Balance Druid DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.2

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, and 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 Mythic+ Gear BiS List Raid Gear BiS List

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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
Weapon	Vakash, the Shadowed Inferno (489)	Fyrakk, the Blazing in Amirdrassil
Off-Hand	Trickster's Captivating Chime (489)	Council of Dreams in Amirdrassil
Helm	Benevolent Embersage's Casque (489)	Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil
Neck	Eye of the Rising Flame (489)	Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil
Shoulder	Benevolent Embersage's Wisdom (489)	Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Cloak	Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice (486)	Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Chest	Benevolent Embersage's Robe (489)	Nymue in Amirdrassil
Bracers	Life-Bound Bindings (486)	Crafted by Leatherworking can be crafted with Toxified Armor Patch.
Gloves	Life-Bound Gloves (486)	Crafted by Leatherworking can be crafted with Toxified Armor Patch.
Belt	Benevolent Embersage's Sagacious Sash (489)	Creation Catalyst
Legs	Benevolent Embersage's Leggings (489)	Larodar, Keeper of the Flame in Amirdrassil
Boots	Toxic Thorn Footwraps (486)	Crafted by Leatherworking
Ring #1	Signet of Titanic Insight (486)	Crafted by Jewelcrafting
Ring #2	Arch-Druid's Tainted Seal (480)	Darkheart Thicket Mythic+
Trinket #1	Balefire Branch (480)	Waycrest Manor Mythic+
Trinket #2	Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge (489)	Council of Dreams in Amirdrassil

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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
Weapon	Morchie's Distorted Spellblade	Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise
Off-Hand	Interloper's Mossy Skull	The Everbloom
Helm	Benevolent Embersage's Casque	Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil
Neck	Chain of the Green Flight	Darkheart Thicket
Shoulder	Benevolent Embersage's Wisdom	Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Cloak	Drape of the Raven Lord	Black Rook Hold
Chest	Benevolent Embersage's Robe	Nymue in Amirdrassil
Bracers	Thermal Bindings or Life-Bound Bindings	Darkheart Thicket or Leatherworking with Toxified Armor Patch
Gloves	Fading Chronogrips or Life-Bound Gloves	Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise or Leatherworking with Toxified Armor Patch.
Belt	Benevolent Embersage's Sagacious Sash	Creation Catalyst
Legs	Benevolent Embersage's Leggings	Larodar, Keeper of the Flame in Amirdrassil
Boots	Toxic Thorn Footwraps	Crafted by Leatherworking
Ring #1	Band of Twisted Bark	Darkheart Thicket
Ring #2	Arch-Druid's Tainted Seal	Darkheart Thicket Mythic+
Trinket #1	Balefire Branch	Waycrest Manor Mythic+
Trinket #2	Sea Star	Throne of the Tides

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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
Weapon	Vakash, the Shadowed Inferno (489)	Fyrakk, the Blazing in Amirdrassil
Off-Hand	Trickster's Captivating Chime (489)	Council of Dreams in Amirdrassil
Helm	Benevolent Embersage's Casque (489)	Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil
Neck	Eye of the Rising Flame (489)	Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil
Shoulder	Benevolent Embersage's Wisdom (489)	Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Cloak	Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice (486)	Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Chest	Benevolent Embersage's Robe (489)	Nymue in Amirdrassil
Bracers	Primordial Serpent's Bindings (489)	Volcoross in Amirdrassil.
Gloves	Flamewaker's Grips (489)	Volcoross in Amirdrassil.
Belt	Benevolent Embersage's Sagacious Sash (489)	Creation Catalyst on any upgraded belt
Legs	Benevolent Embersage's Leggings (489)	Larodar, Keeper of the Flame in Amirdrassil
Boots	Toxic Thorn Footwraps (486)	Crafted by Leatherworking
Ring #1	Band of Burning Thorns (489)	Larodar, Keeper of the Flame in Amirdrassil
Ring #2	Arch-Druid's Tainted Seal (480)	Darkheart Thicket Mythic+
Trinket #1	Belor'relos, the Suncaller (489)	Tindral Sageswift Amirdrassil
Trinket #2	Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge (489)	Council of Dreams in Amirdrassil

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.

The Tier 31 set has two bonuses:

1. The 2-piece bonus allows you to enter a Dreamstate upon starting combat or entering an Eclipse. This reduces the cast time of your next two Starfires or Wraths by 40% and increasing their damage by 100%.
2. The 4-piece bonus gives a stacking bonus to your current Eclipse's damage bonus when casting Starsurge or Starfall.

Both bonuses affect single-target and multi-target DPS similarly. The 2-piece is approximately 5%, and the 4-piece is 8% for a total of 13% increased damage from having no tier bonuses.

If you are upgrading from Tier 30 to Tier 31, do not swap until you can at least wear 2 pieces of each.

The best overall embellishments:

Undulating Sporecloak has been nerfed and is no longer the best embellishment.

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.

While Blue Silken Lining can sim the highest, but the buff has a condition that requires you to be over 90% Health. This is not always possible , and the other embellishment choices do not have this same downside.

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.

1. Toxic Thorn Footwraps
2. Primal Molten Spellblade with offhand, Illuminating Pillar of the Isles if no offhand
3. Signet of Titanic Insight (with Alchemical Flavor Pocket)
4. You can upgrade your Toxified Armor Patch crafted item if you have no other immediate needs.
5. From this point, we strongly recommend you sim yourself to work out future crafts.

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.

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 can still offer a quick overview.

Check out the BiS Lists if you just want to know the best Trinkets from M+ and Raid.