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[Sam412]

Should we prioritize resil over stam?

What gems should I use for Red / Blue and Yellow sockets

Currently I'm using:

Blue - Stam / Resil
Yellow - Stam / Resil
Red - Parry / Stam

Edited by Sam412, 12 November 2012 - 11:20 PM.

[Baksteen]

Blue - Stam / Resil
Yellow - Resil
Red - Resil

[Sam412]

Baksteen, on 12 November 2012 - 11:37 PM, said:

Blue - Stam / Resil
Yellow - Resil
Red - Resil

What about things like chest, where its 1 yellow 1 red and the bonus is 120 resil

[Bailamosx]

Never gem stamina. Ever.

[Violatrix]

Bailamosx, on 16 November 2012 - 10:34 PM, said:

Never gem stamina. Ever.

This.  There is another post somewhere on AJ and on the wow forums that shows just how completely resilience blows away stamina in terms of effective health, but I am too lazy to look for it.  In a nutshell, even the protection warrior passive abilities Unwavering Sentinel and Plate Specialization, giving a 15% and 5% boost to your stamina, respectively, don't come close to evening the value of these two stats.

As for your question regarding socket bonuses and red gems, I use a str/res orange gem in my chest because I am willing to make the trade-off of 40 res (using a 320 res gem and ignoring the socket bonus) in order to get another 80 strength.  In terms of pure survivability, however, the pure resilience gem is the better option.

[Hoodzx]

I only do myself :
Yellow - Resilience (Mystic Sun's Radiance)
Red - Resilience+Parry (Splendid Vermilion Onyx)
Meta - 324 Stamina and -10% stun duration (Powerful Primal Diamond) (with my racial as orc i get -10 and -15% stun duration, don't know if it stacks but its useful in case of rogues tryin to ninjacap when you're defending...)

Well what i just do is full Resil and for Chest / Head i put the Resil+Parry, for the legs the bonus isnt worth it so just put full resil in it.

Hope that helped a bit.