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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
140,500.0
82.1%
151,979.4
34,375.4
121,317
333,527
100
4.77%
Death Knight
Unholy
109,148.0
63.8%
125,461.6
68,095.9
2,257
385,390
71
3.39%
Druid
Balance
83,527.5
48.8%
89,006.6
30,946.0
53,713
266,897
100
4.77%
Druid
Feral Cat
86,741.5
50.7%
101,999.2
48,641.1
46,908
281,821
100
4.77%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
101,603.5
59.4%
107,028.5
22,113.5
81,472
172,643
100
4.77%
Hunter
Marksmanship
72,066.5
42.1%
73,989.6
24,268.4
35,096
128,897
76
3.62%
Hunter
Survival
171,117.0
100.0%
187,191.8
49,319.6
138,672
356,819
100
4.77%
Mage
Arcane
88,230.0
51.6%
94,784.2
28,827.4
59,431
196,708
100
4.77%
Mage
Fire
95,824.5
56.0%
126,617.3
79,332.6
35,535
338,572
86
4.10%
Mage
Frost
137,517.5
80.4%
150,739.0
39,853.4
113,432
349,046
100
4.77%
Paladin
Retribution
125,342.5
73.2%
138,787.7
42,804.2
103,038
365,992
100
4.77%
Priest
Shadow
130,202.5
76.1%
142,033.4
41,526.2
103,112
322,819
100
4.77%
Rogue
Assassination
128,051.5
74.8%
139,228.7
37,374.6
99,669
339,452
100
4.77%
Rogue
Combat
83,707.0
48.9%
91,728.9
36,793.5
38,987
226,827
100
4.77%
Rogue
Subtlety
58,446.5
34.2%
59,924.2
27,500.1
999
118,417
20
0.95%
Shaman
Elemental
156,542.0
91.5%
189,582.4
77,707.9
120,314
414,658
100
4.77%
Shaman
Enhancement
104,538.0
61.1%
117,974.6
42,875.0
74,066
283,143
100
4.77%
Warlock
Affliction
94,755.0
55.4%
111,761.6
67,909.1
25,882
350,697
45
2.15%
Warlock
Demonology
85,295.0
49.8%
118,557.1
88,727.8
14,647
540,566
99
4.72%
Warlock
Destruction
147,298.5
86.1%
163,230.3
53,600.3
117,497
446,822
100
4.77%
Warrior
Arms
114,309.5
66.8%
118,304.8
25,374.4
88,242
272,586
100
4.77%
Warrior
Fury
105,868.5
61.9%
123,522.5
44,703.6
84,739
324,550
100
4.77%
Monk
Windwalker
126,276.5
73.8%
131,873.6
32,768.7
93,955
253,568
100
4.77%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
34,068.5
81.9%
35,940.6
6,095.3
29,949
61,235
100
16.67%
Paladin
Holy
36,698.5
88.2%
40,826.3
10,440.7
31,145
87,224
100
16.67%
Priest
Discipline
41,589.0
100.0%
44,677.6
10,194.8
34,486
84,548
100
16.67%
Priest
Holy
28,532.5
68.6%
30,969.3
7,574.1
22,773
77,644
100
16.67%
Shaman
Restoration
34,653.5
83.3%
36,138.0
6,153.9
29,076
59,066
100
16.67%
Monk
Mistweaver
32,840.5
79.0%
34,588.8
7,953.9
25,301
59,916
100
16.67%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
182,646.0
88.2%
214,583.1
98,783.5
98,623
509,868
100
22.88%
Druid
Feral Bear
152,617.0
73.7%
175,868.0
117,048.0
38,449
733,613
68
15.56%
Paladin
Protection
166,234.5
80.3%
231,032.8
163,060.5
77,937
822,579
100
22.88%
Warrior
Protection
106,542.0
51.5%
137,116.1
90,241.0
42,463
541,535
100
22.88%
Monk
Brewmaster
207,065.0
100.0%
239,285.1
157,892.1
34,551
730,198
69
15.79%
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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