46,896.5
32,590
206,196
10
9.09%
Rogue
Combat
73,491.5
36.4%
81,063.0
37,879.7
38,597
138,672
4
3.64%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
59,890.5
29.7%
68,994.0
20,128.6
37,207
101,829
8
7.27%
Shaman
Enhancement
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warlock
Affliction
201,956.0
100.0%
201,956.0
136,388.0
65,568
338,344
2
1.82%
Warlock
Demonology
91,744.0
45.4%
91,744.0
0.0
91,744
91,744
1
0.91%
Warlock
Destruction
97,410.0
48.2%
109,815.1
36,798.6
58,859
166,943
9
8.18%
Warrior
Arms
91,099.0
45.1%
79,724.5
40,294.7
19,322
127,024
6
5.45%
Warrior
Fury
66,385.0
32.9%
66,385.0
18,976.0
47,409
85,361
2
1.82%
Monk
Windwalker
52,817.5
26.2%
54,565.8
17,614.6
37,121
75,507
4
3.64%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
46,476.0
94.4%
45,627.8
11,907.9
28,840
61,739
12
28.57%
Paladin
Holy
30,216.0
61.4%
30,216.0
0.0
30,216
30,216
1
2.38%
Priest
Discipline
49,246.5
100.0%
51,339.2
18,113.1
25,055
84,930
6
14.29%
Priest
Holy
40,862.5
83.0%
41,049.5
10,230.3
24,960
62,359
14
33.33%
Shaman
Restoration
31,219.0
63.4%
36,921.0
9,199.4
27,304
49,435
7
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
45,720.0
92.8%
45,720.0
2,891.0
42,829
48,611
2
4.76%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
27,059.0
8.2%
47,235.7
37,262.4
7,732
96,544
7
38.89%
Druid
Feral Bear
9,168.5
2.8%
9,168.5
32.5
9,136
9,201
2
11.11%
Paladin
Protection
82,412.0
24.9%
82,412.0
54,348.0
28,064
136,760
2
11.11%
Warrior
Protection
23,339.0
7.0%
29,378.7
21,213.8
5,953
57,940
6
33.33%
Monk
Brewmaster
331,196.0
100.0%
331,196.0
0.0
331,196
331,196
1
5.56%
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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