Hey folks, forum newbie here.
I'm an Unholy DK with frost subspec and EJ pretty much prioritises hit at the top for our class. If I'm not mistaken hitcap is around 8%? Well I've currently got just under 11% (10.78%) and I was wondering if sticking with the bare minimum (8%) would not be so detrimental to my dps as opposed to my current %? I'm planning to re-gem elsewhere maybe ArP or Haste. Thanks a lot! :)
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For PvE, you can generally pretty much swap out of hit once you reach the cap, yes. So in your case you could probably safely regem.
At 8% Hit, your strikes and auto-attacks (including BCB procs) will never miss.
At 17%, your Death Coils, DnD tics and ITs will never miss.
The vast majority of your damage falls into the 8% category, and so getting to the 8% cap is a very nice DpS boost (as 100% of your damage will be buffed accordingly through more hits). But, after that, not so much. It's still useful, yes, but WAY less important.
If I recall correctly, you need 13 of the 20 hit to be used (in order to bring you to 8%) for it to be superior to the Str gem. If less than that is used (so, for instance, if you only need 10 hit to get to 8%) then go with Strength.
[EDIT]
DON'T regem ArP or Haste.
You should end up with a gemming system roughly like this:
Meta- +Agility/+3% Crit damage. Superior to +Crit/+% Crit Damage due to it requiring one less blue gem.
Red- Strength. Always. You should never have anything else in these slots.
Yellow- Three options. We've discussed Hit. And, if socket bonus is worth it, Str/Haste. If the bonus ISN'T worth it, you forgo it and use a Strength gem.
Blue- Nightmare Tear of Strength Gem. That's it. They are always a strict DpS loss if you have already used a Tear.
Never gem ArP or straight Haste as an Unholy DK (and only Blood can gem ArP reliably).
The EJ Unholy thread has a huge chart of socket bonuses--consult it for your specific needs.
Edited, May 14th 2010 2:04pm by idiggory
At 17%, your Death Coils, DnD tics and ITs will never miss.
The vast majority of your damage falls into the 8% category, and so getting to the 8% cap is a very nice DpS boost (as 100% of your damage will be buffed accordingly through more hits). But, after that, not so much. It's still useful, yes, but WAY less important.
If I recall correctly, you need 13 of the 20 hit to be used (in order to bring you to 8%) for it to be superior to the Str gem. If less than that is used (so, for instance, if you only need 10 hit to get to 8%) then go with Strength.
[EDIT]
DON'T regem ArP or Haste.
You should end up with a gemming system roughly like this:
Meta- +Agility/+3% Crit damage. Superior to +Crit/+% Crit Damage due to it requiring one less blue gem.
Red- Strength. Always. You should never have anything else in these slots.
Yellow- Three options. We've discussed Hit. And, if socket bonus is worth it, Str/Haste. If the bonus ISN'T worth it, you forgo it and use a Strength gem.
Blue- Nightmare Tear of Strength Gem. That's it. They are always a strict DpS loss if you have already used a Tear.
Never gem ArP or straight Haste as an Unholy DK (and only Blood can gem ArP reliably).
The EJ Unholy thread has a huge chart of socket bonuses--consult it for your specific needs.
Edited, May 14th 2010 2:04pm by idiggory
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Yes sorry, i have blood as offspec (used to be main) so gemming priorities are still muddled up with ArP. Great bit of elaboration there, thanks.
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