Guardian Druid Tank Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Shadowlands 9.1
On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Guardian Druid, based on your stat priority. We also give budget alternatives. This page is updated for World of Warcraft — Shadowlands 9.1.
If you were looking for TBC Classic content, please refer to our TBC Classic Feral Tank Druid gems and enchants.
Best Gems for Guardian Druids
You should use 
Versatile Jewel Cluster in all your sockets.
Domination Shards for Guardian Druid
Information about Domination Shards can be found on our Gear page:
Best Enchants for Guardian Druids
| Slot | Enchantment |
|---|---|
| Rings | |
| Weapon | |
| Cloak | |
| Chest | |
| Boots |
Consumables for Guardian Druids
Best Flasks and Potions for Guardian
Use 
Spectral Flask of Power for your flask.
Potion of Spectral Agility will generally be the highest DPS potion.
For pure single-target DPS, you may opt to use 
Potion of Phantom Fire.
If you are fighting many monsters at the same time you may opt to use
Potion of Empowered Exorcisms.
In Mythic+, you can use Potion of Spectral Agility as your potion for the
defensive benefit from the agility gained, which will largely increase your
armor from 
Ironfur.
In Shadowlands, you will use 
Spiritual Healing Potion as your
healing potion. Healing potions no longer share a cooldown with
Healthstones, so you can use both if you have access to a
Warlock.
Best Food for Guardian
You should eat 
Steak a la Mode for the buff to your
Versatility. If you want to increase your damage slightly, you can eat
Smothered Shank.
Shadowlands Extra Consumables Guardian
Shadowlands also adds consumable Weapon oils, Weightstones, and Armor kits that stack with your enchants and each provide a small bonus
Shadowcore Oil is an extra weapon enchant that can be applied to
your weapon and lasts for 1 hour; this will proc additional Shadow damage
on some of your attacks, providing some extra threat.
Embalmer's Oil is also a decent option, slightly increasing your healing
overall and can be good if you aren't looking for extra damage.
Heavy Desolate Armor Kit is an extra chest enchant that lasts for 2
hours and increases your stamina by 32.
Changelog
- 28 Jun. 2021: Updated for Patch 9.1.
- 09 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 31 Dec. 2020: Updated Agility potion for Mythic+.
- 23 Nov. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands.
- 12 Oct. 2020: Page updated for the Shadowlands pre-patch.
- 20 Nov. 2020: Added all new shadowlands enchants and consumables.
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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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