1. #1

    How to Pick Gems

    My toon is arcane spec and just got below 3 gears. I need 1 meta / 3 yellow / 1 blue gems.
    http://us.battle.net/wow/en/item/63455
    http://us.battle.net/wow/en/item/62441
    http://us.battle.net/wow/en/item/63463

    I've looked up here:
    http://elitistjerks.com/f75/t106141-...pdated_4_01_a/
    http://elitistjerks.com/f75/t106009-...age_resources/

    It provides multiple choices. But I haven't played WoW since TBC release, so totally have no idea how to choose between these combinations and seek some help here.

    My questions are:
    1. What's the priority list for the stats? int > haste > hit > critical > mastery ? What's the cap for them?
    2. What gems to use for my 1 meta / 3 yellow / 1 blue? Can anyone give some suggestions?

    Thanks.

  2. #2
    Uh, it really depends on your spec but if I remember correctly the priority is kinda like this

    Fire
    Red: Brilliant (Try and stack this as much as possible, do your own math to see if outweighs the socket bonus though)
    Blue: Rigid if you need to stack a lot of hit, but Veiled is ideal.
    Yellow: Potent

    Frost
    Red: Brilliant(Same advice as above still applies)
    Blue: Rigid/Veiled(Same advice as above)
    Yellow: Potent

    Arcane
    Red: Brilliant(Same)
    Blue: Rigid/Veiled(Same)
    Yellow: Reckless/Potent(I've heard that stacking haste is better for arcane, but it's up for debate. At upper levels I've heard mastery takes precedence)

    Feel free to correct if I'm wrong.

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