Balance Druid Mythic+ Guide for Shadowlands
Patch 9.2.5Shadowlands Mythic+ Season 4
Updated on December 4, 2022
Everything you need to improve your DPS performance in Mythic+ Dungeons.
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Type | Top Choice | Max. Key | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
Talents | Nature's Balance Wild Charge Restoration Affinity Mass Entanglement Incarnation: Chosen of Elune Stellar Drift Fury of Elune | +30 | 18% |
Weapons | Staff of Fractured Spacetime | +26 | 24% |
Trinkets | Tovra's Lightning Repository Shadowed Orb of Torment | +30 | 11% |
Head | Headpiece of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 89% |
Neck | Periapt of Pristine Preservation | +30 | 15% |
Shoulders | Shoulderpads of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 82% |
Back | Wrap of the Fixed Stars | +28 | 46% |
Chest | Chestguard of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 90% |
Wrist | Umbrahide Armguards | +30 | 36% |
Hands | Handwraps of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 94% |
Waist | Umbrahide Waistguard | +26 | 30% |
Legs | Leggings of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 68% |
Feet | Treads of Titanic Deconversion | +27 | 31% |
Rings | Ring of Collapsing Futures Shadowghast Ring | +30 | 34% |
Legendaries | Primordial Arcanic Pulsar | +30 | 98% |
Covenants | Night Fae | +30 | 83% |
Soulbinds |  | +30 | 80% |
Soulbind Abilities | Night Fae Niya's Tools: Poison Run Without Tiring Grove Invigoration Swift Patrol Called Shot | +28 | 19% |
Conduit | Precise Alignment | +30 | 95% |
Conduit Combination | Well-Honed Instincts Precise Alignment Fury of the Skies Conflux of Elements Front of the Pack Condensed Anima Sphere | +26 | 15% |
Gem | Masterful Jewel Cluster | +30 | 85% |
Gem Combination | Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | +30 | 15% |
Back Enchant | Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance | +30 | 40% |
Chest Enchant | Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats | +30 | 89% |
Wrist Enchant | Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect | +30 | 92% |
Belt Enchant | Nitro Boosts | +25 | 3% |
Feet Enchant | Enchant Boots - Eternal Agility | +30 | 28% |
Ring Enchant | Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | +30 | 64% |
Weapon Enchant | Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance | +30 | 92% |
Race | Performance Gain |
|---|---|
 Troll | +2.22% |
Talents +
Nature's Balance Wild Charge Restoration Affinity Mass Entanglement Incarnation: Chosen of Elune Stellar Drift Fury of Elune | +30 | 18% |
Nature's Balance Wild Charge Restoration Affinity Mass Entanglement Soul of the Forest Stellar Drift Fury of Elune | +30 | 11% |
Nature's Balance Wild Charge Restoration Affinity Heart of the Wild Incarnation: Chosen of Elune Stellar Drift Fury of Elune | +28 | 7% |
Nature's Balance Renewal Restoration Affinity Mass Entanglement Incarnation: Chosen of Elune Stellar Drift Fury of Elune | +24 | 5% |
Nature's Balance Wild Charge Restoration Affinity Mass Entanglement Incarnation: Chosen of Elune Stellar Drift New Moon | +28 | 3% |
Nature's Balance Renewal Restoration Affinity Mass Entanglement Soul of the Forest Stellar Drift Fury of Elune | +25 | 3% |
Nature's Balance Wild Charge Restoration Affinity Heart of the Wild Soul of the Forest Stellar Drift Fury of Elune | +26 | 3% |
Nature's Balance Wild Charge Restoration Affinity Mighty Bash Incarnation: Chosen of Elune Stellar Drift Fury of Elune | +27 | 3% |
Nature's Balance Wild Charge Guardian Affinity Mass Entanglement Incarnation: Chosen of Elune Stellar Drift Fury of Elune | +27 | 3% |
Nature's Balance Wild Charge Restoration Affinity Mass Entanglement Incarnation: Chosen of Elune Twin Moons Fury of Elune | +25 | 2% |
Weapons +
Staff of Fractured Spacetime | +26 | 24% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Forbidden Truth | +30 | 16% |
Thunderlord Flamestaff | +27 | 10% |
Neural Synapse Enhancer | +24 | 7% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Acoustically Alluring Censer | +28 | 7% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Lyre of Decadent Frivolity | +27 | 3% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Guarm's Lost Chew Toy | +27 | 3% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Harp of the Sanguine Court | +30 | 3% |
Mindbreaker Scepter Acoustically Alluring Censer | +25 | 2% |
Spire of the Long Dark | +25 | 2% |
Trinkets +
Tovra's Lightning Repository Shadowed Orb of Torment | +30 | 11% |
Tovra's Lightning Repository So'leah's Secret Technique | +26 | 10% |
Cabalist's Hymnal Shadowed Orb of Torment | +30 | 7% |
Tovra's Lightning Repository Deteriorated Construct Core | +26 | 6% |
Tovra's Lightning Repository Enforcer's Stun Grenade | +25 | 5% |
Titanic Ocular Gland Shadowed Orb of Torment | +30 | 5% |
Tovra's Lightning Repository Cabalist's Hymnal | +28 | 3% |
Enforcer's Stun Grenade So'leah's Secret Technique | +23 | 2% |
Tovra's Lightning Repository Inscrutable Quantum Device | +26 | 2% |
Deteriorated Construct Core Shadowed Orb of Torment | +27 | 2% |
Head +
Headpiece of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 89% |
Unbound Reality Mask | +30 | 3% |
Sadist's Sinister Mask | +30 | 2% |
Blackwater Helm | +23 | 1% |
Leafmender Hood | +24 | 1% |
Rakishly Tipped Tricorne | +25 | 1% |
Umbrahide Helm | +25 | 1% |
Neck +
Choker of Barbed Reins | +26 | 15% |
Periapt of Pristine Preservation | +30 | 15% |
Cabochon of the Infinite Flight | +28 | 13% |
Shadowghast Necklace | +30 | 12% |
Charm of Eternal Winter | +28 | 11% |
Ornately Engraved Amplifier | +24 | 7% |
Amulet of the Last Guardian | +24 | 7% |
Worldkiller Iris | +29 | 5% |
Noble's Birthstone Pendant | +25 | 3% |
Lavadrip Pendant | +26 | 3% |
Shoulders +
Shoulderpads of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 82% |
Umbrahide Pauldrons | +28 | 7% |
Spaulders of Burning Focus | +26 | 4% |
Breakbeat Shoulderguards | +25 | 3% |
Leafmender Mantle | +23 | 2% |
Smuggler's Plundered Pauldrons | +24 | 1% |
Back +
Wrap of the Fixed Stars | +28 | 46% |
Drape of Titanic Dreams | +27 | 15% |
Cloak of Sweltering Flame | +30 | 11% |
Mountebank's Colorful Cloak | +23 | 3% |
Grim-Veiled Cape | +25 | 3% |
Wine-Stained Mantle | +26 | 3% |
Drape of Shame | +28 | 3% |
Duplicating Drape | +23 | 2% |
Lurking Predator's Camouflage | +24 | 2% |
Chest +
Chestguard of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 90% |
So'azmi's Fractal Vest | +27 | 3% |
Vest of Wanton Deeds | +24 | 2% |
Fractured Colossus Core | +21 | 1% |
Leafmender Robes | +24 | 1% |
Bloodfeather Chestwrap | +24 | 1% |
Wrist +
Umbrahide Armguards | +30 | 36% |
Blackfin Wristband | +25 | 12% |
Bracers of the Fixed Stars | +28 | 12% |
Bracers of Autonomous Classification | +30 | 12% |
Bloodfeather Bracers | +25 | 12% |
Devourer's Sandblown Hidebinders | +27 | 3% |
Bindings of the Subjugated | +25 | 2% |
Barkweave Wristwraps | +30 | 2% |
Precisely Calibrated Chronometer | +27 | 2% |
Wraps of Electrostatic Potential | +22 | 1% |
Hands +
Handwraps of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 94% |
Umbrahide Gauntlets | +27 | 3% |
Jabber Grookin' Gauntlets | +21 | 1% |
Knuckle-Dusting Handwraps | +21 | 1% |
Galvanized Leather Grips | +23 | 1% |
Waist +
Umbrahide Waistguard | +26 | 30% |
Girdle of Ghostly Exclusion | +30 | 13% |
Mekgineer's Championship Belt | +26 | 10% |
Venza's Powderbelt | +27 | 7% |
Cinch of Improbable Desire | +26 | 5% |
Cincture of the Fixed Stars | +27 | 5% |
Cinch of Unity | +22 | 4% |
Mad King's Sporran | +25 | 4% |
Heedless Pugilist's Harness | +28 | 4% |
Clasp of Crooked Crescendos | +27 | 4% |
Legs +
Leggings of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 68% |
Flame-Seared Leggings | +30 | 11% |
Umbrahide Leggings | +25 | 6% |
Volatile Shadestitch Legguards | +28 | 5% |
Chiropteran Leggings | +26 | 3% |
Greaves of Miraculous Magnificence | +27 | 3% |
Unseen Predator's Breeches | +23 | 1% |
Willbreaker Legguards | +23 | 1% |
Elite Aranakk Breeches | +26 | 1% |
Feet +
Treads of Titanic Deconversion | +27 | 31% |
Footwraps of the Fixed Stars | +28 | 24% |
Ooey-Gooey Galoshes | +30 | 8% |
Machinist's Treasured Treads | +27 | 8% |
Calliard's Galoshes | +30 | 7% |
Umbrahide Treads | +24 | 5% |
Treads of Titanic Curiosity | +28 | 3% |
Trenchant Warmonger Treads | +28 | 3% |
Daschla's Defiant Treads | +26 | 2% |
Moccasins of Dreadful Absolution | +27 | 1% |
Rings +
Ring of Collapsing Futures Shadowghast Ring | +30 | 34% |
Shadowghast Ring Seal of the Panoply | +30 | 11% |
Rebooting Bit Band Shadowghast Ring | +24 | 4% |
Shadowghast Ring Signet of Collapsing Stars | +27 | 3% |
Overclocking Bit Band Shadowghast Ring | +25 | 3% |
Shorting Bit Band Shadowghast Ring | +26 | 3% |
Shadowghast Ring Sworn Oath of the Nine | +26 | 3% |
Seal of Darkshire Nobility Shadowghast Ring | +26 | 3% |
Protecting Bit Band Shadowghast Ring | +26 | 3% |
Shadowghast Ring Rygelon's Heraldric Ring | +28 | 3% |
Legendaries +
Primordial Arcanic Pulsar | +30 | 98% |
Celestial Spirits | +30 | 82% |
Sinful Hysteria | +28 | 16% |
Kindred Affinity | +24 | 1% |
Covenants +
Night Fae | +30 | 83% |
Venthyr | +28 | 16% |
Kyrian | +24 | 1% |
Soulbinds +
| +30 | 80% |
 | +28 | 16% |
 | +26 | 2% |
 | +23 | 1% |
 | +24 | 1% |
Soulbind Abilities +
Night Fae Niya's Tools: Poison Run Without Tiring Grove Invigoration Swift Patrol Called Shot | +28 | 19% |
Night Fae Nature's Splendor Niya's Tools: Poison Run Without Tiring Grove Invigoration Called Shot | +30 | 13% |
Night Fae Niya's Tools: Poison Run Without Tiring Grove Invigoration Swift Patrol Survivor's Rally | +28 | 6% |
Night Fae Nature's Splendor Niya's Tools: Poison Run Without Tiring Grove Invigoration Survivor's Rally | +28 | 6% |
Night Fae Nature's Splendor Niya's Tools: Poison Run Without Tiring Grove Invigoration Bonded Hearts | +27 | 2% |
Venthyr Watch the Shoes! Soothing Shade Token of Appreciation Life of the Party Life is but an Appetizer | +27 | 2% |
Night Fae Niya's Tools: Poison Run Without Tiring Grove Invigoration Swift Patrol Bonded Hearts | +30 | 2% |
Venthyr Watch the Shoes! Soothing Shade Exquisite Ingredients Wasteland Propriety Life is but an Appetizer | +24 | 1% |
Venthyr Leisurely Gait Soothing Shade Token of Appreciation Exquisite Ingredients Life is but an Appetizer | +25 | 1% |
Venthyr Watch the Shoes! Soothing Shade Token of Appreciation Exquisite Ingredients Life is but an Appetizer | +28 | 1% |
Conduit +
Precise Alignment | +30 | 95% |
Well-Honed Instincts | +30 | 92% |
Fury of the Skies | +30 | 85% |
Conflux of Elements | +30 | 82% |
Front of the Pack | +30 | 63% |
Condensed Anima Sphere | +28 | 42% |
Born Anew | +28 | 30% |
Tough as Bark | +30 | 22% |
Born of the Wilds | +28 | 20% |
Innate Resolve | +27 | 18% |
Conduit Combination +
Well-Honed Instincts Precise Alignment Fury of the Skies Conflux of Elements Front of the Pack Condensed Anima Sphere | +26 | 15% |
Well-Honed Instincts Precise Alignment Fury of the Skies Born Anew Conflux of Elements Front of the Pack | +28 | 8% |
Tough as Bark Well-Honed Instincts Precise Alignment Fury of the Skies Conflux of Elements Front of the Pack | +30 | 6% |
Innate Resolve Well-Honed Instincts Precise Alignment Fury of the Skies Conflux of Elements Front of the Pack | +24 | 5% |
Well-Honed Instincts Precise Alignment Fury of the Skies Born Anew Conflux of Elements Condensed Anima Sphere | +27 | 5% |
Ursine Vigor Well-Honed Instincts Precise Alignment Fury of the Skies Conflux of Elements Front of the Pack | +30 | 5% |
Well-Honed Instincts Precise Alignment Fury of the Skies Conflux of Elements Front of the Pack Born of the Wilds | +24 | 3% |
Well-Honed Instincts Precise Alignment Fury of the Skies Born Anew Conflux of Elements Born of the Wilds | +25 | 3% |
Well-Honed Instincts Precise Alignment Fury of the Skies Conflux of Elements Born of the Wilds Condensed Anima Sphere | +26 | 3% |
Tough as Bark Well-Honed Instincts Precise Alignment Fury of the Skies Endless Thirst Condensed Anima Sphere | +27 | 2% |
Gem +
Masterful Jewel Cluster | +30 | 85% |
Quick Jewel Cluster | +28 | 29% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster | +28 | 16% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster | +25 | 7% |
Straddling Sage Agate | +22 | 1% |
Leviathan's Eye of Intellect | +23 | 1% |
Gem Combination +
Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | +30 | 15% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | +26 | 11% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | +30 | 8% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | +30 | 8% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | +27 | 7% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster | +23 | 6% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | +22 | 2% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | +23 | 2% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | +24 | 2% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | +26 | 2% |
Back Enchant +
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance | +30 | 40% |
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Leech | +28 | 31% |
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed | +26 | 14% |
Enchant Cloak - Soul Vitality | +26 | 8% |
Chest Enchant +
Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats | +30 | 89% |
Enchant Chest - Eternal Insight | +23 | 3% |
Enchant Chest - Eternal Bounds | +25 | 2% |
Enchant Chest - Sacred Stats | +21 | 1% |
Wrist Enchant +
Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect | +30 | 92% |
Enchant Bracers - Illuminated Soul | +21 | 1% |
Belt Enchant +
Nitro Boosts | +25 | 3% |
Dimensional Shifter | +24 | 1% |
Feet Enchant +
Enchant Boots - Eternal Agility | +30 | 28% |
Enchant Boots - Soul Treads | +28 | 18% |
Ring Enchant +
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | +30 | 64% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | +25 | 11% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | +28 | 10% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +24 | 3% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +26 | 3% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | +22 | 2% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike | +24 | 2% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | +26 | 2% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | +23 | 1% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +25 | 1% |
Weapon Enchant +
Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance | +30 | 92% |
Enchant Weapon - Sinful Revelation | +25 | 6% |
Races +
| +2.22% |
 | +0.84% |
 | +0.76% |
 | +0.45% |
 | +0.40% |
 | +0.39% |
 | +0.24% |
 | +0.02% |
 | +0.00% |
This guide covers all the essential parts of character optimization needed to maximize your DPS in Mythic+ Dungeons as Balance Druid.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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How to use this guide?
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