For my bear, I just gemmed and chanted Deep Earth Legguards, upgrading from Obsidian Arborweave Legguards.
The thing is, I lose 300 health and 800 armor after equipping them and for the life of me I can't figure out where the stats are lost. Is there something obvious I'm missing, that will inevitably make me look like an idiot? Leg armor is the same (145 stam, 55 agi), and gems should have no effect on this either going from 2x agi/dodge, to 2x agi, 1 agi/stam.