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General InformationOn this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Balance Druid in World of Warcraft — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.2.0. We also give budget alternatives.
1. Secondary Stat Choice for Balance Druids
Haste is Balance Druid's highest simming secondary stat for most players.It is recommended you sim your character onRaidbots to get accurateresults. Depending on your gear, you may want enchants, gems, and other playerenhancement items that are not listed as recommended on this page.
2. Best Gems for Balance Druids
You should use a single Leviathan's Eye of Intellect in your firstsocket. After the first socket use Masterful Sea Currant orQuick Sand Spinel depending on your current stat layout. You can also usecheaper options (Quick Owlseye or Masterful Tidal Amethyst) ifyou are short on funds. If you cannot afford the first Levithan gem, there is nobetter option that give the same type of benefit and you should go straight intosecondary stat choices.
3. Best Enchants for Balance Druids
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4. Consumables for Balance Druids
4.1. Best Flasks and Potions for Balance
Greater Flask of Endless Fathoms is the main flask for all raid and dungeoncontent. You can fall back onto Flask of Endless Fathoms when looking to bemore thrifty.
There are a variety of potions you can use depending on the content or battleyou are fighting. For single target Potion of Focused Resolve grantsincreased Critical Strike chance to a single target. This loses all value onceyou swap targets. If you plan on swapping targets during your potion,Superior Battle Potion of Intellect is a general all use potion. Inmythic+ when you have 4+ mobs within 8-yards your character,Potion of Empowered Proximity will give more value than the newerIntellect potion.
During encounters, you can heal yourself usingAbyssal Healing Potion and Healthstone. Make sure you usethese when in danger of dying.
4.2. Best Food for Balance
You should eat from Famine Evaluator And Snack Table when possible, andotherwise Haste food (Baked Port Tato) or Mastery food (Abyssal-Fried Rissole).
At our current gear levels, an Intellect feast buff is still barely equal tosecondary stat foods. When we get more Intellect in the future, we may beexclusively eating our own secondary stat foods. The new secondary stat foodsall outclass the old feasts.
4.3. Augment Runes for Balance
If you can afford it, you should use Battle-Scarred Augment Runes toincrease your primary stat. Since there is a finite amount of these runesavailable, you should make sure to use them wisely and to stock up on themfor when you need them.
5. Changelog
- 24 Jun. 2019: Updated the guide for patch 8.2
- 12 May 2019: Removed mentions of Intellect Gems.
- 16 Apr. 2019: This page has been reviewed and no changes are necessary for the release of the Crucible of Storms raid.
- 10 Dec. 2018: Updated for Patch 8.1
- 12 Oct. 2018: Minor adjustment to weapon enchants.
- 21 Aug. 2018: Improved potion recommendations.
- 13 Aug. 2018: Updated for Battle for Azeroth launch.
- 20 Jul. 2018: Updated neck enchant and consumable recommendation.
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This was written by Borabank,a Balance Druid theorycrafter and raider in Encore. You canwatch him on his Twitch channel orin the Dreamgrove Discordserver.