DPS
WoWDamage per second, and by extension the damage-dealing role and the people playing it.
“We're at 3 DPS, need a tank and a healer.”
“His DPS is fine, his positioning is the problem.”
How to use it
- “We're at 3 DPS, need a tank and a healer.”
- “His DPS is fine, his positioning is the problem.”
Related words
- HPSHealing per second. The healer's version of DPS. Overhealing does not count.
- ParseYour damage or healing on a fight compared to everyone else's logs for that fight and class, as a percentile.…
- RotationThe order you use your abilities for the most damage or healing. In vanilla it is usually a priority list…
- TankThe role that holds the enemy's attention and takes the hits, so everyone else can do their job. Warriors,…
- HealerThe role that keeps the group alive. Priests, druids, shamans and paladins. Healing generates threat too,…
- SustainedDamage you can keep doing all fight, cooldowns aside. What raid DPS is measured on.
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