PvE Balance Druid Boomkin DPS Pre-Raid & Best in Slot (BiS)

Best in Slot and Pre-raid Best in Slot items for Balance Druid’s in WoW Classic. Items are listed for all phases of TBC Classic and include items for each slot.

Pre-Raid Best in Slot

Armor

• Head – Spellstrike Hood (Spellstrike Tailoring) or Incanter’s Cowl
• Neck – Brooch of Heightened Potential
• Shoulders – Mana-Etched Spaulders
• Cape – Sethekk Oracle Cloak
  • Alternative: Ancient Spellcloak of the Highborne  (If hit capped from World boss Doom Lord Kazzak)
• Chest – Spellfire Robes, Windhawk Hauberk (Tribal Leatherworking), or Anchorite’s Robes
• Bracers – Bracers of Havok or Windhawk Bracers (Tribal Leatherworking)
• Gloves – Spellfire Gloves or Manaspark Gloves
  • Alternative: Anger-Spark Gloves (World boss Doomwalker)
• Belt –  Spellfire Belt, Girdle of Ruination or Windhawk Belt (Tribal Leatherworking)
• Legs – Spellstrike Pants or Kurenai Kilt
  • Alternative: Leggings of the Seventh Circle (World boss Doom Lord Kazzak)
• Boots – Sigil-Laced Boots
• Ring 1 – Sparking Arcanite Ring
• Ring 2 – Ashyen’s Gift
• Trinket 1 – Icon of the Silver Crescent
• Trinket 2 – Quagmirran’s Eye or Scryer’s Bloodgem
• Idol – Ivory Idol of the Moongoddess  or Idol of the Raven Goddess (Adds roughly 1% crit to your aura, making it 6%) 

Weapons

• Main hand – Eternium Runed Blade or Gavel of Unearthed Secrets
  • Alternative: Talon of the Tempest (World boss Doomwalker)
• Off Hand – Talisman of Kalecgos 
• Two-Handed – Terokk’s Shadowstaff

Phase 1

Armor

• Head – Spellstrike Hood or Antlers of Malorne 
• Neck – Brooch of Unquenchable Fury  (if not hit capped) otherwise use Adornment of Stolen Souls 
• Shoulders – Pauldrons of Malorne
• Cape – Ruby Drape of the Mysticant  
• Chest – Spellfire Robes (Tailoring) or Breastplate of Malorne  
• Bracers – Bracers of Havok or Windhawk Bracers (Tribal Leatherworking)  
• Gloves – Spellfire Gloves or Handwraps of Flowing Thought
  • Alternative: Anger-Spark Gloves  (World boss Doomwalker) 
• Belt –  Spellfire Belt or Girdle of Ruination, Windhawk Belt (Tribal Leatherworking) 
• Legs – Spellstrike Pants or Trial-Fire Trousers
  • Alternative: Leggings of the Seventh Circle (World boss Doom Lord Kazzak)   
• Boots – Boots of Foretelling 
• Ring 1 – Band of Crimson Fury  
• Ring 2 – Ashyen’s Gift  
• Trinket 1 – Icon of the Silver Crescent 
• Trinket 2 – Scryer’s Bloodgem 
• Idol – Ivory Idol of the Moongoddess or Idol of the Raven Goddess (adds about a 1% crit to Moonkin Form, making it provide 6% Critical Strike Chance)

Weapons

• Main hand – Nathrezim Mindblade
  • Alternative: Talon of the Tempest (World boss Doomwalker) 
• Offhand – Talisman of Kalecgos
• Two hands – Staff of Infinite Mysteries

Phase 2

Armor

• Head – Nordrassil Headpiece
• Neck – The Sun King’s Talisman
• Shoulders – Nordrassil Wrath-Mantle
• Cloak – Brute Cloak of the Ogre-Magi
• Chest – Nordrassil Chestpiece
• Wrist – Mindstorm Wristbands
• Hands – Spellfire Gloves
• Waist – Belt of Blasting
• Legs – Nordrassil Wrath-Kilt
• Feet – Boots of Blasting
• Ring – Ring of Recurrence
• Ring – Violet Signet of the Archmage
• Trinket – Icon of the Silver Crescent
• Trinket – Quagmirran’s Eye
• Idol – Idol of the Raven Goddess

Weapons

• One-Handed – Nathrezim Mindblade or Eternium Runed Blade
  • Alternative – Talon of the Tempest (World Boss – Doomwalker)
• Off-Hand – Jewel of Infinite Possibilities or Fathomstone
• Two-Handed – The Nexus Key

Phase 3

Armor

• Head – Thunderheart Headguard
• Neck – Translucent Spellthread Necklace
• Shoulders – Thunderheart Shoulderpads
• Cape – Cloak of the Illidari Council
• Chest – Thunderheart Vest
• Bracers – Bracers of Nimble Thought
• Gloves –Thunderheart Handguards
• Belt – Belt of Blasting
• Legs – Leggings of Channeled Elements
• Boots – Slippers of the Seacaller
• Ring 1 – Ring of Ancient Knowledge
• Ring 2 – Ring of Ancient Knowledge, Band of the Eternal Sage
• Trinket 1 – The Skull of Gul’dan
• Trinket 2 – Ashtongue Talisman of Equilibrium or Icon of the Silver Crescent/Dark Iron Smoking Pipe
• Idol – Idol of the Raven Goddess 

Weapons

• Main hand – Hammer of Judgement
• Offhand – Chronicle of Dark Secrets
• Two hands –  Zhar’doom, Greatstaff of the Devourer

Phase 4

Armor

• Head – Thunderheart Headguard
• Neck –https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/33281
• Shoulders – Thunderheart Shoulderpads
• Cape –Cloak of the Illidari Council
• Chest –Thunderheart Vest
• Bracers – Bracers of Nimble Thought
• Gloves –Thunderheart Handguards
• Belt –  Belt of Blasting
• Legs –  Leggings of Channeled Elements
• Boots – Slippers of the Seacaller
• Ring 1 – Ring of Ancient Knowledge
• Ring 2 –  – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/33497, Band of the Eternal Sage
• Trinket 1 – The Skull of Gul‘dan
• Trinket 2 – Ashtongue Talisman of Equilibrium orhttps://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/33829 
• Idol – Idol of the Raven Goddess 

Weapons

• Main hand – Hammer of Judgement
• Offhand – Chronicle of Dark Secrets
• Two hands –  Zhar‘doom, Greatstaff of the Devourer

Phase 5

Armor

• Head – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34340 
• Neck – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34204 or https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34359 (JC)
• Shoulders – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/31049 
• Cape – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34242 
• Chest – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34232 or  https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34364 (tailoring) 
• Bracers – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34446 
• Gloves – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34344 
• Belt –  https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34555 
• Legs – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34181 
• Boots – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34572 
• Ring 1 – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34362 
• Ring 2 –  https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34230 
• Trinket 1 – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34429 
• Trinket 2 – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/32483   
• Idol – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/32387 or https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/27518 

Weapons

• Main hand – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34336 
• Offhand – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34179 
• Two hands – https://wowclassicdb.com/tbc/item/34182