Balance Druid DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Midnight Season 1

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Balance Druid for Midnight Season 1! Check this page to learn everything you need to know to make your character as powerful as they can be!

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 Raid Gear BiS List Mythic+ Gear 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 list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available, your BiS gear might look different in some spots than the below list.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon (Two-Hand)	Brazier of the Dissonant Dirge	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas
Weapon (Main-Hand/Off-Hand)	Belo'melorn, the Shattered Talon & Grimoire of the Eternal Light	Belo'ren & Vorasius
Helm	Branches of the Luminous Bloom	Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Neck	Amulet of the Abyssal Hymn	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas
Shoulder	Seedpods of the Luminous Bloom	Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire
Cloak	Leafdrape of the Luminous Bloom	Creation Catalyst
Chest	Trunk of the Luminous Bloom	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Bracers	Void-Skinned Bracers	Vorasius in The Voidspire
Gloves	Silvermoon Agent's Handwraps with Arcanoweave Lining	Leatherworking
Belt	Scorn-Scarred Shul'ka's Belt	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Legs	Phloemwraps of the Luminous Bloom	Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire
Boots	Silvermoon Agent's Sneakers with Arcanoweave Lining	Leatherworking
Ring #1	Occlusion of Void	Nexus-Point Xenas
Ring #2	Omission of Light	Nexus-Point Xenas
Trinket #1	Gaze of the Alnseer	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Trinket #2	Vaelgor's Final Stare	Vaelgor and Ezzorak

2.2.

Raid BiS List for Balance Druid

This list contains the highest DPS setup, only using gear from the raids in Midnight Season 1.

This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available to yourself, your BiS gear might look different than this list in some spots.

TipsWhich Raid-Items Do I Want Most?

If you need to submit a list of highly-important items to your raidleader, or simply want to focus on the most important bosses and items, we got you covered!

• Gaze of the Alnseer: Our best passive trinket. Drops from Chimaerus, who also drops our Tier chest.
• Vaelgor's Final Stare: Our best on-use trinket. Drops from Vaelgor and Ezzorak which also drops our Tier pants.
• Brazier of the Dissonant Dirge is our best weapon. It drops from Midnight Falls. It also drops several powerful double-socketed jewelry pieces.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon (Two-Hand)	Brazier of the Dissonant Dirge	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas
Weapon (Main-Hand/Off-Hand)	Belo'melorn, the Shattered Talon & Grimoire of the Eternal Light	Belo'ren & Vorasius
Helm	Branches of the Luminous Bloom	Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Neck	Amulet of the Abyssal Hymn	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas
Shoulder	Seedpods of the Luminous Bloom	Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire
Cloak	Leafdrape of the Luminous Bloom	Creation Catalyst
Chest	Trunk of the Luminous Bloom	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Bracers	Void-Skinned Bracers	Vorasius in The Voidspire
Gloves	Silvermoon Agent's Handwraps with Arcanoweave Lining	Leatherworking
Belt	Scorn-Scarred Shul'ka's Belt	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Legs	Phloemwraps of the Luminous Bloom	Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire
Boots	Silvermoon Agent's Sneakers with Arcanoweave Lining	Leatherworking
Ring #1	Eye of Midnight	Midnight Falls in March on Quel'Danas
Ring #2	Bond of Light	Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Trinket #1	Gaze of the Alnseer	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Trinket #2	Vaelgor's Final Stare	Vaelgor and Ezzorak

2.3.

Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Balance Druid

This list contains the highest DPS setup with farmable gear from Midnight Season 1 Mythic+ Dungeons.

This list is by no means a replacement for simming yourself. Depending on your previous Great Vault choices and the gear you have available to yourself, your BiS gear might look different than this list in some spots.

TipsWhich Dungeons Should I Farm?

If you have limited time to play the game, we recommend to farm the following dungeons:

• Windrunner Spire: Both trinkets from Windrunner Spire are strong. There is both a passive and on-use trinket.
• Nexus-Point Xenas: Drops a pair of set rings which at high item levels are our Best in Slot rings.
• Maisara Caverns: Drops our best overall single and low target trinket as well as a good main-hand weapon.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon (Two-Hand)	Corespark Multitool	Nexus-Point Xenas
Weapon (Main-Hand/Off-Hand)	Ceremonial Hexblade & Vexamus' Expulsion Rod	Maisara Caverns & Algeth'ar Academy
Helm	Branches of the Luminous Bloom	Lightblinded Vanguard in The Voidspire
Neck	Barbed Ymirheim Choker	Pit of Saron
Shoulder	Seedpods of the Luminous Bloom	Fallen-King Salhadaar in The Voidspire
Cloak	Defiant Defender's Drape	Magister's Terrace
Chest	Trunk of the Luminous Bloom	Chimaerus in The Dreamrift
Bracers	Chewed Leather Wristguards	Pit of Saron
Gloves	Silvermoon Agent's Handwraps with Arcanoweave Lining	Leatherworking
Belt	Snapvine Cinch	Windrunner Spire
Legs	Phloemwraps of the Luminous Bloom	Vaelgor and Ezzorak in The Voidspire
Boots	Silvermoon Agent's Sneakers with Arcanoweave Lining	Leatherworking
Ring #1	Bifurcation Band	Magister's Terrace
Ring #2	Omission of Light	Nexus-Point Xenas
Trinket #1	Emberwing Feather	Windrunner Spire
Trinket #2	Soulcatcher's Charm	Maisara Caverns

FAQHow Strong is the Tier Set?

The Balance Druid Midnight Season 1 Tier set is extremely strong for single target and even more powerful for multi-target. On single target, the 2-piece is approximately a 7% DPS and the 4-piece is approximately 14%. The 4-piece is even stronger on stacked multi-target.

FAQWhich Tier Set Pieces Do I Want?

For Midnight Season 1 as a Balance Druid, you will want to try and prioritize getting the Helmet, Shoulder, Chest, and Leg set pieces. Completing the bonus is more important than getting the perfect items so take whatever you can get. Additionally, if you have spare Catalyst charges, you can turn your cloak into Leafdrape of the Luminous Bloom which has great stats.

There are many usable trinkets for Balance Druid in Midnight Season 1. The two best overall options are Vaelgor's Final Stare for an on-use choice and Gaze of the Alnseer for our passive trinket option.

Aim to pick up one trinket from each of these categories as a pair:

Balance Druid Trinkets

On-Use - Vaelgor's Final Stare or, alternatively, Emberwing Feather
Passive - Gaze of the Alnseer or, alternatively, Locus-Walker's Ribbon

There are quite a few other valuable trinkets out there, so make sure to click on our ranking chart to see if they are worth equipping.

Click for Balance Druid Trinket Rankings

Ranking	Best Balance Druid Trinkets
S Tier	Vaelgor's Final Stare Gaze of the Alnseer Soulcatcher's Charm
A Tier	Locus-Walker's Ribbon Heart of Wind Shadow of the Empyrean Requiem
B Tier	Emberwing Feather Vessel of Tortured Souls
C Tier	Eye of the Drowning Void Reality Breacher Wraps of Cosmic Madness Nevermelting Ice Crystal

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.

Crafting items is entirely determined on both when and what you need at any given time. If you have a max item level Staff, you should definitely not craft a staff. If you have high item level boots and low item level bracers, it would be best to craft your bracers. With that in mind, here are some of the better craftable options for Balance Druid:

• Early on, crafting an Aln'hara Cane can be a huge DPS boost for those without a weapon and for new characters.
• Aln'hara Lantern is an off-hand which can use weapon embellishments. Great for when you have a main-hand but cant find a suitable off-hand to pair with it.
• Low stat budget pieces such as Cloak and Wrists and mid level stat budget pieces such as Belt and Boots are good options to put embellishments on as they do not share slots with tier and since they will be crafted at a lower item level, do not affect you as negatively as losing 4 item levels on a high stat budget piece such as a Chest piece.

In our overall Best in Slot list, we recommend crafting on Gloves and Boots for our embellishments as it is difficult to find high item level pieces with good secondary stats on them. There may be worse items to replace especially early on but in our end-game, max item level setup, we prefer using these slots.

Embellishments all provide approximately .5% to 1% DPS increase. There are two good setups for embellishments depending on what slots you are looking to fill first. The two different setups are crafting weapons or crafting low budget, filler pieces.

Early on, crafting an Aln'hara Cane paired with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt can be an easily obtainable DPS boost. Most bosses in the raid provide Haste and Mastery which are good secondary stats for Balance Druid.

If you have a high item level weapon, crafting two low stat budget pieces with Arcanoweave Lining is the overall best Embellishment you can have. It provides consistent primary stat to you and an ally. This sims as the best Embellishment without even considering the group DPS increase.

As always, it is recommended to sim yourself to see what would be best with your gear situation.

You can add sockets to Helmets, Belts, and Bracers with the Radiant Jewelbinder consumable that you can get if you do not select any of the choices in your Great Vault. Not picking a choice will grant you tokens, six of which can be traded in for the Radiant Jewelbinder item that allows you to add a socket to the above piece of gear, if you acquired them in Season 1.

Early into the season, or if you have just started playing an alt, you will have limited access to upgrading-crests such as Myth Dawncrest. These can be used to upgrade gear to higher itemlevels. Since crests are limited each week and upgrading different items costs the same amount of crests regardless, you will want to prioritize your usage of them on items you plan on not replacing anytime soon, or that offer the biggest benefits.

1. Weapon and Trinkets often provide the best value for each item level
2. Helm, Chest, and Legs have the highest stat bonuses
3. Shoulders, Boots, Gloves, and Belt have medium stat bonuses
4. Cloak and Bracers have the lowest stat bonuses
5. Jewelry is the lowest priority as it does not have primary stats

As always, it is recommended to sim yourself to see what would be best with your gear situation.

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 Droptimizer feature from Raidbots lets you identify which dungeons and Raid Bosses offer the highest DPS upgrades to you. It simulates all of the potential upgrades in a raid or a dungeon and lists the bosses/dungeons by rank order of how much DPS you can expect to gain from each of the items it drops. We have a guide for it that you can access using the link below.

Which gems and enchants to use heavily depends on your current stat priority. As previously mentioned, this priority can shift and change whenever you acquire new gear, so simming yourself to figure out the best use of your newly acquired socket is highly recommended. The general rule is to prioritize Haste and Critical Strike on as many pieces of gear as possible, and prioritizing those stats for any consumables as well. Mastery is still quite good.