Balance Druid DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within Pre-Patch
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Balance Druid in World of Warcraft The War Within Pre-Patch.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Balance Druid gear and best in slot.
BiS Gear Guide for Balance Druid
Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Balance Druid for Dragonflight 10.2.0. Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Balance Druid, including the BiS Gear from all sources, Raiding, Mythic+, information on the best Trinkets, Tier Sets, and much more.
For discussion and information on Stats specifically, check out our Stats page below.
BiS Gear for Balance Druid
BiS List for Balance Druid
This list contains the highest DPS setup from most sources for Balance 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 | ![]() |
Fyrakk, the Blazing in Amirdrassil |
Off-Hand | ![]() |
The Primal Council in Vault of the Incarnates |
Helm | ![]() |
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Neck | ![]() |
Tindral in Amirdrassil |
Shoulder | ![]() |
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Cloak | ![]() |
Scalecommander Sarkareth in Aberrus |
Chest | ![]() |
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Bracers | ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking can be crafted with ![]() ![]() |
Gloves | ![]() |
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Belt | ![]() |
Nymue in Amirdrassil |
Legs | ![]() |
Fyrakk, the Blazing in Amirdrassil |
Boots | ![]() ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking or Gnarlroot in Amirdrassil |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Crafted by Jewelcrafting can be crafted with ![]() |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Broodkeeper Diurna in Vault of the Incarnates |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Echo of Neltharion in Aberrus |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
The Primal Council in Vault of the Incarnates |
Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Balance 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+.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Weapon | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite upgradeable from M0 |
Helm | ![]() |
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Neck | ![]() |
The Nokhud Offensive |
Shoulder | ![]() |
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Cloak | ![]() |
Ruby Life Pools |
Chest | ![]() |
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Bracers | ![]() ![]() |
The Azure Vault or Leatherworking with ![]() |
Gloves | ![]() |
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Belt | ![]() |
Halls of Infusion |
Legs | ![]() |
Neltharus |
Boots | ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Darkheart Thicket |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Brackenhide Hollow |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise Hardmode, upgradeable from M0 |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
The Nokhud Offensive |
Raid Gear BiS List for Balance 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. There is only a single usable ring from this Raid.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Weapon | ![]() |
Fyrakk, the Blazing in Amirdrassil |
Off-Hand | ![]() |
The Primal Council in Vault of the Incarnates |
Helm | ![]() |
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Neck | ![]() |
Tindral in Amirdrassil |
Shoulder | ![]() |
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Cloak | ![]() |
Scalecommander Sarkareth in Aberrus |
Chest | ![]() |
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Bracers | ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking can be crafted with ![]() ![]() |
Gloves | ![]() |
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Belt | ![]() |
Nymue in Amirdrassil |
Legs | ![]() |
Fyrakk, the Blazing in Amirdrassil |
Boots | ![]() ![]() |
Crafted by Leatherworking or Gnarlroot in Amirdrassil |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Crafted by Jewelcrafting can be crafted with ![]() |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Broodkeeper Diurna in Vault of the Incarnates |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Echo of Neltharion in Aberrus |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
The Primal Council in Vault of the Incarnates |
Gearing a Balance Druid
A large portion of gearing, outside of knowing what is your best items, is reliant on item level. Try not to overthink gearing, as most upgrades should be easily identifiable. After item level, you can further scrutinize the Secondary Stats looking for Mastery gear and items with sockets.
For more information on stats, you can check our comprehensive Stats page and Gems and Enchants page.
The Importance of Simming
It is crucial to use Raidbots to get an accurate idea of what gear is good and what is terrible. There are so many variables that can change which pieces you would equip. While a cursory glance can be enough to determine what is usable, deciding what is best among what is good is a more nuanced decision.
Season 4 Tier Set
- Two Piece Set:
Starsurge and
Starfall increase the damage of your next
Wrath or
Starfire by 30%, stacking 3-times.
- Four Piece Set: When you enter Eclipse, your next
Starsurge or
Starfall costs 15 less Astral Power and deals 40% increased damage.
The two-piece is primarily a passive effect as you will be using the stacks you gain regularly. If you try to micro-manage it, you can try to stack it up to three times before use, but other buffs take priority over this one.
The four piece is consumed on your first spender on entering Eclipse. You can
sometimes, stack this by entering Eclipse, using the buff, and then enter
Primordial Arcanic Pulsar, which will allow you to do more burst or have
stronger AoE.
It is recommended to swap to this set when you have both bonuses at equal or higher item level than your current tier set.
Best Embellishments
The best overall embellishments:
Source | Embellishment |
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Leatherworking |
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Leatherworking |
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Your primary embellishment selection will be Toxic Thorn Footwraps and
a crafted Leather piece with
Toxified Armor Patch, most likely your
gloves or wrist.
Elemental Lariat will become viable when you have the full 8-gems.
This will allow you to have the same output as the boots but no downsides on
survivability.
Blue Silken Lining will be the highest simming embellishment out
of all options. You will need about 40% uptime, which is easily achievable in
Mythic+ but less so in raids. This can be crafted on any item and can be
stacked twice for maximum effectiveness.
Best Crafting Order for Balance 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. Toxified Armor Patch does not
scale with item level of the piece it is crafted on only on
Toxic Thorn Footwraps
themselves.
Toxic Thorn Footwraps
Primal Molten Spellblade with offhand,
Illuminating Pillar of the Isles if no offhand
Signet of Titanic Insight (with
Alchemical Flavor Pocket)
- You can upgrade your
Toxified Armor Patch crafted item if you have no other immediate needs.
- From this point, we strongly recommend you sim yourself to work out future crafts.
Professions
For personal, tangible benefits in Raids and Dungeons, we recommend
taking Alchemy. It grants extra healing on potion use as well as movement speed.
Alchemy can also make it easier to use Iced Phial of Corrupting Rage, which
can be the best Phial for Balance Druid.
Trinket Simulations for Balance Druid
These are generic simulations from Bloodmallet, giving you a rough overview of strong Balance Druid Trinkets. It is not a replacement for simming yourself, but it can still offer a quick overview.
Check out the BiS Lists if you just want to know the best Trinkets from M+ and Raid.
Best Raiding & Single-Target Trinkets for Balance Druid
Best Mythic+ & AoE Trinkets for Balance Druid
Changelog
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within PrePatch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6. Updated mentions of Blue Silken Linen.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 08 Dec. 2023: Updated some trinket recommendations relating to Balefire Branch.
- 07 Nov. 2023: Updated with recent Sporecloak nerfs.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.0.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 08 May 2023: Updated for May 9th Patch Changes.
- 01 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.0.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7. .
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed and updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 21 Dec. 2022: Updated embellishments and expanded trinket recommendations.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Vault of the Incarnates and Season 1 Mythic +.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This was written by Borabank, a Balance Druid theorycrafter and raider in Muscle Memory. You can watch him on his Twitch channel or in the Dreamgrove Discord server.
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