Balance Druid DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Midnight (12.0.1)

Welcome to our Gear and BiS Page for Balance Druid for Midnight Launch! Check this page to learn everything you need to know about gearing a Balance Druid to get ready for Raid and Mythic+ release!

For discussion and information on Stats specifically, check out our Stats page below.

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BiS Gear for Balance Druid

Pre-Season Best in Slot

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Overall BiS List for Balance Druid

This list contains the best overall items for Balance Druid using all available content. This is gear to chase towards but will not include gear that can not be reliably obtained, such as some gear from the Weekly Vault.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon (Two-Hand)	Corespark Multitool	Nexus-Point Xenas
Weapon (Main-Hand/Off-Hand)	Ceremonial Hexblade & Luminescent Sprout	Maisara Caverns & The Blinding Vale
Helm	Vilefiend's Guise	Murder Row
Neck	Pendant of Malefic Fury	Murder Row
Shoulder	Enthralled Bonespines	Maisara Caverns
Cloak	Bloodthorn Burnous	The Blinding Vale
Chest	War Trial Vestments	Den of Nalorakk
Bracers	Fury-fletched Armlets	Murder Row
Gloves	Gloves of Viscous Goo	Magister's Terrace
Belt	Snapvine Cinch	Windrunner Spire
Legs	Lightspore Leggings	The Blinding Vale
Boots	Arctic Explorer's Legwraps	Den of Nalorakk
Ring #1	Bifurcation Band	Magister's Terrace
Ring #2	Omission of Light	Nexus-Point Xenas
Trinket #1	Emberwing Feather	Windrunner Spire
Trinket #2	Lightspire Core	The Blinding Vale

A large portion of gearing, outside of knowing what is your best items, is reliant on item level. Try not to overthink gearing, as most upgrades should be easily identifiable. After item level, you can further scrutinize the Secondary Stats looking for Mastery gear and items with sockets.

For more information on stats, you can check our comprehensive Stats page and Gems and Enchants page.

It is crucial to use Raidbots to get an accurate idea of what gear is good and what is terrible. There are so many variables that can change which pieces you would equip. While a cursory glance can be enough to determine what is usable, deciding what is best among what is good is a more nuanced decision.

Embellishments all provide approximately .5% to 1% DPS increase. It is still early on and you should not craft embellishments early as they could still be adjusted and you would generally use them to fill in weak points in your gear.

Crafted gear can be used to fill in your weaker gear slots when you are ready to progress with your prefered content. We would not advise crafting early as similar to embellishments, the resources early on are limited and you can not change slots once you have crafted an item.