Gemming and Enchanting your gear is important. It’s also just as important to know WHAT gems and enchants to use.

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ENCHANTSIf you can get +agility, go with that. (Boots, Hands, 2H, 1H)
Bracers: Assault (+24 AP)
Chest: Exceptional Stats
Head: Glyph of Ferocity (CE-Revered)
Shoulders: Greater Inscription of the Blade (Scryer-Exalted) or Greater Inscription of Vengeance (Aldor - Exalted)
Legs: Cobrahide Leg Armor or Nethercobra Leg Armor
Ranged Weapon: Stabilized Eternium Scope +28 Crit Scope

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GEMSOverall, it’s best to ignore Socket Bonuses. Most of them aren’t worth it. Also, your best bet for every slot is +8 Agi. It gives you AP and Crit, scales with Kings, and unless you are seriously hurting for another stat, or need a different color gem for your meta, get them.But let’s take a look at all the gem colors anyways.Sites to Bookmark
WowHead.com Gems
WoW Gem Finder
WoW Wiki - Gems

We’re going to cover each gem color, but I’m only going to talk about Rare (Blue) and Epic (Purple) quality.

RED GEMS
Delicate Living Ruby - +8 Agi (Crafted)
Bright Living Ruby - +16 AP (Crafted)
Mighty Blood Garnet - +14 AP (Vendor - Tracy Proudwell, Honor Hold)
Bold Ornate Ruby - +20 AP (Vendor - Biggins, Stormwind (PvP)
Bright Crimson Spinel - +20 AP (Crafted - MH/BT Recipe)
Delicate Crimson Spinel - + 10 Agi (Crafted - MH/BT Recipe)

ORANGE GEMS

Glinting Noble Topaz - +4 Hit Rating/+4 Agi (Crafted)
Wicked Noble Topaz - +4 Crit/+4 AP (Crafted)
Deadly Fire Opal - +8 AP/+5 Crit (Heroic Arcatraz)
Glinting Fire Opal - +4 Hit/+5 Agi (Heroic Black Morass)
Glinting Pyrestone - +5 Hit/+5 Agi (Crafted - MH/BT Recipe)
Inscribed Ornate Topaz - +10 AP/+5 Crit (Vendor - Biggins, Stormwind (PvP))
Pristine Fire Opal - +10 AP/+4 Hit (Heroic Sethekk Halls)
Wicked Pyrestone - +5 Crit/+10 AP (Crafted - MH/BT Recipe)

YELLOW GEMS

Rigid Dawnstone - +8 Hit (Crafted)
Smooth Dawnstone - +8 Crit (Crafted)
Rigid Lionseye - +10 Hit (Crafted - MH/BT Recipe)
Smooth Ornate Dawnstone - +10 Crit (Vendor- Biggins, Stormwind (PvP))

GREEN GEMS

Barbed Deep Peridot - +3 Sta/+4 Crit (Vendor - Tracy Proudwell, Honor Hold)
Jagged Talasite- +4 Crit/+6 Sta (Crafted)
(I haven’t listed the +Int/+ MP5 gems, but we can benefit from those, but only if you’re really hurting)

BLUE GEMS

None. (There’s an MP5 and Stamina that can benefit us, but there aren’t any that are really worth listing from a Hunter’s DPS perspective)

PURPLE GEMS

Balanced Nightseye - +8 AP/+8 Sta (Crafted)
Infused Nightseye - +8 AP/+2 MP5 (Crafted)
Shifting Nightseye - +4 Agi/+6 Sta (Crafted)
Balanced Shadowsong Amethyst - +10 AP/+7 Sta (Crafted - MH/BT Recipe)
Brutal Tanzanite - +10 AP/+6 Sta (Heroic Botanica)
Infused Shadowsong Amethyst - +10 AP/+2 MP5 (Crafted - MH/BT Recipe)
Pulsing Amethyst - +10 AP/+6 Sta (Nightbane - Karazhan)
Shifting Shadowsong Amethyst - +5 Agi/+7 Sta (Crafted - MH/BT Recipe)

META GEMS

Enigmatic Skyfire Diamond - +12 Crit/+5% Snare Resist
Potent Unstable Diamond - +24 AP/+5% Stun Resist
Swift Skyfire Diamond - +24 AP/+Run Speed
Thundering Skyfire Diamond - Chance to Increase Attack Speed
Relentless Earthstorm Diamond - +12 Agi/+3% Crit Damage

BEST NON-HEROIC BETS BY SLOT
Meta: Relentless Earthstorm Diamond
Red: Delicate Living Ruby or Delicate Crimson Spinel
Yellow: Rigid Dawnstone (if you’re lacking a lot of hit. If you only need a little, go for the hit/agi gems) or  Jagged Talasite, or any of the AP/AGI/Crit orange gems.
Blue: Jagged Talasite, Shifting Nightseye, or the 10 AP/6 Stam gems.

HEROIC GEMS
Brutal Tanzanite - +10 AP/+6 Sta (Heroic Botanica)
Deadly Fire Opal - +8 AP/+5 Crit (Heroic Arcatraz)
Glinting Fire Opal - +4 Hit/+5 Agi (Heroic Black Morass)
Pristine Fire Opal - +10 AP/+4 Hit (Heroic Sethekk Halls)

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