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Post by
Rankkor
hi-ya
I'm cooking up a new tanking set for my DK, and here i am wondering what sort of gems should I use on it......
wow-heroes does an exelent job at recomending enchants..... (not that there is much to recomend as for head+shoulders+chest+legs there is only 1 and only 1 viable option) but it does't recomend gems......
now, seeing as just stacking a full t9tank set will get me well over the def-cap, what kind of gems I should use? for DPS elitist jerks recomended gemming pure STR, and nothing else, even going as far as ignoring the slot bonuses......
is this rule the same for tanking?
Post by
Bonurmum
Essentially yes,
Gem straight stamina, and a purple dodge/stam gem to activate your meta, most of the time you shouldn't bother with set bonuses or the like, just get loads of stamina.
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Rankkor
really? just stam? no dodge? or parry?
humm........
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Post by
bwirum
If I have an item with +9 or +12 stam for socket bonus, I've been seen gemming 10def/15stam in yellow slots for instance. I've been told (haven't tried it yet on higher lvls of difficulty) that you don't really need to cap expertise, I have a set of gear I'm reaching for which will yield around 22-23 expertise, which supposedly should be enough. I will use one clean expgem for my red to activate the meta.
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Post by
frmorrison
I do straight stamina unless it is a 9 or 12 stamina bonus, then I match colors. Using a Nightmare Tear is a good idea as well as Regal (10 dodge/15 stamina) is good for red colors. Vivid (10 hit/15 stamina) is good for Yellow.
Post by
kcy29581
Personally, I put:
- Blue socket: Stamina
- Red Socket: Dodge+Stamina
- Yellow Socket: Hit+Stamina
My rational is that more dodge gives more Rune Strike procs, and since there is a lack of hit from gear to reach the 8% cap, I like hit.
But, to each their own. I dislike Stamina stacking, and from experience find avoidance tanking better for me.
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