Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Enchants & Gems for Balance Druids in Cataclysm
All sections for Balance Druid PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal race, talents, glyphs, gear, professions and macros. This will help you have a good understanding on Balance Druid in PvP for Cataclysm, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will show you the best PvP enchants and gems that you can use as a Balance Druid in Cataclysm Season 9.
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Table of Contents
Best Balance Druid Enchants
Helmet: Arcanum of Vicious Intellect
Shoulders: Greater Inscription of Vicious Intellect
Cloak: Lightweave Embroidery
Chest: Mighty Resilience
Bracers: Mighty Intellect
Gloves: Haste
Belt: Ebonsteel Belt Buckle
Legs: Powerful Ghostly Spellthread
Boots: Haste
Main-hand Weapon: Power Torrent
Off-hand Weapon: Superior Intellect
Your helmet and shoulders enchants will be purchasable through PvP content using honor. Any additional enchants can be purchased on the Auction House. Although Ebonsteel Belt Buckle is not technically an enchant, it give you one extra gem slot for minmaxxing secondary stats.
Best Balance Druid Gems
Meta Gems: Burning Shadowspirit Diamond
Red Gems: Willful Ember Topaz, Brilliant Inferno Ruby, or Brilliant Chimera’s Eye
Blue Gems: Willful Ember Topaz or Brilliant Inferno Ruby
Yellow Gems: Willful Ember Topaz, Mystic Amberjewel, or Mystic Chimera’s Eye
For meta gems, we recommend that you use Burning Shadowspirit Diamond as it will provide you with additional Intellect and increase the damage that your Critical Strike spells will deal.
There are multiple red gems you can choose from, and should be chosen based on the current gear set and secondaries you have on your character. If you want your character to be more tanky, make sure to use Willful Ember Topaz. If not, prioritize using the rest of your red gem slots on Brilliant Inferno Ruby. If you have Jewelcrafting as one of your primary professions, make sure to place 3 Brilliant Chimera’s Eyes into red gem slots, followed by either Willful Ember Topaz or Brilliant Inferno Ruby, depending on your stat requirements.
In Blue gem slots, there are no available Blue gems that help increase our stat requirements. All Blue gem slots will use either Willful Ember Topaz for additional Resilience and Intellect, or Brilliant Inferno Ruby if you have reached the Resilience requirement.
Any of your remaining yellow gem slots will use Willful Ember Topaz for additional Intellect and Resilience applied on your character, and if you really need to meet your Resilience requirement, use Mystic Amberjewel instead. If you are still struggling on Resilience and you are using Jewelcrafting as one of your primary professions, place 3 Mystic Chimera’s Eyes into yellow gem slots instead of 3 Brilliant Chimera’s Eyes into red gem slots.
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