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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
67,135.0
79.2%
72,266.0
25,302.0
42,960
126,843
8
7.62%
Death Knight
Unholy
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Druid
Balance
68,484.0
80.8%
66,712.5
15,208.2
47,044
82,838
4
3.81%
Druid
Feral Cat
36,560.0
43.1%
36,560.0
0.0
36,560
36,560
1
0.95%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
84,186.0
99.3%
73,078.7
27,938.9
10,578
105,841
9
8.57%
Hunter
Marksmanship
68,842.0
81.2%
68,842.0
0.0
68,842
68,842
1
0.95%
Hunter
Survival
71,609.5
84.5%
67,028.9
24,701.2
28,696
104,123
8
7.62%
Mage
Arcane
36,248.5
42.8%
36,248.5
18,275.5
17,973
54,524
2
1.90%
Mage
Fire
53,561.5
63.2%
55,378.2
27,667.6
12,198
109,030
10
9.52%
Mage
Frost
55,889.0
65.9%
55,792.0
21,172.7
29,110
80,153
5
4.76%
Paladin
Retribution
64,027.0
75.5%
49,957.8
32,028.2
9,989
90,463
9
8.57%
Priest
Shadow
78,520.0
92.6%
73,468.6
33,463.2
24,933
124,222
8
7.62%
Rogue
Assassination
74,343.0
87.7%
68,809.2
24,355.6
29,103
98,256
6
5.71%
Rogue
Combat
67,665.0
79.8%
67,665.0
0.0
67,665
67,665
1
0.95%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
46,755.0
55.2%
56,351.0
16,219.5
36,995
84,164
7
6.67%
Shaman
Enhancement
54,280.0
64.0%
66,814.8
34,847.2
33,402
125,297
4
3.81%
Warlock
Affliction
18,804.0
22.2%
18,804.0
0.0
18,804
18,804
1
0.95%
Warlock
Demonology
56,745.0
67.0%
52,917.7
27,370.5
11,068
84,385
6
5.71%
Warlock
Destruction
68,677.0
81.0%
70,869.8
22,177.7
41,868
104,257
4
3.81%
Warrior
Arms
59,819.0
70.6%
59,819.0
7,578.0
52,241
67,397
2
1.90%
Warrior
Fury
84,751.0
100.0%
84,918.3
44,379.3
34,787
166,466
6
5.71%
Monk
Windwalker
56,120.0
66.2%
55,125.7
28,006.1
20,339
88,918
3
2.86%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
18,494.5
87.9%
17,869.2
11,407.6
27
34,487
6
17.65%
Paladin
Holy
20,072.0
95.4%
28,676.4
18,728.8
3,966
59,065
7
20.59%
Priest
Discipline
21,029.0
100.0%
24,806.3
8,147.1
15,260
39,128
9
26.47%
Priest
Holy
17,030.0
81.0%
19,332.7
7,547.4
11,458
29,510
3
8.82%
Shaman
Restoration
14,312.0
68.1%
14,339.6
5,325.0
3,124
20,307
7
20.59%
Monk
Mistweaver
17,958.5
85.4%
17,958.5
332.5
17,626
18,291
2
5.88%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
37,407.0
100.0%
38,611.3
13,212.8
24,077
65,443
9
33.33%
Druid
Feral Bear
37,382.0
99.9%
53,389.7
25,378.6
33,574
89,213
3
11.11%
Paladin
Protection
23,989.0
64.1%
32,513.8
17,228.0
14,600
66,118
8
29.63%
Warrior
Protection
31,562.0
84.4%
32,609.5
8,475.5
18,029
45,886
6
22.22%
Monk
Brewmaster
26,977.0
72.1%
26,977.0
0.0
26,977
26,977
1
3.70%
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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