Balance Druid DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.2.6
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Balance Druid in World of Warcraft Dragonflight 10.2.6.
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, 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.
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 | 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 | Mirror of Fractured Tomorrows (480) | Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise Mythic+ |
Trinket #2 | Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge (489) | Council of Dreams in Amirdrassil |
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 | 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 | Mirror of Fractured Tomorrows | Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise Mythic+ |
Trinket #2 | Sea Star | Throne of the Tides |
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 | 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 | Nymue's Unraveling Spindle (489) | Nymue Amirdrassil |
Trinket #2 | Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge (489) | Council of Dreams in Amirdrassil |
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.
Tier 31 Set Bonus
The Tier 31 set has two bonuses:
- 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%.
- 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.
Best Embellishments
The best overall embellishments:
Source | Embellishment |
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Leatherworking |
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Leatherworking |
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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.
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 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
- 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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