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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
113,540.5
66.9%
119,874.9
31,420.1
83,202
175,284
8
7.92%
Death Knight
Unholy
169,817.0
100.0%
164,199.3
18,441.9
139,334
183,447
3
2.97%
Druid
Balance
98,101.0
57.8%
106,274.2
18,875.3
83,256
132,764
5
4.95%
Druid
Feral Cat
77,004.5
45.3%
77,004.5
25,843.5
51,161
102,848
2
1.98%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
65,641.5
38.7%
110,284.2
96,053.0
25,141
304,701
6
5.94%
Hunter
Marksmanship
95,656.0
56.3%
95,656.0
0.0
95,656
95,656
1
0.99%
Hunter
Survival
114,824.0
67.6%
118,432.0
32,201.3
70,001
171,161
9
8.91%
Mage
Arcane
50,136.0
29.5%
50,136.0
0.0
50,136
50,136
1
0.99%
Mage
Fire
80,380.0
47.3%
70,798.4
31,396.1
34,843
118,000
5
4.95%
Mage
Frost
108,328.0
63.8%
109,933.7
26,484.1
78,330
143,143
3
2.97%
Paladin
Retribution
101,912.0
60.0%
108,084.5
53,419.6
40,980
187,534
4
3.96%
Priest
Shadow
73,800.5
43.5%
69,560.7
41,769.5
16,345
132,809
6
5.94%
Rogue
Assassination
64,157.5
37.8%
89,414.5
70,378.1
3,212
215,692
8
7.92%
Rogue
Combat
47,118.5
27.7%
53,057.0
19,450.8
24,183
78,494
6
5.94%
Rogue
Subtlety
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Shaman
Elemental
57,284.0
33.7%
70,109.4
30,865.8
30,225
116,537
7
6.93%
Shaman
Enhancement
75,685.0
44.6%
90,114.7
25,538.6
68,656
126,003
3
2.97%
Warlock
Affliction
61,089.0
36.0%
95,549.3
54,373.0
53,248
172,311
3
2.97%
Warlock
Demonology
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Warlock
Destruction
97,242.5
57.3%
96,437.2
27,384.9
65,572
124,714
6
5.94%
Warrior
Arms
78,834.0
46.4%
76,902.0
6,308.5
68,393
83,479
3
2.97%
Warrior
Fury
105,921.0
62.4%
125,474.9
79,205.2
16,598
304,728
9
8.91%
Monk
Windwalker
78,077.0
46.0%
70,881.0
17,394.5
46,911
87,655
3
2.97%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
36,770.5
87.7%
30,802.5
13,937.9
2,850
43,740
6
20.69%
Paladin
Holy
24,545.0
58.5%
25,445.1
10,499.7
11,869
46,939
7
24.14%
Priest
Discipline
36,156.0
86.2%
46,677.8
37,692.8
12,550
117,440
5
17.24%
Priest
Holy
41,945.5
100.0%
41,945.5
2,053.5
39,892
43,999
2
6.90%
Shaman
Restoration
21,124.0
50.4%
23,844.1
7,949.8
15,018
40,580
7
24.14%
Monk
Mistweaver
25,027.0
59.7%
25,027.0
2,997.0
22,030
28,024
2
6.90%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
54,475.0
75.6%
52,331.2
10,822.2
33,240
66,835
5
26.32%
Druid
Feral Bear
58,759.0
81.5%
51,651.3
16,463.1
28,897
67,298
3
15.79%
Paladin
Protection
54,242.0
75.3%
56,590.8
14,652.8
38,626
79,253
4
21.05%
Warrior
Protection
72,082.0
100.0%
60,563.0
24,341.0
16,938
86,804
5
26.32%
Monk
Brewmaster
57,911.0
80.3%
57,911.0
1,536.0
56,375
59,447
2
10.53%
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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