4.3 Item Enhancement Guide

Gavinas wrote:

econ21 wrote:For the weapon enchant, mending caught my eye. I don't know the proc rate, although wowhead says it heals for around 800 hp. Probably useless for dungeons (although stuff hits so hard and drains healer mana so quick, any little bit of healing I will take). But it seemed enormously helpful for soloing. I've already switched from truth to insight since questing at L84-85 incurs so much damage. But with this enchant, I seldom seemed to have to use WoG. I think it will be nice for those "kill 12 spider" type dailies where you want to pull a lot and get it done quick. (Before the enchant, 6 Tol Barad dailies took me 26 mins and one death - it reminds me of the Isle of Quel'danas in BC; we kill stuff slow.)

I've also been trying out Mending since it gave me 5 skill ups on my enchanter and wasn't too expensive. Procs for 800-1000, can crit for 1.5x the heal and seems to proc off most/all of our abilities. Did some brief testing on a dummy and it seems to have ~10% proc chance with a 2.6 speed weapon, I assume it's a ppm enchant but haven't bothered testing other weapon speeds. I have a brief combat log using it attacking one of the combat dummy's in SW with both just autoattacks and doing a rotation for 5 minutes or so if anyone is interested. Based on my experiences in heroics today I'd say it acts like a small HOT, but since I have more threat than I know what do with at the moment and the higher end enchants like Windwalk aren't available yet I'll probably stick with it for a while.

Digren wrote:I'll hit 85 tonight, after which getting this guide updated will be my top priority.

Now, however, block again reduces incoming melee damage by a significant amount - 40% (or more depending on meta gem selection). Once again trying to push "regular" hits off the combat table makes sense. Note that it's not possible to block cap in Cataclysm (at least through T11), but nevertheless mastery rating reduces incoming damage more than dodge or parry rating. In Cataclysm, consider blocked hits the norm, and unblocked hits as +70% damage. Welcome back crushing blows!

Rhiannon wrote:...50 mastery on gloves... it's probably the next best non-profession specific alternative as far as survival-oriented enchant.

econ21 wrote:

Rhiannon wrote:...50 mastery on gloves... it's probably the next best non-profession specific alternative as far as survival-oriented enchant.

How should we trade off mastery with stamina nowadays? e.g. is 50 mastery better than 44 stamina (from heavy savage armor kit)? Looking at the gems (30 mastery or 45 stamina), it is certainly a higher item level but is there anyway to say more about this trade-off?

confedsg wrote:What about Heavy Savage Armor Kit as an glove enchant You missed that 1 ^_^

econ21 wrote:I decided to enchant all my gear today, as it is "heroic ready" and found this guide very useful. Unfortunately, most of the top tier enchants were not available on the AH as scrolls so I ended up going with lesser ones. In that spirit, it might be worth adding the savage armor kit to lists for the (5?) slots it can be applied. It did not seem a bad option for hands, chest and feet, until I can get the top tier ones (e.g. at +36 stamina, I think its better than the 275 hp chest enchant I think I used in wotlk). Heavy savage armor would have been better but was more expensive and I did not want to spend the gold for something I will either upgrade or enchant over.

Hiroko wrote:There's an intermediate Twiglight Leg Armor: http://www.wowhead.com/item=56503
85 stam and 45 agility

Rhiannon wrote:I know it's the weaker option, but you've omitted 50 mastery on gloves from your glove enchant section. Given that 65 mastery requires 2 x maelstrom crystals which are going to be extraordinarily rare for a few weeks, it's probably the next best non-profession specific alternative as far as survival-oriented enchant.

Digren wrote:Okay, up to date except for weapon enchants. I need to review the analysis and update my recommendations there.

Zarhym wrote:The gem cuts Timeless Nightstone, Jagged Jasper, and Solid Zephyrite can no longer create perfect versions of the cut.

lythac wrote:

Zarhym wrote:The gem cuts Timeless Nightstone, Jagged Jasper, and Solid Zephyrite can no longer create perfect versions of the cut.

Odd change, assume other tanking perfect cuts still exist.

steadypal wrote:hrm dangit my wrath belt buckle wont even apply onto my green belt upgrade from questing, wth

Boèndal wrote:Are there any news regarding the BV meta gem? I got this stone helm from Maloriak today and can't decide which to choose if its not bugged any more.

raistlin212 wrote:I brought this up at the EJ prot thread but for shields the armor enchant is a higher net damage reduction then the block enchant. There's been some math done but 160 armor is just better then 36 mastery at preventing damage in the long run. I know block cap is the "holy grail" but this one has a high opportunity cost.

Theck wrote:In any event, given this, 1 armor should be equivalent to ~1/7 a point of mastery, or 0.143 (14.3% as effective), rather than the 0.35 that Wrathblood found. On the other hand, in terms of itemization, it seems that you get 4 armor for every ipoint (trinkets give 1285 armor, 321 mastery/agi/etc., or 482 stam), making it 57.14% as good as mastery in terms of raw itemization. Thus, a mastery trinket should be better than an armor trinket in most cases (i.e. for blockable damage), ignoring on-use effects.

Considering the 160 armor enchant in this light, it's worth about 160/7 = 23 mastery, which is less than the 36 afforded by the Blocking enchant.