Last updated on Sep 09, 2024 at 18:00by Bolas66 comments
General Information
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for yourRetribution Paladin in World of Warcraft The War Within (Season 1).
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Retribution Paladin gear and best in slot.
1.
Best in Slot Gear Guide for Retribution Paladin
Welcome to our Gear Page for Retribution Paladin. Thisguide contains all the information you need to know about how to gear a Retribution Paladin, including crafted gear, embellishments, and trinkets.
For more specific information about how stats work for Retribution, you can visit our Stats guide:
Retribution Paladin Stat Priority
2.
The Importance of "Simming Yourself" as a Retribution Paladin
With the sheer number of possible gear combinations, a generic stat priority or BiS list is not going to tell the entire story of how to gear your character.Instead, you should use Raidbots to get a better idea of how changing different items will affect your character. Especially for Retribution, you will frequently findthe values of different stats fluctuate a lot as you upgrade your gear, so using a more objective metric to help you make gearing decisions is invaluable.
If you are not experienced with using Raidbots, see the guide below for more information on how to use it:
Simming Yourself — A Guide to Raidbots
3.
BiS Gear for Retribution Paladin
Season 1 Overall BiS ListSeason 1 Nerub-ar Palace BiS ListSeason 1 Mythic+ BiS List
4.
Season 1 Overall BiS List for Retribution Paladin
This list contains the BiS items from any source for Season 1 of The War Within.
Some items listed are only available from the Great Vault. While these are theoretical BiS, other similar itemsthat are more easily obtained can be substituted instead. You should not be dropping significant amounts of item levelfor items on this list in most cases.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
---|---|---|
Weapon | Everforged Greataxe | Blacksmithing |
Helm | Entombed Seraph's Casque | Matrix Catalyst |
Neck | Sureki Zealot's Insignia | Sikran in Nerub-ar Palace |
Shoulder | Entombed Seraph's Plumes | Matrix Catalyst |
Cloak | Royal Emblem of Nerub-ar | Ulgrax the Devourer in Nerub-ar Palace |
Chest | Entombed Seraph's Breastplate | Matrix Catalyst |
Bracers | Everforged Vambraces | Blacksmithing |
Gloves | Entombed Seraph's Castigation | Matrix Catalyst |
Belt | Girdle of Somber Ploys | The Dawnbreaker |
Legs | Legplates of Broken Trust | The Stonevault |
Boots | Boots of the Black Bulwark | The Bloodbound Horror in Nerub-ar Palace |
Ring #1 | Seal of the Poisoned Pact | Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace |
Ring #2 | Writhing Ringworm | Broodtwister Ovi'nax in Nerub-ar Palace |
Trinket #1 | Mark of Khardros | Grim Batol |
Trinket #2 | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
4.
Nerub-ar Palace BiS List for Retribution Paladin
This list contains the BiS items from Nerub-ar Palace for Season 1 of The War Within.
While the items listed are theoretical BiS, other similar items can be substituted instead for most slots.You should not be dropping significant amounts of item level for items on this list in most cases.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
---|---|---|
Weapon | Anub'arash's Colossal Mandible | Silken Court in Nerub-ar Palace |
Helm | Entombed Seraph's Casque | Matrix Catalyst |
Neck | Sureki Zealot's Insignia | Sikran in Nerub-ar Palace |
Shoulder | Entombed Seraph's Plumes | Matrix Catalyst |
Cloak | Royal Emblem of Nerub-ar | Ulgrax the Devourer in Nerub-ar Palace |
Chest | Entombed Seraph's Breastplate | Matrix Catalyst |
Bracers | Devoted Offering's Irons | Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace |
Gloves | Black Blood Injectors | Broodtwister Ovi'nax in Nerub-ar Palace |
Belt | Nether Bounty's Greatbelt | Nexus-Princess Ky'veza in Nerub-ar Palace |
Legs | Entombed Seraph's Greaves | Matrix Catalyst |
Boots | Boots of the Black Bulwark | The Bloodbound Horror in Nerub-ar Palace |
Ring #1 | Seal of the Poisoned Pact | Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace |
Ring #2 | Writhing Ringworm | Broodtwister Ovi'nax in Nerub-ar Palace |
Trinket #1 | Skyterror's Corrosive Organ | Rasha'nan in Nerub-ar Palace |
Trinket #2 | Mad Queen's Mandate | Queen Ansurek in Nerub-ar Palace |
4.
Season 1 Mythic+ BiS List for Retribution Paladin
This list contains the BiS items from Mythic+ for Season 1 of The War Within.
While the items listed are theoretical BiS, other similar items can be substituted instead for most slots.You should not be dropping significant amounts of item level for items on this list in most cases.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
---|---|---|
Weapon | Wild Hammer | Grim Batol |
Helm | Entombed Seraph's Casque | Matrix Catalyst |
Neck | 'Emergency Stop' Keychain | The Stonevault |
Shoulder | Entombed Seraph's Plumes | Matrix Catalyst |
Cloak | Anvilhide Cape | The Stonevault |
Chest | Entombed Seraph's Breastplate | Matrix Catalyst |
Bracers | Bracers of Umbral Mending | Grim Batol |
Gloves | Entombed Seraph's Castigation | Matrix Catalyst |
Belt | Girdle of Somber Ploys | The Dawnbreaker |
Legs | Legplates of Broken Trust | The Stonevault |
Boots | Ballast Sinkers | Siege of Boralus |
Ring #1 | Umbriss Band | Grim Batol |
Ring #2 | Band of the Roving Scalawag | Siege of Boralus |
Trinket #1 | Mark of Khardros | Grim Batol |
Trinket #2 | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
4.
Best Trinkets for Retribution Paladin in The War Within Season 1
Raiding Trinket Tier ListMythic+ Trinket Tier List
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Raiding Trinket Tier List for Retribution Paladin
This list contains trinkets from any source, ranked according to their strength in raid content.As raid content is primarily single-target-focused, trinkets that are stronger in single-target will tend to be ranked higher.
5.1.
S-Tier
- Ara-Kara Sacbrood
- Mark of Khardros
- Skarmorak Shard
5.2.
A-Tier
- Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife
- Skyterror's Corrosive Organ
- Mad Queen's Mandate
5.3.
B-Tier
- Spare Meat Hook
- Oppressive Orator's Larynx
- Treacherous Transmitter
5.4.
C-Tier
- Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg
- Void Pactstone
- Quickwick Candlestick
5.5.
D-Tier
- Sikran's Endless Arsenal
- Overclocked Gear-a-Rang Launcher
- Algari Alchemist Stone
6.
Mythic+ Trinket Tier List for Retribution Paladin
This list contains trinkets from any source, ranked according to their strength in Mythic+ content.As Mythic+ is primarily AoE-focused, trinkets that are stronger in multi-target situations will tend to be ranked higher.
6.1.
S-Tier
- Ara-Kara Sacbrood
- Mark of Khardros
- Skarmorak Shard
6.2.
A-Tier
- Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife
6.3.
B-Tier
- Treacherous Transmitter
- Ovi'nax's Mercurial Egg
6.4.
C-Tier
- Skyterror's Corrosive Organ
- Spare Meat Hook
- Oppressive Orator's Larynx
- Void Pactstone
- Quickwick Candlestick
6.5.
D-Tier
- Mad Queen's Mandate
- Sikran's Endless Arsenal
- Overclocked Gear-a-Rang Launcher
- Algari Alchemist Stone
7.
Retribution Paladin Tier Set for The War Within Season 1
The Tier Set bonuses for The War Within Season 1 for Retribution Paladin are:
- Paladin Retribution Season 1 2pc — Blade of Justice damage increased by 15% and Wake of Ashes damage increased by 10%.
- Paladin Retribution Season 1 4pc — Wake of Ashes increases your damage done by 8% for 8 seconds.
These bonuses increase the damage of Wake of Ashes and Blade of Justice and also provide a decent damage increase during your cooldown windows.They are not insanely strong bonuses, but you should still aim to get them as soon as possible.
8.
Retribution Paladin Crafted Gear and Embellishments
8.1.
Crafted Gear for Retribution Paladin
In general, you should focus your early crafts on getting embellished gear. For more information on those, see the section below.
Once you have your two embellished items, jewellery is a good choice to craft since you can customize its secondary stats as required, and all crafted rings come with a socket.Finally, fill out any low-item level non-tier slots such as bracers, cloak, belt, and feet, and then you have the option of crafting additional embellished items for different content types.
When crafting gear, you will want to use a missive to set the item's secondary stats. Although you should sim your options to check what the best one for your gear setup would be, a good default to use is Algari Missive of the Peerless.
8.2.
Embellishments for Retribution Paladin
Embellishments are still being actively tuned at the moment - it is in your best interest to wait until Season 1 has started to use your Sparks just in case things change.
For Retribution, you have a few combinations that perform very similarly:
- Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension & Writhing Armor Banding
- 2x Dawnthread Lining
- 2x Elemental Focusing Lens
Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension along with Writhing Armor Banding is a strong combination,but does require you to use a crafted weapon - this can be a bonus as weapons are by far the most important slot to get at high item level, but they do require 2 Sparks rather than 1 to craft,which will force you to use a non-Spark crafted item for your second embellishment while you wait for your next spark. If you do not get a high item level weapon early and can craft at 636 then this combination is a good choice. Dawnthread Lining is very close to the Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension combination, performing slightly ahead or behind depending on the uptime you can maintain. Elemental Focusing Lens is the next best armor embellishment after Dawnthread Lining if you cannot maintain high uptime on its buff.
Because crafted gear has a slightly lower item level cap than Myth track items, you will want to use armor embellishments in slots that have relatively less Strength.Bracers and cloak are good choices for slots to craft on.
9.
Best Gear Upgrades for Retribution Paladin
Gear can be upgraded using Crests and Valorstones. Upgrading gear for a given slot will also reduce the cost of future upgrades, which reduces the opportunity cost of upgrading early on.In general, you should aim to upgrade the slots with the highest impact first - for Retribution, this is:
- Weapon
- Trinkets
- Helm, Chest, and Legs
- Shoulders, Belt, Gloves, Boots, and Jewellery
- Cloak and Bracers
10.
Changelog
- 09 Sep. 2024: Updated for TWW Season 1.
- 28 Aug. 2024: Updated embellishment recommendations.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Updated for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 28 Nov. 2023: Added the new Legendary and adjusted trinket recommendations.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Added BiS lists and overhauled page formatting for Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 24 May 2023: Updated for Cataclysm Timewalking and added Pocket Anvil for pure single-target.
- 06 May 2023: Updated for trinket and T30 secondary stat changes.
- 02 May 2023: Updated Raid and Dungeon gear and added m+ embellishments.
- 01 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 17 Jan. 2023: Readded Idol of Tampling Hooves after it got fixed.
- 16 Dec. 2022: Added second on-use trinket Manic Grieftorch.
- 16 Dec. 2022: Removed Idol of Tampling Hooves because it didnt hit raid bosses properly.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Mythic+ Season 1 loot tables.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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