Ring of Fire

Hey readers, hope you had a nice christmas. I’ve just got back from a friends house where we played a drinking game called ‘Ring of Fire’. A very funny but tedious game where rules are made up as you go along. The name of the game is apt somewhat to the topic of this post. Recently I came across two rings in game that are great for warlocks. In my previous guide on gearing yourself up through heroics and rep rewards, I stated that there aren’t any particularly great rings for warlocks and that you may have to make do with the rings from UK and CoT heroics. They both had haste on them which I’m not a fan of (unless it comes in huge amounts, which is why you’d need several bits of gear perhaps put aside for it) but I used them for want of something better. However, the bad news is it can come with a bit of a price tag.

Both of these rings are crafted by Jewelcrafters and the materials for it aren’t the easiest to come by. I spent around 1200 gold overall, only on materials that I couldn’t farm. The first ring is Ring of Northern Tears and the pattern is only obtainable by Jewelcrafters doing their profession daily quest. This ring is sublime for what it’s worth. The materials are dirt cheap. If you wanted to buy them all you’d probably spend around…300 gold maybe? Of course it depends on your server and in particular what you can get Northsea Pearls for. These are only obtainable by the clam vendor in northwest Borean Tundra where all those murlocs are. However, they’re in limited supply and cost 30 Winterfin Clam each. The timer on the stock is an hour I think but you may want to check wowhead on that. I just bought them for around 50 gold each on the AH. Whether that’s good or not I don’t know, I wasn’t really concerned as I have money to burn right now. Even if you buy all the materials it certainly won’t break the bank. The hit rating is brilliant and the socket bonus is for once something you should really go for. And you may as well because a blue gem will count towards the meta gem requirement. Two birds with one stone!

The second ring is great, but, if you’re not prepared to spend a fair amount of gold on it then maybe you can pass it. That’s up to you. Like the previous ring, the pattern is obtainable by jewelcrafters doing their profession daily quest. More important however is that some of the materials required to make it are only obtainable by the same method. This makes them quite expensive. The ring is Titanium Spellshock Ring. The stats are very nice and I’ve stuck an orange hit rating gem in there to push me over the cap and get the set bonus also. The pattern is Design: Titanium Spellshock Ring. If you’ve done a fair amount of heroics chances are you’ve won a roll on a Frozen Orb by now. Eternals are really easy to farm in Wintergrasp and the Titanium Bars are cheap. The Dragon’s Eye however are very expensive. They go for around 400 gold each last time I checked the AH. I got mine off a guildy for 1200 gold. These are generally cut into uber gems which only the jewelcrafters themselves can use, part of this unique advantage Blizzard has given each profession.

So there you have it. I seriously recommend the first ring because the materials are cheap and stats are great but as for the second one, that’s up to you. I wasn’t fussed about how much it cost particularly so I went for it. You can see what I’m currently wearing on the armory. I just need some more enchants and I’m all sorted. I no longer need the hit rating food to put me above the hit rating cap which I’m happy about too. I just need a few more enchants and I’m good to go.

There you have it. Happy holidays and have a crazy new year. And for the love of god, don’t spend it in Dalaran.