Balance Druid DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.1.5)

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Balance Druid for The War Within 11.1.0. 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 Liberation of Undermine 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.

This tier, there are no items from Dungeons Balance Druid would use unless it comes max level from the Weekly Vault and Raid gear is more easily obtainable on the Mythic item level track. Check the Mythic+ Bis List tab for some of the best Weekly Vault options.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon (Two-Hand)	Best-in-Slots	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Weapon (Main-Hand/Off-Hand)	Big Earner's Bludgeon & Vagabond's Torch using Algari Missive of the Feverflare	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Helm	Branches of Reclaiming Blight	Mystic Gilded Gallybux from One-Armed Bandit or Creation Catalyst
Neck	Gobfather's Gifted Bling	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Shoulder	Jaws of Reclaiming Blight	Mystic Polished Gallybux from Rik Reverb or Creation Catalyst
Cloak	Test Pilot's Go-Pack	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine
Chest	Robes of Reclaiming Blight	Mystic Greased Gallybux from Sprocketmonger Lockenstock or Creation Catalyst
Bracers	Killer Queen's Wristflickers or Rune-Branded Armbands with Algari Missive of the Feverflare	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine or Crafting
Gloves	Rune-Branded Grasps with Algari Missive of the Feverflare	Crafting
Belt	Hitman's Holster	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Legs	Moccasins of Reclaiming Blight	Mystic Rusty Gallybux from Stix Bunkjunker
Boots	Rushed Beta Launchers	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #1	The Jastor Diamond	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet	Siren Isle
Trinket #1	Eye of Kezan	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2	House of Cards	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine

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Nerub-Palace BiS List for Balance Druid

This list contains the best overall items in Liberation of Undermine.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon (Two-Hand)	Best-in-Slots	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Weapon (Main-Hand/Off-Hand)	Big Earner's Bludgeon & Vagabond's Torch using Algari Missive of the Feverflare	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Helm	Branches of Reclaiming Blight	Mystic Gilded Gallybux from One-Armed Bandit or Creation Catalyst
Neck	Gobfather's Gifted Bling	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Shoulder	Jaws of Reclaiming Blight	Mystic Polished Gallybux from Rik Reverb or Creation Catalyst
Cloak	Test Pilot's Go-Pack	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine
Chest	Robes of Reclaiming Blight	Mystic Greased Gallybux from Sprocketmonger Lockenstock or Creation Catalyst
Bracers	Killer Queen's Wristflickers or Rune-Branded Armbands with Algari Missive of the Feverflare	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine or Crafting
Gloves	Rune-Branded Grasps with Algari Missive of the Feverflare	Crafting
Belt	Hitman's Holster	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Legs	Moccasins of Reclaiming Blight	Mystic Rusty Gallybux from Stix Bunkjunker
Boots	Rushed Beta Launchers	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #1	The Jastor Diamond	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet	Siren Isle
Trinket #1	Eye of Kezan	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2	House of Cards	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine

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Mythic+ BiS List for Balance Druid

This list contains the best overall items from the Season 2 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)	Voltaic Stormcaller	The Rookery
Weapon (Main-Hand/Off-Hand)	Hand of Beledar & Deathwalker's Promise	Priory of the Sacred Flame & Theater of Pain
Helm	Branches of Reclaiming Blight	Mystic Gilded Gallybux from One-Armed Bandit or Creation Catalyst
Neck	Strapped Rescue-Keg	Cinderbrew Meadery
Shoulder	Jaws of Reclaiming Blight	Mystic Polished Gallybux from Rik Reverb or Creation Catalyst
Cloak	Electrician's Siphoning Filter	Operation: Floodgate
Chest	Robes of Reclaiming Blight	Mystic Greased Gallybux from Sprocketmonger Lockenstock or Creation Catalyst
Bracers	Battle-Scarred Fisticuffs or Rune-Branded Armbands with Algari Missive of the Feverflare	Cinderbrew Meadery or Crafting
Gloves	Shimmering Glimclaws	Darkflame Cleft
Belt	Gleamkeeper's Buckle	Darkflame Cleft
Legs	Moccasins of Reclaiming Blight	Mystic Rusty Gallybux from Stix Bunkjunker
Boots	Stalwart Guardian's Boots	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Ring #1	Footbomb Championship Ring	The MOTHERLODE!!
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet	Siren Isle
Trinket #1	Carved Blazikon Wax	Darkflame Cleft
Trinket #2	Signet of the Priory	Priory of the Sacred Flame

Patch 11.1.5 offers a way to acquire specific items from Liberation of Undermine through the new Puzzling Cartel Chip. We currently do not know how to acquire these, but will update as more information becomes available.

We have compiled a list of high-value items that you should prioritize with your Cartel Chips in The War Within Season 2 as Balance Druid. This list is not exhaustive or in order of priority, and you are best served simming yourself for optimal results as the best pick will depend on the gear you already have available.

• The Jastor Diamond - Top Priority -
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  • This ring has great stats as well as a good proc. As a very rare item off of the last boss in the raid, this should be the first item you acquire at the highest item level as you will not replace it for anything currently accessible.
• Best-in-Slots - High Priority -
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  • The end-game best weapon for Balance Druid and another very rare item off a later boss kill. You need two crafts ready to swap your embellishments to Duskthread Lining or Dawnthread Lining depending on what sims best.
• House of Cards - High Priority -
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  • A great on-use trinket which lines up with many of the Whirling Stars Celestial Alignment timings. The high Mastery proc is ideal for both single target and multi-target fights and it is the best on-use trinket available.

Additionally, both Eye of Kezan and Mug's Moxie Jug are strong contenders for secondary trinkets with Eye of Kezan being stronger in raid on longer progression bosses and Mugs Moxie Jug being preferred for Mythic+ and shorter duration raid encounters. You should choose this trinket based on your preferred content.

• 2-piece: Your damaging spells have a chance to hit a Jackpot!, growing a Wild Mushroom at a nearby enemy's location at 100% effectiveness. Casting Celestial Alignment or Incarnation: Chosen of Elune always hits a Jackpot!.
• 4-piece: Starfall and Starsurge damage against targets affected by your Wild Mushroom damage over time effect is increased by 20%.

You should equip the 2-piece bonus as soon as you aquire the pieces to activate it. Once equipped, you must have Wild Mushroom or Sunseeker Mushroom talented to proc the Jackpot effect from the 2-piece. The 2-piece bonus is approximately 6% on single target and more valuable on multi-target.

The 4-piece bonus is only about 4% more damage on single target. You can try to track the Fungal Growth debuff to maxmize use but it should be up often enough to always get value from your Astral Power spenders.

Cyrce's Circlet is a new ring introduced in Patch 11.0.7 that you can acquire by adventuring and doing quests in the Siren Isle. The ring has 3 sockets, which can fit a different kind of gem each. There are four different gems available for each of the three sockets, for a total of 12 gems, so there is quite a bit of choice on what to socket.

Cyrce's Circlet will still be used going into Patch 11.1.0 and deep into the new Liberation of Undermine raid. This is currently not being replaced and will be worn alongside The Jastor Diamond.

These are generally considered to be the best gems, but it is highly recommended to sim yourself to figure out the best choices and combinations for your specific gear and the specific gems and other rings you already own:

• For raid and Mythic+, you will want to play Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine, Stormbringer's Runed Citrine and Windsinger's Runed Citrine

For more information on how to get the ring, as well as acquiring all of the different gems that you can possibly socket into it, check out our Cyrce's Circlet guide below!

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.

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. House of Cards which lines up with the variable Balance Druid cooldowns well.
2. Signet of the Priory is strong but as it is a 2-minute trinket, does not line up as well as the previous choice on secondary uses.
3. Spymaster's Web is still quite a strong trinket from the previous tier.

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

1. Eye of Kezan is a strong passive trinket that stacks up around 4-minutes. This makes it one of the best trinkets for progression raiding but less valuable on shorter fights on farm and Mythic+.
2. Mug's Moxie Jug is useful in all content but is a bit worse on those longer raid fights.
3. Reverb Radio has a decent Haste proc and is more easily obtainable at higher item levels.
4. Carved Blazikon Wax is one of the best farmable trinkets from Mythic+ which offers great stats and some survivability through its Versatility proc.
5. Suspicious Energy Drink is the best Delve trinket but harder to get at usable item levels outside of Delver's Bounties and Weekly Vault.

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.