Guardian Druid – The War Within Season 1

Our Guardian Druid – The War Within Season 1 Guide prepares you for all the adventures in World of Warcraft’s first Season of The War Within! Check out our War Within S1 Guardian Druid Guide here on Your-MMO.com

Guardian Druid – The War Within Season 1

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Best Embellishments for Guardian Druid in The War Within Season 1

Players can wear two Items with the “Embellishment” tag. These Items grant additional power which should be used in all scenarios. These items are crafted by players with the respective crafting profession. The current most popular Embellishments are:

Stat Priority for Guardian Druid in The War Within Season 1 (Mythic Dungeons)

Agility
Haste = Versatility
Mastery = Critical Strike

Stat Priority for Guardian Druid in The War Within Season 1 (Raid Content)

Agility
Haste = Versatility
Mastery = Critical Strike

Most used Trinkets for Guardian Druid in The War Within Season 1

Both lists show the currently best Trinkets in either a Single Target situation or Multi Target combat. This list might not reflect the perfect choice for your unique situation. Trinkets can differ at any boss or in different dungeons. The see a full overview of Trinkets – visit Bloodmallet.

Beware that Healer trinkets are not included in this list.

Changes to Guardian Druid in The War Within

In The War Within, many classes have received significant changes to their talent trees and tuning. One of the new features in The War Within are the Hero Talents, unlocked at Level 71 and allowing players to choose between two spec-altering Hero Classes.

All Changes in Patch 11.0.0

DRUID

Regrowth initial heal increased by 27% and its healing over time decreased by 3%.
Swiftmend healing increased by 38%.
Ironfur increases Armor by 112% of Agility (was 120%).
Guardian
- Melee auto-attack and all bear ability damage increased by 20%.
- Moonfire damage reduced by 15%.
- Twin Moonfire increases Moonfire damage by 8% (was 10%).
- Reinvigoration reduces Frenzied Regeneration’s cooldown by 10/20% (was 20/40%).
- Earthwarden reduces damage taken by 25% (was 30%).
- Survival of the Fittest reduces cooldowns by 12/24% (was 15/30%).
- Tooth and Claw reduces damage taken by 12% (was 15%).
- After the Wildfire triggers after spending 300 Rage (was 200).
- Ursoc’s Fury grants a shield equal to 25% of Thrash and Maul damage (was 45%).
- Elune’s Favored heals you for 25% of Arcane damage dealt (was 40%).
- Rage of the Sleeper duration reduced to 8 seconds (was 10 seconds).
- Rage of the Sleeper damage taken reduction reduced to 20% (was 25%).
- Rage of the Sleeper Leech decreases to 20% (was 25%).
- Pulverize duration reduced to 8 seconds (was 10 seconds).
- Ursoc’s Guidance reduces the cooldown of Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc by 1 second for each 25 Rage spent (was 20).
- Frenzied Regeneration heals you for 20% of your maximum health (was 32%).
- Dream of Cenarius increases the healing of the affected Regrowth by 130% (was 200%).
- Fixed an issue with the increase to the amount of Rage required to trigger After the Wildfire.

Gems, Enchants and Consumables

Best Gems in Season 1

Regarding the Stat Priority listed below, we currently suggest using the following Sockets in your Gear. Some classes want to maximize the gain received from their Blasphemite Gems by socketing all possible different colors of Gems.

xxxxx (Maximum 1)

xxxxx (Green)
xxxxx (Purple)
xxxxx (Red)
xxxxx (Blue)
xxxxx (Orange)

Best Enchants in Season 1

Enchants with Tertiary Stats (Avoidance, Speed or Leech) can vary by player preference.

Cloak: Avoidance/Leech/Speed	XXX
Chest: Primary Stats	XXX
Bracers: Avoidance/Leech/Speed	XXX
Boots: Stamina	XXX
Pants: Primary Stat / Stamina	XXX
Rings: Secondary Stat before Diminishing Returns (30%)	XXX
Weapon: Primary Stats	XXX

Best Consumables in Season 1

This following list is an overview of all items that players should have in their inventory at all times. These consumables are often a necessity for Mythic dungeons or Raid content and provide a large boost in players performance.

Flask	xxxxx
Potion	xxxxx or xxxxx
Food	xxxxx
Oil	xxxxx
Healing Potion	xxxxx
Invisibility Potion	xxxxx
Drums	xxxxx
Repair Hammer	xxxxx
Combat Rezz	xxxxx

Builds and Talents

Our Talent Trees are updated every day, reflecting all current Mythic+ Affixes, aswell as the most popular Talent Builds for Raid. We gathered all information about our Talent Builds from publicly available data of the best players worldwide.

Last Update: 05.09.2024 2:00pm PDT

Mythic Dungeons

Raid Single Target

Raid Multi Target

Mythic Dungeons

Raid Single Target

Raid Multi Target

Gear and Trinkets in The War Within Season 1

Best Embellishments for Guardian Druid in The War Within Season 1

Most used Trinkets for Guardian Druid in The War Within Season 1

Beware that Healer trinkets are not included in this list.

Best in Slot Gear for Guardian Druid in The War Within Season 1

The following list contains various items from either Dungeons or Raid which benefit a generic Guardian Druid the most. You should always make sure to follow your stat priority and equip gear that has either higher itemlevel, or ensure that it is an upgrade by checking Raidbots.

Dungeon Gear in The War Within Season 1

Helmet	XX
Necklace	XX
Shoulders	XX
Cloak	XX
Chest	XX
Wrists	XX
Gloves	XX
Belt	XX
Pants	XX
Boots	XX
Rings	XX XX
Weapons	XX

Raid Gear in The War Within Season 1

Helmet	XX
Necklace	XX
Shoulders	XX
Cloak	XX
Chest	XX
Wrists	XX
Gloves	XX
Belt	XX
Pants	XX
Boots	XX
Rings	XX XX
Weapons	XX

Stat Priority for Guardian Druid in The War Within Season 1

The further we will get into the current expansion, the effects of diminishing returns start to limit the effectiveness of your secondary stats. After reaching 30% through secondary stats (eg. ~19800 Haste) on your gear, you will start receiving a penalty for each further point on your gear. This penalty reduces the gain from more of the same stat over this threshold.

Stat Priority can differ on every player due to the different gear being used. Make sure to check your own character on Raidbots to get the perfect results for you! A general overview for secondary stats is as follows.

Stat Priority for Guardian Druid in The War Within Season 1 (Mythic Dungeons)

Agility
Haste = Versatility
Mastery = Critical Strike

Stat Priority for Guardian Druid in The War Within Season 1 (Raid Content)

Agility
Haste = Versatility
Mastery = Critical Strike

General Rotation for Guardian Druid in The War Within Season 1

For both Hero Classes we offer a general rotation overview. Beware that this is not an in-depth guide how to play your favorite class in each situation, but instead grant newer players insight about how to play and master the basics of their class.

Rotation Example for Guardian Druid

Cast Moonfire on the way into melee.
Cast Thrash as soon as you enter melee range.
Cast Berserk/ Incarnation: Guardian of Ursoc
Cast Thrash again to apply more debuff stacks.
Cast Mangle
Cast Thrash again to apply more debuff stacks and generate more rage.
Begin to dump as much rage as you can generate into Raze AoE or Maul ST
Cast Thrash again to apply more debuff stacks and maintain debuff.
Cast Ironfur to avoid rage capping/reduce physical damage taken if necessary.
Cast Frenzied Regeneration if your health dips low.
Cast Swipe or Moonfire if you have empty GCDs.

Best Race for Guardian Druid in The War Within Season 1

Each race in World of Warcraft offers their unique combat benefits which provide different powers to a specific class. We would suggest that players choose the race of their choice, regardless of the power gained. Anyways, here is a list of the different Races and their performance.