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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
57,960.0
28.8%
102,471.0
75,509.3
16,462
248,475
7
5.65%
Death Knight
Unholy
49,741.0
24.7%
49,741.0
0.0
49,741
49,741
1
0.81%
Druid
Balance
97,715.0
48.6%
116,708.4
88,548.5
21,366
233,106
5
4.03%
Druid
Feral Cat
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
75,939.0
37.8%
83,884.4
62,271.8
15,293
190,239
11
8.87%
Hunter
Marksmanship
118,307.0
58.8%
118,307.0
0.0
118,307
118,307
1
0.81%
Hunter
Survival
44,262.0
22.0%
74,686.1
61,341.6
15,167
197,037
10
8.06%
Mage
Arcane
65,820.5
32.7%
64,198.8
43,598.8
1,458
123,696
4
3.23%
Mage
Fire
48,801.0
24.3%
88,936.9
77,213.3
6,613
280,539
13
10.48%
Mage
Frost
72,000.5
35.8%
75,869.3
49,167.5
16,208
173,880
8
6.45%
Paladin
Retribution
50,989.0
25.4%
81,872.0
76,490.7
19,713
265,509
9
7.26%
Priest
Shadow
51,227.5
25.5%
70,911.4
61,783.3
10,070
171,514
8
6.45%
Rogue
Assassination
150,489.5
74.8%
141,652.2
31,095.0
76,545
168,429
6
4.84%
Rogue
Combat
41,976.0
20.9%
48,917.3
14,330.8
35,898
68,878
3
2.42%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
102,469.0
51.0%
94,796.4
65,225.2
17,506
219,763
7
5.65%
Shaman
Enhancement
201,072.5
100.0%
201,072.5
113,853.5
87,219
314,926
2
1.61%
Warlock
Affliction
26,560.0
13.2%
26,560.0
0.0
26,560
26,560
1
0.81%
Warlock
Demonology
32,161.5
16.0%
36,879.5
20,582.0
14,157
69,038
4
3.23%
Warlock
Destruction
90,732.5
45.1%
83,718.8
37,946.9
19,193
133,029
6
4.84%
Warrior
Arms
87,471.0
43.5%
87,471.0
7,626.0
79,845
95,097
2
1.61%
Warrior
Fury
74,480.0
37.0%
101,683.7
64,115.8
24,923
216,370
10
8.06%
Monk
Windwalker
42,577.5
21.2%
59,705.8
46,202.8
23,074
159,269
6
4.84%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
20,443.5
100.0%
23,036.1
9,118.2
12,627
43,003
8
19.51%
Paladin
Holy
14,792.0
72.4%
17,900.3
9,004.8
5,741
32,403
11
26.83%
Priest
Discipline
18,973.0
92.8%
19,857.0
11,057.7
2,581
42,769
10
24.39%
Priest
Holy
8,597.0
42.1%
8,597.0
4,390.0
4,207
12,987
2
4.88%
Shaman
Restoration
11,119.5
54.4%
10,624.3
3,548.3
4,046
15,426
6
14.63%
Monk
Mistweaver
14,826.0
72.5%
14,570.0
3,153.5
10,480
18,148
4
9.76%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
40,819.0
84.9%
52,265.2
31,140.6
15,522
101,981
11
35.48%
Druid
Feral Bear
38,232.0
79.5%
61,428.8
51,397.9
19,786
149,465
4
12.90%
Paladin
Protection
19,866.0
41.3%
35,101.1
31,011.5
6,654
99,612
8
25.81%
Warrior
Protection
48,065.0
100.0%
51,214.9
13,931.8
26,723
71,502
7
22.58%
Monk
Brewmaster
41,322.0
86.0%
41,322.0
0.0
41,322
41,322
1
3.23%
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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