4.3 Stamina Conversion Ratios

[Maklesh]

I've never been much of a math-head so hope it's not a silly question but; if avg gear (or ilvl) goes up, how does that affect these conversion rates?

[Dibdib]

I've never been much of a math-head so hope it's not a silly question but; if avg gear (or ilvl) goes up, how does that affect these conversion rates?

DR would suggest that with better gear (and therefore more overall dodge/parry), the net effect (in terms of actual avoidance lost) of replacing x dodge or parry with stamina would move more in stam's favour. The same wouldn't apply for replacing mastery with stamina as it's not subject to DR.

As for how big a change, well.. smarter brains than mine will have to get their abacuses out.

[theckhd]

It's not that large a change within a tier. These ratios were calculated using full T13N gear, so the ratios will be slightly better for parry->stam conversions as you get better gear, and slightly worse if you're in sub-397 gear.

<edit> For example, the conversion factor in T13N is 3.2814, as mentioned in the OP. If you use T13H gear, it goes up to 3.5413. Here's what the results look like for the T13H gear set:

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Gem trade              Socket Bonus      Blue      Epic      Blue      Epic
Def->Sol                                 5.312     5.241     3.541     3.494
50 Dodge->40 STA       (bracer ench)     2.833               1.889         
Fin->Sol                                 2.339     2.339     2.107     2.107
Def->Sol               30 Parry          2.125     2.382     1.417     1.588
Fin->Sol               30 Parry          1.759     1.850     1.457     1.553
Def->Sol + Pui->Sol    30 Parry          1.759     1.850     1.457     1.553
Def->Sol + Fra->Sol    30 Parry          1.663     1.709     1.471     1.528
Fin->Sol + Pui->Sol    30 Parry          1.663     1.709     1.471     1.528
Fin->Sol + Fra->Sol    30 Parry          1.619     1.657     1.478     1.526
Pui->Sol                                 1.500     1.480     1.500     1.480
Fin->Def                                 1.500     1.480     1.500     1.480
Fra->Pui                                 1.500     1.480     1.500     1.480
Fra->Sol                                 1.500     1.500     1.500     1.500
Fra->Sol               10 Parry          1.401     1.420     1.356     1.383
Pui->Sol               10 Parry          1.314     1.330     1.238     1.266
Fra->Sol               30 Parry          1.238     1.283     1.138     1.196
Def->Sol               20 Mast           1.170     1.367     1.054     1.210
Pui->Sol               20 Parry          1.170     1.207     1.054     1.105
Fra->Sol               15 STA            1.125     1.200     1.125     1.200
Pui->Sol               30 Parry          1.054     1.105     0.917     0.981
Fin->Def               30 Parry          1.054     1.105     0.917     0.981
Pui->Sol               15 STA            0.750     0.880     0.750     0.880
Fin->Def               20 Mast           0.750     0.822     0.750     0.822
Fra->Sol               45 STA            0.375     0.600     0.375     0.600
Pui->Sol               45 STA           -0.750    -0.320    -0.750    -0.320

[Hespherus]

Will we ever get a MoP version of this?

[theckhd]

Maybe? We no longer care about efficiently trading mastery for stamina though, as there's no block cap to dance around. So I'm not sure an updated set of ratios would be all that useful.

[econ21]

With secondary stats getting double itemization on gems, I would look at your trinket choices first before deciding to gem stamina. Stamina trinkets are presumably twice as efficient as gems as ways of bulking up.