Guardian Druid Tank Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.2.6
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Guardian Druid in World of Warcraft Dragonflight 10.2.6.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Feral Tank Druid gear and best in slot.
BiS Gear Guide for Guardian Druid
Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Guardian Druid for Dragonflight 10.2. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Guardian Druid, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding, and Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.
For discussion and information on Stats specifically, check out our Stats page below.
"Simming" Yourself as a Guardian Druid
Throughout this page, we will regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots, as it is an indispensable aspect of optimizing your character.
While we do offer generic sim charts for Trinkets, this should not be a replacement for simming yourself, at least not if you want to minmax sub-1%!
If you are new to simming and Raidbots, check out our detailed guide below.
BiS Gear for Guardian Druid
BiS List for Guardian Druid
This list contains the highest DPS setup from most sources for Guardian Druid.
483 iLvl Great Vault items from Mythic+ are not listed here, as they are not targetable due to the RNG nature of the Vault. Mythic+ items are included at Item Level 470+.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Weapon | Rashon, the Immortal Blaze (489) | Mythic Fyrakk, the Blazing in Amirdrassil |
Helm | Benevolent Embersage's Casque | Tindral Sageswift |
Neck | Ouroboreal Necklet (489) | Volcoross |
Shoulder | Benevolent Embersage's Wisdom | Mythic Smolderon |
Cloak | Inflammable Drapeleaf (489) | Mythic Gnarlroot |
Chest | Benevolent Embersage's Robe | Mythic Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle |
Bracers | Life-Bound Bindings (486) | Crafted by Leatherworking. Embellished with Toxified Armor Patch. |
Gloves | Flamewaker's Grips (489) | Mythic Volcoross |
Belt | Bloody Dragonhide Belt (489) | Mythic Igira the Cruel |
Legs | Benevolent Embersage's Leggings | Mythic Larodar, Keeper of the Flame |
Boots | Toxic Thorn Footwraps (486) | Crafted by Leatherworking |
Ring #1 | Signet of the Last Elder (489) | Igira the Cruel |
Ring #2 | Band of Burning Thorns (489) | Mythic Larodar, Keeper of the Flame |
Trinket #1 | Augury of the Primal Flame(496) | Mythic Fyrakk, the Blazing |
Trinket #2 | Fyrakk's Tainted Rageheart (496) | Mythic Fyrakk, the Blazing |
Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Guardian Druid
This list contains the highest DPS setup, with farmable gear from Mythic+ Dungeons. This is a great place to start on a relatively new character, as you can infinitely grind out these items from Mythic+.
For information on the Item Levels that drop at each M+ key level, check out our dedicated page:
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Weapon | Borrowed Time (470) | Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise |
Helm | Benevolent Embersage's Casque | Revival Catalyst any 470 iLvl Helm |
Neck | Raven Filigree Pendant (470) | Black Rook Hold |
Shoulder | Benevolent Embersage's Wisdom | Revival Catalyst any 470 iLvl Shoulders |
Cloak | Shadowfeather Shawl (470) | Black Rook Hold |
Chest | Benevolent Embersage's Robe (470) | Revival Catalyst any 470 iLvl Chest |
Bracers | Venerated Raptorhide Bindings (470) | Atal'Dazar |
Gloves | Gauntlets of Burning Focus (470) | Everbloom |
Belt | Belt of Gleaming Determination (470) | Atal'Dazar |
Legs | Benevolent Embersage's Leggings (470) | Revival Catalyst any 470 iLvl Legs |
Boots | Decapod Slippers (470) | Throne of the Tides |
Ring #1 | Seal of the Regal Loa (470) | Atal'Dazar |
Ring #2 | Thornwoven Band(470) | Waycrest Manor |
Trinket #1 | Oakheart's Gnarled Root (470) | Darkheart Thicket |
Trinket #2 | My'das Talisman (470) | Atal'Dazar |
Raid Gear BiS List for Guardian Druid
This list contains the highest DPS setup, only using gear from the Amirdrassil Raid.
This list is mostly useful for informing your organized guild of what loot is optimal for you for loot distribution purposes.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Weapon | Rashon, the Immortal Blaze (489) | Mythic Fyrakk, the Blazing in Amirdrassil |
Helm | Benevolent Embersage's Casque | Tindral Sageswift |
Neck | Ouroboreal Necklet (489) | Volcoross |
Shoulder | Benevolent Embersage's Wisdom | Mythic Smolderon |
Cloak | Inflammable Drapeleaf (489) | Mythic Gnarlroot |
Chest | Benevolent Embersage's Robe | Mythic Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle |
Bracers | Life-Bound Bindings (486) | Crafted by Leatherworking. Embellished with Toxified Armor Patch. |
Gloves | Flamewaker's Grips (489) | Mythic Volcoross |
Belt | Bloody Dragonhide Belt (489) | Mythic Igira the Cruel |
Legs | Benevolent Embersage's Leggings | Mythic Larodar, Keeper of the Flame |
Boots | Toxic Thorn Footwraps (486) | Crafted by Leatherworking |
Ring #1 | Signet of the Last Elder (489) | Igira the Cruel |
Ring #2 | Band of Burning Thorns (489) | Mythic Larodar, Keeper of the Flame |
Trinket #1 | Augury of the Primal Flame(496) | Mythic Fyrakk, the Blazing |
Trinket #2 | Fyrakk's Tainted Rageheart (496) | Mythic Fyrakk, the Blazing |
Tier Set Bonuses for Guardian Druid in Dragonflight
- Druid Guardian 10.2 Class Set 2pc
- Druid Guardian 10.2 Class Set 4pc
The 2 piece bonus of the new tier set revolves around spending as much as possible during the Rage of the Sleeper buff window, which will then generate a shield on us after Rage of the Sleeper expires, which absorbs 25% of incoming damage similar to Ignore Pain. The 4 piece bonus makes this shield also deal damage to attackers.
Best Crafted Items for Guardian Druid
With Crafted Items, you can craft items with customizable stats in nearly all slots with up to iLvl 483. This means that crafted gear is 3 item levels below the max mythic track and, therefore, great early filler items but rarely absolute bis.
If you want to learn more about the Crafting system in general and potentially craft your own items for less Gold, check out our dedicated page below.
Best Crafting Order for Guardian Druid
This is our general recommendation for the best Crafting Order. It goes for Embellishments first, as they offer the largest increase per Spark, and then goes for powerful iLvl gains.
- Toxic Thorn Footwraps - Is our highest damage Embellishment.
- Life-Bound Bindings with Toxified Armor Patch - To be used in combination with Toxic Thorn Footwraps, further increasing the effect.
- Torc of Passed Time
- Signet of Titanic Insight (with Alchemical Flavor Pocket)
- From this point, we strongly recommend you sim yourself to work out future crafts.
Inspiration Catalyst
The Revival Catalyst is a feature that allows you to convert any piece into "Tier" while retaining item level, socket, and tertiary perks. This can help you to optimize your gear further, similar to the old reforging system.
Enchants and Gems
Whenever you get a new piece of gear, enchant it or gem it, if possible. In Dragonflight, sockets can come with or be put on: Head, Belt, Wrists, Rings, and Necks. The optimal enchants and gems for Guardian Druids are on the page linked below.
Trinkets for Guardian Druids
The following is a list of the most noteworthy trinkets available overall, ranked in order of power assuming equivalent item level. If you do not have any of these, your best bet will be to use a stat proc trinket with a reasonably high item level.
- Augury of the Primal Flame
- Fyrakk's Tainted Rageheart
- Cataclysmic Signet Brand
- Oakheart's Gnarled Root
- Gift of Ursine Vengeance
- Bandolier of Twisted Blades
- My'das Talisman
- Coiled Serpent Idol
- Ashes of the Embersoul
- Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge
Offensively, you can refer to the chart below (courtesy of Bloodmallet.com). Note that these are only recommendations based on general sims; you should sim yourself for the most accurate results.
Changelog
- 20 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed and Updated for Patch 10.2.5.
- 23 Nov. 2023: Updated Trinket List.
- 21 Nov. 2023: Updated BiS Lists.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated BiS lists for Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Added new BiS Lists Gear block.
- 25 Jul. 2023: Updated Borrowed Time link.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 26 May 2023: Added timewalking gear.
- 18 May 2023: Updated trinket list.
- 06 May 2023: Updated BiS list after trinket tuning.
- 01 May 2023: Updated new trinkets and gear for patch 10.1.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 13 Jan. 2023: Added Embellishment section.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Pumps who has played since Vanilla and has tanked in Honestly, the #1 Oceanic raiding guild, since Mists of Pandaria. He also played in the first MDI Mythic+ Dungeon Tournament, where his team placed second. His mindset on tanking has always been taking the utility and damage one can bring to the raid to the next level. He was the #1 Rank DPS Guardian Druid for 5 tiers in a row and top the 1-6 for the last 12 tiers, playing Guardian Druid, Brewmaster Monk and Protection Warrior mainly based on what is the strongest for progression at the time. You can find him on discord — Pumps#0734 — and on Twitch.
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