Retribution Paladin PvP Gear Guide

The list below is following the stat priority of Hit Cap > Strength > Resilience Crit > Armor Penetration > Haste and will include items available exclusively from TBC dungeons/raids, professions, PvP, and reputation rewards.

You can learn more about how to leverage your unique skills in the Retribution Paladin PvP guide below:

This is a list of items that are considered to be best in each slot.

If you are instead looking for a PvE-focused list for either pre-raid or best-in-slot gear, make sure to check out our Paladin gearing hub below.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Brutal Gladiator's Scaled Helm	Arena Points Vendor
Neck	Guardian's Pendant of Triumph	Honor Vendor
Shoulders	Brutal Gladiator's Scaled Shoulders	Arena Points Vendor
Back	Razor-Scale Battlecloak	Morogrim Tidewalker — Serpentshrine Cavern
Chest	Brutal Gladiator's Scaled Chestpiece	Arena Points Vendor
Wrists	Guardian's Scaled Bracers	Honor Vendor
Hands	Brutal Gladiator's Scaled Gauntlets	Arena Points Vendor
Waist	Guardian's Scaled Belt	Honor Vendor
Legs	Brutal Gladiator's Scaled Legguards	Arena Points Vendor
Feet	Guardian's Scaled Greaves	Honor Vendor
Rings	Hard Khorium Band Guardian's Band of Triumph	Jewelcrafting Honor Vendor
Trinkets	Medallion of the Horde Berserker's Call	Honor Points Vendor Zul'jin — Zul'Aman
Weapon	Apolyon, the Soul-Render	Kil'jaeden — Sunwell Plateau
Libram	Libram of Avengement	The Maker in Heroic The Blood Furnace

Slot	Enchantment
Head	Glyph of Ferocity
Shoulders	Greater Inscription of Vengeance available once at Exalted reputation with the The Aldor Greater Inscription of the Blade available once at Exalted reputation with the The Scryers
Back	Enchant Cloak - Greater Shadow Resistance
Chest	Enchant Chest - Major Resilience
Wrists	Enchant Bracer - Brawn
Hands	Enchant Gloves - Major Strength
Legs	Nethercobra Leg Armor
Feet	Enchant Boots - Dexterity
Weapon	Enchant Weapon - Mongoose
Rings	Enchant Ring - Striking

As a Retribution Paladin, Relentless Earthstorm Diamond is your go-to for your meta gem. Bold Living Ruby should be placed in your Red sockets for the Strength gain which is your most powerful stat point-for-point, Sovereign Nightseye in Blues to add some Stamina and aid your survivability, and Inscribed Noble Topaz in your Yellow sockets to increase your Critical Strike chance but most importantly to activate your meta gem.