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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
59,262.0
87.8%
62,733.0
12,583.1
51,855
114,508
100
4.55%
Death Knight
Unholy
35,521.0
52.6%
39,755.4
23,071.6
2,852
150,661
95
4.32%
Druid
Balance
45,099.5
66.8%
52,338.8
20,917.2
33,855
129,510
100
4.55%
Druid
Feral Cat
34,213.0
50.7%
36,477.5
9,109.5
24,580
70,924
100
4.55%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
53,067.0
78.7%
56,991.9
9,258.3
46,807
81,177
100
4.55%
Hunter
Marksmanship
36,101.5
53.5%
39,504.2
12,424.1
24,330
97,636
100
4.55%
Hunter
Survival
61,175.5
90.7%
66,292.4
15,915.9
51,264
128,986
100
4.55%
Mage
Arcane
35,613.5
52.8%
40,929.7
15,154.0
27,433
136,078
100
4.55%
Mage
Fire
46,568.0
69.0%
54,256.2
23,851.3
29,395
138,528
100
4.55%
Mage
Frost
62,871.0
93.2%
67,548.7
13,550.6
53,239
103,436
100
4.55%
Paladin
Retribution
52,574.5
77.9%
56,688.8
13,896.3
43,132
111,710
100
4.55%
Priest
Shadow
54,110.5
80.2%
59,248.7
14,334.9
44,712
111,312
100
4.55%
Rogue
Assassination
58,448.5
86.6%
63,139.5
13,876.4
50,464
125,558
100
4.55%
Rogue
Combat
34,217.5
50.7%
38,128.5
13,508.1
24,342
98,556
100
4.55%
Rogue
Subtlety
23,274.0
34.5%
23,304.8
8,497.8
6,267
46,762
21
0.96%
Shaman
Elemental
52,619.5
78.0%
58,185.0
15,946.4
43,105
119,964
100
4.55%
Shaman
Enhancement
35,853.5
53.1%
41,883.8
23,896.7
1,271
119,165
100
4.55%
Warlock
Affliction
32,629.0
48.4%
37,177.9
21,405.8
4,121
131,310
81
3.69%
Warlock
Demonology
37,939.0
56.2%
45,698.9
19,775.1
24,890
133,719
100
4.55%
Warlock
Destruction
67,468.0
100.0%
70,081.2
12,389.6
57,300
136,743
100
4.55%
Warrior
Arms
47,311.5
70.1%
48,444.7
7,809.9
39,129
94,417
100
4.55%
Warrior
Fury
49,921.5
74.0%
55,176.2
16,662.3
40,075
120,102
100
4.55%
Monk
Windwalker
47,832.0
70.9%
49,831.8
8,193.6
39,617
82,152
100
4.55%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
87,462.5
100.0%
95,686.1
25,849.7
73,374
211,413
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
80,375.0
91.9%
86,482.1
18,935.0
66,216
157,304
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
74,101.0
84.7%
75,930.6
13,450.4
59,643
136,335
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
66,129.0
75.6%
71,772.3
19,615.9
51,664
165,186
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
78,720.5
90.0%
83,871.0
16,862.1
66,326
156,047
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
84,245.0
96.3%
87,781.9
21,760.7
61,560
168,809
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
36,886.5
100.0%
42,340.5
17,606.1
31,063
145,278
100
20.92%
Druid
Feral Bear
28,375.0
76.9%
29,731.3
9,924.7
15,158
69,387
100
20.92%
Paladin
Protection
32,366.0
87.7%
38,072.5
16,420.4
26,634
111,286
100
20.92%
Warrior
Protection
31,202.0
84.6%
33,819.5
9,002.6
24,214
69,756
100
20.92%
Monk
Brewmaster
30,630.5
83.0%
35,178.2
17,016.1
1,582
99,878
78
16.32%
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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