June 22, 2008, 03:44 AM
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Character Info
Garii
80 Tauren Druid
Cho'gall
US
PvP
Profile: Blizzard Armory
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Re: Socketing Guide
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Originally Posted by Akasha
No rule here that says I must do it all...
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Really?!?! Thats new for me. 
Well, here it goes, as i don't think its enough to make his own thread, ill post it here:
Short list of useful gems for the SL/SL lock.
So, you decided to go SL/SL? Well, then you must be aiming at arena, or at least PvP of some sort.
Having that in mind your main objectives statwise are stamina, resilience and spell damage, why? because we are DPS that hardly burst, but are hard as heck to kill and do good steady damage. This is also true to a lesser extent to deep affliction and demo builds, so this list might help them as well.
In my opinion you must first have a good ammount of HP, then protect it with resilience and then try to kill faster, so first i would try to get Sta, then resilience and finally, but very importantly, spell damage, my ideal stats would be something like:
12.5k HP
470 resilience
As much spell damage as possible (i think 1030 or so unbuffed is as good as it gets with S3 gear)
But in the mean time, while you grind your way to better gear, gems can help you get better sta/resilience, or that spell damage, so here's the list of useful gems by color:
Red
Runed Living Ruby - +9 spell damage
Yellow
Mystic Dawnstone - +8 resilience
Qick Dawnstone - +8 spell haste *usually subpar choice
Blue
Solid Star of Elune - +12 stamina
Stormy Star of Elune - +10 spell penetration *usually subpar choice
Purple
Glowing Nightseye - +5 spell damage & +6 stamina *interesting to note that 2 of these are better than one runed living ruby and one solid star of elune, so it might be worth it if you need sta and spell damage
Orange
Mysterious Fire Opal - +6 spell damage & +5 spell penetration *usually subpar choice
Reckless Noble Topaz - +4 spell haste & +5 spell damage *usually subpar choice
Green
Forceful Talasite - +4 spell haste & +6 stamina *usually subpar choice
Steady Talasite - +4 resilience & +6 stamina
Metagems
Mystical Skyfire Diamond - 15% chance to grant a buff that gives 6 seconds of 320 Spell Haste Rating till a spell with casting time is casted. Useful because it can proc out of instant spells.
Swift Starfire Diamond - +12 spell damage and minor run speed *usually subpar choice as the minor run speed doesn't stack with your boot's enchant
Powerful Earthstorm Diamond - +18 samina and 5% stun resistance
Imbuted Unstable Diamond - +14 spell damage and 5% stun resistance
Ember Skyfire Diamond - +14 spell damage and +2% intellect
I included the "subpar choices" because there might be wierd item combinations that would benefit more from a bit more of supression or haste than of the usual PvP stats.
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