Cataclysm Hunter Enchants and Gems

4.3

This is a list of the best enchants per slot, some cheaper enchants and a general guide to gems and how to use them. Some enchants listed on this page are inferior to profession-specific enchants. For a list of profession-specific enchants and other bonuses provided by professions, check this article.

Enchants

Head

• Arcanum of the Ramkahen (+60 Agility, +35 Haste Rating)
  Source: Ramkahen

Shoulder

• Greater Inscription of the Shattered Crystal (+50 Agility, +25 Mastery rating)
  Source: Therazane
• Lesser Inscription of the Shattered Crystal (+30 Agility, +22 Mastery rating)
  Source: Therazane

Back

• Enchant Cloak – Greater Critical Strike (+65 Critical Strike rating)
  Source: Enchanters
• Enchant Cloak – Major Agility (+22 Agility)
  Source: Enchanters
• Enchant Cloak – Critical Strike (+50 Critical Strike rating)
  Source: Enchanters

Note: The best and the second best enchants are nearly identical in terms of dps contribution, either one will be just fine.

Chest

• Enchant Chest – Peerless Stats (+20 to all stats)
  Source: Enchanters
• Enchant Chest – Mighty Stats (+15 to all stats)
  Source: Enchanters

Wrist

• Enchant Bracer – Agility (+50 Agility)
  Source: Enchanters
• Enchant Bracer – Greater Critical Strike (+65 Critical Strike rating)
  Source: Enchanters
• Enchant Bracer – Critical Strike (+50 Critical Strike rating)
  Source: Enchanters

Hands

• Enchant Gloves – Greater Mastery (+65 Mastery rating)
  Source: Enchanters
• Enchant Gloves – Major Agility (+20 Agility)
  Source: Enchanters
• Enchant Gloves – Mastery (+50 Mastery rating)
  Source: Enchanters

Note: The best and the second best enchants are nearly identical in terms of dps contribution, either one will be just fine.

Waist

• Ebonsteel Belt Buckle (Adds a gem slot to your belt)
  Source: Blacksmiths

Legs

• Dragonscale Leg Armor (+190 Attack Power, +55 Critical Strike rating)
  Source: Leatherworkers
• Scorched Leg Armor (+110 Attack Power, +45 Critical Strike rating)
  Source: Leatherworkers

Feet

• Enchant Boots – Major Agility (+35 Agility)
  Source: Enchanters
• Enchant Boots – Assasin’s Steps (+25 Agility, Movement Speed Increase)
  Source: Enchanters

Two-Handed Weapon

• Enchant 2H Weapon – Agility (+130 Agility)
  Source: Enchanters

Ranged Weapon

• Flintlocke’s Woodchucker (+300 Agility procc)
  Source: Engineers
• Gnomish X-Ray Scope (+800 Attack Power procc)
  Source: Engineers
• R19 Threatfinder (+88 Hit rating)
  Source: Engineers
• Safety Catch Removal Kit (+88 Haste rating)
  Source: Engineers

What, no option for one-handed weapons? There’s a perfectly good explanation for that and here it is; Do not under any circumstances use one-handed weapons. You will end up with about 15% less stats than if you were using a two-handed weapon and there are no good enchants for hunters with one-handed weapons. The enchants are proccs based on melee hits. Stay away!

I included several cheaper options for those who can’t afford the best enchants (the top enchants in each section) because some of these enchants will currently cost over a thousand gold.

Gems

Meta-gem slot

• Agile Shadowspirit Diamond (+54 Agility and +3% Increased Critical Damage)
  Requires: 3 red

Red slots

• Delicate Queen’s Garnet (+50 Agility)
• Delicate Inferno Ruby (+40 Agility)

Yellow slots

• Deadly Lava Coral (+25 Agility, +25 Critical Strike Rating)
• Adept Lava Coral (+25 Agility, +25 Mastery Rating)
• Deft Lava Coral (+25 Agility, +25 Haste Rating)
• Deadly Ember Topaz (+20 Agility, +20 Critical Strike Rating)
• Adept Ember Topaz (+20 Agility, +20 Mastery Rating)
• Deft Ember Topaz (+20 Agility, +20 Haste Rating)

Blue slots

• Glinting Shadow Spinel (+25 Agility, +25 Hit Rating)
• Glinting Demonseye (+20 Agility, +20 Hit Rating)

You should use a non-red gem in every slot where you’ll gain a bonus of at least +20 Agility. When the bonus is crap you should go straight for the red gem options.

For the yellow slots, it’s always better to go with the Deadly (Crit) gems rather than Adept or Deft.

Cheers,
Gav