Hunter Gem Lists, Level 80

Updated 30 October 2009 for Patch 3.2.2.

This table shows the most popular gems by spec. 'Popularity' compares the total count of gems to the count of characters who have at least one gem. So, popularity can be greater than 100% because the same gem can be socketed multiple times per character.The sample size is 19379 level 80 Hunters from the US and EU armouries. The gem names are links to Wowhead.

Gem Colour Popularity
Beast Mastery Builds
Bright Scarlet Ruby red 48%
Delicate Scarlet Ruby red 47%
Balanced Twilight Opal purple 40%
Delicate Cardinal Ruby red 36%
Rigid Autumn's Glow yellow 33%
Pristine Monarch Topaz orange 29%
Relentless Earthsiege Diamond meta 25%
Deadly Monarch Topaz orange 23%
Smooth Autumn's Glow yellow 21%
Bright Cardinal Ruby red 19%
Solid Sky Sapphire blue 16%
Shifting Twilight Opal purple 13%
Glinting Monarch Topaz orange 13%
Deadly Ametrine orange 12%
Marksmanship Builds
Delicate Cardinal Ruby red 141%
Delicate Scarlet Ruby red 69%
Relentless Earthsiege Diamond meta 50%
Deadly Ametrine orange 42%
Bright Scarlet Ruby red 39%
Balanced Twilight Opal purple 33%
Fractured Cardinal Ruby red 30%
Rigid Autumn's Glow yellow 29%
Deadly Monarch Topaz orange 28%
Shifting Dreadstone purple 26%
Delicate Dragon's Eye red 21%
Bright Cardinal Ruby red 21%
Smooth Autumn's Glow yellow 18%
Shifting Twilight Opal purple 18%
Nightmare Tear null 18%
Pristine Monarch Topaz orange 17%
Smooth King's Amber yellow 14%
Rigid King's Amber yellow 14%
Chaotic Skyflare Diamond meta 12%
Survival Builds
Delicate Cardinal Ruby red 158%
Delicate Scarlet Ruby red 93%
Relentless Earthsiege Diamond meta 53%
Deadly Ametrine orange 37%
Balanced Twilight Opal purple 35%
Deadly Monarch Topaz orange 34%
Shifting Dreadstone purple 34%
Rigid Autumn's Glow yellow 33%
Bright Scarlet Ruby red 32%
Shifting Twilight Opal purple 26%
Smooth Autumn's Glow yellow 20%
Delicate Dragon's Eye red 20%
Pristine Monarch Topaz orange 17%
Glinting Monarch Topaz orange 15%
Rigid King's Amber yellow 14%
Smooth King's Amber yellow 14%
Chaotic Skyflare Diamond meta 14%
Nightmare Tear null 14%
Solid Sky Sapphire blue 13%