Balance Druid PvP Gear Guide for WotLK Classic

This is our guide for gearing in PvP as a Balance Druid. This gear will improve your odds in World PvP and Battlegrounds, but skill is still the most important factor in determining the winner of each match.

You can learn more about how to leverage your unique skills in the Balance Druid PvP guide below:

It can be useful to have up to 4% Spell Hit (PvP cap), in order to reliably land your Cyclones and Entangling Roots, but do not get it at any cost!

Using PvP gear with Resilience is generally the way to go, but it can be useful to also use some PvE items for increased DPS, especially if you have access to strong Raid gear and no Gladiator gear for that slot.

Any piece you lack from the best in slot list below can be temporarily replaced by Honor gear or whatever questing or crafted gear you have.

Spell Penetration is a noteworthy stat for countering the small amount of resistances awarded by Mark of the Wild, Mage Armor, and similar buffs. Fortunately Balance Druids deal Nature and Arcane damage, which have no Paladin aura counter, so a small amount of Spell Penetration is more than enough, which will come from Enchant Cloak - Spell Piercing and Stormy Majestic Zircons used for Blue Socket bonuses on your gear.

In case you want to compare this list with the Balance Druid PvE Best in Slot list, feel free to check out the link below!

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Wrathful Gladiator's Wyrmhide Helm	PvP Vendor
Neck	Wrathful Gladiator's Pendant of Ascendancy	PvP Vendor
Shoulders	Wrathful Gladiator's Wyrmhide Spaulders	PvP Vendor
Back	Wrathful Gladiator's Cloak of Subjugation	PvP Vendor
Chest	Wrathful Gladiator's Wyrmhide Robes	PvP Vendor
Wrists	Wrathful Gladiator's Armwraps of Dominance	PvP Vendor
Hands	Wrathful Gladiator's Wyrmhide Gloves	PvP Vendor
Waist	Wrathful Gladiator's Belt of Dominance	PvP Vendor
Legs	Wrathful Gladiator's Wyrmhide Legguards	PvP Vendor
Feet	Wrathful Gladiator's Boots of Dominance	PvP Vendor
Rings	Wrathful Gladiator's Band of Dominance Ashen Band of Endless Destruction Marrowgar's Frigid Eye Conductive Seal	PvP Vendor Reward from Path of Destruction at Ormus the Penitent — The Ashen Verdict Exalted Lord Marrowgar — 25-man Heroic Icecrown Citadel 60 Defiler's Scourgestone
Trinkets	Medallion of the Horde Charred Twilight Scale Dislodged Foreign Object Solace of the Fallen Reign of the Unliving	PvP Vendor The Ruby Sanctum 25-Man HM Rotface — Icecrown Citadel 25-Man HM 38 Defiler's Scourgestone 38 Defiler's Scourgestone
One-Hand	Wrathful Gladiator's Mageblade	PvP Vendor
Off-hand	Wrathful Gladiator's Grimoire	PvP Vendor
Two-Hand	Wrathful Gladiator's Battle Staff	PvP Vendor
Idol	Idol of the Lunar Eclipse Idol of Lunar Fury	30 Emblem of Frost 25 Emblem of Triumph

Slot	Enchantment
Head	Arcanum of Dominance — 40 Stone Keeper's Shard
Shoulders	Master's Inscription of the Storm or Inscription of Dominance — 30 Stone Keeper's Shard
Back	Enchant Cloak - Spell Piercing or Lightweave Embroidery
Chest	Enchant Chest - Exceptional Resilience
Wrists	Fur Lining - Spell Power or Enchant Bracers - Superior Spellpower
Hands	Hyperspeed Accelerators or Enchant Gloves - Exceptional Spellpower
Belt	Eternal Belt Buckle
Legs	Brilliant Spellthread or Earthen Leg Armor
Feet	Enchant Boots - Tuskarr's Vitality
Weapon	Enchant Staff - Greater Spellpower (Staves) or Enchant Weapon - Mighty Spellpower
Ring	Enchant Ring - Greater Spellpower

As a Balance Druid, you should use Chaotic Skyflare Diamond to increase your burst damage, Runed Cardinal Ruby in Red Sockets, one Kharmaa's Grace and Mystic King's Amber in Yellow Sockets, and Stormy Majestic Zircon in Blue Sockets.

Phase 3 introduced epic gems from prospecting Titanium Ore. You can also transmute them with Alchemy or buy them with emblems.

We hope this guide was helpful for your PvP exploits! Feel free to check out the detailed Balance Druid PvP guide as well in the link down below.