WotLK Classic Balance Druid Enchants and Consumables

Slot	Enchantment
Head	Arcanum of Burning Mysteries
Shoulders	Master's Inscription of the Storm or Greater Inscription of the Storm — from the Sons of Hodir in Storm Peaks
Back	Lightweave Embroidery, Springy Arachnoweave, or Enchant Cloak - Greater Speed
Chest	Enchant Chest - Powerful Stats or Enchant Chest - Greater Mana Restoration
Wrists	Fur Lining - Spell Power or Enchant Bracers - Superior Spellpower
Hands	Hyperspeed Accelerators or Enchant Gloves - Exceptional Spellpower
Belt	Eternal Belt Buckle and (if Engineering) Frag Belt
Legs	Brilliant Spellthread
Feet	Nitro Boosts, Enchant Boots - Tuskarr's Vitality, or Enchant Boots - Icewalker
Weapon	Enchant Staff - Greater Spellpower (Staves) or Enchant Weapon - Mighty Spellpower
Ring	Enchant Ring - Greater Spellpower

Because of the different stat values, as discussed in our stats page, the value of each gem varies, depending on the stats they provide.

The Red Gems are usually the most valuable, granting a lot of Spell Power. Blue Gems have Mp5 and Yellow Gems have Hit, Crit or Haste, which are also very valuable.

Phase 3 introduced epic gems from prospecting Titanium Ore. You can also transmute them with Alchemy or buy them with emblems.

Chaotic Skyflare Diamond is the best overall Meta Gem for Balance Druids, increasing your damage substantially and making your frequent Critical Strikes deal even more damage!

The Runed Cardinal Ruby is the main gem that you should be putting into the Red Sockets on your gear, with Veiled Ametrine also being worthy of consideration if you need extra Hit.

Royal Dreadstone is the best Blue Gem, and you need two of them to unlock Chaotic Skyflare Diamond. Try to put them into Blue Sockets in order to get some socket bonuses as well.

Veiled Ametrine is the best Yellow Gem. Use them on Yellow Sockets with good bonuses if you can use the extra Hit, or Reckless Ametrine / Potent Ametrine if you are already Hit capped.

Because of their expensive spells and frequent Starfall uses, Balance Druids can be quite Mana hungry. You can prolong your Mana bar by using consumables and dropping Moonfire completely from your rotation.

Flask of the Frost Wyrm is the recommended flask for Balance, and is much stronger than using double elixirs, while potentially being much cheaper for progress on hard bosses because it does not get removed on death.

Spellpower Elixir is the best Battle Elixir and Elixir of Mighty Thoughts is the best Guardian Elixir.

Fish Feast, Tender Shoveltusk Steak, and Firecracker Salmon all grant 46 Spell Power, and are the best food buffs available.

Potion of Speed is the best DPS potion during a fight and should be used during Lunar Eclipse with trinkets and Hyperspeed Accelerators. For pre-potting purposes, use Potion of Wild Magic, instead.