Besides your gear and talents, there are 3 additional ways you can increase your character’s power: gems, enchants, and consumables, which make your character significantly more powerful when combined correctly. Many guilds and raid groups may not invite you at all if you don’t have the correct gems, enchants, and consumables — but worry not, this guide will help you avoid that problem!
Gems
- Meta Socket:
- Red Socket:
- Brilliant Chimera’s Eye if you have Jewelcrafting
- Brilliant Inferno Ruby otherwise
- Yellow Socket:
- Brilliant Inferno Ruby if the socket bonus is less than +10 Intellect
- Potent Ember Topaz if you are below the soft Crit cap
- Reckless Ember Topaz otherwise
- Blue Socket:
- Brilliant Inferno Ruby if the socket bonus is less than +10 Intellect
- Veiled Demonseye otherwise
Enchants
Armor
- Head:
- Arcanum of Hyjal (Guardians of Hyjal – Revered)
- Shoulders:
- Felfire Inscription if you have Inscription
- Greater Inscription of Charged Lodestone otherwise (Therazane – Exalted)
- Cloak:
- Lightweave Embroidery if you have Tailoring
- Enchant Cloak – Greater Intellect otherwise
- Chest:
- Bracers:
- Draconic Embossment – Intellect if you have Leatherworking
- Enchant Bracer – Precision if you’re desperate for Hit Rating
- Enchant Bracer – Mighty Intellect otherwise
- Plus Socket Bracer if you have Blacksmithing
- Gloves:
- Synapse Springs if you have Engineering
- Enchant Gloves – Haste otherwise
- Plus Socket Gloves if you have Blacksmithing
- Waist:
- Ebonsteel Belt Buckle
- Plus Grounded Plasma Shield if you have Engineering
- Legs:
- Master’s Spellthread if you have Tailoring
- Powerful Enchanted Spellthread otherwise
- Boots:
- Enchant Boots – Precision if you’re desperate for Hit Rating
- Enchant Boots – Lavawalker if you want the movement speed increase
- Enchant Boots – Haste otherwise
- Rings:
- Enchant Ring – Intellect if you have Enchanting
Weapons:
- Main-Hand:
- Off-Hand:
Consumables
Potions
Miscellaneous
- Flame Cap
These can be picked by Herbalists in Outland (check out our farming guide). They do not share a cooldown with any other important consumables and provide a solid damage buff.
Flasks & Elixirs
Food
About the Author
Luxrah
I've been playing World of Warcraft on and off since vanilla, usually as a healer or caster and often as a guild leader. I play both retail and classic. I also love RPGs, sandboxes, and sims.