Balance Druid DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Balance Druid for The War Within 11.2.0. 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.

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BiS Gear for Balance Druid

Overall BiS List Manaforge Omega BiS List Mythic+ BiS List

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Overall BiS List for Balance Druid

This list contains the best overall items for Balance Druid using all available content. This is gear to chase towards but will not include gear that can not be reliably obtained, such as some gear from the Weekly Vault.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon (Two-Hand)	Voidglass Spire	Soulbinder Naazindhri in Manaforge Omega
Weapon (Main-Hand/Off-Hand)	Voidglass Kris & Vagabond's Torch using Algari Missive of the Feverflare	Fractillus in Manaforge Omega
Helm	Skymane of the Mother Eagle	Mystic Foreboding Beaker from Forgeweaver Araz or Creation Catalyst
Neck	Sin Stained Pendant	Halls of Atonement
Shoulder	Ritual Pauldrons of the Mother Eagle	Mystic Yearning Cursemark from The Soul Hunters or Creation Catalyst
Cloak	Reshii Wraps	K'aresh
Chest	Vest of the Mother Eagle	Mystic Voidglass Contaminant from Fractillus or Creation Catalyst
Bracers	Time-Compressed Wristguards or Rune-Branded Armbands with Algari Missive of the Feverflare	Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega or Crafting
Gloves	Winged Gamma Handlers or Rune-Branded Grasps with Algari Missive of the Feverflare	Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega or Crafting
Belt	Atomic Phasebelt	Plexus Sentinel in Manaforge Omega
Legs	Breeches of the Mother Eagle	Mystic Silken Offering from Loom’ithar or Creation Catalyst
Boots	Interloper's Reinforced Sandals	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Ring #1	Logic Gate: Omega	Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega
Ring #2	Signet of the False Accuser	Halls of Atonement
Trinket #1	Araz's Ritual Forge	Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #2	Astral Antenna	Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega

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Manaforge Omega BiS List for Balance Druid

This list contains the best overall items in Manaforge Omega.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon (Two-Hand)	Voidglass Spire	Soulbinder Naazindhri in Manaforge Omega
Weapon (Main-Hand/Off-Hand)	Voidglass Kris & Vagabond's Torch using Algari Missive of the Feverflare	Fractillus in Manaforge Omega
Helm	Skymane of the Mother Eagle	Mystic Foreboding Beaker from Forgeweaver Araz or Creation Catalyst
Neck	Duskblaze's Desperation	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Shoulder	Ritual Pauldrons of the Mother Eagle	Mystic Yearning Cursemark from The Soul Hunters or Creation Catalyst
Cloak	Reshii Wraps	K'aresh
Chest	Vest of the Mother Eagle	Mystic Voidglass Contaminant from Fractillus or Creation Catalyst
Bracers	Time-Compressed Wristguards or Rune-Branded Armbands with Algari Missive of the Feverflare	Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega or Crafting
Gloves	Winged Gamma Handlers or Rune-Branded Grasps with Algari Missive of the Feverflare	Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega or Crafting
Belt	Atomic Phasebelt	Plexus Sentinel in Manaforge Omega
Legs	Breeches of the Mother Eagle	Mystic Silken Offering from Loom’ithar or Creation Catalyst
Boots	Interloper's Reinforced Sandals	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Ring #1	Logic Gate: Omega	Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega
Ring #2	Band of the Shattered Soul	Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #1	Araz's Ritual Forge	Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #2	Astral Antenna	Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega

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Mythic+ BiS List for Balance Druid

This list contains the best overall items from the current Mythic+ dungeons. We do still encourage getting the 4-set and will keep the optimal 4-pieces in this list.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon (Two-Hand)	Staff of Fractured Spacetime	Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
Weapon (Main-Hand/Off-Hand)	Hand of Beledar & Nathrian Reliquary	Priory of the Sacred Flame and Halls of Atonement
Helm	Skymane of the Mother Eagle	Creation Catalyst
Neck	Sin Stained Pendant	Halls of Atonement
Shoulder	Ritual Pauldrons of the Mother Eagle	Creation Catalyst
Cloak	Reshii Wraps	K'aresh
Chest	Vest of the Mother Eagle	Creation Catalyst
Bracers	Disturbed Kelp Wraps	Operation: Floodgate
Gloves	Knuckle-Dusting Handwraps	Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
Belt	Shadow Congregant's Belt	The Dawnbreaker
Legs	Breeches of the Mother Eagle	Creation Catalyst
Boots	Stalwart Guardian's Boots	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Ring #1	Whispers of K'aresh	Eco-Dome Al'dani
Ring #2	Signet of the False Accuser	Halls of Atonement
Trinket #1	Azhiccaran Parapodia	Eco-Dome Al'dani
Trinket #2	Lily of the Eternal Weave	Eco-Dome Al'dani

With Midnight around the corner, it might be a good time to get those last few items from raid or even a couple extra items to see how they work while leveling. Historically, damage procs and on-use trinkets perform well while leveling as you want to utilze them to make large pulls.

Consider swapping Astral Antenna for Diamantine Voidcore. You do not need to worry about picking up orbs and can increase the damage dealt by your weapon.

A trinket such as Perfidious Projector may scale well into some of the later levels as it does direct damage independent of your stats.

These are just a few things to consider when setting up your character to hit max level in Midnight. They are not mandatory to hit max level but they could help.

Released in Patch 11.2.0, the Reshii Wraps cloak will originally have no secondary stats but you can slot in fibers which add a double budget single stat to the cloak. We recommend Pure Energizing Fiber as Mastery is often the best stat.

The Reshii Wraps also deal a damage proc which can cleave and also does more damage to low Health targets. The Interloper's Reinforced Sandals increase the proc rate and should be equipped with your Cloak. The Band of the Shattered Soul is not a bad ring and can provide some shielding to Cosmic damage which is prevalent in the raid but should not be equipped for this benefit alone as the shield is small in comparison to the damage taken.

The tier sets now grant flat damage bonuses to all DPS specs.

• Druid - Midnight PrePatch - 11.2 Class Set 2pc — Increases all damage dealt by 6%.
• Druid - Midnight PrePatch - 11.2 Class Set 4pc — Increases all damage dealt by 10%.

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.

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.

With that being said, the choice of embellishment depends on content.

• Raiding consists of many high-uptime fights where you stay in combat for minutes at a time. Due to this, we can recommend crafting Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension on a main hand or off-hand craft and then Writhing Armor Banding in a lower item level slot (early on) to double the effects of your other embellishment. In the event you loot a max item level Best-in-Slots, you will want to use 2x Elemental Focusing Lens for raid single target or Duskthread Lining for a balance of survivability and damage..
• Dungeons, Delves, and Mythic+ consist of smaller pulls and some downtime that would prevent the previous embellishment from being as viable. In this content we recommend crafting either 2x Duskthread Lining or 2x Elemental Focusing Lens and they are more or less interchangeable.

Crafted gear is more flexible in The War Within as embellishments. You are generally going to craft things with Mastery and Haste using Algari Missive of the Feverflare.

Early on, it is best to craft Vagabond's Bounding Baton with the Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension embellishment. Even though this may not be a the the final weapon you use, you will use it for a long time while waiting for a rare drop.

Afterwards by crafting Writhing Armor Banding in another low-level, low-budget item such as a Cloak or Wrists, depending on which piece you do not have a better upgrade in. This is because the Writhing Armor Banding only scales the other embellishment and does not rely on item level.

Later in the tier when you have access to all of the best items, you will swap your embellishment to Elemental Focusing Lens or Duskthread Lining as your main goal will be to get a maximum item level weapon.

Otherwise, there are no major slots that require an immediate crafted piece. Rune-Branded Waistband and Rune-Branded Armbands are good early crafts for Writhing Armor Banding or Elemental Focusing Lens.

There are several good raid trinkets and dungeon trinkets this season. For on-use trinkets, we have:

1. Araz's Ritual Forge is an incredibly powerful on use trinket. Even though it is 2-minutes which may not always line up with our spells, the amount of stats it provides is too good to ignore.
2. Lily of the Eternal Weave is a strong Mastery on-use available in Mythic+. This has a better timer to line up with our cooldowns.
3. Signet of the Priory is a secondary option available in Mythic+. It has a 2-minute cooldown and gains value if other players use it.

For passive trinkets, there are many more to choose from but here are some of the best:

1. Astral Antenna is the best passive trinket available in the raid with a baseline of Intellect and a high Critical Strike proc. You can kite the buff around until you want to use it or try to stack it with something else but it should not be a priority.
2. Azhiccaran Parapodia is the best Mythic+ trinket available with a damage proc and a stackable Intellect buff.
3. Diamantine Voidcore is part of a 2-set bonus with the late-game weapon options available in Manaforge Omega. Mastery baseline and a stackable Intellect proc with a high proc rate make it a competitive option.
4. Ara-Kara Sacbrood more competitive stat and damage proc trinkets available in Mythic+.
5. Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj is a third strong Mythic+ option of passive trinkets. This one has baseline Intellect making it a bit more consistent than some other options but there are better ones out there.

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.