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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
89,151.0
67.9%
91,878.3
28,442.3
13,839
165,031
37
4.10%
Death Knight
Unholy
111,399.0
84.9%
102,059.6
23,684.6
40,659
146,833
21
2.33%
Druid
Balance
102,110.0
77.8%
100,280.4
36,436.6
3,531
168,097
65
7.20%
Druid
Feral Cat
131,219.0
100.0%
120,056.3
65,794.4
19,222
193,029
14
1.55%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
70,757.0
53.9%
66,811.4
24,560.9
19,126
107,589
27
2.99%
Hunter
Marksmanship
83,657.0
63.8%
83,657.0
1.0
83,656
83,658
2
0.22%
Hunter
Survival
76,518.5
58.3%
76,715.4
21,783.9
19,094
119,417
80
8.86%
Mage
Arcane
77,043.5
58.7%
82,160.0
31,960.1
46,217
133,190
6
0.66%
Mage
Fire
84,579.0
64.5%
86,587.3
22,570.7
46,300
134,968
63
6.98%
Mage
Frost
75,190.0
57.3%
77,211.8
21,874.9
25,818
119,394
59
6.53%
Paladin
Retribution
93,474.5
71.2%
98,977.4
35,125.3
41,058
168,570
26
2.88%
Priest
Shadow
96,931.0
73.9%
98,119.4
27,975.5
28,669
166,734
99
10.96%
Rogue
Assassination
81,959.5
62.5%
85,510.5
37,583.5
34,238
213,957
100
11.07%
Rogue
Combat
60,346.0
46.0%
65,855.2
24,741.9
34,716
120,316
15
1.66%
Rogue
Subtlety
47,500.5
36.2%
47,500.5
11,848.5
35,652
59,349
2
0.22%
Shaman
Elemental
75,865.5
57.8%
74,193.8
19,615.7
7,198
118,831
76
8.42%
Shaman
Enhancement
74,729.0
56.9%
74,390.0
28,277.7
16,529
126,160
15
1.66%
Warlock
Affliction
92,134.0
70.2%
98,886.3
32,730.2
23,932
150,059
45
4.98%
Warlock
Demonology
99,739.5
76.0%
92,758.2
26,445.6
42,450
132,006
20
2.21%
Warlock
Destruction
85,057.5
64.8%
78,415.0
28,657.0
14,289
125,790
66
7.31%
Warrior
Arms
70,197.0
53.5%
75,470.3
32,902.7
40,453
134,031
6
0.66%
Warrior
Fury
101,743.0
77.5%
108,075.9
33,564.1
50,871
199,714
40
4.43%
Monk
Windwalker
88,261.0
67.3%
90,825.7
24,949.1
44,449
140,909
19
2.10%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
55,967.5
78.4%
56,034.6
15,021.8
14,279
93,311
54
15.88%
Paladin
Holy
53,916.0
75.5%
54,963.3
13,936.4
14,777
80,860
80
23.53%
Priest
Discipline
60,459.5
84.6%
58,020.7
13,248.1
29,317
83,177
100
29.41%
Priest
Holy
57,451.5
80.4%
55,823.9
11,361.6
40,428
81,113
14
4.12%
Shaman
Restoration
55,098.0
77.1%
52,938.7
12,329.5
23,518
76,988
46
13.53%
Monk
Mistweaver
71,431.5
100.0%
68,617.2
18,905.8
18,831
107,986
46
13.53%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
97,438.0
78.2%
104,336.4
37,468.8
28,917
174,678
84
24.93%
Druid
Feral Bear
102,970.5
82.6%
106,389.8
41,218.4
25,365
183,923
48
14.24%
Paladin
Protection
95,890.5
76.9%
99,378.2
26,869.9
14,084
173,709
92
27.30%
Warrior
Protection
89,911.5
72.1%
92,037.7
18,757.8
26,488
157,195
72
21.36%
Monk
Brewmaster
124,634.0
100.0%
116,066.1
35,816.0
37,442
174,506
41
12.17%
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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