Originally Posted by
Pooppickle
ret pala runs with more pve gear than the others listed in general since they are a tough to kill class by design so they can focus more on gearing offensively. That said, for ret I would at least recommend 5/5 pvp + pvp belt and gemming str/resil with every enchant on resil if possible. You can get by with as little as 900 resil. I personally run with 1009 (2h).
Whereas under 1200 resil is pretty questionable as a rogue and especially as a mage. Clothies in general I aim for at least 1300 ideally 1400+, as cloth is as good as tissue paper with bis hunters and shadowmourne's everywhere.