Restoration Druid Healing Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.2)

We do not believe a strict Best in Slot list is possible due to how stat weights work for Restoration Druids. Secondary stats are extremely close to each other (excluding Crit, which is very bad in raids), with Intellect increasing the most per each item level. The optimal gearing strategy, in this case, would be to equip the highest item-level pieces whenever possible, excluding trinkets and tier, preferring items with Haste.

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Best-in-Slot (BiS) Gear for Restoration Druids

Overall Raid BiS Overall Mythic+ BiS Only Raid Gear BiS Only Mythic+ Gear BiS

2.1.

Overall Raid BiS

This list contains the theoretically best items for raiding gathered from all possible sources. We will provide gearing options more suited toward healing.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Voidglass Kris	Fractillus in Manaforge Omega
Off-hand	Vagabond's Torch with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension	Crafted — Inscription
Helm	Skymane of the Mother Eagle	Forgeweaver Araz/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Duskblaze's Desperation	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Shoulder	Ritual Pauldrons of the Mother Eagle	The Soul Hunters/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Reshii Wraps with Haste	Campaign quests
Chest	Vest of the Mother Eagle	Fractillus/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Time-Compressed Wristguards	Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega
Gloves	Wings of the Mother Eagle	Soulbinder Naazindhri/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Rune-Branded Waistband with Writhing Armor Banding	Crafted — Leatherworking
Legs	Skyterror's Stonehide Leggings or Spittle-Stained Trousers	Dungeon Great Vault
Boots	Interloper's Reinforced Sandals	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Ring #1	Whispers of K'aresh	Dungeon Great Vault
Ring #2	Signet of the False Accuser	Dungeon Great Vault
Trinket #1	Diamantine Voidcore	Fractillus in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #2	So'leah's Secret Technique	Great Vault/Tazavesh: So'Leah's Gambit

2.1.

Overall Mythic+ BiS

This list contains the theoretically best items for Mythic+ gathered from all possible sources. We will provide gearing options more suited towards healing, only some of the options will pick more damage stats over Mastery.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Voidglass Spire	Soulbinder Naazindhri in Manaforge Omega
Helm	Skymane of the Mother Eagle	Forgeweaver Araz/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Duskblaze's Desperation	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Shoulder	Ritual Pauldrons of the Mother Eagle	The Soul Hunters/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Reshii Wraps with Haste	Campaign quests
Chest	Vest of the Mother Eagle	Fractillus/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Time-Compressed Wristguards	Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega
Gloves	Wings of the Mother Eagle	Soulbinder Naazindhri/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Dreamsash of the Mother Eagle	Any belt - Matrix Catalyst
Legs	Skyterror's Stonehide Leggings or Spittle-Stained Trousers	Dungeon Great Vault
Boots	Interloper's Reinforced Sandals	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Ring #1	Whispers of K'aresh	Dungeon Great Vault
Ring #2	Signet of the False Accuser	Dungeon Great Vault
Trinket #1	Diamantine Voidcore	Fractillus in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #2	So'leah's Secret Technique	Great Vault/Tazavesh: So'Leah's Gambit

2.1.

Only Raid Gear BiS

This list contains the theoretically best items for raiding gathered only from Raid or using Matrix Catalyst.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Voidglass Spire	Soulbinder Naazindhri in Manaforge Omega
Helm	Skymane of the Mother Eagle	Forgeweaver Araz/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Duskblaze's Desperation	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Shoulder	Ritual Pauldrons of the Mother Eagle	The Soul Hunters/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Reshii Wraps with Haste	Campaign quests
Chest	Vest of the Mother Eagle	Fractillus/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Time-Compressed Wristguards	Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega
Gloves	Wings of the Mother Eagle	Soulbinder Naazindhri/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Dreamsash of the Mother Eagle	Any belt - Matrix Catalyst
Legs	Elite Shadowguard Legwraps	Nexus King Salhadaar in Manaforge Omega
Boots	Interloper's Reinforced Sandals	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Ring #1	Band of the Shattered Soul	Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega
Ring #2	Logic Gate: Omega	Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #1	Diamantine Voidcore	Fractillus in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #2	Araz's Ritual Forge	Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega

2.1.

Only Mythic+ Gear BiS

This list contains the theoretically best items for Mythic+ gathered only from the dungeons themselves, Great Vault, or from Matrix Catalyst. We will provide gearing options more suited towards healing, only some of the options will pick more damage stats over Mastery.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Staff of Fractured Spacetime	Great Vault/Tazavesh: So'Leah's Gambit
Helm	Skymane of the Mother Eagle	Forgeweaver Araz/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Sin Stained Pendant	Great Vault/Halls of Atonement
Shoulder	Ritual Pauldrons of the Mother Eagle	The Soul Hunters/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Reshii Wraps with Haste	Campaign quests
Chest	Vest of the Mother Eagle	Fractillus/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Disturbed Kelp Wraps	Great Vault/Operation: Floodgate
Gloves	Wings of the Mother Eagle	Soulbinder Naazindhri/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Dreamsash of the Mother Eagle	Any belt - Matrix Catalyst
Legs	Skyterror's Stonehide Leggings or Spittle-Stained Trousers	Great Vault/Eco-Dome Al'dani/Halls of Atonement
Boots	Stalwart Guardian's Boots	Great Vault/Priory of the Sacred Flame
Ring #1	Whispers of K'aresh	Great Vault/Eco-Dome Al'dani
Ring #2	Signet of the False Accuser	Great Vault/Halls of Atonement
Trinket #1	Ara-Kara Sacbrood	Great Vault/Ara-Kara, City of Echoes
Trinket #2	So'leah's Secret Technique	Great Vault/Tazavesh: So'Leah's Gambit

Crafting is an essential way of getting high-item-level gear. You can get one naturally every two weeks unless you pick half of the spark from your weekly vault.

Since there are only a few crafts you can make at these item levels, it is important to choose the slots wisely. We do not recommend crafting anything in the potential tier slots (Head, Shoulders, Chest, Gloves, Legs). Another factor to remember is Embellished items. You can only wear two items with these effects, similar to legendaries in previous expansions. These effects will not do nearly as much, but they still can add some healing or damage.

Crafting choices are a bit complicated. Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension is a bit better than others, but it can only go on weapons. Since this is a Nerubian Embellishment, you can use Writhing Armor Banding on another armor slot (for example, bracers or belt, but not rings or necks) and gain the most power. If you are not using a weapon craft, then you will probably want to go for Waders of the Unifying Flame, Binding of Binding, or Duskthread Lining.

First of all, make sure you do not craft anything until after you do the raid or clear at least a few Mythic dungeons. Especially if you are able to clear higher levels of Mythic+ and acquire Gilded crests. In that case, we recommend using the first craft on Vagabond's Bounding Baton with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension.

Keeping all the aforementioned information in mind, there will be a few situations where item-level upgrades will not be actual upgrades. Sockets are usually worth around 5 item levels, Leech on the first two to three pieces is worth about 5 item levels, and Avoidance around a similar amount. Due to Leech providing a bit of power, we will only give a definite BiS list for any slots if the gains from effects on them are better than a random piece with Leech in that slot.

For Mythic+ gearing, you will generally want to equip Mastery until you are comfortable with healing requirements. Some play with 0 Mastery on gear to deal more damage, and some go into it more heavily. There will be no magic number we can give you.

Patch 11.1.7 adds a unique belt reward from the Overcharged Delves feature: the Durable Information Securing Container. After completing a short questline and the required Delves, you will earn a Leather version of this belt, which comes with a Socket and lets you choose a unique effect.

For details on how to obtain or upgrade the belt, see our dedicated Overcharged Delves guide.

This belt starts at Item level 691 and you will be able to upgrade it by 3-4 every week to a maximum of 701. There are multiple effects, but you will only ever consider stat proc ones. The best one is Spark Burst. It gives the highest amount of stats on average and has an additional bonus of being our best stat. If you are doing content that does not require that much HPS, you can run Cauterizing Bolts instead.

No special weapons will make you drop item levels. Equip whatever combination of Two-Handed or One-Handed plus Off-Hand that gives you more Intellect.

That said, you will want to equip Voidglass Kris or Voidglass Spire over other weapons if you have access to Diamantine Voidcore trinket.

For direct trinket comparison, use QELive made by Voulk. We will list a few special trinkets here with comments on their power level.

The following list ranks trinkets for raid purposes. Trinkets in the same tier are listed in the order of their power.

1. A-tier — So'leah's Secret Technique, Ara-Kara Sacbrood, Diamantine Voidcore (with a corresponding weapon), Astral Antenna (Mythic+), Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj.
2. B-tier — Diamantine Voidcore (without a corresponding weapon), Signet of the Priory, Lily of the Eternal Weave, Loom'ithar's Living Silk,
3. C-tier — Twisted Mana Sprite, Algari Alchemist Stone, Manaforged Aethercell.
4. D-tier — First Class Healing Distributor, Darkfuse Medichopper, Nexus-King's Command.
5. F-tier — Sunblood Amethyst, Chaotic Nethergate.

In general there are quite a few trinkets on the similar power level. Any of the trinkets in A tier will be roughly equal to each other. F-tier trinkets are there because they are only better than an empty trinket slot.