Tier Sets
Midnight Prepatch Tier Sets:
- (2) Set Bonus: Damage increased by 6%.
- (4) Set Bonus: Damage increased by 10%.
The Midnight pre-patch changes the existing tier set over to simple damage buff effects and do not need to be played around.
balance druid Best in Slot Gear
It is always recommended to sim your character before committing to any gearing decisions. However, the following is a list of strong items to look out for from both Raid and Mythic+ for Balance Druid.
Overall Best Gear for Balance Druid
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Skymane of the Mother Eagle | Forgeweaver Araz |
| Neck | Sin Stained Pendant | Halls of Atonement |
| Shoulders | Ritual Pauldrons of the Mother Eagle | The Soul Hunters |
| Cloak | Reshii Wraps | Season 3 Campaign |
| Chest | Vest of the Mother Eagle | Fractillus |
| Wrist | Rune-Branded Armbands | Crafting |
| Gloves | Wings of the Mother Eagle | Soulbinder Naazindhri |
| Belt | Atomic Phasebelt | Plexus Sentinel |
| Legs | Spittle-Stained Trousers | Eco-Dome Al’dani |
| Boots | Interloper’s Reinforced Sandals | The Soul Hunters |
| Ring | Logic Gate: Omega | Forgeweaver Araz |
| Ring | Signet of the False Accuser | Halls of Attonement |
| Trinket | Araz’s Ritual Forge | Forgeweaver Araz |
| Trinket | Astral Antenna | Loom’ithar |
| Main Hand | Voidglass Kris | Fractillus |
| Off Hand | Vagabond’s Torch | Crafting |
Best Gear from the Raid for Balance Druid
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Skymane of the Mother Eagle | Forgeweaver Araz |
| Neck | Duskblaze’s Desperation | The Soul Hunters |
| Shoulders | Ritual Pauldrons of the Mother Eagle | The Soul Hunters |
| Cloak | Reshii Wraps | Season 3 Campaign |
| Chest | Vest of the Mother Eagle | Fractillus |
| Wrist | Rune-Branded Armbands | Crafting |
| Gloves | Wings of the Mother Eagle | Soulbinder Naazindhri |
| Belt | Atomic Phasebelt | Plexus Sentinel |
| Legs | Elite Shadowguard Legwraps | Nexus-King Salhadaar |
| Boots | Interloper’s Reinforced Sandals | The Soul Hunters |
| Ring | Logic Gate: Omega | Forgeweaver Araz |
| Ring | Entropy | BoE |
| Trinket | Araz’s Ritual Forge | Forgeweaver Araz |
| Trinket | Astral Antenna | Loom’ithar |
| Main Hand | Voidglass Kris | Fractillus |
| Off Hand | Vagabond’s Torch | Crafting |
Best Gear from Mythic+ for Balance Druid
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Skymane of the Mother Eagle | Catalyst |
| Neck | Sin Stained Pendant | Halls of Atonement |
| Shoulders | Ritual Pauldrons of the Mother Eagle | Catalyst |
| Cloak | Reshii Wraps | Season 3 Campaign |
| Chest | Vest of the Mother Eagle | Catalyst |
| Wrist | Rune-Branded Armbands | Crafting |
| Gloves | Wings of the Mother Eagle | Catalyst |
| Belt | Shadow Congregant’s Belt | Dawnbreaker |
| Legs | Spittle-Stained Trousers | Eco-Dome Al’dani |
| Boots | Stalwart Guardian’s Boots | Dawnbreaker |
| Ring | Whispers of K’aresh | Eco-Dome Al’dani |
| Ring | Signet of the False Accuser | Halls of Atonement |
| Trinket | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
| Trinket | Azhiccaran Parapodia | Eco-Dome Al’dani |
| Weapon | Vagabond’s Bounding Baton | Crafting |
Trinkets
The best trinket combination for Balance Druid in Season 3 is Astral Antenna and Araz’s Ritual Forge.
Astral Antenna spawns orbs that float towards you and provide you with Crit when reaching you. Note that these orbs can be kited if you wish to gain the buff at a later time.
Araz’s Ritual Forge has an on-use effect that increases your Intellect by a huge amount at the cost of 15% of your maximum health. Make sure to line this trinket up with Celestial Alignment.
Also, there are many other trinkets that are quite potent until you can get the best 2, for example:
- Azhiccaran Parapodia - Passive damage and stat procs.
- Diamantine Voidcore - Random Intellect procs, benefits from Shards of the Void set.
- Ara-Kara Sacbrood - Grants Flat haste with an Intellect proc.
- Empowering Crystal of Anub’ikkaj - Grants flat Intellect and procs random secondary stats.
Embellishments
Early on the best crafting option is Vagabond’s Bounding Baton with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension. Paired up with Writhing Armor Binding to increase the effect. You want to craft the Writhing Armor Banding embellishment on Bracers.
If you happen to get a Voidglass Kris, you can craft Vagabond’s Torch with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension, of course followed up by a Writhing Armor Banding on Bracers. This is the best long-term crafting option.
Puzzling Cartel Chips
The best items to spend Puzzling Cartel Chips on are (from top to bottom):
- Voidglass Kris
- Astral Antenna
- Araz's Ritual Forge
- Interloper's Reinforced Sandals
- Azhiccaran Parapodia
In theory you want to get all of these items. With receiving 3 Chips in week 1, then 1 chip per week, you might want to consider waiting until you get any of the list above first and then buy the other ones with Puzzling Cartel Chips after that. You're also capped at 9 Puzzling Cartel Chips in total per character, so you will only be able to purchase 3 items in total with Cartel Chips.
Note: The Azhiccaran Parapodia is only on your shopping list for Mythic+ purposes.
Reshii Wraps
Reshii Wraps is a new Cloak released in Patch 11.2 and will be the only cloak you use (and the only one that can drop from any content in Season 3). You gain access to it via a quest chain and completing chapter 3 of the main patch storyline.
The Reshii Wraps are upgradable via Ethereal Strands and can have secondary stats of your choice added to it.
To add a secondary stat to the Reshii Wraps you use a Fiber in the Fiber Socket of the Cloak. The highest quality version of the Fibers require a work-order to a Tailor.
When picking a Fiber, I highly suggest simming what stat is the best for your current situation. If you’re not into simming and prefer to just have a reliable Reshii Fiber that always works, I suggest going for Mastery (Pure Energizing Fiber).
To find out more about the Reshii Wraps, you can read the Method Reshii Wraps Overview Guide.