Fuzzy Logic

Emblem of Frost Upgrades for Resto Shaman

Jason Young — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:34:56 +0000

These rankings were all done with the following logic:

If there is a yellow or blue slot, I put a Quick King’s Amber in it. Red Slots got Reckless Ametrine. Slot bonuses are accounted for. Enchanting bonuses are also accounted for in the rankings, where noted.
Metagems are not included in the rankings.
Tier bonuses (as well as breaking tier bonuses) are ignored. But remember, the 2xT9 bonus is pretty damned good, while the 4piece T9 bonus is worthless.
I went by the Elitist Jerks Shaman HEP ratings: SP = 1, MP5 = 1, Intellect = .6, Haste = 1.5, Crit = .8

Piece	HEP Score	HEP Score (Enchanted)	HEP/Frost	HEP+Ench/Frost
Frost Witch’s Tunic	471.2	481.2	4.96	5.07
Frost Witch’s Handguards	281.4	309.4	4.69	5.16
Frost Witch’s Headpiece	426.8	472.8	4.49	4.98
Frost Witch’s Legguards	391.2	441.2	4.12	4.64
Frost Witch’s Spaulders	345.9	381.9	5.77	6.37
Drape of the Violet Tower	345.9	381.9	4.51	5.20
Mail of the Geyser	451.8	461.8	4.76	4.86
Waistband of Despair	397.2	427.2	6.62	7.12

So, in terms of rankings…

Rank	HEP/Frost	HEP+Ench/Frost
1	Waistband of Despair	Waistband of Despair
2	Mail of the Geyser	Mail of the Geyser
3	Frost Witch’s Spaulders	Frost Witch’s Spaulders
4	Frost Witch’s Tunic	Drape of the Violet Tower
5	Mail of the Geyser	Frost Witch’s Handguards
6	Frost Witch’s Handguards	Frost Witch’s Tunic
7	Drape of the Violet Tower	Frost Witch’s Headpiece
8	Frost Witch’s Headpiece	Mail of the Geyser
9	Frost Witch’s Legguards	Frost Witch’s Legguards>

What does this REALLY mean? Well, we would expect the three i264 pieces to show a good value (and for the most part, they do). However, this doesn’t take into account the tier bonuses. Seeing as how the 2 piece T9 bonus was ~100 HEP, I’d argue that you will probably get a better value by buying the tier pieces first, followed by the cloak. Sometime soon I’ll put up a post with comparison values and the spreadsheet used….