Guardian Druid Tank Gear and Best in Slot — Shadowlands 9.0.5
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Guardian Druid in World of Warcraft Shadowlands 9.0.5.
If you were looking for WoW Classic content, please refer to our Classic Feral Tank Druid gear and best in slot.
Gearing Early in Shadowlands
The best loot in the game will come from the weekly chest (now the Great Vault), and from Mythic raiding. Prior to the raid being released you can do your daily Covenant quests which can reward some good gear, Mythic 0 dungeons, or even Heroic dungeons to increase your item level early on.
Dungeon Gear Recommmendations for Guardian Druids
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 off 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 |
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Head | ![]() |
Spires of Ascension |
Neck | ![]() |
Spires of Ascension |
Shoulders | ![]() |
Plaguefall |
Cloak | ![]() |
Plaguefall |
Chest | ![]() |
Sanguine Depths |
Wrists | ![]() |
Sanguine Depths |
Gloves | ![]() |
Halls of Atonement |
Belt | ![]() |
Spires of Ascension |
Legs | ![]() |
Spires of Ascension |
Boots | ![]() |
The Necrotic Wake |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
The Necrotic Wake |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
The Necrotic Wake |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
De Other Side |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Spires of Ascension |
Weapon | ![]() |
Theater of Pain |
Best Mythic+ Pieces to Upgrade with Valor
Patch 9.0.5 brought the ability to upgrade Mythic+ gear with Valor points.
Below is a small list of the some of the best Mythic+ items that can use your Valor points on to upgrade.
Slot | Item | Source |
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Trinket | ![]() |
De Other Side |
Trinket | ![]() |
De Other Side |
Trinket | ![]() |
De Other Side |
Trinket | ![]() |
Plaguefall |
Weapon | ![]() |
Theater of Pain |
Legs | ![]() |
Spires of Ascension |
Castle Nathria Recommmendations for Guardian Druids
Below is a guideline of which items to seek from Castle Nathria.
Slot | Item | Source |
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Head | ![]() |
Sire Denathrius |
Neck | ![]() |
Huntsman Altimor |
Shoulders | ![]() |
Stone Legion Generals |
Cloak | ![]() |
Stone Legion Generals |
Chest | ![]() |
Hungering Destroyer |
Wrists | ![]() |
Artificer Xy'Mox |
Gloves | ![]() |
Sun King's Salvation |
Belt | ![]() |
Sludgefist |
Legs | ![]() |
Hungering Destroyer |
Boots | ![]() |
The Council of Blood |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Artificer Xy'Mox |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Lady Inerva Darkvein |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Sire Denathrius |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Sludgefist |
Weapon | ![]() |
Sire Denathrius |
Enchants and Gems
Whenever you get a new piece of gear, make sure to enchant it or gem it, if possible. In Shadowlands, 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 in the page linked below.
Legendary Powers Guardian Druids
Shadowlands brings us multiple choices as to which item slot we would like to apply the unique legendary powers to, sometimes this can be quite significant as some item slots have different stat weights applied to them or some can be socketed. Choosing the right item slot to apply your special legendary power to can generally be the piece with the highest stat budget. You can check out our guide on Runecarving to learn more about this new feature.
Below is an in-depth guide for all the information you will need to decide which are the best legendary powers for you.
Trinkets for Guardian Druids
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.
Blood-Spattered Scale
Dreadfire Vessel
Hateful Chain
Sanguine Vintage
Stone Legion Heraldry
Inscrutable Quantum Device
Shadowgrasp Totem
Overcharged Anima Battery
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.
Changelog
- 09 Mar. 2021: Added Valor upgrade suggestions.
- 31 Dec. 2020: Added Raid BiS and updated Trinkets.
- 23 Nov. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands.
- 12 Oct. 2020: Page updated for the Shadowlands pre-patch.
- 20 Nov. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands, added trinkets and gear from dungeons.
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This guide has been written by Pumps who has played since Vanilla and has tanked in Honestly, the #1 Oceanic raiding guild, since Mists of Pandaria. He also played in the first MDI Mythic+ Dungeon Tournament, where his team placed second. His mindset on tanking has always been taking the utility and damage one can bring to the raid to the next level. He was the #1 Rank DPS Guardian Druid for 5 tiers in a row and top the 1-6 for the last 12 tiers, playing Guardian Druid, Brewmaster Monk and Protection Warrior mainly based on what is the strongest for progression at the time. You can find him on discord — Pumps#0734 — and on Twitch.
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