Stat Priorities
Stat Rankings
Ilvl > All due to Guardian druids having significant gains from Agility, Armor, and Stamina increases.
When comparing items of similar ilvl, you can use the following stat priority for defense:
Vers = Haste > Mastery > Crit
OR if you are looking to maximize damage you can use:
Haste > Crit = Mastery > Vers
As always though, if you are looking for the exact offensive value of these stats you should sim yourself.
Stat Outline
Agility affects all attack power scaling abilities, notably ironfur’s armor bonus scales off your agility.
Haste reduces your GCD and the CD of Mangle, Thrash, and Frenzied Regen.
Crit provides dodge.
Mastery increases your maximum health, healing received, and attack power.
Versatility increases the gains from a lot of your self-healing such as After the Wildfire, Ursoc’s Fury, and Elune’s Favored, on top of granting additional damage and damage reduction.
Races
No race has a massive advantage over the others; that being said, the strongest would likely be Highmountain Tauren (Horde) or Night Elf (Alliance)
Enchants
Chest: Waking Stats
Bracers: Devotion of Avoidance
Cloak: Graceful Avoidance/Writ of Avoidance
Bracers: Devotion of Leech
Cloak: Regenerative Leech / Writ of Leech
Boots: Watcher’s Loam / Plainsrunner’s Breeze
Rings: Devotion of Versatility / Devotion of Haste
Weapon: Sophic Devotion
Legs: Fierce Armor Kit (LW)
Neck: Tiered Medallion Setting (JC)
Gems
Primalist Gem: Resplendent Illimited Diamond (Agi/Vers), Fierce Illimited Diamond (Agi/Haste)
Other Gems: Energized Ysemerald (Haste/Vers), Keen Ysemerald (Haste/Mastery)
Consumables
Food: Aromatic Seafood Platter (Haste/Vers), Grand Banquet of the Kalu’ak (Agi), Sizzling Seafood Medley (Haste/Mast)
Phials: Differ depending on the situation and content you are doing.
- Glacial Fury - Damage in M+ or boss fights that spawn new adds often
- Eye in the Storm - Defense in M+ or boss fights you are able to maintain high stacks from consistently tanking multiple mobs
- Elemental Chaos - Damage in all other cases
- Tepid Versatility - Defense in all other cases
Damage Pot: Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
Health Pot: Refreshing Healing Potion
Weapon: Primal Whetstone / Primal Weightstone