So I like playing my furry spec and I wonder…I see the opportunity sometimes to add leech. I seem not to be able to find it. It is not listed under any stat. All I have listed is
Crit
Haste
Mast
Verse
But where is my leech?
I have the option to choose between Blood Siphon to increase my Mastery by 97 and my Leech by 48.
Or my other choice is Lifespeed to increase my Haste by 97 and my Avoidance by 48.
So which to do?
Probably in your fur suit
So there are 3 types of stats
Primary, such as Int, Agi, Str, Stam
Secondary, such as crit, haste, mastery, vers
And tertiary such as leech, avoidance, speed, etc.
Gears are guaranteed to have primary and secondary stats (rings only have stam and secondary), but tertiary are usually a proc on the drop and only appears randomly.
The choice between blood siphon and lifespeed is going to be based on your stat priority at the moment. You need to sim yourself to see which stat is worth more to you and then choose accordingly.
And to be completely clear, in the default UI the tertiary stats don’t show up unless you have some of the stat, rather than having a bunch of 0% stats filling up the panel.
As a general rule tertiary stats fall under the heading of “nice to have but not strong enough to tip any but the closest of gearing choices”. For example, I’m using a 325 ring with Avoidance over the same ring at 330 because it’s a minuscule secondary stat difference for a nice bit of raid damage reduction. But that’s about the only time it’s worth while. Mostly you should do as everyone says and throw the gear options into Raidbots and see what sims best for your gear profile.