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I haven't seen this question answered anywhere, but I don't play arenas currently, only BGs, so I only have the armor from 2 seasons before. Anyways, I currently gem for crit on my PvP gear because so many of our procs rely on spell and melee crits. But I've been thinking about going with haste gems in order to get MW procs to go off more often. Would this improve my BG fun?

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I'd say stick with crit for the crazy fun procs. That, or switch to Stamina. Explanation follows.

The haste will not materially affect your MW procs. 1% haste would mean that for every 100 MW proccing hits, you'll have an extra one. Look at it this way: it takes five procs to get the instant cast. If you want to get your fifth proc at the time you currently get to four, then you'll need 25% more procs in that time (because you want one extra in the time you get four). Gemming alone won't get that much haste, and fights in pvp are pretty darn fast. Additionally, haste will not affect your windfury procs either, due to WF's internal cooldown.

If you're talking about just having more fun, consider stamina gems. I went with all stamina gems on a mage in the past, and found that my total amount of wreckage went up and I got to use a more fun and in-your-face playstyle. Because of the amount of stamina on gems, it actually adds up to an appreciable difference, where the other offensive stats are more marginal.

As for AP, I'd avoid it. You're better off with Agility or Intellect, even at half the AP values, because of the other benefits (spell crit/mana pool, melee crit/armor/dodge).

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Hmm, I guess that is why people start gemming for haste after the T8.5 (or was it 9) 4P which improves MW procs. Great answer, thanks. – Edge Oct 8 at 17:47
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It really depends on where you are right now. Do you feel like you're dieing too much? Gem for Stam. If you feel that you can't kill anything, go AP, it's the best dps stat for Enh hands down. I'd avoid Crit rating due to crit damage reduction via Resilience. If you find yourself casting a lot of heals to keep yourself up, then respec Resto (Just kidding). Don't gem for Int, just keep water shield up and you should keep your mana high.

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AP will be your best stat for PvE and PvP damage. Like the above poster said though if your having trouble surviving go with stacking stamina. Resilience is better in Arena's where you are very likely to get heals, but stam wins out in BGs where the chance of you getting a heal is less.

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