Guardian Druid Tank Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.0.7

The best loot in the game will come from the weekly chest (now the Great Vault), and from Mythic raiding. Mythic+ is also a fantastic source of filling in those missing slots.

The following is a recommendation for what items might constitute a best in slot list for Guardian Druids with items purely available from the new raid Vault of the Incarnates.

Slot	Item	Source
Head	Flaring Cowl	Leatherworking
Neck	Elemental Lariat	Jewelcrafting
Shoulders	Lost Landcaller's Mantle	Broodkeeper Diurna
Cloak	Decorated Commander's Cindercloak	Eranog
Chest	Lost Landcaller's Robes	Kurog Grimtotem
Wrists	Loyal Flametender's Bracers	Broodkeeper Diurna
Gloves	Lost Landcaller's Claws	Dathea, Ascended
Belt	Fused Shale Waistband	Terros
Legs	Loathsome Thunderhosen	Raszageth the Storm-Eater
Boots	Ice-Climber's Cleats	Sennarth, The Cold Breath
Ring #1	Seal of Filial Duty	Broodkeeper Diurna
Ring #2	Seal of Diurna's Chosen	Eranog
Trinket #1	Manic Grieftorch	Broodkeeper Diurna
Trinket #2	Controlled Current Technique	Kurog Grimtotem
Weapon	Awak'mani, Grimtotem's Legacy	Kurog Grimtotem

• Guardian Druid 2pc
• Guardian Druid 4pc

Our tier heavily focused around Mangle and Gore procs. This is quite an easy tier set to play with (just keep mangle on cooldown) and should have a noticeable increase on your self healing capability. As a note, our current off-piece for tier is legs due to higher item level legs being available from the final boss.

The following is a recommendation for what items might constitute a best in slot list for Guardian Druids with items purely available from dungeons. The majority of your gearing decisions will be based on what items have the best stats on them. To fully understand what stats are the best to prioritize and why please visit the Stats page linked below.

Slot	Item	Source
Head	Stoneroot Headdress	The Nokhud Offensive
Neck	Chain of Scorched Bones	Court of Stars
Shoulders	Amice of the Enlightened	Halls of Valor
Cloak	Potion-Stained Cloak	Algeth'ar Academy
Chest	Hide of Fenryr	Halls of Valor
Wrists	Frenzyroot Cuffs	Algeth'ar Academy
Gloves	Ruby Contestant's Gloves	Algeth'ar Academy
Belt	Belt of Burning Focus	Shadowmoon Burial Grounds
Legs	Legguards of Adamant Rule	The Nokhud Offensive
Boots	Footpads of the Swift Balestra	Court of Stars
Ring #1	Jeweled Signet of Melandrus	Court of Stars
Ring #2	Thunderous Downburst Ring	The Nokhud Offensive
Trinket #1	Windscar Whetstone	Court of Stars
Trinket #2	Windswept Pages	Temple of the Jade Serpent
Weapon	Crux of Blind Faith	Court of Stars

Below is a small list of some of the best Mythic+ items that can use your Valor points on to upgrade.

Slot	Item	Source
Trinket	Windscar Whetstone	Court of Stars
Trinket	Windswept Pages	Temple of the Jade Serpent
Ring	Jeweled Signet of Melandrus	Court of Stars
Weapon	Crux of Blind Faith	Court of Stars

Embellishments are additional item effects that can be applied to gear crafted with professions. You are limited to only two embellishments active on your gear at any given time. For Guardian Druids we recommend the following:

1. Flaring Cowl - Is used as an activator for the fire rings from raid ( Seal of Diurna's Chosen and Seal of Filial Duty).
2. Elemental Lariat - Gives great stats overall.
3. Potion Absorption Inhibitor - Great for raiding and m+ making our potions last 50% longer.

The Creation Catalyst is a feature that allows you to convert any piece into "Tier" while retaining item level, socket, and tertiary perks. This can help you to further optimize your gear similar to the old reforging system.

Whenever you get a new piece of gear, make sure to enchant it or gem it, if possible. In Dragonflight, sockets can come with or be put on: Head, Belt, Wrists, Rings, and Necks. The optimal enchants and gems for Guardian Druids can be found on the page linked below.

The Onyx Annulet is a new ring added in Patch 10.0.7 that can be customized by combining different Primordial Stone Gems. To acquire the Onyx Annulet, you must run the Zskera Vaults, an outdoor activity zone. Condensed Magic items allow you to create Primordial Stone Gems from each specific family. These items can be looted in the Forbidden Reach from different sources, such as chests or events. Jewelcrafters will then be able to upgrade your gems to a stronger level. If you would like to find out what the best Primordial Stone Gems are for Guardian Druid, check out the Enchants and Gems page linked below.

The following is a list of the most noteworthy trinkets available overall, ranked in order of power assuming equivalent item level. If you do not have any of these, your best bet will be to use a stat proc trinket with a reasonably high item level.

1. Manic Grieftorch
2. Whispering Incarnate Icon
3. Storm-Eater's Boon
4. Controlled Current Technique
5. Windscar Whetstone
6. Windswept Pages
7. Horn of Valor
8. Eye of Skovald
9. Algeth'ar Puzzle Box
10. Granyth's Enduring Scale

Offensively, you can refer to the chart below (courtesy of Bloodmallet.com). Note that these are only recommendations based on general sims; for the most accurate results, you should sim yourself.