Parry gems are red gems, orange gems, purple gems, and prismatic gems.
| Color | Name | Effect(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Red
|
 [Flashing Serpent's Eye] |
+20 Parry | |
 [Flashing Primordial Ruby] |
+20 Parry | ||
 [Flashing Pandarian Garnet] |
+16 Parry | ||
 Orange
|
 [Fine Vermilion Onyx] |
+10 Parry | +10 Mastery |
| [Splendid Vermilion Onyx] |
+10 Parry | +5 PvP Resilience | |
| [Stalwart Vermilion Onyx] |
+10 Parry | +10 Dodge | |
 [Fine Tiger Opal] |
+8 Parry | +8 Mastery | |
| [Splendid Tiger Opal] |
+8 Parry | +8 PvP Resilience | |
| [Stalwart Tiger Opal] |
+8 Parry | +4 Dodge | |
 Purple
|
 [Defender's Imperial Amethyst] |
+10 Parry | +8 Stamina |
| [Retaliating Imperial Amethyst] |
+10 Parry | +10 Critical Strike | |
 [Defender's Roguestone] |
+8 Parry | +8 Stamina | |
| [Retaliating Roguestone] |
+8 Parry | +6 Critical Strike | |
 Cogwheel
|
 [Flashing Tinker's Gear] |
+38 Parry | |
| Color | Name | Effect(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red
|
 [Flashing Queen's Garnet] |
+20 Parry | |
| [Flashing Chimera's Eye] |
+16 Parry | ||
 [Flashing Inferno Ruby] |
+16 Parry | ||
 [Flashing Carnelian] |
+12 Parry | ||
| Orange
|
 [Fine Lava Coral] |
+10 Parry | +10 Mastery |
| [Stalwart Lava Coral] |
+10 Parry | +10 Dodge | |
| [Splendid Lava Coral] |
+10 Parry | +5 PvP Resilience | |
 [Fine Ember Topaz] |
+8 Parry | +8 Mastery | |
 [Fine Hessonite] |
+6 Parry | +6 Mastery | |
| Purple
|
 [Defender's Shadow Spinel] |
+10 Parry | +8 Stamina |
| [Retaliating Shadow Spinel] |
+10 Parry | +10 Critical Strike | |
 [Defender's Demonseye] |
+8 Parry | +4 Stamina | |
| [Retaliating Demonseye] |
+8 Parry | +8 Critical Strike | |
 [Defender's Nightstone] |
+6 Parry | +5 Stamina | |
| [Retaliating Nightstone] |
+6 Parry | +6 Critical Strike | |
| Color | Name | Effect(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red
|
[Flashing Dragon's Eye] |
+20 Parry | |
 [Flashing Cardinal Ruby] |
+20 Parry | ||
 [Flashing Scarlet Ruby] |
+16 Parry | ||
 [Flashing Bloodstone] |
+12 Parry | ||
| Orange
|
 [Stalwart Ametrine] |
+10 Parry | +10 Dodge |
 [Stalwart Monarch Topaz] |
+8 Parry | +8 Dodge | |
 [Stalwart Huge Citrine] |
+6 Parry | +6 Dodge | |
| Purple
|
 [Defender's Dreadstone] |
+10 Parry | +8 Stamina |
 [Defender's Twilight Opal] |
+8 Parry | +6 Stamina | |
 [Defender's Shadow Crystal] |
+6 Parry | +5 Stamina | |
| Color | Name | Effect(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red
|
 [Flashing Crimson Spinel] |
+20 Parry | |
 [Flashing Living Ruby] |
+16 Parry | ||
| Orange
|
 [Stalwart Fire Opal] |
+5 Parry | +4 Dodge |
| [Splendid Fire Opal] |
+5 Parry | +4 PvP Resilience | |
| Purple
|
 [Defender's Tanzanite] |
+5 Parry | +6 Stamina |
Notes[]
Before Patch 3.2.0 in particular, parry gems were generally considered inferior to dodge gems or defense gems because of the amount of avoidance they give when taking into account diminishing returns. This still may be true after the patch was released, but it should be less so.
On July 13, 2009, Greg "Ghostcrawler" Street, the Lead Systems Designer posted about this very topic on the forums:
Re: Avoidance Change | 2009-07-13 21:28 | 
Ghostcrawler
Oh yes. At some point "Not BiS" became "trash." :)Q u o t e:
However, as far as the dodge vs parry, you've got to consider that a lot of people think in absolutes. "Parry is not as good as dodge" turns into "NEVER GEM PARRY BECAUSE IT'S A GARBAGE STAT". I don't think it'll change their perceptions, but that's more of a problem with humanity.
It's not the end of the world if parry gems rot. But we want to be able to put parry on say rings without those just being sharded.
Patch changes[]
Patch 3.2.0 (2009-08-04):
- [Dragon's Eye] gems stat bonuses increased.
- We will be removing the prismatic quality of the jewelcrafter-only [Dragon's Eye] gems.
