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    Int > Hit? What to gem

    So I know for arcane you never gem hit over int. But is this the same for a lock? I know you reforge all your secondary stats to hit until cap, but do u gem hit until cap also?

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    Gem ALL sockets with 40+ int UNLESS the bonus is 20+ int. This goes for all casters right now.

    /thread ^.^

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    Read the stickies next time.
    The answer is intellect.

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    Intellect unless sockets 20+ Intellect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xifer View Post
    Gem ALL sockets with 40+ int UNLESS the bonus is 20+ int. This goes for all casters right now.

    /thread ^.^
    There are some hats with bonuses worth gemming for, but they are the exception.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Xifer View Post
    Gem ALL sockets with 40+ int UNLESS the bonus is 20+ int. This goes for all casters right now.

    /thread ^.^
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    I was going to come into this thread and play the hit side of the argument, but all my gemming follows the above advice anyway


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    Helm -> Worth socketing the right color, 20int/20haste in yellow, 20int/20hit in blue, 40int in red.

    Pants and Chest -> If theres a red socket+ any other color and a +20int bonus, it worth socketing the right color for the 2nd socket. If both socket are not red , gem full intel, regardless of the socket bonus.

    Anything else gem pure Intel.

    Reforge to Hit cap!
    Last edited by DarkBlade6; 2011-06-06 at 02:36 AM.

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    Bottom line - if you're not gemming for at least PARTIAL int in every gem, you're losing DPS. In all but a few cases I've simcrafted, Int is worth 2x(+) of any other stat for a lock.

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