7. Resto gems, enchants, and consumables
Gems :
- For red gem slots, Brilliant inferno Ruby gives you increased intellect
- For yellow gem slots, artful ember topaz is int/mastery or Reckless ember topaz is int/haste if you need help from gems to reach your 2005 haste breakpoint.
- For blue gem slots, Purified Demonseye gives int/spirit
- Meta-gem (for head pieces): Ember shadowspirit diamond (54 int and 2% mana). Requires at least 2 yellow gems (ie. 2 ember topaz gems will fill the requirement)
Consumables :
Flasks:
- Flask of the draconic mind (intellect)
Between talents & replenishment, you do get some mana regen from int (and innervate scales off your mana pool), so Int ends up having more bang for its buck compared to spirit for resto druids. So, flask int (and use intellect food).
Potions:
While the potion of concentration puts you to sleep for 10 sec, sometimes that will be worth it (ie. magmaw when the head is pinned). You can communicate for party members, and time it when the healing needs and fight mechanics allow you to be “asleep” for 10 sec. If you can’t use that one in a fight, the mythical mana potion will restore about half the mana of a potion of concentration, but with no side-effects. If you need to restore both health & mana, then a good choice is the mighty rejuv potion.
Gear Enchants:
Updated enchant list for 4.3 for the best available enchants, now that they are widely available.
- Legs: Powerful Ghostly Spellthread (95 int, 55 spi)
- Shoulders: Greater inscription of charged lodestone (Therazane rep)
- Head: Arcanum of Hyjal (Hyjal rep)
- Cloak: Greater intellect
- Gloves: Greater Mastery
- Chest: Peerless Stats (all stats x 20)
- Bracer: greater speed (haste)
- Boots: Run Speed/mastery (lava walker)
- Weapon: Power Torrent (random proc for 500 int for 12 sec).