Restoration Druid Healing Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.1.0)

We do not believe a strict Best in Slot list is possible due to how stat weights work for Restoration Druids. Secondary stats are extremely close to each other, with Intellect increasing the most per each item level. The optimal gearing strategy, in this case, would be to equip the highest item-level pieces whenever possible, excluding trinkets and tier, preferring items with Haste.

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Best-in-Slot (BiS) Gear for Restoration Druids

Overall Raid BiS Overall Mythic+ BiS Only Raid Gear BiS Only Mythic+ Gear BiS

2.1.

Overall Raid BiS

This list contains the theoretically best items for raiding gathered from all possible sources. We will provide gearing options more suited toward healing.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Stix's Metal Detector	Stix Bunkjunker in Liberation of Undermine
Off-hand	Vagabond's Torch with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension	Crafted — Enchanting
Helm	Branches of Reclaiming Blight	One-Armed Bandit/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Strapped Rescue-Keg	Dungeon Great Vault
Shoulder	Jaws of Reclaiming Blight	Rik Reverb/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Electrician's Siphoning Filter	Dungeon Great Vault
Chest	Seraphic Wraps of the Ordained	Dungeon Great Vault
Bracers	Battle-Scarred Fisticuffs	Dungeon Great Vault
Alternative Bracers	Disturbed Kelp Wraps	Dungeon Great Vault
Gloves	Grips of Reclaiming Blight	Cauldron of Carnage/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Rune-Branded Waistband with Writhing Armor Banding	Crafted — Leatherworking
Legs	Moccasins of Reclaiming Blight	Stix Bunkjunker/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Stalwart Guardian's Boots	Dungeon Great Vault
Ring #1	The Jastor Diamond	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet	Siren Isle
Trinket #1	Eye of Kezan	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2	Mister Pick-Me-Up	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine

2.1.

Overall Mythic+ BiS

This list contains the theoretically best items for Mythic+ gathered from all possible sources. We will provide gearing options more suited towards healing, only some of the options will pick more damage stats over Mastery.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Stix's Metal Detector	Stix Bunkjunker in Liberation of Undermine
Off-hand	Deathwalker's Promise	Dungeon Great Vault
Helm	Branches of Reclaiming Blight	One-Armed Bandit/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Strapped Rescue-Keg	Dungeon Great Vault
Shoulder	Jaws of Reclaiming Blight	Rik Reverb/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Electrician's Siphoning Filter	Dungeon Great Vault
Chest	Rune-Branded Tunic	Crafted — Leatherworking
Bracers	Battle-Scarred Fisticuffs	Dungeon Great Vault
Alternative Bracers	Disturbed Kelp Wraps	Dungeon Great Vault
Gloves	Grips of Reclaiming Blight	Cauldron of Carnage/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Rune-Branded Waistband	Crafted — Leatherworking
Legs	Moccasins of Reclaiming Blight	Stix Bunkjunker/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Breeches of Reclaiming Blight	Matrix Catalyst
Ring #1	Cyrce's Circlet	Siren Isle
Ring #2	Binding of Binding	Crafted — Jewelcrafting
Trinket #1	Signet of the Priory	Great Vault/Priory of the Sacred Flame
Trinket #2	Reverb Radio	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine

2.1.

Only Raid Gear BiS

This list contains the theoretically best items for raiding gathered only from Raid or using Matrix Catalyst.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Stix's Metal Detector	Stix Bunkjunker in Liberation of Undermine
Off-hand	Operator's Fraud Detector	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Helm	Branches of Reclaiming Blight	One-Armed Bandit/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Gobfather's Gifted Bling	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Shoulder	Jaws of Reclaiming Blight	Rik Reverb/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Test Pilot's Go-Pack	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine
Chest	Streamlined Cartel Uniform	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Bracers	Knots of Reclaiming Blight	Matrix Catalyst
Gloves	Grips of Reclaiming Blight	Cauldron of Carnage/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Hitman's Holster	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Legs	Moccasins of Reclaiming Blight	Stix Bunkjunker/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Treads of the Greatlynx	Matrix Catalyst
Ring #1	The Jastor Diamond	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #2	Cyrce's Circlet	Siren Isle
Trinket #1	Eye of Kezan	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2	Mister Pick-Me-Up	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine

2.1.

Only Mythic+ Gear BiS

This list contains the theoretically best items for Mythic+ gathered only from the dungeons themselves, Great Vault, or from Matrix Catalyst. We will provide gearing options more suited towards healing, only some of the options will pick more damage stats over Mastery.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Electrifying Cognitive Amplifier	Great Vault/Operation: Mechagon
Off-hand	Deathwalker's Promise	Great Vault/Theater of Pain
Helm	Branches of Reclaiming Blight	One-Armed Bandit/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Strapped Rescue-Keg	Great Vault/Cinderbrew Meadery
Shoulder	Jaws of Reclaiming Blight	Rik Reverb/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Electrician's Siphoning Filter	Great Vault/Operation: Floodgate
Chest	Seraphic Wraps of the Ordained	Great Vault/Priory of the Sacred Flame
Bracers	Battle-Scarred Fisticuffs	Great Vault/Cinderbrew Meadery
Alternative Bracers	Disturbed Kelp Wraps	Great Vault/Operation: Floodgate
Gloves	Grips of Reclaiming Blight	Cauldron of Carnage/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Brewery Toiler's Waistband	Great Vault/Cinderbrew Meadery
Legs	Moccasins of Reclaiming Blight	Stix Bunkjunker/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Breeches of Reclaiming Blight	Matrix Catalyst
Ring #1	Cyrce's Circlet	Siren Isle
Ring #2	Wick's Golden Loop	Great Vault/Darkflame Cleft
Trinket #1	Signet of the Priory	Great Vault/Priory of the Sacred Flame
Trinket #2	Carved Blazikon Wax	Great Vault/Darkflame Cleft

Cyrce's Circlet is a new ring introduced in Patch 11.0.7, obtainable by completing various activities on Siren Isle. The ring features three sockets, each capable of holding a unique type of gem. With four gem options available for each socket—12 gems in total—you have plenty of flexibility when deciding how to customize your ring.

Keep in mind that one of the gems scales heavily off your current Mastery rating. While raiding Druids should have an abundance of this stat, your Mythic+ gear will generally have lower levels of it, and you also might not want this Mastery on Cyrce's Circlet at all. Keeping this all in mind, the recommendations here are going to be purely focused on healing aspect of the benefits provided by the ring. The ring is better than Mythic item level rings provided in patch 11.1.

As for the gems themselves, these are the ones we recommend:

• Stormbringer's Runed Citrine
• Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine
• Legendary Skipper's Citrine

Old Salt's Bardic Citrine will provide more healing, but that is all it does, which makes it a very good choice for raids. Legendary Skipper's Citrine is a better choice for any type of content as long as you have other people using this ring.

Crafting is an essential way of getting high-item-level gear. You can get one naturally every 2 weeks unless you pick half of the spark from your weekly vault.

Since there are only a few crafts you can make at these item levels, it is important to choose the slots wisely. We do not recommend crafting anything in the potential tier slots (Head, Shoulders, Chest, Gloves, Legs). Another factor to remember is Embellished items. You can only wear two items with these effects, similar to legendaries in previous expansions. These effects will not do nearly as much, but they still can add some healing or damage.

Crafting choices are a bit complicated. Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension is a bit better than others, but it can only go on weapons. Since this is a Nerubian Embellishment, you can use Writhing Armor Banding on another armor slot (for example, bracers or belt, but not rings or necks) and gain the most power. If you are not using a weapon craft, then you will probably want to go for Waders of the Unifying Flame, Binding of Binding, or Duskthread Lining.

First of all, make sure you do not craft anything until after you do the raid or clear at least a few Mythic dungeons. It will be even better to wait until week 2 of the season and loot the first vault before crafting anything. Especially if you are able to clear higher levels of Mythic+ and acquire Gilded Harbinger Crest. In that case, we recommend using the first craft on Vagabond's Bounding Baton with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension. Your second craft will only happen on week 3 of the season and will probably be bracers with Writhing Armor Banding.

Having said all that, there will be a few situations where item-level upgrades will not be actual upgrades. Sockets are usually worth more than 10 item levels, Leech on the first 2-3 pieces is worth about 5 item levels, and Avoidance around as much. Due to Leech providing a bit of power, we will only give a definite BiS list for any slots if the gains from effects on them are better than a random piece with Leech in that slot.

For Mythic+ gearing, you will generally want to equip Mastery until you are comfortable with healing requirements. Some play with 0 Mastery on gear to deal more damage, and some go into it more heavily. There will be no magic number we can give you.

No special weapons will make you drop item levels. Equip whatever combination of Two-Handed or One-Handed plus Off-Hand that gives you more Intellect and Leech.

For direct trinket comparison, use QELive made by Voulk. We will list a few special trinkets here with comments on their power level.

The following list ranks trinkets for raid purposes. Trinkets in the same tier are listed in the order of their power.

1. A-tier — Mister Pick-Me-Up, Eye of Kezan (raids), Signet of the Priory.
2. B-tier — Carved Blazikon Wax, Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife, Reverb Radio, Soulletting Ruby (Mythic+).
3. C-tier — Eye of Kezan (Mythic+), House of Cards, Burin of the Candle King, Creeping Coagulum.
4. D-tier — Algari Alchemist Stone, Mug's Moxie Jug, Soulletting Ruby (raids), Ingenious Mana Battery.
5. F-tier — Gallagio Bottle Service, Vial of Spectral Essence.

There are no truly "S-tier" trinkets. Eye of Kezan is very strong, assuming the raid fight lasts longer than 5 minutes and all of the big damage events you want to cover are not in the start. Mister Pick-Me-Up provides a lot of healing with very low overhealing. If you see it doing more than 3% of your overall, it is likely your best trinket. Signet of the Priory is in general pretty strong, because it lines up with every other Flourish and with every Incarnation: Tree of Life (if you play it). The decision between these 3 will likely be a boss per boss.

Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife can only go up to Hero track. However, it is the best trinket at Hero track. If you have no Myth track trinkets, use this one.

It is hard to provide the list for Mythic+ trinkets due to the nature of healing there. You can get a general sense of their relative power from the raid list. However, keep in mind that it does not take damage into account. There are other factors too. For example, Eye of Kezan is a poor choice in dungeons due to stacks rapidly fading out of combat.