Guardian Druid Mythic+ Guide for Shadowlands
Patch 9.2.5Shadowlands Mythic+ Season 4
Updated on December 4, 2022
Everything you need to improve your Tank performance in Mythic+ Dungeons.
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Type | Top Choice | Max. Key | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
Talents | Blood Frenzy Renewal Balance Affinity Mass Entanglement Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc Earthwarden Rend and Tear | +30 | 22% |
Weapons | Chasmwrench Docking Hook | +30 | 39% |
Trinkets | Enforcer's Stun Grenade Codex of the First Technique | +27 | 14% |
Head | Headpiece of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 93% |
Neck | Cabochon of the Infinite Flight | +30 | 47% |
Shoulders | Shoulderpads of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 93% |
Back | Grim-Veiled Cape | +30 | 71% |
Chest | Chestguard of the Fixed Stars | +29 | 96% |
Wrist | Bracers of the Fixed Stars | +29 | 34% |
Hands | Handwraps of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 85% |
Waist | Umbrahide Waistguard | +26 | 37% |
Legs | Leggings of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 54% |
Feet | Ooey-Gooey Galoshes | +29 | 27% |
Rings | Seal of Darkshire Nobility Signet of Collapsing Stars | +30 | 27% |
Legendaries | Ursoc's Fury Remembered | +30 | 91% |
Covenants | Venthyr | +29 | 74% |
Soulbinds |  | +29 | 50% |
Soulbind Abilities | Venthyr Unbreakable Body Superior Tactics Move As One Service In Stone Intimidation Tactics | +27 | 15% |
Conduit | Unchecked Aggression | +30 | 97% |
Conduit Combination | Tough as Bark Unchecked Aggression Well-Honed Instincts Layered Mane Endless Thirst Condensed Anima Sphere | +29 | 25% |
Gem | Versatile Jewel Cluster | +30 | 80% |
Gem Combination | Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster | +25 | 15% |
Back Enchant | Enchant Cloak - Fortified Leech | +30 | 55% |
Chest Enchant | Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats | +30 | 82% |
Wrist Enchant | Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect | +29 | 32% |
Belt Enchant | Nitro Boosts | +25 | 4% |
Feet Enchant | Enchant Boots - Eternal Agility | +30 | 86% |
Ring Enchant | Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +30 | 69% |
Weapon Enchant | Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance | +27 | 68% |
Race | Performance Gain |
|---|---|
 Zandalari Troll Paku | +0.74% |
Talents +
Blood Frenzy Renewal Balance Affinity Mass Entanglement Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc Earthwarden Rend and Tear | +30 | 22% |
Blood Frenzy Renewal Balance Affinity Mighty Bash Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc Earthwarden Rend and Tear | +28 | 14% |
Blood Frenzy Wild Charge Balance Affinity Mass Entanglement Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc Earthwarden Rend and Tear | +27 | 9% |
Blood Frenzy Renewal Restoration Affinity Mass Entanglement Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc Earthwarden Rend and Tear | +25 | 6% |
Blood Frenzy Wild Charge Balance Affinity Mighty Bash Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc Earthwarden Rend and Tear | +26 | 5% |
Blood Frenzy Renewal Restoration Affinity Mighty Bash Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc Earthwarden Rend and Tear | +24 | 4% |
Blood Frenzy Renewal Balance Affinity Heart of the Wild Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc Earthwarden Rend and Tear | +28 | 3% |
Blood Frenzy Renewal Balance Affinity Mass Entanglement Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc Survival of the Fittest Rend and Tear | +24 | 2% |
Blood Frenzy Wild Charge Restoration Affinity Mighty Bash Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc Earthwarden Rend and Tear | +25 | 2% |
Blood Frenzy Wild Charge Restoration Affinity Mass Entanglement Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc Earthwarden Rend and Tear | +25 | 2% |
Weapons +
Chasmwrench Docking Hook | +30 | 39% |
Reclaimed Shock Coil | +24 | 15% |
Spire of Expurgation | +25 | 12% |
Gavel of the First Arbiter | +24 | 11% |
Jotungeirr, Destiny's Call | +29 | 7% |
Zovastrum, the Unmaking | +26 | 6% |
Xav's Pike of Authority | +22 | 2% |
Collector's Pulse Staff | +23 | 2% |
Devos's Cacophonous Poleaxe | +21 | 1% |
Rod of the Stone Sentinels | +24 | 1% |
Trinkets +
Enforcer's Stun Grenade Codex of the First Technique | +27 | 14% |
Thundertower's Targeting Reticle Codex of the First Technique | +25 | 7% |
Thundertower's Targeting Reticle Enforcer's Stun Grenade | +25 | 6% |
Reactive Defense Matrix Cache of Acquired Treasures | +25 | 5% |
Blood-Spattered Scale Codex of the First Technique | +23 | 4% |
Codex of the First Technique Shard of Annhylde's Aegis | +26 | 4% |
Shard of Annhylde's Aegis Reactive Defense Matrix | +26 | 3% |
Codex of the First Technique Cache of Acquired Treasures | +25 | 3% |
Splintered Heart of Al'ar Codex of the First Technique | +30 | 3% |
Codex of the First Technique Reactive Defense Matrix | +24 | 2% |
Head +
Headpiece of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 93% |
Blackwater Helm | +26 | 3% |
Unbound Reality Mask | +21 | 1% |
Rakishly Tipped Tricorne | +21 | 1% |
Umbrahide Helm | +22 | 1% |
Neck +
Cabochon of the Infinite Flight | +30 | 47% |
Amulet of the Last Guardian | +28 | 15% |
Shadowghast Necklace | +29 | 13% |
Choker of Barbed Reins | +24 | 9% |
Ornately Engraved Amplifier | +24 | 5% |
Charm of Eternal Winter | +26 | 2% |
Versatile Solenium Necklace | +22 | 1% |
Interplanar Keystone | +22 | 1% |
Worldkiller Iris | +23 | 1% |
Periapt of Pristine Preservation | +24 | 1% |
Shoulders +
Shoulderpads of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 93% |
Leafmender Mantle | +23 | 2% |
Smuggler's Plundered Pauldrons | +22 | 1% |
Breakbeat Shoulderguards | +23 | 1% |
Spaulders of Burning Focus | +23 | 1% |
Imported Illidari Spaulders | +24 | 1% |
Back +
Grim-Veiled Cape | +30 | 71% |
Drape of Shame | +24 | 4% |
Wrap of the Fixed Stars | +25 | 3% |
Cowled Batwing Cloak | +26 | 2% |
Mountebank's Colorful Cloak | +21 | 1% |
Wine-Stained Mantle | +21 | 1% |
Duplicating Drape | +22 | 1% |
Cloak of Sweltering Flame | +24 | 1% |
Drape of Titanic Dreams | +25 | 1% |
Chest +
Chestguard of the Fixed Stars | +29 | 96% |
Leafmender Robes | +23 | 1% |
Umbrahide Vest | +30 | 1% |
Wrist +
Bracers of the Fixed Stars | +29 | 34% |
Bloodfeather Bracers | +30 | 24% |
Umbrahide Armguards | +25 | 17% |
Wraps of Electrostatic Potential | +25 | 6% |
Blackfin Wristband | +25 | 5% |
Bracers of Autonomous Classification | +22 | 3% |
Devourer's Sandblown Hidebinders | +26 | 2% |
Barkweave Wristwraps | +26 | 2% |
Risen Monstrosity Cuffs | +21 | 1% |
Precisely Calibrated Chronometer | +24 | 1% |
Hands +
Handwraps of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 85% |
Galvanized Leather Grips | +26 | 8% |
Knuckle-Dusting Handwraps | +24 | 2% |
Custodian's Soothing Touch | +24 | 2% |
Gloves of Phantom Shadows | +22 | 1% |
Bleakwing Assassin's Grips | +22 | 1% |
Jabber Grookin' Gauntlets | +23 | 1% |
Self-Sanitizing Handwraps | +24 | 1% |
Waist +
Umbrahide Waistguard | +26 | 37% |
Mad King's Sporran | +27 | 14% |
Cincture of the Fixed Stars | +25 | 12% |
Venza's Powderbelt | +30 | 6% |
Mekgineer's Championship Belt | +24 | 4% |
Cinch of Unity | +25 | 4% |
Heedless Pugilist's Harness | +28 | 4% |
Girdle of Ghostly Exclusion | +29 | 4% |
Cinch of Improbable Desire | +22 | 2% |
Spell-Woven Tourniquet | +25 | 2% |
Legs +
Leggings of the Fixed Stars | +30 | 54% |
Umbrahide Leggings | +26 | 23% |
Willbreaker Legguards | +28 | 7% |
Anomalous Starlit Breeches | +23 | 5% |
Flame-Seared Leggings | +22 | 2% |
Elite Aranakk Breeches | +24 | 1% |
Volatile Shadestitch Legguards | +24 | 1% |
Unseen Predator's Breeches | +25 | 1% |
Automa-Tender's Tights | +25 | 1% |
Greaves of Miraculous Magnificence | +29 | 1% |
Feet +
Ooey-Gooey Galoshes | +29 | 27% |
Umbrahide Treads | +30 | 19% |
Treads of Titanic Deconversion | +27 | 17% |
Footwraps of the Fixed Stars | +24 | 9% |
Machinist's Treasured Treads | +30 | 9% |
Calliard's Galoshes | +25 | 5% |
Viscera-Stitched Footpads | +20 | 2% |
Moccasins of Dreadful Absolution | +24 | 2% |
Treads of Titanic Curiosity | +25 | 2% |
Trenchant Warmonger Treads | +26 | 2% |
Rings +
Seal of Darkshire Nobility Signet of Collapsing Stars | +30 | 27% |
Signet of Collapsing Stars Seal of the Panoply | +26 | 6% |
Logic Loop of Recursion Overclocking Bit Band | +25 | 5% |
Shadowghast Ring Signet of Collapsing Stars | +24 | 4% |
Seal of Darkshire Nobility Seal of the Panoply | +24 | 3% |
Seal of Darkshire Nobility Shadowghast Ring | +25 | 3% |
Protecting Bit Band Signet of Collapsing Stars | +23 | 2% |
Hyperlight Band Signet of Collapsing Stars | +23 | 2% |
Stitchflesh's Misplaced Signet Signet of Collapsing Stars | +24 | 2% |
Seal of Darkshire Nobility Hyperlight Band | +24 | 2% |
Legendaries +
Ursoc's Fury Remembered | +30 | 91% |
Sinful Hysteria | +29 | 74% |
Celestial Spirits | +26 | 17% |
Legacy of the Sleeper | +30 | 7% |
Kindred Affinity | +30 | 6% |
The Natural Order's Will | +21 | 2% |
Unbridled Swarm | +24 | 2% |
Covenants +
Venthyr | +29 | 74% |
Night Fae | +26 | 18% |
Kyrian | +30 | 6% |
Necrolord | +24 | 2% |
Soulbinds +
| +29 | 50% |
 | +24 | 15% |
 | +26 | 11% |
 | +24 | 9% |
 | +30 | 6% |
 | +25 | 6% |
 | +20 | 1% |
 | +22 | 1% |
 | +29 | 1% |
Soulbind Abilities +
Venthyr Unbreakable Body Superior Tactics Move As One Service In Stone Intimidation Tactics | +27 | 15% |
Venthyr Watch the Shoes! Soothing Shade Exquisite Ingredients Wasteland Propriety Life is but an Appetizer | +22 | 4% |
Venthyr Unbreakable Body Superior Tactics Move As One Service In Stone Regenerative Stone Skin | +23 | 3% |
Venthyr Expedition Leader Superior Tactics Move As One Service In Stone Intimidation Tactics | +23 | 2% |
Venthyr Agent of Chaos Friends in Low Places Exacting Preparation Thrill Seeker Nimble Steps | +23 | 2% |
Venthyr Agent of Chaos Friends in Low Places Exacting Preparation Thrill Seeker Sinful Preservation | +23 | 2% |
Night Fae Niya's Tools: Burrs Run Without Tiring Grove Invigoration Swift Patrol Called Shot | +26 | 2% |
Venthyr Hold Your Ground Unbreakable Body Move As One Service In Stone Regenerative Stone Skin | +22 | 1% |
Venthyr Built for War Unbreakable Body Move As One Service In Stone Intimidation Tactics | +25 | 1% |
Kyrian Forgelite Filter Hammer of Genesis Resilient Plumage Bron's Call to Action Soulglow Spectrometer | +24 | 1% |
Conduit +
Unchecked Aggression | +30 | 97% |
Well-Honed Instincts | +30 | 92% |
Tough as Bark | +30 | 91% |
Endless Thirst | +29 | 73% |
Layered Mane | +30 | 61% |
Condensed Anima Sphere | +30 | 51% |
Born of the Wilds | +30 | 30% |
Innate Resolve | +26 | 29% |
Front of the Pack | +25 | 21% |
Conflux of Elements | +26 | 15% |
Conduit Combination +
Tough as Bark Unchecked Aggression Well-Honed Instincts Layered Mane Endless Thirst Condensed Anima Sphere | +29 | 25% |
Tough as Bark Innate Resolve Unchecked Aggression Well-Honed Instincts Layered Mane Endless Thirst | +26 | 7% |
Tough as Bark Unchecked Aggression Well-Honed Instincts Endless Thirst Born of the Wilds Condensed Anima Sphere | +24 | 5% |
Tough as Bark Unchecked Aggression Well-Honed Instincts Layered Mane Endless Thirst Born of the Wilds | +24 | 5% |
Tough as Bark Unchecked Aggression Well-Honed Instincts Layered Mane Born Anew Endless Thirst | +25 | 3% |
Tough as Bark Innate Resolve Unchecked Aggression Well-Honed Instincts Endless Thirst Condensed Anima Sphere | +25 | 3% |
Tough as Bark Unchecked Aggression Well-Honed Instincts Layered Mane Endless Thirst Front of the Pack | +23 | 3% |
Tough as Bark Innate Resolve Unchecked Aggression Well-Honed Instincts Conflux of Elements Born of the Wilds | +22 | 2% |
Tough as Bark Unchecked Aggression Well-Honed Instincts Layered Mane Conflux of Elements Born of the Wilds | +26 | 2% |
Tough as Bark Innate Resolve Unchecked Aggression Well-Honed Instincts Endless Thirst Born of the Wilds | +24 | 2% |
Gem +
Versatile Jewel Cluster | +30 | 80% |
Quick Jewel Cluster | +26 | 15% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster | +26 | 12% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster | +26 | 5% |
Straddling Sage Agate | +30 | 2% |
Straddling Jewel Doublet | +30 | 2% |
Leviathan's Eye of Agility | +23 | 1% |
Gem Combination +
Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster | +25 | 15% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster | +25 | 14% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster | +27 | 14% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster | +28 | 8% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster | +25 | 7% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster | +25 | 6% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Versatile Jewel Cluster | +21 | 2% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | +22 | 2% |
Quick Jewel Cluster | +23 | 2% |
Back Enchant +
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Leech | +30 | 55% |
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance | +28 | 22% |
Enchant Cloak - Soul Vitality | +25 | 10% |
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed | +26 | 8% |
Chest Enchant +
Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats | +30 | 82% |
Enchant Chest - Eternal Skirmish | +24 | 5% |
Enchant Chest - Eternal Bulwark | +23 | 3% |
Enchant Chest - Eternal Bounds | +21 | 1% |
Enchant Chest - Sacred Stats | +22 | 1% |
Wrist Enchant +
Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect | +29 | 32% |
Enchant Bracers - Shaded Hearthing | +25 | 22% |
Belt Enchant +
Nitro Boosts | +25 | 4% |
Cardboard Assassin | +23 | 1% |
Dimensional Shifter | +29 | 1% |
Feet Enchant +
Enchant Boots - Eternal Agility | +30 | 86% |
Enchant Boots - Agile Soulwalker | +22 | 1% |
Enchant Boots - Soul Treads | +24 | 1% |
Ring Enchant +
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +30 | 69% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | +25 | 6% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +24 | 5% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +26 | 5% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +22 | 4% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | +22 | 3% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | +22 | 1% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +25 | 1% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike | +26 | 1% |
Weapon Enchant +
Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance | +27 | 68% |
Enchant Weapon - Lightless Force | +25 | 13% |
Enchant Weapon - Ascended Vigor | +30 | 10% |
Enchant Weapon - Sinful Revelation | +24 | 6% |
Races +
| +0.74% |
 | +0.62% |
 | +0.60% |
 | +0.55% |
 | +0.55% |
 | +0.54% |
 | +0.47% |
 | +0.26% |
 | +0.00% |
This guide covers all the essential parts of character optimization needed to maximize your Tank in Mythic+ Dungeons as Guardian Druid.
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