Guardian Druid Tank Gear and Best in Slot — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.2.5

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	Shroud of Unmooring Whispers	Za'qul, Harbinger of Ny'alotha — The Eternal Palace
Shoulders	Shoulderpads of Frothing Rage	Radiance of Azshara — The Eternal Palace
Cloak	Cloak of Ill Tidings	Za'qul, Harbinger of Ny'alotha — The Eternal Palace
Chest	Tunic of the Sycophant	The Queen's Court — The Eternal Palace
Wrists	Ori's Tidal Wristwraps	Benthic Armor
Gloves	Poen's Deepsea Grips	Benthic Armor
Belt	Vim's Scalecrusher Clasp	Benthic Armor
Legs	Leggings of the Stormborn	Radiance of Azshara — The Eternal Palace
Boots	Akana's Reefstrider Footwraps	Benthic Armor
Ring #1	Cursed Lover's Ring	Queen Azshara — The Eternal Palace
Ring #2	Boralus Noble's Seal	Lady Ashvane — The Eternal Palace
Trinket #1	Bloodthirsty Urchin	Lady Ashvane — The Eternal Palace
Trinket #2	Edicts of the Faithless	The Queen's Court — The Eternal Palace
Weapon	Shiver Venom Lance	Abyssal Commander Sivara — The Eternal Palace

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

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. Chain of Suffering
4. Idol of Indiscriminate Consumption
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
11. Azshara's Font of Power

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.

In some cases, Benthic Armor is far more powerful offensively than other gear of equal item level, due to the effects present on the pieces. Here are some of the most powerful Benthic Armor pieces.

• Vim's Scalecrusher Clasp
• Ori's Tidal Wristwraps
• Poen's Deepsea Grips
• Akana's Reefstrider Footwraps

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.