Guardian Druid Tank Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.0.7
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Guardian Druid in World of Warcraft Dragonflight 10.0.7.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Feral Tank Druid gear and best in slot.
Gearing in Dragonflight
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.
Vault of the Incarnates Gear Recommendations 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 the new raid Vault of the Incarnates.
Slot | Item | Source |
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Head | ![]() |
Leatherworking |
Neck | ![]() |
Jewelcrafting |
Shoulders | ![]() |
Broodkeeper Diurna |
Cloak | ![]() |
Eranog |
Chest | ![]() |
Kurog Grimtotem |
Wrists | ![]() |
Broodkeeper Diurna |
Gloves | ![]() |
Dathea, Ascended |
Belt | ![]() |
Terros |
Legs | ![]() |
Raszageth the Storm-Eater |
Boots | ![]() |
Sennarth, The Cold Breath |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Broodkeeper Diurna |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Eranog |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Broodkeeper Diurna |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Kurog Grimtotem |
Weapon | ![]() |
Kurog Grimtotem |
Tier Set Bonuses for Guardian Druid in Dragonflight
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.
Dungeon Gear Recommendations 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 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 |
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Head | ![]() |
The Nokhud Offensive |
Neck | ![]() |
Court of Stars |
Shoulders | ![]() |
Halls of Valor |
Cloak | ![]() |
Algeth'ar Academy |
Chest | ![]() |
Halls of Valor |
Wrists | ![]() |
Algeth'ar Academy |
Gloves | ![]() |
Algeth'ar Academy |
Belt | ![]() |
Shadowmoon Burial Grounds |
Legs | ![]() |
The Nokhud Offensive |
Boots | ![]() |
Court of Stars |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
Court of Stars |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
The Nokhud Offensive |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Court of Stars |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Temple of the Jade Serpent |
Weapon | ![]() |
Court of Stars |
Best Mythic+ Pieces to Upgrade with Valor
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 | ![]() |
Court of Stars |
Trinket | ![]() |
Temple of the Jade Serpent |
Ring | ![]() |
Court of Stars |
Weapon | ![]() |
Court of Stars |
Embellishments Recommendations for Guardian Druid
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:
Flaring Cowl - Is used as an activator for the fire rings from raid (
Seal of Diurna's Chosen and
Seal of Filial Duty).
Elemental Lariat - Gives great stats overall.
Potion Absorption Inhibitor - Great for raiding and m+ making our potions last 50% longer.
Creation Catalyst
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.
Enchants and Gems
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.
Onyx Annulet and Primordial Stone Gems
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.
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.
Manic Grieftorch
Whispering Incarnate Icon
Storm-Eater's Boon
Controlled Current Technique
Windscar Whetstone
Windswept Pages
Horn of Valor
Eye of Skovald
Algeth'ar Puzzle Box
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.
Changelog
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 13 Jan. 2023: Added Embellishment section.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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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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