Death Knight 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 44860 level 80 Death Knights from the US and EU armouries. The gem names are links to Wowhead.

Gem Colour Popularity
Blood Builds
Bold Scarlet Ruby red 84%
Bold Cardinal Ruby red 84%
Solid Sky Sapphire blue 51%
Solid Majestic Zircon blue 46%
Chaotic Skyflare Diamond meta 37%
Balanced Twilight Opal purple 33%
Sovereign Twilight Opal purple 30%
Rigid Autumn's Glow yellow 27%
Sovereign Dreadstone purple 23%
Bold Dragon's Eye red 22%
Smooth Autumn's Glow yellow 22%
Austere Earthsiege Diamond meta 16%
Bright Scarlet Ruby red 14%
Inscribed Monarch Topaz orange 12%
Rigid King's Amber yellow 12%
Inscribed Ametrine orange 12%
Frost Builds
Solid Sky Sapphire blue 88%
Solid Majestic Zircon blue 71%
Bold Scarlet Ruby red 70%
Bold Cardinal Ruby red 61%
Austere Earthsiege Diamond meta 37%
Chaotic Skyflare Diamond meta 27%
Sovereign Twilight Opal purple 24%
Thick Autumn's Glow yellow 23%
Balanced Twilight Opal purple 23%
Rigid Autumn's Glow yellow 21%
Enduring Forest Emerald green 20%
Bold Dragon's Eye red 19%
Solid Dragon's Eye blue 18%
Sovereign Dreadstone purple 17%
Defender's Twilight Opal purple 15%
Smooth Autumn's Glow yellow 13%
Regal Twilight Opal purple 12%
Unholy Builds
Bold Scarlet Ruby red 106%
Bold Cardinal Ruby red 89%
Solid Sky Sapphire blue 41%
Chaotic Skyflare Diamond meta 40%
Balanced Twilight Opal purple 38%
Sovereign Twilight Opal purple 33%
Bold Dragon's Eye red 32%
Rigid Autumn's Glow yellow 26%
Smooth Autumn's Glow yellow 23%
Sovereign Dreadstone purple 21%
Stormy Sky Sapphire blue 18%
Bright Scarlet Ruby red 17%
Inscribed Monarch Topaz orange 16%
Solid Majestic Zircon blue 15%
Inscribed Ametrine orange 13%