With a lot of new enchants people might not know what kinds of enchants there are and what is best. Most this information I got of rawr, but I doubt rawr a bit because some real necessities like Hit rating for cat does not score that high, nor does expertise for bear. Armor however scores pretty high where in my opinion that is something a bear druid should not get extra of by enchants, though for this moment I will trust rawr.
I would like your input on what you think is best. I will change the list where and if needed. All enchants are from a PVE point of view.
I know enchants are depending on your current gear. In bear, if you have 40k health a lot of other enchants would be much preferable vs a stamina enchant. I made this list from the standpoint that all stats are needed equally. I have stated the next best alternative(s) if valid between ( ) behind the "best" enchant. The alternative will however never be a lesser version of the best one. A 15 agility enchant is not the alternative to 20 agility enchant. An alternative, if any, must contain a different stat.
This list also does not include the enchants that are best for dual roles. Say you only have one ilevel 200+ gloves you use for tanking and no alternative to specifically use for dps. The agility enchant might be preferred here because it is good for tanking and dps. This post does not hold that kind of information.
Where possible I added item links to WowHead.com to make it possible to see the enchant. This results in some enchants being linked as enchanted on a scroll, which might be difficult to read against the light background. My apologies for that.
Any comments?
[List adjusted: 3.1.3 ->17-06-2009]
Rawr used: 2.2.6 (With my current gear of course)
For tanking expertise is a real nice stat. It reduces the chance the boss will parry you and by doing so increase his damage.
Originally Posted by Windchilla
This is called Parry-Haste and the vast majority of bosses have it, that is what makes Expertise both a offensive and defensive tanking stat.
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A lot of gear has expertise but you will need about 14% (?)* to get the "cap" (some bosses have higher parry chances).
Note:
* The exact parry cap is debated, but it is believed to be somewhere around 14%. This isn;t really THAT important though. Expertise cap is in my opinion not something to go for. Keep in mind though that the expertise soft cap of 6.5% is close to a must on expertise.
The interesting enchants to look at are:
| Expertise enchants |
| [Scroll of Enchant Bracer - Expertise] |
| [Scroll of Enchant Gloves - Expertise] |
| Note: |
| Expertise enchanting is very costly. Rather choose expertise gems over enchants. Example: 1 gem can have 16 strength, 16 agility, 16 expertise rating or 32 AP. Per class it differs what is most useful. However, point wise they represent the same. Meaning 1 agility equals 1 expertise equals 2 AP in value. |
| Now you can either enchant 15 expertise on a glove or put 20 agility in there or 44 AP. (For druids 20 agi > 44 AP at the moments) |
| For bracers you can ether enchant 15 expertise or you can put 50 AP on it. |
| The reason for this is that the expertise enchants are pretty low level enchants versus the other higher level enchants. This means that if you need 15 expertise, you rather replace a 16 agility gem with a 16 expertise gem, then replace your 20 agility glove enchant with a 15 expertise enchant. |
It is also important to have hit rating as cat. There is not much hit on items (I myself find I want 4 times the hit rating I have). So if you are looking towards hit rating you could choose some of those enchants:
[Currently outdated, I am bursting with hit and I want expertise, though still goes for people with not as much hit on their gear).
Depending on trade skills it is possible to get different/most likely better enchants.
Note: There is "some" sort of belt enchant (not an enchant really, but still a valid item improvement).
[Eternal Belt Buckle] which a BS can make. It allows anyone to socket any (non meta) gem in their belt. No strings attacked. A BS can also socket their own gloves
Socket Gloves - Spell - World of Warcraft) and bracer (
Socket Bracer - Spell - World of Warcraft).