The following is a basic guide to both gemming and enchanting your gear for the highest possible PvE dps. A PvP gemming guide will follow shortly. Keep in mind that all epic gems are available on Sunwell Island at the cost of 15 badges of justice, from bosses in Hyjal, Black Temple, and Sunwell Plataeu, and from your local auction house for a few hundred gold.

Meta Gem

Relentless Earthstorm Diamond

+12 agility & 3% critical strike damage. Require 2 red gems, 2 blue gems, 2 yellow gems.

(Note – having an orange gem will count as having 1 yellow gem and 1 red gem. The same is true of purple and green gems.)

This is the best choice for any PvE situation. It provides the highest damage output. The meta that provides haste suffers from a hidden cooldown of 40 seconds and is inferior to this meta in every way.

Combat spec gem selection:

Red Sockets

rare: 4 agility / 4 hit – Glinting noble topaz

epic: 5 agility / 5 hit – Glinting Pyrestone

Yellow Sockets

rare: 8 hit - Rigid Dawnstone

epic: 10 hit – Rigid Lionseye

Blue Sockets

rare: 4 agility / 6 stamina – Shifting Nightseye

epic: 5 agility / 7 stamina – Shifting Shadowsong Amethyst

Mutilate gem selection:

Red Sockets

rare: 8 agility – Delicate Living Ruby

epic: 10 agility – Delicate Crimson Spinel

Yellow Sockets

rare: 4 agility / 4 hit – Glinting noble topaz

epic: 5 agility / 5 hit – Glinting Pyrestone

Blue Sockets

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