Post by bygbyron3
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41401 is the only meta gem that healers should use. Period.
Post by Mandabear
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41401 is the only meta gem that holy paladin should use. Period.
I don't think that's necessarily true anymore. For most Holy paladins raiding Ulduar and higher content, the +2% intellect from Ember Skyflare Diamond is more than what you would get from Insightful Earthsiege Diamond. If you want the most Intellect more than anything, than Ember Skyflare would be the best. Other than that it's a choice between more Intellect and some Spell Power or Less Intellect with mana return (Which would be probably be more useful if you're relying on Divine Plea a lot)
Post by MischievousLoki
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=41401 is the only meta gem that holy paladin should use. Period.
I don't think that's necessarily true anymore. For most Holy paladins raiding Ulduar and higher content, the +2% intellect from Ember Skyflare Diamond is more than what you would get from Insightful Earthsiege Diamond. If you want the most Intellect more than anything, than Ember Skyflare would be the best. Other than that it's a choice between more Intellect and some Spell Power or Less Intellect with mana return (Which would be probably be more useful if you're relying on Divine Plea a lot)
I look at it this way. My mana pool hovers around 28K buffed. The skyflare is going to give me about 560 more mana. Losing the +int on the helm means losing 210 from the mana pool as well, for a net increase of 350 mana.
The proc from the insightful is 600 mana. So with a single proc of the insightful, I’ve made up more mana than my base pool would be increased by. 2% increase on mana size for replenishment forms is likely to be covered in this first proc too, if not, by the second proc.
As the gem seems to proc everyone 30 seconds or so, then in a fight of 6 or 7 minutes, you have back 3600 to 4200 mana. So the insightful has given you +12% to 15% more mana to play with.
I’m not saying their isn’t a point at which the 2% won’t scale above the static returns of the insightful, I just don’t think our mana pools are large enough yet.
Edit- forgot about General V fight, but other than that... not sure where the 2% would make up for the procs on the insightful at this time.ember skyflare only increases int, not total mana, so you get even less from it than you calculated.