Guardian Druid Tank Gear and Best in Slot — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.3

The following is a recommendation for what items might constitute a best in slot list for Guardian Druids. Bear in mind that due to Warforging/Titanforging, you may have items that are stronger than the ones listed simply due to their higher item level.

Slot	Item	Source
Head	Gibbering Maw	Ra-den the Despoiled — Ny'alotha
Shoulders	Pauldrons of the Great Convergence	N'Zoth the Corruptor — Ny'alotha
Cloak	Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve	Legendary Cloak
Chest	Darkheart Robe	Vexiona — Ny'alotha
Wrists	Bracers of Dark Prophecy	The Prophet Skitra — Ny'alotha
Gloves	Chitinspine Gloves	The Hivemind — Ny'alotha
Belt	Belt of Braided Vessels	Il'gynoth, Corruption Reborn — Ny'alotha
Legs	Macabre Ritual Pants	The Prophet Skitra — Ny'alotha
Boots	Corpuscular Leather Greaves	Carapace of N'Zoth — Ny'alotha
Ring #1	Ring of Cosmic Potential	N'Zoth the Corruptor — Ny'alotha
Ring #2	Ring of Collective Consciousness	The Hivemind — Ny'alotha
Trinket #1	Void-Twisted Titanshard	Ra-den the Despoiled — Ny'alotha
Trinket #2	Vita-Charged Titanshard	Ra-den the Despoiled — Ny'alotha
Weapon	Qwor N'lyeth	The Hivemind — Ny'alotha
Weapon 2	An'zig Vra	Maut — Ny'alotha

For information about what Azerite traits to choose and what the best items are, see our Azerite page.

For general information about Corrupted gear, please visit our Corrupted Items page.

These are the strong corruption bonuses for Guardian Druid:

• Twilight Devastation is excellent in AoE, especially for burst/short AoE.
• Infinite Stars is great for big damage.
• Echoing Void is powerful for AoE and comes on one of our raid weapons.
• Gushing Wound is great value per corruption point.

Outside of these, all the secondary stat procs are good value for us and it will heavily depend on the amount of corruption resistance that you have available in deciding what items will be best for you.

Defensively, there are several trinkets available that have particularly strong effects. The following is a list of the most noteworthy trinkets available, 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. Bloodthirsty Urchin
2. Edicts of the Faithless
3. Void-Twisted Titanshard
4. Vita-Charged Titanshard
5. Diamond-Laced Refracting Prism
6. Harlan's Loaded Dice
7. Lurker's Insidious Gift
8. Lustrous Golden Plumage
9. Azerokk's Resonating Heart
10. Ascended Alchemist Stone

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.

Operation: Mechagon has a few pieces of noteworthy loot as well:

• Pocket-Sized Computation Device - This trinket is extremely powerful for increasing your damage output, in combination with the Red Punchcard Cyclotronic Blast this is one of the best trinkets in the game. The Yellow cards contain flat secondary stat bonuses and you should try to obtain stats that suit your preference for DPS or survivability, (refer to the Stats page for more information). The Blue cards have unique utility or flavor effects that do not affect combat performance.
• Wraps of Electrostatic Potential - The bonus effect on these bracers makes up for the lack of secondary stats in terms of damage. Unfortunately, the Benthic armor in the Wrist slot not only has a very competitive bonus effect, but also comes with secondary stats, meaning this piece is not very desirable. Defensively, you will want to use a different item that has secondaries.
• The Logic Loop/Bit Band ring combinations provide minor bonus effects, some of which are good for tanking if obtained at competitive item levels. Strong combinations for Guardian include Logic Loop of Maintenance/ Logic Loop of Recursion and Protecting Bit Band.