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Comment by 28576

if the spell reflect procs does it mean that if a mage pyroblast crits you for 7k that he will be one-shot by his own spell, or that it will reflect 1% of every spell?

Comment by Nicarras

so this requires you to have 5 red gems on your gear somewhere? Trying to figure out how these meta gems worked.

Comment by Drosera

Threw rigorous experimentation, ( And I do mean rigorous, at 1% this took forever. ) I have determined that the Spell Reflect does indeed reflect the spell fully back to the caster, and the damage it does is based on the original casters spell damage, and crit rating.

The Spell Reflect only happens 1% of the time. It does not, contrary to some rumor going arround, reflect 1% of the damage of every spell cast upon you.

This is an excellent Meta Gem, mainly for the Spell Crit rating. The Spell Reflect is neat, but do not under any circumstances rely on it for anything, You will only see it work once in a blue moon.

Comment by Oh420

A mage casts 100 fireballs at you. You will reflect only one fireball back.

Basicly thats how it is. So if you pvp youll probably see if reflect once an hour or even more. which isnt that great. With all the rogues/warriors now a cloth class is better off with the 18sta 5%stun res.

Comment by 17357

From a PvE perspective this is quite good for any caster class, the spell reflect is just a novelty.

Comment by Piaggio

If you ask me this is a nice meta gem for a paly, since they rely on crits to get free heals and there are some nice +healing red gems =)

Comment by yoshi245

This got nerfed, not the effect, the requirement for 2.1.0.

It now requires 4 red/blue/yellow gems instead of 5 red.

Comment by TheRaven

in my gem book still shows 5red and same on the one crafted

Comment by alcaras

Does this reflect AoEs?

Comment by 31363

Wondering if such a thing would work on raid bosses... Say Shade of Aran shoots a Frostbolt my way - Is it it possible to reflect it back at him?

Comment by karti

I am a holy paladin, and as my favorite games in my reach (moneywise) are +9heal/+2mp5 and red+blue, i cannot get the healer-meta (too many blues).
Which leaves this as a nice alternative..

As far as i know, reflect does reflect single spells by throwing back, and AoE by just negating all their effects.
This was the case with Engineering Trinkets (tested by me), and i think ive been reading something like that from official sources as well

Comment by belisarius

Guys excuse the ignorance/lack of knowledge, "first time in the desert". I'm unsure what I can do with my situation. I'm wanting to place this gem in my high warlord helm. I have the full PvP HWL and General set at 70 for my shaman. Its just there is only 3 red and 4 yellow sockets available to me in this scenario of gear. I'm wondering can I use a Green or Purple gem in 2 of the available red/yellow sockets to make up for the blue gem requirement? Just wanting some definite "yes's" before I do this. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Else I guess i'll just have to settle for another meta gem that suits unfortunately :(

Comment by eToast

Another quick note for all you gem users:

You do not HAVE to use a red, purple, or orange gem in a red socket. You can easily use a green, yellow, or blue. Prismatic's work as well, as they count as red, yellow, and blue.

The only socket that must follow the rules is the Meta socket. Only meta gems fit. Socket bonuses rarely justify socketing by color, especially at 70.

Comment by Ravedruid

Relentless Earthstorm vs. Destructive Skyfire

250,000 Damage
30% Spell Crit (75,000 DMG)
2500 damage per crit

2250 additional DMG from 3% Crit DMG (Relentless)
0.63% crit = 2343 DMG (Destructive)

250,000 Damage
32.5% Spell Crit (81,250 DMG)
2500 damage per crit

2437.5 additional DMG from 3% Crit DMG (Relentless)
0.63% crit = 2343 DMG (Destructive)

250,000 Damage
35% Spell Crit (87,500 DMG)
2500 damage per crit

2625 additional DMG from 3% Crit DMG (Relentless)
0.63% crit = 2343 DMG (Destructive)

Roughly (without additional spec based benifits from critically striking such as Nature's Grace or Clearcasting) the Destructive Skyfire diamond is better than the Relentless Earthstorm Diamond unless overall crit rating > aprox. 32.5%

By all means, anyone with the desire to do so, feel totally free to double check my math or to break it down cleaner and/or more precisely. I merely wanted a rough idea of which meta gem to go with.

Comment by Gutts

the reflect works in similar way to the warriors reflect,so some bosses are immune to it....don't rely on the spell reflect it may happen and it may not.

Comment by 41066

Does anyone know if the spell reflect on this gem can reflect spells like counterspell/spell lock/silence etc?

Comment by 12600

It does reflect counter spell. I was in an arena last night and our mage suffered from his own counter spell on a paladin equiped with this meta gem. Not only did he not stop the paladin from healing but he took himself out temporarily. It was unfortunate and hilarious at the same time.

Comment by 53109

http://www.wowhead.com/?item=20080
Hm, a thought comes to mind.
Would the effects of the destructive skyfire diamond stack with the sheen of zanza? (Well, the first offensive spell doesn't count, in my opinion, since that is 100% chance)
It would be pretty interesting if it did, but I do not have the reputation with the zandalar tribe, sadly, nor have I this meta gem (though I'm considering getting it) to test my theory.

Comment by TheOrangeGuy

I have had this reflecting my mana burns, not that fun imo.
Casting Mana burn = 355 mana,
Mana burned by the spell = around 1050 mana,
Damage from the mana burn = 500ish...
So by casting a 2.5 sec spell I loose 1400 mana and take 500 dmg, when it proccs.

Comment by NightmareMJ

This would be amusing to see a direct cast spell from a boss get reflected, though granted most bosses are immune to their own spell damage type this would be amusing.

Comment by 42728

this meta is BS, after dpsin down a warlock not only did i get my own moonfire to my face but the subsequent wrath cast aswell, NO HIDDEN CD after litterly saying "wtf a warlock can reflect?" i found this meta and will be using it in my S4 helm, cant wait.

Comment by 149470

There ought to be a version of this that reflects physical attacks.

Comment by 30280

So what's the difference between "+14 Spell Crit Rating" http://www.wowhead.com/?item=25890 and "+12 Spell Critical" http://www.wowhead.com/?item=34220 ???

Seems like the same thing, but is it really? If it is, I'd prefer the +3% increased crit damage over the 1% reflect.

Posted to both items comments sections.

Comment by samljer

I actually won a 2v2 game because of this gem....

My mage partner went down, and there was a mage/rogue on the opposing team.
both at about 15%.

The mage tried to sheep me, and sheeped himself. i was free to finish the rogue.
bandage and come back for the mage...

1% isnt something to count on, get it for crit.
but when it does proc. damn look out.

Comment by 221889

Now that all crit rating is the same, is this a viable gem for hunters/rogues/warriors?

Comment by Warnipplez

Man I wish there was a WotLK version of this gem.

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Destructive Skyfire Diamond

Item Level 27
+3 Critical Strike and 1% Spell Reflect

"Only fits in a meta gem slot."

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