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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
145,196.0
50.2%
135,704.9
49,636.7
58,759
213,686
8
4.97%
Death Knight
Unholy
166,881.0
57.7%
144,582.3
49,825.0
59,284
185,283
4
2.48%
Druid
Balance
173,651.0
60.0%
181,863.0
83,942.2
0
296,863
10
6.21%
Druid
Feral Cat
175,410.0
60.6%
205,939.7
59,409.3
153,417
288,992
3
1.86%
Hunter
Beast Mastery
158,196.0
54.7%
158,196.0
0.0
158,196
158,196
1
0.62%
Hunter
Marksmanship
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Hunter
Survival
165,125.5
57.1%
180,364.9
93,229.8
37,114
372,185
20
12.42%
Mage
Arcane
154,702.0
53.5%
194,167.8
86,528.6
107,539
305,604
5
3.11%
Mage
Fire
289,369.5
100.0%
271,451.6
83,277.7
124,789
363,497
8
4.97%
Mage
Frost
156,284.0
54.0%
158,055.8
38,749.7
85,041
225,036
17
10.56%
Paladin
Retribution
138,616.5
47.9%
165,162.7
75,162.2
79,606
344,657
10
6.21%
Priest
Shadow
115,318.0
39.9%
122,350.0
32,295.5
78,395
168,848
7
4.35%
Rogue
Assassination
221,760.5
76.6%
215,817.6
94,940.1
62,631
361,594
8
4.97%
Rogue
Combat
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
Rogue
Subtlety
114,841.0
39.7%
114,841.0
1,829.0
113,012
116,670
2
1.24%
Shaman
Elemental
172,488.0
59.6%
200,815.4
96,674.2
93,790
425,144
13
8.07%
Shaman
Enhancement
132,213.0
45.7%
104,464.3
50,447.2
33,670
147,510
3
1.86%
Warlock
Affliction
266,635.0
92.1%
253,305.3
29,888.2
211,903
281,378
3
1.86%
Warlock
Demonology
234,797.0
81.1%
234,797.0
75,760.0
159,037
310,557
2
1.24%
Warlock
Destruction
141,491.0
48.9%
156,361.9
105,997.0
28
432,921
17
10.56%
Warrior
Arms
128,028.0
44.2%
108,356.5
36,648.9
44,957
132,413
4
2.48%
Warrior
Fury
145,707.0
50.4%
151,315.4
71,437.8
45
290,706
9
5.59%
Monk
Windwalker
151,751.0
52.4%
150,261.6
86,357.9
21,614
317,227
7
4.35%
Healer
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Druid
Restoration
25,890.5
69.0%
27,000.3
10,543.1
4,687
41,957
10
15.38%
Paladin
Holy
36,180.0
96.4%
38,726.8
8,110.6
24,893
54,516
16
24.62%
Priest
Discipline
37,539.5
100.0%
36,668.7
13,633.3
12,000
65,998
14
21.54%
Priest
Holy
31,004.5
82.6%
30,414.7
7,361.4
20,735
42,250
6
9.23%
Shaman
Restoration
24,079.0
64.1%
25,343.5
8,996.5
12,800
40,308
11
16.92%
Monk
Mistweaver
28,298.0
75.4%
31,749.6
12,092.0
18,074
59,837
8
12.31%
Tank
Class
Spec
Median
Average
Std Dev
Min
Max
Samples
% of Role
Death Knight
Blood
214,997.5
68.1%
220,986.8
138,954.3
63,014
390,938
4
25.00%
Druid
Feral Bear
315,773.0
100.0%
272,415.0
92,484.1
96,349
344,385
5
31.25%
Paladin
Protection
192,106.5
60.8%
200,672.0
123,836.4
52,736
365,739
4
25.00%
Warrior
Protection
211,646.0
67.0%
199,330.0
53,026.4
129,110
257,234
3
18.75%
Monk
Brewmaster
0.0
0.0%
0.0
0.0
0
0
0
0.00%
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
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