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World of Warcraft Cata Rogue PVE Gems Chart
This chart is used to compare Gems to see which are best for placing in socketed Rogue PVE gear.
Last Updated											PVP AEP Values		.35	1	.60	.50	.43	.35	.55	.50	.50	1.10	1	1
4/21/24											PVE Mut MAEP Values		.42	1	.01	.53	.34	.38	.42	.46	.49	.001	1	1
	PVP	PVE	PVE	PVE	Socket						PVE Combat MAEP Values	Req	.41	1	.01	.52	.33	.37	.61	.56	.44	.001	1	1
META SOCKET GEMS	AEP	MAEP	MUT	COM	M	B	R	Y	Info	Source	Component	ilvl	Str	Agi	Sta	Hit	Cri	AP	Exp	Has	Mas	Re	PVP	PVE	Special	LINKS
Agile Shadowspirit Diamond	113	113	113	113	X		3		490	JC Recipe	Shadowspirit Diamond	285		54									59	59	+3% Crit dam	Meta
Relentless Earthsiege Diamond	80	80	80	80	X		3	1	420	JC Recipe	Earthsiege Diamond			21									59	59	+3% Crit dam	Red
Chaotic Shadowspirit Diamond	82	77	77	77	X		3		490	JC Recipe	Shadowspirit Diamond	285					54						59	59	+3% Crit dam	Yellow
Relentless Earthstorm Diamond	71	71	71	71	X	2	3	2	365	Cons Exalted	Earthstorm Diam.			12									59	59	+3% Crit dam	Blue
Chaotic Skyflare Diamond	68	66	66	66	X		3		420	JC Recipe	Skyflare Diamond						21						59	59	+3% Crit dam	Cogs
Chaotic Skyfire Diamond	64	63	63	63	X		3		365	JC Recipe	Skyfire Diamond						12						59	59	+3% Crit dam
Fleet Shadowspirit Diamond	51	32	33	31	X			2	490	JC Recipe	Shadowspirit Diamond	285									54		24	7	Inc Run Speed
Thundering Skyflare Diamond	32	29	29	29	X	1	1	1	440	JC Recipe	Skyflare Diamond												32	29	Haste Proc
Impassive Shadowspirit Diamond	28	19	19	19	X	1		1	490	JC Recipe	Shadowspirit Diamond	285					54						5	1	Red Fear Dur
Enigmatic Shadowspirit Diamond	28	19	19	19	X	1		1	490	JC Recipe	Shadowspirit Diamond	285					54						5	1	Red Snare/Root
Destructive Shadowspirit Diamond	24	18	18	18	X		2		490	JC Recipe	Shadowspirit Diamond	285					54						1	0	1% Spell Reflect
Thundering Skyfire Diamond	16	15	15	15	X	2	2	2	365	World Drop	Skyfire Diamond												16	15	Haste Proc
Swift Skyflare Diamond	33	14	14	14	X		1	2	420	JC Recipe	Skyflare Diamond						21						24	7	Inc Run Speed
Swift Starflare Diamond	31	13	13	13	X		1	2	WG	WG Vendor	15 Stone Keepr Shard						17						24	7	Inc Run Speed
Invigorating Earthsiege Diamond	16	12	11	13	X	2	1		420	JC Recipe	Earthsiege Diamond									21			5	1	Crit Heal proc
Swift Skyfire Diamond	29	11	11	11	X		1	2	365	Cons Honored	Skyfire Diamond						12						24	7	Inc Run Speed
Swift Windfire Diamond	28	10	10	10	X		1	2	TF	TF PVP	8 Spirit Shards						10						24	7	Inc Run Speed
Brutal Earthstorm Diamond	12	10	10	10	X	2	2	2	365	Rare Drop	Earthstorm Diam.												12	10	3 MD, Stun Pr
Destructive Skyflare Diamond	12	8	9	8	X	1	1	1	440	JC Recipe	Skyflare Diamond						25						1	0	1% Spell Reflect
Persistent Earthsiege Diamond	14	8	8	8	X	1		2	420	JC Recipe	Earthsiege Diamond						21						5	1	Red Stun Dur
Enigmatic Skyflare Diamond	14	8	8	8	X		2	1	420	JC Recipe	Skyflare Diamond						21						5	1	Red Snare/Root
Impassive Skyflare Diamond	14	8	8	8	X	1	2		420	JC Recipe	Skyflare Diamond						21						5	1	Red Fear Dur
Persistent Earthshatter Diamond	12	7	7	7	X	3			WG	WG Vendor	15 Stone Keepr Shard						17						5	1	Red Stun Dur
Enigmatic Starflare Diamond	12	7	7	7	X	1	2		WG	WG Vendor	15 Stone Keepr Shard						17						5	1	Red Snare/Root
Impassive Starflare Diamond	12	7	7	7	X	2	1		WG	WG Vendor	15 Stone Keepr Shard						17						5	1	Red Fear Dur
Potent Unstable Diamond	25	5	5	5	X	Y+1			BEM	BEM Vendor	160 Apexis Shard						12						20	1	5% Stun resist
Enigmatic Skyfire Diamond	10	5	5	5	X		Y+1		365	KoT Honored	Skyfire Diamond						12						5	1	Resist Snr/Rt
RED SOCKET GEMS												Req
( RED / ORANGE / PURPLE )	AEP	MAEP	MUT	COM	M	B	R	Y	Info	Source	Component	ilvl	Str	Agi	Sta	Hit	Cri	AP	Exp	Has	Mas	Re	PVP	PVE	Special	LINKS
Delicate Chimera's Eye (JC Only)	67	67	67	67			X		500	JC Recipe	Chimera's Eye	285		67												Meta
Delicate Queen's Garnet	50	50	50	50			X		525	JC Recipe	Queen's Garnet	285		50												Red
Delicate Inferno Ruby	40	40	40	40			X		465	JC Recipe	Inferno Ruby	285		40												Yellow
Glinting Shadow Spinel	38	38	38	38		X	X		525	JC Recipe	Shadow Spinel	285		25		25										Blue
Deft Lava Coral	38	38	37	39			X	X	525	JC Recipe	Lava Coral	285		25						25						Cogs
Adept Lava Coral	38	37	37	36			X	X	525	JC Recipe	Lava Coral	285		25							25
Perfect Delicate Carnelian	35	35	35	35			X		425	JC Recipe	Carnelian	285		35
Precise Chimera's Eye (JC Only)	37	35	28	41			X		500	JC Recipe	Chimera's Eye	285							67
Delicate Dragon's Eye (JC Only)	34	34	34	34			X		370	JC Recipe	Dragon's Eye			34
Deadly Lava Coral	36	33	34	33			X	X	525	JC Recipe	Lava Coral	285		25			25
Glinting Demonseye	30	31	31	30		X	X		465	JC Recipe	Demonseye	285		20		20
Deft Ember Topaz	30	30	29	31			X	X	465	JC Recipe	Ember Topaz	285		20						20
Delicate Carnelian	30	30	30	30			X		425	JC Recipe	Carnelian	285		30
Adept Ember Topaz	30	29	30	29			X	X	465	JC Recipe	Ember Topaz	285		20							20
Perfect Glinting Nightstone	27	27	27	27		X	X		425	JC Recipe	Nightstone	285		18		17
Deadly Ember Topaz	29	27	27	27			X	X	465	JC Recipe	Ember Topaz	285		20			20
Perfect Deft Hessonite	27	27	26	28			X	X	425	JC Recipe	Hessonite	285		18						17
Accurate Shadow Spinel	26	26	24	28		X	X		525	JC Recipe	Shadow Spinel	285				25			25
Perfect Adept Hessonite	27	26	26	25			X	X	425	JC Recipe	Hessonite	285		18							17
Precise Queen's Garnet	28	26	21	31			X		525	JC Recipe	Queen's Garnet	285							50
Wicked Lava Coral	26	26	22	29			X	X	525	JC Recipe	Lava Coral	285							25	25
Shifting Shadow Spinel	47	25	25	25		X	X		525	JC Recipe	Shadow Spinel	285		25	37
Lucent Lava Coral	53	25	25	25			X	X	525	JC Recipe	Lava Coral	285		25								25
Keen Lava Coral	26	25	23	26			X	X	525	JC Recipe	Lava Coral	285							25		25
Perfect Deadly Hessonite	25	24	24	24			X	X	425	JC Recipe	Hessonite	285		18			17
Glinting Nightstone	23	23	23	23		X	X		425	JC Recipe	Nightstone	285		15		15
Deft Hessonite	23	23	22	23			X	X	425	JC Recipe	Hessonite	285		15						15
Adept Hessonite	23	22	22	22			X	X	425	JC Recipe	Hessonite	285		15							15
Crafty Lava Coral	25	21	19	24			X	X	525	JC Recipe	Lava Coral	285					25		25
Precise Inferno Ruby	22	21	17	24			X		465	JC Recipe	Inferno Ruby	285							40
Shifting Demonseye	38	20	20	20		X	X		465	JC Recipe	Demonseye	285		20	30
Deadly Hessonite	21	20	20	20			X	X	425	JC Recipe	Hessonite	285		15			15
Lucent Ember Topaz	42	20	20	20			X	X	465	JC Recipe	Ember Topaz	285		20								20
Delicate Cardinal Ruby	20	20	20	20			X		450	JC Recipe	Cardinal Ruby			20
Delicate Stormjewel	20	20	20	20			X		Q	Fishing Daily	Fishing Daily Quest			20
Perfect Shifting Nightstone	32	18	18	18		X	X		425	JC Recipe	Nightstone	285		18	23
Precise Dragon's Eye (JC Only)	19	18	14	21			X		370	JC Recipe	Dragon's Eye								34
Delicate Scarlet Ruby	16	16	16	16			X		390	JC Recipe	Scarlet Ruby			16
Shifting Nightstone	29	15	15	15		X	X		425	JC Recipe	Nightstone	285		15	23
Deft Ametrine	15	15	15	16			X	X	450	JC Recipe	Ametrine			10						10
Nightmare Tear	20	14	14	14		X	X	X	450	JC Recipe	Dragon's Eye, 5 Inf Dust		10	10	10
Bold Dragon's Eye (JC Only)	12	14	14	14			X		370	JC Recipe	Dragon's Eye		34
Perfect Delicate Bloodstone	14	14	14	14			X		325	JC Recipe	Bloodstone			14
Deadly Ametrine	14	13	13	13			X	X	450	JC Recipe	Ametrine			10			10
Guardian's Shadow Spinel	36	13	11	16		X	X		525	JC Recipe	Shadow Spinel	285			37				25
Tenuous Lava Coral	41	13	11	15			X	X	525	JC Recipe	Lava Coral	285							25			25
Glinting Twilight Opal	12	12	12	12		X	X		390	JC Recipe	Twilight Opal			8		8
Deft Monarch Topaz	12	12	12	12			X	X	390	JC Recipe	Monarch Topaz			8						8
Delicate Bloodstone	12	12	12	12			X		350	JC Recipe	Bloodstone			12
Guardian's Demonseye	29	11	9	13		X	X		465	JC Recipe	Demonseye	285			30				20
Shifting Dreadstone	19	10	10	10		X	X		450	JC Recipe	Dreadstone			10	15
YELLOW SOCKET GEMS												Req
( YELLOW / ORANGE / GREEN )	AEP	MAEP	MUT	COM	M	B	R	Y	Info	Source	Component	ilvl	Str	Agi	Sta	Hit	Cri	AP	Exp	Has	Mas	Re	PVP	PVE	Special	LINKS
Deft Lava Coral	38	38	37	39			X	X	525	JC Recipe	Lava Coral	285		25						25						Meta
Adept Lava Coral	38	37	37	36			X	X	525	JC Recipe	Lava Coral	285		25							25					Red
Quick Chimera's Eye (JC Only)	34	34	31	38				X	500	JC Recipe	Chimera's Eye	285								67						Yellow
Deadly Lava Coral	36	33	34	33			X	X	525	JC Recipe	Lava Coral	285		25			25									Blue
Fractured Chimera's Eye (JC Only)	34	31	33	29				X	500	JC Recipe	Chimera's Eye	285									67					Cogs
Deft Ember Topaz	30	30	29	31			X	X	465	JC Recipe	Ember Topaz	285		20						20
Adept Ember Topaz	30	29	30	29			X	X	465	JC Recipe	Ember Topaz	285		20							20
Deadly Ember Topaz	29	27	27	27			X	X	465	JC Recipe	Ember Topaz	285		20			20
Perfect Deft Hessonite	27	27	26	28			X	X	425	JC Recipe	Hessonite	285		18						17
Perfect Adept Hessonite	27	26	26	25			X	X	425	JC Recipe	Hessonite	285		18							17
Lightning Elven Peridot	25	26	25	27		X		X	525	JC Recipe	Elven Peridot	285				25				25
Wicked Lava Coral	26	26	22	29			X	X	525	JC Recipe	Lava Coral	285							25	25
Quick Lightstone	25	26	23	28				X	525	JC Recipe	Lightstone	285								50
Lucent Lava Coral	53	25	25	25			X	X	525	JC Recipe	Lava Coral	285		25								25
Sensei's Elven Peridot	25	25	26	24		X		X	525	JC Recipe	Elven Peridot	285				25					25
Keen Lava Coral	26	25	23	26			X	X	525	JC Recipe	Lava Coral	285							25		25
Perfect Deadly Hessonite	25	24	24	24			X	X	425	JC Recipe	Hessonite	285		18			17
Fractured Lightstone	25	23	25	22				X	525	JC Recipe	Lightstone	285									50
Deft Hessonite	23	23	22	23			X	X	425	JC Recipe	Hessonite	285		15						15
Smooth Chimera's Eye (JC Only)	29	22	23	22				X	500	JC Recipe	Chimera's Eye	285					67
Adept Hessonite	23	22	22	22			X	X	425	JC Recipe	Hessonite	285		15							15
Piercing Elven Peridot	23	22	22	21		X		X	525	JC Recipe	Elven Peridot	285				25	25
Crafty Lava Coral	25	21	19	24			X	X	525	JC Recipe	Lava Coral	285					25		25
Deadly Hessonite	21	20	20	20			X	X	425	JC Recipe	Hessonite	285		15			15
Lucent Ember Topaz	42	20	20	20			X	X	465	JC Recipe	Ember Topaz	285		20								20
Rigid Dragon's Eye (JC Only)	17	18	18	18				X	370	JC Recipe	Dragon's Eye					34
Quick Dragon's Eye (JC Only)	17	17	16	19				X	370	JC Recipe	Dragon's Eye									34
Smooth Lightstone	22	17	17	17				X	525	JC Recipe	Lightstone	285					50
Deft Ametrine	15	15	15	16			X	X	450	JC Recipe	Ametrine			10						10
Nightmare Tear	20	14	14	14		X	X	X	450	JC Recipe	Dragon's Eye, 5 Inf Dust		10	10	10
Precise Dragon's Eye (JC Only)	15	14	11	16		X	X	X	370	JC Recipe	Dragon's Eye								27
Deadly Ametrine	14	13	13	13			X	X	450	JC Recipe	Ametrine			10			10
Balanced Elven Peridot	40	13	13	13		X		X	525	JC Recipe	Elven Peridot	285				25						25
Forceful Elven Peridot	35	13	12	14		X		X	525	JC Recipe	Elven Peridot	285			37					25
Tenuous Lava Coral	41	13	11	15			X	X	525	JC Recipe	Lava Coral	285							25			25
Deft Monarch Topaz	12	12	12	12			X	X	390	JC Recipe	Monarch Topaz			8						8
Puissant Elven Peridot	35	12	13	11		X		X	525	JC Recipe	Elven Peridot	285			37						25
Smooth Dragon's Eye (JC Only)	15	11	12	11				X	370	JC Recipe	Dragon's Eye						34
Deadly Monarch Topaz	11	11	11	11			X	X	390	JC Recipe	Monarch Topaz			8			8
Lucent Ametrine	21	10	10	10			X	X	450	JC Recipe	Ametrine			10								10
Jagged Elven Peridot	33	9	9	9		X		X	525	JC Recipe	Elven Peridot	285			37		25
Enchanted Tear	12	9	9	9		X	X	X	390	JC Recipe	Siren's Tear, 4 Inf Dust		6	6	6
Lucent Monarch Topaz	17	8	8	8			X	X	390	JC Recipe	Monarch Topaz			8								8
Perfect Lucent Huge Citrine	15	7	7	7			X	X	325	JC Recipe	Huge Citrine			7								7
Lucent Huge Citrine	13	6	6	6			X	X	350	JC Recipe	Huge Citrine			6								6
Forceful Eye of Zul	14	5	5	6		X		X	450	JC Recipe	Eye of Zul				15					10
Jagged Eye of Zul	13	4	4	3		X		X	450	JC Recipe	Eye of Zul				15		10
Steady Elven Peridot	50	0	0	0		X		X	525	JC Recipe	Elven Peridot	285			37							25
Mystic Lightstone	55	0	0	0				X	525	JC Recipe	Lightstone	285										50
BLUE SOCKET GEMS												Req
( BLUE / GREEN / PURPLE )	AEP	MAEP	MUT	COM	M	B	R	Y	Info	Source	Component	ilvl	Str	Agi	Sta	Hit	Cri	AP	Exp	Has	Mas	Re	PVP	PVE	Special	LINKS
Glinting Shadow Spinel	38	38	38	38		X	X		525	JC Recipe	Shadow Spinel	285		25		25										Meta
Rigid Chimera's Eye (JC Only)	34	35	36	35		X			500	JC Recipe	Chimera's Eye	285				67										Red
Glinting Demonseye	30	31	31	30		X	X		465	JC Recipe	Demonseye	285		20		20										Yellow
Perfect Glinting Nightstone	27	27	27	27		X	X		425	JC Recipe	Nightstone	285		18		17										Blue
Rigid Deepholm Iolite	25	26	27	26		X			525	JC Recipe	Deepholm Iolite	285				50										Cogs
Accurate Shadow Spinel	26	26	24	28		X	X		525	JC Recipe	Shadow Spinel	285				25			25
Lightning Elven Peridot	25	26	25	27		X		X	525	JC Recipe	Elven Peridot	285				25				25
Shifting Shadow Spinel	47	25	25	25		X	X		525	JC Recipe	Shadow Spinel	285		25	37
Sensei's Elven Peridot	25	25	26	24		X		X	525	JC Recipe	Elven Peridot	285				25					25
Glinting Nightstone	23	23	23	23		X	X		425	JC Recipe	Nightstone	285		15		15
Piercing Elven Peridot	23	22	22	21		X		X	525	JC Recipe	Elven Peridot	285				25	25
Shifting Demonseye	38	20	20	20		X	X		465	JC Recipe	Demonseye	285		20	30
Perfect Shifting Nightstone	32	18	18	18		X	X		425	JC Recipe	Nightstone	285		18	23
Shifting Nightstone	29	15	15	15		X	X		425	JC Recipe	Nightstone	285		15	23
Nightmare Tear	20	14	14	14		X	X	X	450	JC Recipe	Dragon's Eye, 5 Inf Dust		10	10	10
Guardian's Shadow Spinel	36	13	11	16		X	X		525	JC Recipe	Shadow Spinel	285			37				25
Balanced Elven Peridot	40	13	13	13		X		X	525	JC Recipe	Elven Peridot	285				25						25
Forceful Elven Peridot	35	13	12	14		X		X	525	JC Recipe	Elven Peridot	285			37					25
Glinting Twilight Opal	12	12	12	12		X	X		390	JC Recipe	Twilight Opal			8		8
Puissant Elven Peridot	35	12	13	11		X		X	525	JC Recipe	Elven Peridot	285			37						25
Guardian's Demonseye	29	11	9	13		X	X		465	JC Recipe	Demonseye	285			30				20
Shifting Dreadstone	19	10	10	10		X	X		450	JC Recipe	Dreadstone			10	15
Jagged Elven Peridot	33	9	9	9		X		X	525	JC Recipe	Elven Peridot	285			37		25
Enchanted Tear	12	9	9	9		X	X	X	390	JC Recipe	Siren's Tear, 4 Inf Dust		6	6	6
Shifting Twilight Opal	15	8	8	8		X	X		390	JC Recipe	Twilight Opal			8	12
Perfect Shifting Shadow Crystal	14	7	7	7		X	X		325	JC Recipe	Shadow Crystal			7	11
Guardian's Dreadstone	15	5	4	6		X	X		450	JC Recipe	Dreadstone				15				10
Forceful Eye of Zul	14	5	5	6		X		X	450	JC Recipe	Eye of Zul				15					10
Sovereign Dreadstone	13	4	4	4		X	X		450	JC Recipe	Dreadstone		10		15
Jagged Eye of Zul	13	4	4	3		X		X	450	JC Recipe	Eye of Zul				15		10
Solid Deepholm Iolite	45	1	1	1		X			525	JC Recipe	Deepholm Iolite	285			75
Steady Elven Peridot	50	0	0	0		X		X	525	JC Recipe	Elven Peridot	285			37							25
ENGINEERING ONLY												Req
COGWHEELS (ENG 525 REQ)	AEP	MAEP	MUT	COM	M	B	R	Y	Info	Source	Component	ilvl	Str	Agi	Sta	Hit	Cri	AP	Exp	Has	Mas	Re	PVP	PVE	Special	LINKS
Rigid Cogwheel	104	109	110	108					TH	TH Vendor	1 Elementium Toolbox					208										Meta
Precise Cogwheel	114	107	87	127					TH	TH Vendor	1 Lure Master Toolbox								208							Red
Quick Cogwheel	104	106	96	116					TH	TH Vendor	4 Handful of Obs. Bolts									208						Yellow
Fractured Cogwheel	104	97	102	92					TH	TH Vendor	1 Goblin Barbecue										208					Blue
Smooth Cogwheel	89	70	71	69					TH	TH Vendor	4 Handful of Obs. Bolts						208									Cogs
Mystic Cogwheel	229	0	0	0					TH	TH Vendor	55 Honor Points											208
Legend
AEP: Agility Equivalence Points.  A method to convert the value of item attributes to compare them in terms of Agility points.  Based on the forum discussion by Ming.
AEP: PVP-Oriented formula which focuses on Attack Power, Stamina and Resilience. MAEP: Maximum DPS AEP for use in maximizing PVE raid DPS.  MAEP = Average of PVE (MUT)ilate and (COM)bat values.
See http://shadowpanther.net/aep.htm for current AEP/MAEP formulas
Socket: The type of socket the gem can be placed in.  (M)eta, (B)lue, (R)ed, or (Y)ellow.
Info: Additional information about the item, such as drop percentage, random mob levels, the skill level required to create it, reputation, honor ranking or (Q)uest item.
Component: The raw gem, gold, marks, honor points or other necessary requirements to obtain the gem.
Source: The source of the item.  Either the boss who drops it, the location of the recipe or the type of faction or quest required.
Str: Strength, Agi: Agility, Sta: Stamina, Hit: Hit Rating, Cri: Crit. Rating, AP: Attack Power, Re: Resilience, PVP: PVP Special Value, PVE: PVE Special Value
World of Warcraft Cata Rogue PVE Gems Chart 2024 ShadowPanther.net - Data courtesy of Wowhead.com - World of Warcraft 2024 Blizzard Entertainment