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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
100,697.0
82.2%
103,664.7
14,425.8
79,889
134,666
29
3.61%
Death Knight
Unholy
116,621.0
95.2%
119,455.0
21,580.8
81,239
156,257
27
3.36%
Druid
Balance
103,166.0
84.2%
102,325.3
25,884.8
21,990
164,112
60
7.47%
Druid
Feral Cat
83,887.5
68.4%
91,250.7
21,957.0
62,962
143,099
12
1.49%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
92,668.5
75.6%
96,724.7
17,574.5
61,665
126,213
18
2.24%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
107,474.0
87.7%
105,626.2
16,841.0
62,416
138,075
86
10.71%
Mage
Arcane
122,563.0
100.0%
124,536.6
9,367.3
110,078
135,479
5
0.62%
Mage
Fire
103,405.0
84.4%
102,522.2
21,794.1
59,181
168,904
80
9.96%
Mage
Frost
87,717.0
71.6%
87,757.9
15,973.8
44,710
126,246
43
5.35%
Paladin
Retribution
95,916.5
78.3%
91,193.0
25,659.1
27,866
126,771
28
3.49%
Priest
Shadow
94,844.0
77.4%
95,699.7
19,219.3
53,984
134,748
74
9.22%
Rogue
Assassination
109,363.0
89.2%
105,202.0
26,106.9
27,283
166,435
92
11.46%
Rogue
Combat
94,559.5
77.2%
99,476.0
21,562.9
80,986
148,317
8
1.00%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
99,064.0
80.8%
97,142.8
20,200.3
50,336
141,789
65
8.09%
Shaman
Enhancement
86,559.5
70.6%
88,018.0
19,302.5
63,609
119,226
12
1.49%
Warlock
Affliction
100,592.0
82.1%
103,237.2
22,813.1
56,486
165,778
45
5.60%
Warlock
Demonology
100,658.0
82.1%
102,277.3
33,907.0
23,065
198,351
29
3.61%
Warlock
Destruction
105,884.0
86.4%
106,094.0
22,950.5
49,231
150,311
50
6.23%
Warrior
Arms
68,060.0
55.5%
68,349.0
414.4
68,052
68,935
3
0.37%
Warrior
Fury
107,713.0
87.9%
108,293.8
21,885.8
77,092
151,841
28
3.49%
Monk
Windwalker
99,318.0
81.0%
99,104.2
28,135.1
64,749
153,117
9
1.12%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
147,547.5
69.9%
163,237.3
64,491.0
75,699
341,795
72
17.43%
Paladin
Holy
139,739.5
66.2%
157,707.7
57,701.0
91,146
398,298
100
24.21%
Priest
Discipline
96,808.5
45.8%
96,996.1
17,567.8
53,602
134,232
84
20.34%
Priest
Holy
115,027.5
54.5%
134,440.0
47,425.8
69,764
268,269
42
10.17%
Shaman
Restoration
136,604.0
64.7%
148,644.2
50,262.4
52,213
281,639
59
14.29%
Monk
Mistweaver
211,170.0
100.0%
213,411.6
95,035.8
87,945
540,369
56
13.56%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
72,946.0
75.4%
73,757.6
17,861.3
40,977
136,654
71
24.23%
Druid
Feral Bear
67,371.0
69.6%
68,882.3
21,558.8
30,487
125,317
46
15.70%
Paladin
Protection
71,649.5
74.0%
72,586.9
20,383.4
11,839
128,083
88
30.03%
Warrior
Protection
64,478.5
66.6%
63,087.2
13,317.2
41,332
99,159
42
14.33%
Monk
Brewmaster
96,779.5
100.0%
96,524.5
20,684.5
53,728
140,918
46
15.70%
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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