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Comment by Farshid

Been waiting for this kind of gem for a long time. Currently the only gem with this kind of stats drop from heroic Mechanar (https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=30564)

Comment by 14925

This is a perfect gem for an affliction warlock. Finally we can activate some more gem bonuses on yellow slots (Girdle of Ruination, Voidheart Robe) and overall just get more +hit if you're in need of it.

Comment by Cakku

Very nice for shadowpriests too, currently only option to yellow sockets was 8int or 4crit/5dmg, crit is rather useless for priest and i take spelldmg over int anyday.

Comment by 50777

This was introduced in 2.1, however, it is unknown exactly where the design for this gem is found. Perhaps as a reward or drop from some of the new 5 man content?

Comment by Johnny

New rare gems with 2.1:

Yellow:

Great Dawnstone (8 Spell Hit Rating)
https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=31861

Orange:

Veiled Noble Topaz (4 Spell Hit Rating | 5 Spell Damage)
https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=31867
Wicked Noble Topaz (4 Critical Strike Rating | 8 Attack Power)
https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=31868

Purple:

Balanced Nightseye (8 Attack Power | 6 Stamina)
https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=31863
Infused Nightseye (8 Attack Power | 2Mp5
https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=31865

Meta:

Thundering Skyfire Diamond (Melee/Ranged Haste Rating Proc)
https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=32410
Relentless Earthstorm Diamond (+12 Agility | 3% Increased Critical Damage)
https://www.wowhead.com/wotlk/item=32409

All designs for these new gems are random world drops, only the Relentless Earthstorm Diamond is obtained from the Consortium Quartermaster once you reach exalted.

Comment by 58398

This is quoted from tivelositos from the sticky in the mage forums by Swindy, possibly one of the most helpful people to mage damage calculations in TBC

"So lets convert those formulas to a real world example. Let's take a fire mage with 900 spelldamage, 100 hit rating, and 30% to crit with fire.

+50 spell damage would mean (B+c*(D+n))/(B+c*D) = (902.5+1.035*(900+50)) / (902.5+1.035*900) = 1885.75 / 1834 = 1.0282 which is 2.82% more DPS.

+50 spell crit rating would translate to 2.26244 more crit chance (1.1*(C+n)+1) / (1.1*C+1) = (1.1*(0.3+0.0226244)+1) / (1.1*(0.3)+1) = 1.35488684 / 1.33 = 1.0187 which is 1.87% more DPS.

+50 spell hit rating is 3.96825 more hit chance on top of the 7,93651 hit chance the mage allready has (0.83+H+n)/(0.83+H) = (0,83 + 0,0793651 + 0,0396825)/(0,83+0,0793651) = 0,9490476/0,9093651 = 1,0436 meaning a whoping 4,36% more increase in DPS!"

Comment by bobos

Best raiding DPS caster gem period as of right now.

Comment by 34517

Are these in game yet?

Comment by 99459

what gem do you guys think is best for a 0/21/40 lock? ive been told veiled noble topaz but also be told potent noble topaz ( +5 Spell Damage +4 Spell Crit Rating) i do need more hit but that crit wouldnt be bad since when i crit its just crazy damage (7k in raids)

Comment by Motor

You can look at to detailed list of the rare gems : Click here

Comment by Allakhazam

Where does this design dropped/where is it learned?

Comment by Allakhazam

The PvE gem that casters have been waiting for is finally in the game.

Edited, May 25th 2007 5:32pm by Makenzie

Comment by Allakhazam

considering +hit is worth more than +dmg this gem is much better value than the Runed Living Ruby for DPS until you reach your classes +hit cap. And it matches either a yellow or a red slot!

grist.

Comment by Thottbot

awesome gems. I am going to socket my spellfire/spellstrike sets full of these puppies.

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+4 Hit Rating and +5 Spell Power

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