when should i gem str>hit?

[cant]

right now im 17-51-3 and 304 hit.

when should i gem strength over hit??

thanks so much!

[Pruxx]

When you get hit capped and you can maintain it through gear rather then gems.

[cant]

that doesnt really help me......
for starters i dont even know what the dk 2h hit cap is

[Jurio]

When you get hit capped and you can maintain it through gear rather then gems.

[cant]

can anyone actually help me here?

[Eurytos]

that doesnt really help me......
for starters i dont even know what the dk 2h hit cap is

seems like something you should know before you start asking when to use str, eh?

And hit cap is 8% btw.

[Beachbum]

8% for us Horde.

7% for the lucky alliance with a Dranei in raid.

[tanked]

A more to the point answer: 295 hit rating
(im almost positive, som1 correct me if I'm wrong)

Once you have 295, gem str all the way imo.

[Burner]

Do you miss often? If not then you need to gem Str. If you have good 25 man gear you should be fine on hit rating and gem Str. You dont "HAVE" to be hit capped it really just depends a lot on your gear. You should notice if you miss often or not.


Either get hit capped or you be the judge of if u are missing often.

To be honest I'm not sure of the exact # to be capped, but I never miss and I have over 300 hit and never even put 1 gem in for hit.

[Voidus]

295 sounds about right, but hovering over the tooltip will give you the accurate answer down to the %, 8% is the cap.

Many DK's (both dps and tank) seem to devalue hit rating but this just plain seems wrong to me. A decent amount of crit comes from gear, so yes.. once you are at the 8% hit cap you should stack str.

[Arisen]

2h hitcap is 8%

7% if you can guarantee a draenei in your GROUP every raid, its a group wide buff only.

8% = 263 hit

Remember though, that spellhit cap is much higher at 17% so virulence helps towards this. Gear to 8% then str stack.

[Psysia]

Do you miss often? If not then you need to gem Str. If you have good 25 man gear you should be fine on hit rating and gem Str. You dont "HAVE" to be hit capped it really just depends a lot on your gear. You should notice if you miss often or not.


Either get hit capped or you be the judge of if u are missing often.

To be honest I'm not sure of the exact # to be capped, but I never miss and I have over 300 hit and never even put 1 gem in for hit.

I agree, i had 221hit for a long time and i really never missed.

[Afallach]

2h hitcap is 8%

7% if you can guarantee a draenei in your GROUP every raid, its a group wide buff only.

8% = 263 hit

Remember though, that spellhit cap is much higher at 17% so virulence helps towards this. Gear to 8% then str stack.

This is the only correct answer in this whole effing thread. Grats everyone else.

[Conall]

that doesnt really help me......
for starters i dont even know what the dk 2h hit cap is

Then why did you roll one?

can anyone actually help me here?

You should have done a little homework before the expansion, all this info was out way before release.

2h hitcap is 8%

7% if you can guarantee a draenei in your GROUP every raid, its a group wide buff only.

8% = 263 hit

Remember though, that spellhit cap is much higher at 17% so virulence helps towards this. Gear to 8% then str stack.

I am that lucky to have a Draenei . I personaly dont have good ret gear, because I am Prot MS / Holy OS, but when I have speced it for a day of questing and what not, if you hit 263 at a min, you will be fine.