I noticed no one talked about legendary gem. Which one is the best? Or all of them are jokes?

go try it , experience it

Different class uses different leg gems. For DH and WD, definitely Enforcer.

Not really. I dont play sentries, cos I know its gonna get nerf later.

Universal gems for ranged class are

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/bane-of-the-trapped ->simple like cull of the weak

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/zeis-stone-of-vengeance ->also simple like Take Aim

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/gem-of-efficacious-toxin ->good sustain dps (doesnt help with clear speed though), flat 10% dps increase like a mini marked for death


My strafe build currently using Taeguk, Bane of the trapped and wreath of lightning.

Dont be fooled by the lightning and holy proc gems (or any other proc gems for that matter)
You can utilize them, they are powerful. If you can proc them, you can use them.
You dont have to have that specific +elemental damage to utilize them.If you can, its even better but they are great even on its own.

After sacrificing my CHD on my amulet for wreath of lightning, my clear speed greatly improved, and Im a cold strafe.

At first was skeptical, but now found out definitely worth it.
In a perfect world, everyone wants CHC + CHD + Elemental dmg/Main stats +socket on their amulet, but we get by with what we get.

i click but cant see the L gem...guess thier server and website is down

Monk would be either Mirinae, Gogok, Taegok

if u are very poor Boon of the Hoarder is ur best friend

yea those 3 is like the staple gem for monks

barb on other hand I don't have a fix idea

Can followers use the gem?

LGems only work when equipped on players. Do not function when equipped on followers. - See more at: http://www.diablowiki.net/Legendary_Gems#s...h.3Pus4a3N.dpuf

crusader favourite choice: gogok, trap, power

My Wizard = Gogok, simplicity strength and bane of the trapped

Someone was complaining how underpowered other gems are mathematically speaking.
Among his highlights also are how powerful the poison gem and the bleed gem are, and bane of the powerful being weak.

I always know that bane of the powerful is not that great, but I could be wrong if the bonus is another modifier instead of being lumped together with +dmg to elite on normal gears.
For example, if you have 30% soj + 15% from gem, the calculation could be 1 x 1.3 x 1.15 =1.495 instead of flat 45% damage increase to elite.

Im pretty sure the bane of the trapped is separate modifier than cull the weak, so its multiplicative.

My take on the gems are get two damage modifier gems and one elemental gem even if you dont have specific +elemental damage (such as fire or cold)
At least thats how I think the devs designed the gem designation (fire and cold gem might be in the making still)
Elemental gems are:

Bleed, poison, lightning, holy

Poison is especially powerful due to it also have innate damage multiplier, but it is offset by how the damage is over time in nature.
Bleed is somewhat the same, but it is limited to break points and more situational.


Im gonna level up my poison gem and replace my bane of the trapped and see how it goes with 2 elemental gem + 1 modifier gem (im using taeguk, trapped and lightning currently).

For wiz, wat gem?

the dont die easily gem

I'm using this when doing normal rifts on T3 LOL!

Guys, how do you feel fail 3 times upgrading the gems at 90% ?

LOL I will go buy a toto. because the probability is 0.1x0.1x0.1=0.001 . man u hit the first price of today toto4d

Take comfort in the fact that it's only 10 mins of your life wasted! Still got many many more minutes to burn ahead

welcome to diablo 3, where RNGesus is the all-power being of the world.

It is just not your day.

90% is still a very high chance. No problem.
You'll find it hard when you only have 3% success rate.

Grif till lvl40 with 4 DH ..
upgrade gem at 3% success rate...

win liaw lo...haih

I wonder what black magic they use can grif till lvl42 or 43 ...lvl 40 also half dead de.

wow what's your gem level? Sounds super hard to achieve lvl 25!

reaching 25 is easy.

oh then that's good.

http://www.diablowiki.net/Legendary_Gems
so i guess your gem level is around the GR level that u can do.

This post has been edited by nagflar: Sep 10 2014, 12:38 PM

MeatHeadMikhail confirmed that pet gem stacks with +elemental (additive, not multiplicative), so if you already have a high +ele dmg (60% or higher), the dps gain is less significant.

Bane of the powerful elite damage stacks with sheet elite damage too.


General consensus is bane of the trapped scales the best, as it is a whole new modifier.

saw DH at Grift 47

Jackie Chan yo!

guys does boon of the hoader do really exist coz I can't find any info on the official site in the gem section , if it really exist how to obtain it ?

Only drops off of Greed in the Goblin Realm.

err ... can explain in plain simple English? so pet gem need wat?

Means that if you have high elemental dmg, efficiency of the pet gem is lower.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFZMOQsX8VM

http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/14058607023?page=1

^Pet gem is the same class as elemental damage.


You would want different types of modifier, and not stacking on one aspect too much to boost your effective dps.

This post has been edited by nightshade_nova: Sep 15 2014, 07:38 PM

My gems are at 39, 39 and 41... Damn susah wei