Balance Druid DPS Best Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — 12.0.5

You should use Indecipherable Eversong Diamond in one socket, and a combination of Critical Strike and Mastery gems should be socketed into your remaining sockets. While there are some edge-cases where other gems might be slightly more valuable, you cannot go wrong with this setup.

Optimizations

Stats and Simulations

Not satisfied with standard recommendations? Jump to these two guides to find out more about what your stats do, and how to fully optimize them.

StatsRaidbots Guide

When comparing gems while simming, we recommend testing these different variants to see if you want to deviate from the standard Crit+Mastery recommendations:

• Sapphire Gem - Flawless Deadly Lapis
• Emerald Gem - Flawless Deadly Peridot
• Ruby Gem - Flawless Masterful Garnet
• Onyx Gem - Flawless Deadly Amethyst

The best weapon enhancement/oil is Thalassian Phoenix Oil, and you will want to apply it to your weapon in all content.

Gear Information

Best in Slot Gear and Where to Get It

Before applying gems and enchants to your equipment, make sure to check whether there might be an easy-to-get item that is better than the one you're currently wearing!

Gear

In addition to enchants and improvements to your gear, making sure you come prepared with the right consumables to endgame content has a big impact on your performance.

The default flask for most situations is Flask of the Magisters, especially if you are not at a Myth-track ilvl yet. Flask of the Shattered Sun becomes more valuable at higher gear-levels, or when all your equipped items already provide Mastery passively.

The best DPS potion is Light's Potential. Draught of Rampant Abandon offers approximately 0.7% more DPS than Light's Potential but will drop several silence zones over the duration. It is generally not advised to use this as a caster.

During encounters, you can heal yourself using Silvermoon Health Potion and Healthstone. Make sure you use these when in danger of dying.

Harandar Celebration or Silvermoon Parade should be used in raid or dungeons if possible. Otherwise, Royal Roast offers main stat but no stamina, making it a great choice for all content. The feast heavily outperforms other food options.

For close progression pulls or for pushing your damage, you can also use a Void-Touched Augment Runes.

Professions

Create and Craft Your Own Consumables

While you can simply buy all these items from the Auction House, you may want to craft them yourself and sell the leftovers instead with our Icy Veins Profession Guides!

Midnight Professions Guide

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This was written by Borabank, a Balance Druid theorycrafter and raider in Country Club. You can watch him on his Twitch channel or find him in the Dreamgrove Discord server.