EU+US Gear buff - using correct armour for your class

[Warlockhomes]

Hey Folks

I am looking for a little guidance here, the passive armour skill that says you get 5% primary stat for using all specific armour for your class, for example, the Hunter using all Mail items, gives 5% agility.

Does any1 know, is it 5% increase on each item you have equipped.
or 5% on total, when all slots are the same?

Also, is this buff hidden? i looked at my DH this morning, recorded their agility stat. took off 1 piece of armour, it drops only by what is stated on the armour piece. i then equipped a cloth item in that slot, and still the agility stat remained the same.

So to me, weather i had full leather armour, or a mix, shows the same Agility mod on my character sheet, so where is the buff?

thanks in advance!

Warlockhomes!

 

[Leek]

I do believe the buff is only for ilvlpvp and the 5% is not for each piece but if you have a full armor type set

 

[Warlockhomes]

hmmm

So if you are rolling say an Enhancement Shammy.... is it worth using the BoE leather items on slots that you cant get Mail?

 

[YoungWalrus]

as of right now it is better to buy higher ilvl gear than to go with the lower mail gear that gives you less stats. I would wait and see if there is a patch that changes that.

 

[Bestworld]

That 5% increased stat buff is only triggered in instanced PvP. Outside of BG's/Arena you can do whatever you want. And the stat is triggered by having a full set of your appropriate armor type, and is not calculated by every individual piece.

 

[MyPerfection]

the Hunter using all Mail items, gives 5% agility.

5% agility + 5% stamina

Does any1 know, is it 5% increase on each item you have equipped.
or 5% on total, when all slots are the same?

5% total

Also, is this buff hidden?

Yes, it is.

i looked at my DH this morning, recorded their agility stat. took off 1 piece of armour, it drops only by what is stated on the armour piece. i then equipped a cloth item in that slot, and still the agility stat remained the same.

Sounds like a tooltip error on your side because you will lose more than only the agility and stamina from that leather slot.

 

[MyPerfection]

That 5% increased stat buff is only triggered in instanced PvP. Outside of BG's/Arena you can do whatever you want.

This is wrong. It is active everywhere. On top of that if you do ipvp your stat template will have reduced stats if you don't use your armor class.

 

[Warlockhomes]

right so, even if it is active everywhere, at this current moment in time, its still better or me to roll with a 840+ non class specific armour, than it is a 710 or whatever it is max you can get from questing.

and the bonus is hidden, thats fine.

thanks all

 

[MyPerfection]

at this current moment in time, its still better or me to roll with a 840+ non class specific armour

What class and spec?

 

[Warlockhomes]

just talking in General.

id imagine the best classes to do this on would be either Shaman or Hunter, or Boomkin Druid the only classes that spread across 2 armour types that share the same primary stats.

Str only exists on Plate to my knowledge??
Cloth users can only use Cloth

So limits what the highest geared classes can be i guess?

 

[MyPerfection]

It depends on what you are doing.

Mix on a demon hunter - only to increase runspeed as havoc for example.
For everything else you have to calculate it. Because the better your gear is, the more primary stats you are losing and you have to compensate that with 2nd stat gains. But in general I would say that it works for all specs who rely on intellect. Shockadin the most, then elemental shaman ...

 

[Bestworld]

This is wrong. It is active everywhere. On top of that if you do ipvp your stat template will have reduced stats if you don't use your armor class.

It's not wrong. Stats is the only thing that matters in world pvp. What you choose to min-max is up to you. And of course you lose stats if you don't use your appropriate armor type inside instanced pvp. It's basically the reverse of the 5% increase.

 

[MyPerfection]

It's not wrong.

Ofc it is. You must have read it wrong. He said that the 5% stat buff is only active in ipvp which is not true. We are talking about "Spellbook - General - Armor Skills".