Guardian Druid Tank Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — The War Within (11.0.7)
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 — The War Within (11.0.7).
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Feral Tank Druid gems and enchants.
Best Gems, Enchants, Food, and Flasks for Guardian Druid in The War Within
This section specifically covers the optimal gems, enchants, food, and flasks to use for your character. To get a more detailed rundown of the different stats for Guardian Druid, please visit our dedicated Stats page.
Best Gems for Guardian Druid in The War Within
We highly recommend using Raidbots to sim your character's ideal gems and enchants, as they might differ from our general recommendations.
Raiding
The best stats for Raiding Guardian Druids are Haste and Versatility, so that is what we will be gemming for.
You should use Culminating Blasphemite in one socket. Then, you
should ensure you have one gem of each type in other sockets to max out the Crit effect, ideally
Quick Ruby/
Quick Onyx/
Quick Sapphire/
Deadly Emerald. Fill in remaining sockets with
Versatile Emerald.
Mythic+
The best stats for Mythic+ Guardian Druids are Haste and Versatility, so you can use the same list from above.
Best Enchants for Guardian Druid in The War Within
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Best Flask for Guardian Druid in The War Within
You should be drinking the Flask of Alchemical Chaos at all times.
Best Potion for Guardian Druid in The War Within
Your stat potion should be Tempered Potion. Use these when you will
do the most damage with your abilities, likely during your cooldowns and/or
Bloodlust/
Heroism. You can also obtain
Fleeting Tempered Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by
Alchemists.
You should keep a stock of Algari Healing Potions to use when at
low health, and if you have a Warlock in the group, grab their
Healthstones and use them as well. Do not macro these together, they
are best used separately! You can also obtain
Fleeting Algari Healing Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by
Alchemists.
Best Food for Guardian Druid in The War Within
Since our secondary stats are stronger per-point than our primary stat, you should be eating secondary stat food at all times, either
Beledar's Bounty,
Outsider's Provisions,
Jester's Board,
Empress' Farewell personal food, or the
The Sushi Special Feast. They are all identical.
In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Crystallized Augment Runes to
increase your primary stat. Augment Runes are expensive, and disappear on death, so use them wisely!
Changelog
- 15 Dec. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for TWW pre-patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4.
- 20 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Added new healing potion for Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 06 May 2023: Updated Enchants and Consumables after tuning changes.
- 01 May 2023: Added Shadowflame Wreathe weapon enchant and updated Primordial stone gem note for Patch 10.1.
- 24 Mar. 2023: Updated Primordial Stone Gems recommendations.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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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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