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* Adjusted Spec Score excludes Halfus
Latest Data in Amazing Table Form
DPS
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Frost
37,090.5
78.0%
37,858.9
3,294.1
33,813
49,259
100
4.97%
Death Knight
Unholy
35,892.0
75.5%
36,709.3
4,036.6
31,491
47,999
100
4.97%
Druid
Balance
36,636.0
77.1%
37,594.0
4,265.3
32,285
50,190
100
4.97%
Druid
Feral Cat
36,010.0
75.8%
37,008.8
4,068.2
31,720
47,790
100
4.97%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
30,319.5
63.8%
28,206.7
9,397.7
2,090
44,258
50
2.49%
Hunter
Marksmanship
28,245.0
59.4%
28,228.3
4,859.3
18,457
37,641
100
4.97%
Hunter
Survival
45,370.5
95.5%
45,907.6
2,373.4
42,884
54,601
100
4.97%
Mage
Arcane
33,480.0
70.4%
34,396.8
3,558.9
30,405
48,759
100
4.97%
Mage
Fire
45,026.5
94.7%
45,548.9
2,833.2
41,329
55,158
100
4.97%
Mage
Frost
24,111.0
50.7%
25,876.9
9,503.0
6,010
36,259
7
0.35%
Paladin
Retribution
41,450.5
87.2%
42,626.0
3,636.8
38,453
52,465
100
4.97%
Priest
Shadow
41,376.0
87.1%
41,768.4
3,047.8
37,978
51,066
100
4.97%
Rogue
Assassination
35,836.5
75.4%
36,790.3
5,368.8
27,632
53,749
100
4.97%
Rogue
Combat
47,524.0
100.0%
47,600.7
2,186.7
44,350
53,821
100
4.97%
Rogue
Subtlety
33,374.0
70.2%
32,120.0
10,340.1
4,926
48,152
55
2.73%
Shaman
Elemental
36,772.0
77.4%
37,747.9
4,128.9
32,698
48,788
100
4.97%
Shaman
Enhancement
37,429.0
78.8%
38,320.6
3,410.7
34,263
48,455
100
4.97%
Warlock
Affliction
34,112.5
71.8%
35,850.2
4,869.9
30,249
46,934
100
4.97%
Warlock
Demonology
36,921.5
77.7%
38,217.3
5,028.4
31,495
57,937
100
4.97%
Warlock
Destruction
35,404.0
74.5%
36,858.8
4,600.8
31,889
48,109
100
4.97%
Warrior
Arms
41,669.0
87.7%
43,210.5
4,168.6
39,083
57,401
100
4.97%
Warrior
Fury
34,207.0
72.0%
35,200.8
3,582.6
30,704
48,106
100
4.97%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
35,073.0
77.7%
36,730.9
5,427.0
30,397
54,655
100
20.00%
Paladin
Holy
45,117.5
100.0%
46,946.8
6,103.6
40,531
78,657
100
20.00%
Priest
Discipline
32,434.0
71.9%
33,268.5
3,800.0
28,170
44,670
100
20.00%
Priest
Holy
38,885.5
86.2%
39,329.8
4,298.8
34,111
59,875
100
20.00%
Shaman
Restoration
36,785.0
81.5%
38,395.0
5,287.8
32,817
56,363
100
20.00%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
21,080.0
100.0%
22,430.7
4,922.1
17,795
43,240
100
25.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
19,529.0
92.6%
20,239.0
2,379.3
17,549
27,933
100
25.00%
Paladin
Protection
18,784.5
89.1%
19,412.5
2,093.5
16,994
26,277
100
25.00%
Warrior
Protection
17,095.5
81.1%
18,199.4
3,704.6
14,444
35,094
100
25.00%
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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