March 22, 2009, 05:31 AM
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Re: PVP Stats and Gems
The hit cap is 6% because of Blood Elves.
Also, spell penetration is important. It's more important than pure damage until ~75 at least to counter MotW, 130 for SR Aura and Shadow Prot, and 140 for Mages with Mage Armor up, if I recall correctly. It also functions similar to spell damage once you have negated your target's resistances. The cloak enchant and 2 Stormy Sky Sapphire will get you 75, and the offhand and wand will get you above 100.
Resilience (800) > Stam (>20k HP) > Hit (6%) > Spell Pen (75-140) > Spellpower/Haste (up to you) > Crit
Some Warlocks like to gem up their Haste as high as possible before worrying about Spellpower. It really depends on your personal playstyle and taste. Haste can definitely help landing Fears. Some people like to gear for lots and lots of Stamina, but doing so will limit your offensive capability. I personally just go for a balance of damage, res, and stamina with multi-colored gems. If you look at my armory I run slightly below 800 resilience, but I have reasonable spell damage at the same time.
The biggest problem gearing up for PvP is your survivability. If you don't have ~800 resilience, you need more resilience. If you don't have the 4-piece set bonus, you need the 4-piece set bonus. Savage gear has high levels of resilience and fills up those set slots. It's okay to sacrifice some offensive power when you won't live long enough to enjoy that power. The Deadly items have a decent amount of offensive stats on them, too. I sit at about 50-100 unbuffed spellpower above my 10-man PvE gear when I'm wearing my PvP set with Battlemaster's, and about 20 spellpower lower with Fel Armor up (which doesn't matter in Arenas because Demon Armor is better in most situations).
A stun reduction meta is definitely a good idea, since you can dispel most casted CCs off yourself but not physical stuns, but make sure you put Tuskarr's Vitality on your boots for the run speed if you feel like that factors into your play.
Last edited by jon__; March 22, 2009 at 05:50 AM..
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