Stat Priorities
Stat Ranking
As always, SIM YOURSELF at https://www.raidbots.com/simbot/topgear since what stats is the best changes all the time based on your character, how much you have of each stat, what the item level difference is between the items, what kind of fight it is. etc.
Generally though, stat priority for Season 4 will be:
Int > Haste > Mastery > Crit > Vers
Try to keep Mastery and Haste somewhat equal (the rating, not %) and then move extra stats into Crit over Vers.
Stat Outline
Crit: Chance for spells to do double damage. Causes Shadowy Apparitions to deal 100% increased damage if the Mind Blast, Devouring Plague, Void Bolt or Mind Sear was a Critical Strike. Tormented Spirits has increased chance to proc on Critical Strike.
Haste: Increases spell casting and dot tick speed, reduces the cooldown of some spells and lowers the global cooldown.
Mastery: Increases your damage on the target for each Shadow Word: Pain, Vampiric Touch and Devouring Plague effect that you have active on the target. During Voidform all targets receive the maximum effect.
Versatility: Increases damage and healing done and reduces damage taken.
The best way to calculate stat priorities for your character is to "sim" your character.
Races
Racials very rarely matter when it comes to DPS. The difference between them has always been close enough that it doesn't matter what you play. So you should look at what other things the races bring, such as Rocket Jump from Goblin, Arcane Torrent from Blood Elf, Spatial Rift from Void Elf, Shadowmeld from Night Elf, Stoneform from Dwarf etc.
I will always say Goblin if you’re Horde because the added mobility from Rocket Jump is just impossible to compete with.
And Void Elf/Night Elf/Dwarf if you’re Alliance.
If all you care about is DPS, then it is Goblin or Troll for Horde, and Human for Alliance.
Enchants
IMPORTANT: With how much stats we have going into Season 4, Gems and Ring Enchants might change drastically depending on your stats. Do not get worried if it shows you to gem/enchants Crit or Vers. It is perfectly normal with the stat budget we have currently and the Diminishing Returns on stats
Head: Incandescent Essence
Rings: Devotion of Haste or Devotion of Mastery
Chest: Waking Stats
Weapon: Wafting Devotion
Bracers: Devotion of Speed
Cloak: Graceful Avoidance or Homebound Speed
Legs: Lambent Armor Kit
Gems
Primalist Gems (Unique to 1):
- Fierce Illimited Diamond: Primary stat and haste
- Skillful Illimited Diamond: Primary stat and Mastery
- Inscribed Illimited Diamond: Primary stat and Crit
Normal Gems:
- Keen Ysemerald: Haste and Mastery
- Keen Neltharite: Mastery and Haste
- Sensei’s Alexstraszite: Once you hit first Haste and Mastery DR, Crit and Mastery might show as best.
Consumables
Food: Sizzling Seafood Medley or Grand Banquet of the Kalu’ak
Potion: Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
Healing Potion: Dreamwalker’s Healing Potion (General Use) or Potion of Withering Dreams (If you have maxed Alchemy)
Phial: Phial of Corrupting Rage (if you have 70% or higher uptime) otherwise Phial of Tepid Versatility
Weapon Rune: Howling Rune until you hit first Haste and Mastery DR, and after that you should go with Buzzing Rune
Augment Rune: Draconic Augment Rune