General Information
On this page, we present you with the best gems and enchants for a Guardian Druid in World of Warcraft MoP 5.4. We also list the best consumables (food, flasks, and potions) and profession-specific perks.
Make sure to check our Gear Optimisation Guide, which serves as a support guide for this page.
The other pages of our Guardian Druid guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.
Regarding meta-gem choice, we would like to mention that the 
Indomitable Primal Diamond is the best meta-gem for progression content in Patch 5.4.
Additionally, once you reach 79% Critical Strike chance on your character sheet, you should gem for Haste Rating instead of Critical Strike Rating.
2. Enchants↑top
Note that Extra Enchantments can be applied to an item in addition to a Main Enchantment.
3. Consumables↑top
3.1. Food
You should always eat food that gives you Stamina. You will be granted:
3.2. Flask
You should use a combination of elixirs, namely you should use 
Mantid Elixir and 
Mad Hozen Elixir. Alternatively, if you really need more Stamina, you can use a 
Flask of the Earth.
If you have over 79% Critical Strike chance, then you should use 
Elixir of the Rapids instead of Mad Hozen Elixir.
3.3. Potion
During the encounter, your best choice for a potion will be 
Potion of the Mountains for physical damage and 
Master Healing Potion for magic damage.
Alternatively, you can use a 
Virmen's Bite potion if you wish to boost your DPS.
4. Summing-up Profession Perks↑top
Choosing a profession for your Guardian Druid can impact your raid performance. As a rule, you should shy away from gathering professions (with the exception of Herbalism), which leaves the following viable professions for raiding:
| Blacksmithing |
Provides a 640 Critical Strike Rating gain through two extra sockets,  Socket Bracer and  Socket Gloves, in which you can fit 2  Smooth Sun's Radiance. |
| Jewelcrafting |
Provides a 320 Critical Strike Rating gain through the ability to use 2  Smooth Serpent's Eye |
| Alchemy |
Provides a 480 Stamina gain to your flask through  Mixology. |
| Enchanting |
Provides a 480 Stamina gain through  Enchant Ring - Greater Stamina. |
| Engineering |
Provides a 1,920 Dodge Rating bonus for 10 seconds, on a 1 minute cooldown, through  Phase Fingers or a 1,920 Agility bonus for 10 seconds every minute through Synapse Springs (the overall gain is +320 Agility). |
| Inscription |
Provides a 480 Stamina gain through  Secret Ox Horn Inscription. |
| Leatherworking |
Provides +750 Stamina through  Fur Lining - Stamina, instead of the usual +170 Dodge provided by  Enchant Bracer - Major Dodge or +170 Mastery provided by Enchant Bracer - Mastery. Also provides  Heavy Leg Reinforcements, a much cheaper equivalent to  Ironscale Leg Armor, the traditional leg enchant. |
| Tailoring |
Provides +1000 Attack Power in average through  Swordguard Embroidery, instead of +200 Stamina from Enchant Cloak - Greater Protection. |
| Herbalism |
Provides a 480 Haste Rating gain in average through  Lifeblood. |
5. Changelog↑top
- 13 Jan. 2014: Added new food items added in patch 5.4.
- 29 Sep. 2013: Added Synapse Springs as an Engineering bonus.
- 10 Sep. 2013: Patch 5.4 update.
- Removed Frag Belt, following its nerf.
- Added mentions of alternative gems, enchants, and consumables if you reach the 79% Critical Strike chance cap.
- 23 May 2013: Added Capacitive Primal Diamond to the list, and added a short mention of tanking versus DPS meta-gems below the gem table.
- 20 May 2013: Patch 5.3 update: nothing to change.
- 24 Apr. 2013: Added legendary meta-gem.
- 05 Apr. 2013: Added
Agile Primal Diamond as a potential meta-gem for increasing your DPS. Also added Enchant Gloves - Greater Haste and Enchant Gloves - Superior Expertise as options for hand enchants. Added suggestion to use a combination of elixirs instead of Flask of the Earth (unless you really need additional Stamina), and added Virmen's Bite as an option for a potion if you want more DPS.
- 02 Apr. 2013: Removed green-quality gems.
