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April 28, 2009, 10:47 AM
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Redpickle 80 Blood Elf Warlock Thunderlord US PvP Guild: Black Axe Clan Talent Spec: 55/0/16 |
Re: PVP Stats and Gems
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Very good info here. My question is about hit. How do I get my hit up? With all my pvp gear on my hit is at 0. Do I gem hit or get enchants? My resilience is over 800, stam is almost 20k (unbuffed), spell pen 0. This will be the first time that I step into arena with this toon but want to make sure I have it somewhat right before I do. |
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April 28, 2009, 12:11 PM
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Khyden 80 Gnome Warlock Khaz'Goroth Oceania PvE Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/17/54 |
Re: PVP Stats and Gems
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Also you can pick up the Deadly Gladiator's Band of Ascendancy for honor now. |
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April 28, 2009, 01:18 PM
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Razakel 80 Undead Warlock Executus US PvP Guild: Rotten Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/17/54 |
Re: PVP Stats and Gems
I'm at about 3.5% hit right now, could be higher for sure. I'm trying out itemizing for crit to start out this season to see how it goes. So far I'm criting people more often than I expected. In a few weeks I'll try regeming for haste to see how that goes. |
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April 28, 2009, 01:28 PM
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Re: PVP Stats and Gems
You can find a lot of PvP gear thru Wintergrasp Marks. Head, boots, robe all have a +hit and +haste version. There are trinks also available via honor, so getting hit capped isnt as hard as it seems. You want to try to gem for Resiliance and Spell power imo. We want our dots to tick hard (Corruption critting for 3K+) and for a healer to be able to keep us up against the initial burst most classes have. With UA and full dots on each target Affliction locks are able to put a lot of pressure on multiple targets. And you'd be surprised how many times people try to dispell! Meta Gem should def. be stun reduction. Rogues and Ret Pallies hurt. I've been using 32 Stam, but I'm starting to think 25 spell power + 10% stun reduction will be better in the long run. The fear nerf def sucks. But I think we can live thru it, just have to be faster and kite better (demonic portal should almost be used every cooldown to confuse people and clear snare affects). Use the Felhunter Spelll lock manually! It literally wins matches against a healer w/ low health. I read a lot of things about how Affliction was dead in arena (2's), but I still think resto shammy/affliction lock can work. We still havnt figured out Mage/Rogue tho...
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April 28, 2009, 04:33 PM
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Gritz 80 Orc Warlock Eldre'Thalas US PvE Guild: Fate Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: Destro |
Re: PVP Stats and Gems
Check Wintergrasp Vendor for PvP +hit gear. |
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April 29, 2009, 11:47 AM
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Illeandrys 80 Blood Elf Warlock Frostmourne Oceania PvP Guild: Loot the Core Hound Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/40/31 |
Re: PVP Stats and Gems
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Spellpower/Stun reduction is a better choice for your meta gem slot to me, you don't really need more than 21 or 22k health to survive an initial burst. For other gem slots, just activate the socket bonus with a multi-colored gem with resilience or 16 resilience: Yellow - Mystic Autumn's Glow (16 Resil) OR Kharmaa's Grace (20 Resil, unique) OR Steady Forest Emerald (Resil/Stam) Red - Durable Monarch Topaz (SP/Resil) OR Runed Scarlet Ruby (19SP) Blue - Steady Forest Emerald You want ~800 resilience and >20k health as a baseline while getting as much spellpower as you can. My stats right now are somewhere in the ballpark of 730 or 830 resil depending on trinkets (I swap BM and Disks depending on the comp) and 21.6 or 21.7k health with the aforementioned spellpower. |
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April 29, 2009, 04:42 PM
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Xavron 80 Gnome Warlock Moon Guard US RP PvE Guild: Veritas Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 53/1/17 |
Re: PVP Stats and Gems
(I'll preface all of this by saying that I don't play Arena. I'm strictly a fan of battleground or wintergrasp PvP. Prior to 3.0, I played a *lot* of BGs, then stopped until dual-spec hit when I could dedicate a spec to PvP/quest/farming.) The starter set of crafted blues (Savage) along with the resilience ring, the resilience cloak, the resilience necklace (all crafted items) will get you to about 500 resilience out of the gate. But you'll only have about 16-17k health at the start (give or take), so you'll need to stay out of melee range in big battles. The cost for a starter set of gear is in the 200-500g range. Which is not terribly expensive for something that will let you live longer and get started on earning the purples. Cloak enchant should almost always be +35 spell pen. It's about the only slot that can be enchanted with +spell pen, so it makes sense to do it there. Boot enchant - there's a +15 stamina and 8% run speed increase available in Wrath. I find this a better choice then trying to use my meta gem slot to boost run speed. I agree with others that a stun reduction meta gem is more important. The shoulder and head enchants can be purchased in Wintergrasp for Stone Keeper's Shards. It takes 40 for the head enchant and 30 for the shoulder enchant. Those are important sources of resilience, even on PvP blues. I agree that 800 resilience is a good goal. It will take you a few weeks, however, to get there. You'll need to work on earning enough honor to buy the 5 piece Hateful Gladiator's set pieces. The 2 pc bonus gives you +50 resilience and the 4 pc bonus cuts the cast time of Fear by 0.2 sec. Big sources of resilience are Hateful Gladiator's Band of Dominance ring, Medallion of the Alliance trinket (also breaks CC, 2 min cooldown), and Flow of Knowledge trinket. Those 3 pieces will easily get you to 700 resilience, which is within spitting distance of 800. For WG marks, I recommend using them on the Flow of Knowledge trinket, the PvP cloth boots (Titan-Forged) along with either spending honor on a PvP waist or WG marks on a PvP waist. The one thing I have not been able to find yet are wands, off-hands, or weapons that are purchaseable without stepping foot in an arena. So I'm still hanging out at 800 resilience, 65 spell pen, and only 18.3k health. But I still have (2) blue cloth pieces to replace along with the cloak and neck and my weapon slots. |
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April 29, 2009, 07:05 PM
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Illeandrys 80 Blood Elf Warlock Frostmourne Oceania PvP Guild: Loot the Core Hound Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/40/31 |
Re: PVP Stats and Gems
The new WG trinkets are awesome, whether you're gearing up or just balancing stats. I highly recommend them. |
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May 14, 2009, 02:15 PM
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Due to the children's week event I was forced to enter some BG's and ended up quite like the format...  I'm also thinking on dual specc to enter BG's! This thread is very usefull concerning best stats/gems/enchants to use on gear. Now to finish, what about some directions on PVP specs? 
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May 14, 2009, 02:52 PM
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