Guardian Druid Tank Best Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — 12.0.5

The best stats for raiding are Haste and Versatility, so that is what we will be gemming for. You should use Indecipherable Eversong Diamond in one socket, and the rest of your gems can be Flawless Versatile Peridot.

The best stats for Mythic+ are Haste and Versatility as well, so the same gems will be best in that content type.

We highly recommend using Raidbots to sim your character's ideal gems and enchants though, as they might differ from our general recommendations.

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

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.

You should be drinking Flask of the Blood Knights at all times.

Your stat potion should be Draught of Rampant Abandon, these will spawn void zones at your feet so be wary. Use these when you will do the most damage with your abilities, likely during your cooldowns and/or Bloodlust/ Heroism.

You should keep a stock of Silvermoon Health Potion's 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!

Either Silvermoon Parade or Harandar Celebration are your best food buffs, providing you not only with primary or secondary stats, but also with Stamina, which will only be available from these feasts.

Make sure to carry a few Royal Roast as well, in case no feast is available to you.

In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Void-Touched Augment Runes to increase your primary stat. Augment Runes are expensive and disappear on death, so use them wisely and sparingly!

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

Pumps

Guide Author

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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 about 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 based on which is the strongest for progression at the time. You can find him on discord — pumps. — and on Twitch.