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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
184,472.5
77.4%
193,117.2
32,770.0
154,556
346,278
100
5.28%
Death Knight
Unholy
189,082.0
79.3%
195,792.3
68,431.8
84,502
347,674
69
3.65%
Druid
Balance
148,898.0
62.5%
169,094.4
53,030.8
110,214
330,042
100
5.28%
Druid
Feral Cat
133,728.0
56.1%
151,396.1
74,120.2
24,661
429,694
75
3.96%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
117,765.0
49.4%
120,192.4
45,329.3
21,159
289,225
95
5.02%
Hunter
Marksmanship
109,991.0
46.1%
121,857.8
39,099.3
77,559
193,704
14
0.74%
Hunter
Survival
229,153.5
96.1%
234,887.2
39,035.5
185,373
345,027
100
5.28%
Mage
Arcane
113,608.5
47.7%
112,795.8
51,864.2
14,963
288,700
42
2.22%
Mage
Fire
213,860.5
89.7%
214,344.9
61,467.6
134,173
363,768
100
5.28%
Mage
Frost
183,991.0
77.2%
190,932.1
33,201.3
150,494
301,015
100
5.28%
Paladin
Retribution
176,031.5
73.8%
193,057.6
46,743.1
139,875
340,867
100
5.28%
Priest
Shadow
185,869.5
78.0%
203,631.9
53,197.5
147,154
378,433
100
5.28%
Rogue
Assassination
199,621.5
83.7%
215,921.0
53,800.2
153,805
403,812
100
5.28%
Rogue
Combat
140,946.0
59.1%
143,996.8
54,979.0
52,042
288,410
53
2.80%
Rogue
Subtlety
134,502.0
56.4%
119,146.6
20,544.2
92,617
137,326
5
0.26%
Shaman
Elemental
238,382.5
100.0%
261,824.6
69,740.6
186,458
499,266
100
5.28%
Shaman
Enhancement
133,471.0
56.0%
142,459.4
44,481.2
43,189
283,783
94
4.97%
Warlock
Affliction
135,899.0
57.0%
149,608.7
65,612.5
53,234
375,437
64
3.38%
Warlock
Demonology
178,778.5
75.0%
194,227.9
90,770.1
30,528
456,203
82
4.33%
Warlock
Destruction
212,801.5
89.3%
231,184.1
40,091.2
184,307
353,738
100
5.28%
Warrior
Arms
125,446.5
52.6%
130,630.5
47,718.6
36,345
282,208
100
5.28%
Warrior
Fury
179,948.5
75.5%
196,331.5
52,914.2
137,927
375,946
100
5.28%
Monk
Windwalker
147,633.0
61.9%
164,414.4
49,591.9
105,238
335,166
100
5.28%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
46,337.0
84.9%
48,652.5
8,189.4
39,630
88,800
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
47,666.0
87.3%
49,469.1
6,430.7
42,044
82,272
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
54,578.0
100.0%
56,739.7
8,876.4
47,426
100,617
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
35,918.5
65.8%
37,122.0
7,802.2
25,204
61,460
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
40,344.0
73.9%
41,696.1
6,445.1
34,528
64,400
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
41,484.0
76.0%
43,619.5
8,121.2
33,466
74,177
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
209,611.5
95.6%
229,727.4
69,326.7
167,396
542,101
100
20.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
183,278.5
83.6%
198,434.6
68,620.0
113,140
493,530
100
20.00%
Paladin
Protection
204,281.0
93.1%
229,344.8
70,410.5
162,184
622,095
100
20.00%
Warrior
Protection
169,133.0
77.1%
171,783.7
46,203.3
102,760
375,535
100
20.00%
Monk
Brewmaster
219,328.0
100.0%
246,077.5
95,694.8
140,532
574,573
100
20.00%
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
More details of the methodology used can be found on the DPS Bot Docs page.
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