Mists of Pandaria Classic Balance Druid Enchants and Consumables

While it is easy to understand which Enchants, Gems, and Consumables you should use in Mists of Pandaria, they also have an outsized impact on your performance, especially when doing hard content such as Heroic Raiding.

Below is a list of the optimal consumables and enchants to help you get the most out of your Balance.

Slot	Main Enchantment	Secondary Enchantment
Shoulders	Secret Crane Wing Inscription (Requires Inscription) Greater Crane Wing Inscription
Back	Lightweave Embroidery (Requires Tailoring) Enchant Cloak - Superior Intellect
Chest	Enchant Chest - Glorious Stats
Wrist	Fur Lining - Intellect (Requires Leatherworking) Enchant Bracer - Super Intellect	Socket Bracer (Requires Blacksmithing)
Hands	Enchant Gloves - Greater Haste	Synapse Springs (Requires Engineering) Socket Gloves (Requires Blacksmithing)
Waist	Living Steel Belt Buckle
Legs	Sanctified Spellthread (Requires Tailoring) Greater Pearlescent Spellthread
Feet	Enchant Boots - Pandaren's Step
Weapon	Enchant Weapon - Jade Spirit
Off-Hand	Enchant Off-Hand - Major Intellect

Sockets	Gems
	Burning Primal Diamond
	Wicked Vermilion Onyx / Reckless Vermilion Onyx / Brilliant Primordial Ruby
	Quick Sun's Radiance / Reckless Vermilion Onyx
	Energized Wild Jade / Purified Imperial Amethyst
	Brilliant Serpent's Eye — Requires Jewelcrafting, can use up to 3

While the overall top stat for Balance Druids is Intellect, we recommend gemming first and foremost for the 10296 soft Haste cap and the 15% Spell Hit cap due to the rotational benefits of having faster Eclipse cycles.

The best feast available early on is the Pandaren Banquet for 10-man groups and Great Pandaren Banquet for 25-man groups, which give 275 primary stat. Alternatively, or when min-maxing, you should use the best individual food, as those grant 300 primary stats.

• Spiced Blossom Soup (individual)
• Mogu Fish Stew (individual)
• Pandaren Banquet (10-man feast)
• Great Pandaren Banquet (25-man feast)

Balance Druids will use Flask of the Warm Sun as their flask.

Potion of the Jade Serpent is the best potion for Balance Druids, and should be paired with your cooldowns or increased boss damage taken phases in order to maximize its benefit.

Master Healing Potion can save your life in an emergency, so always keep some around as a complement to your class defensives.

Heavy Windwool Bandage are rarely of use due to forcing you to channel for their healing, but if everything else fails they can still make a difference, so try to carry some around just in case.