I am currently progressing through act 1 inferno with my monk. I am using sword and board. My question is as follows: Should I be gemming vitality or dexterity and what about helm/weapon enchant. Also one follow-up question: When I search for gear on the AH what should I be putting is as the three stat choices?
Helm gem should be +% life, as none of the others help you survive/deal more damage (magic find, gold find, extra EXP). So that's Amethyst, the best one you can get.
For weapon there's two options (IMO): Amethyst or Emerald. Emerald gives more crit damage and is a bigger DPS boost than extra weapon damage from a Ruby at level 60, while Amethyst gives life on hit. If you've got other sources of life on hit and have a high quality Amethyst gem, then I'd suggest using that. If not, an Emerald works fine.
As for the rest of your gear, it depends on what you need. I believe (not sure on this) that the rule of thumb is to get 1:1 dex/vit, or in other words keep the two stats roughly equal. I've personally gemmed dexterity, but YMMV.
Good stats to search for on the AH are (in no particular order):
imp. attack speed
dexterity
vitality
resist all
a specific resistance (choose one and stick with it, for the benefits from One With Everything)
Life on Hit
+armor
As for which ones to search for? It depends on what you need more of. There's no hard rule on what stat is better, always. No strict stat priorities. Figure out what works best for you and roll with it.
Thanks you guys. I have vitality gems in my gear atm but I was thinking of switching them to dexterity. I just have to check to see that both stats are pretty much equal. I was currently searching for gear with +dex +vit and + cold res since I'm using One With Everything. I guess I will keep doing this and look for the other stuff when I search for these.
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I am currently progressing through act 1 inferno with my monk. I am using sword and board. My question is as follows: Should I be gemming vitality or dexterity and what about helm/weapon enchant. Also one follow-up question: When I search for gear on the AH what should I be putting is as the three stat choices?
Thanks again for any and all help,
Scaled Wurm
For weapon there's two options (IMO): Amethyst or Emerald. Emerald gives more crit damage and is a bigger DPS boost than extra weapon damage from a Ruby at level 60, while Amethyst gives life on hit. If you've got other sources of life on hit and have a high quality Amethyst gem, then I'd suggest using that. If not, an Emerald works fine.
As for the rest of your gear, it depends on what you need. I believe (not sure on this) that the rule of thumb is to get 1:1 dex/vit, or in other words keep the two stats roughly equal. I've personally gemmed dexterity, but YMMV.
Good stats to search for on the AH are (in no particular order):
imp. attack speed
dexterity
vitality
resist all
a specific resistance (choose one and stick with it, for the benefits from One With Everything)
Life on Hit
+armor
As for which ones to search for? It depends on what you need more of. There's no hard rule on what stat is better, always. No strict stat priorities. Figure out what works best for you and roll with it.
Scaled Wurm