Retribution Paladin Best Legendaries in Shadowlands — Shadowlands 9.1.5

Legendary Powers are special effects affixed to crafted items in the Shadowlands (through Runecarving). Most of these effects have benefits that are specific to your spec, and others work for all Paladin specs. On this page, we will go through the best ones for all types of content. Please refer to our Paladin Legendary Powers page and our Runecarving page for more information about these powers.

This is our recommendation for which Legendary to craft first as a PvE player that does a variety of content. It is simply the best Legendary if you could only ever craft one. This choice is a bit dependent on your Covenant.

Kyrian — Divine Resonance is an excellent all-purpose Legendary for Kyrian Retribution Paladins. It has the best Raiding and second-best Mythic+ potential.

Venthyr — The Mad Paragon is a excellent all-purpose Legendary for Venthyr Retribution Paladins. It has the best single-target and second-best AoE potential.

Night Fae & Necrolord — The Mad Paragon is a strong all-purpose Legendary for both Night Fae and Necrolord Retribution Paladins. It has the second best single-target and second-best AoE potential.

If raiding is your main focus, there are different Legendaries to prioritize depending on your Covenant. As Venthyr you want to craft The Mad Paragon, as it is an excellent single-target choice and a strong cleave choice as it synergizes well with Ashen Hallow. For Kyrian you want to craft Divine Resonance, as it is an outstanding single-target and a strong cleave choice. For Night Fae and Necrolord, you want to craft Final Verdict first, as it is your best pure single-target Legendary Power.

Other usable options for raiding are listed below.

1. The Magistrate's Judgment performs well in single-target and cleave. This Legendary gives Paladins using Execution Sentence the chance to potentially fit another Templar's Verdict inside the damage window.
2. Vanguard's Momentum performs fine in single-target and decently in cleave. If you joined the Venthyr Covenant, this is one of two Legendaries which synergize well with Ashen Hallow.
3. Seasons of Plenty can be used if you want to double down on your Night Fae role of empowering your allies as much as possible over your personal throughput.

If Mythic+ is your main focus, the Tempest of the Lightbringer Legendary is the best choice for the important Fortified push weeks. It performs so well for cleave that the lack of single-target throughput is irrelevant over a full dungeon run.

Kyrian Retribution Paladins can craft Divine Resonance for excellent Mythic+ performance, especially in Tyrannical weeks. While being strong for Boss encounters, it also is very strong for cleave, just not as good as Tempest of the Lightbringer. If Tempest is balanced too one-sided for you, and you look for a more versatile Legendary Power, you can run this in Fortified weeks.

Other usable options for Mythic+ are listed below:

1. The Mad Paragon performs great for single-target and cleave. If you joined the Venthyr Covenant, this is one of two Legendaries which synergize well with Ashen Hallow.
2. The Magistrate's Judgment performs good in single-target and cleave. This Legendary gives Paladins using Execution Sentence the chance to potentially fit another Templar's Verdict inside the damage window.
3. Vanguard's Momentum performs fine in single-target and decently in cleave. If you joined the Venthyr Covenant, this is one of two Legendaries which synergize well with Ashen Hallow.

If climbing Torghast is your main focus, the Stable Phantasma Lure Legendary is the best choice. The additional Phantasma earned has a high chance to make up the loss of not using any of our other Legendaries.

Other usable options for Torghast are listed below.

1. Divine Resonance for Kyrian Paladins offers outstanding single-target and a strong cleave. It also synergizes well with Anima Powers affecting Judgment.
2. The Mad Paragon performs great for single-target and cleave. If you joined the Venthyr Covenant, this is one of two Legendaries which synergize well with Ashen Hallow. It also synergizes well with Anima Powers affecting Hammer of Wrath.
3. The Magistrate's Judgment performs good in single-target and cleave. This Legendary gives Paladins using Execution Sentence the chance to potentially fit another Templar's Verdict inside the damage window. This Legendary Power synergizes well with Anima Powers affecting Holy Power spenders and Judgment's' cooldown.
4. Tempest of the Lightbringer is the strongest cleave Legendary, and it synergizes well with many Anima Powers affecting Holy Power spenders.

• Radiant Embers desynchronizes Ashen Hallow from your cooldowns, and even if the cooldown reduction is not used, it is less potent than other options for Venthyr.
• Duty-Bound Gavel allows for charge-pooling larger burst, but overall worse than alternatives.
• Relentless Inquisitor's haste is no longer impactful enough for this Legendary to be considered.
• Of Dusk and Dawn's flat damage amplification with limited uptime is too weak to still be considered.
• Uther's Devotion provides decent utility, but we are looking for additional throughput for PvE.
• Echo of Eonar is not powerful enough in its proc for it to be considered.
• Judgment of the Arbiter does too little damage to be useful.
• Norgannon's Sagacity is useless for us, as we can cast almost everything important while being able to move anyway.
• Sephuz's Proclamation is not useful for PvE.
• Vitality Sacrifice is not useful for PvE.
• Maw Rattle does too low damage, and the damage reduction is too low to consider it for defensive purposes.
• Third Eye of the Jailer is not powerful enough in its proc for it to be considered.