Mage 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 37941 level 80 Mages from the US and EU armouries. The gem names are links to Wowhead.

Gem Colour Popularity
Arcane Builds
Runed Cardinal Ruby red 162%
Runed Scarlet Ruby red 117%
Purified Dreadstone purple 81%
Reckless Ametrine orange 53%
Chaotic Skyflare Diamond meta 51%
Runed Dragon's Eye red 27%
Purified Twilight Opal purple 22%
Potent Monarch Topaz orange 21%
Rigid Autumn's Glow yellow 21%
Quick King's Amber yellow 20%
Glowing Twilight Opal purple 19%
Potent Ametrine orange 18%
Ember Skyflare Diamond meta 17%
Reckless Monarch Topaz orange 15%
Quick Autumn's Glow yellow 15%
Veiled Monarch Topaz orange 13%
Brilliant Autumn's Glow yellow 12%
Smooth Autumn's Glow yellow 12%
Fire Builds
Runed Scarlet Ruby red 133%
Runed Cardinal Ruby red 119%
Purified Dreadstone purple 55%
Chaotic Skyflare Diamond meta 50%
Potent Monarch Topaz orange 32%
Rigid Autumn's Glow yellow 31%
Glowing Twilight Opal purple 23%
Purified Twilight Opal purple 23%
Runed Dragon's Eye red 23%
Reckless Ametrine orange 23%
Potent Ametrine orange 23%
Veiled Monarch Topaz orange 21%
Smooth Autumn's Glow yellow 17%
Ember Skyflare Diamond meta 13%
Runed Bloodstone red 12%
Smooth King's Amber yellow 12%
Rigid King's Amber yellow 12%
Frost Builds
Runed Scarlet Ruby red 110%
Runed Cardinal Ruby red 79%
Chaotic Skyflare Diamond meta 35%
Glowing Twilight Opal purple 30%
Reckless Ametrine orange 25%
Reckless Monarch Topaz orange 23%
Quick Autumn's Glow yellow 21%
Potent Monarch Topaz orange 21%
Mysterious Dreadstone purple 20%
Runed Dragon's Eye red 19%
Rigid Autumn's Glow yellow 19%
Stormy Sky Sapphire blue 17%
Purified Dreadstone purple 17%
Mysterious Twilight Opal purple 16%
Runed Bloodstone red 16%
Solid Sky Sapphire blue 14%
Veiled Monarch Topaz orange 14%
Quick King's Amber yellow 12%
Glowing Dreadstone purple 12%
Brilliant Autumn's Glow yellow 12%
Ember Skyflare Diamond meta 12%