Parry gems
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Parry gems are red gems, orange gems, purple gems, and prismatic gems.
| Color | Name | Effect(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
   Prismatic
|  [Flashing Dragon's Eye] | 27 Parry Rating | |
| Red
| [Flashing Dragon's Eye] † | +34 Parry † | |
 [Flashing Cardinal Ruby] | +20 Parry Rating | ||
 [Flashing Scarlet Ruby] | +16 Parry Rating | ||
 [Perfect Flashing Bloodstone] | +14 Parry Rating | ||
 [Flashing Bloodstone] | +12 Parry Rating | ||
| Orange
|  [Glimmering Ametrine] | +10 Parry Rating | +10 Defense Rating |
 [Glimmering Monarch Topaz] | +8 Parry Rating | +8 Defense Rating | |
 [Perfect Glimmering Huge Citrine] | +7 Parry Rating | +7 Defense Rating | |
 [Glimmering Huge Citrine] | +6 Parry Rating | +6 Defense Rating | |
| Purple
|  [Defender's Dreadstone] | +10 Parry Rating | +15 Stamina |
 [Defender's Twilight Opal] | +8 Parry Rating | +12 Stamina | |
 [Defender's Shadow Crystal] | +6 Parry Rating | +9 Stamina | |
† In Patch 3.2.0.
| Color | Name | Effect(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red
|  [Flashing Crimson Spinel] | +10 Parry Rating | |
 [Flashing Living Ruby] | +8 Parry Rating | ||
| Orange
|  [Glimmering Fire Opal] | +5 Parry Rating | +4 Defense Rating |
| [Splendid Fire Opal] | +5 Parry Rating | +4 Resilience Rating | |
| Purple
|  [Defender's Tanzanite] | +5 Parry Rating | +6 Stamina |
Notes
Before Patch 3.2.0 in particular, parry gems are generally considered inferior to dodge gems or defense gems because of the amount of avoidance they give when taking into account diminishing returns. This still may be true after the patch is released, but it should be less so.
Recently, Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street, the Lead Systems Designer posted about this very topic on the forums:
Oh yes. At some point "Not BiS" became "trash." :)
Q u o t e:
However, as far as the dodge vs parry, you've got to consider that a lot of people think in absolutes. "Parry is not as good as dodge" turns into "NEVER GEM PARRY BECAUSE IT'S A GARBAGE STAT". I don't think it'll change their perceptions, but that's more of a problem with humanity.
It's not the end of the world if parry gems rot. But we want to be able to put parry on say rings without those just being sharded.
Patch changes
- Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04):
- [Dragon's Eye] gems stat bonuses increased.
- We will be removing the prismatic quality of the jewelcrafter-only [Dragon's Eye] gems.
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