Retribution Paladin DPS Crucible of Storms Raid Guide — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.2.5

This page will focus primarily on how a Retribution Paladin can optimize its performance on the raid bosses in Crucible of Storms, and not on an actual raid strategy for the bosses.

Both of the encounters favor ranged, multi-DoT specs, but compared to other melee specs, Retribution will do comparably well.

Right after the first Light's Decree Azerite trait, you want to have a single Empyrean Power Azerite trait for the Crucible of Storms encounters. The first Empyrean Power trait gives you the most additional free cleave damage, while also providing viable single-target damage.

Due to the raid hostility mechanics of the Crucible of Storm encounters, Divine Storm and Wake of Ashes should be used with care.

We advise you to use the following talents against The Restless Cabal.

• Level 15: Zeal
• Level 25: Empyrean Power
• Level 30: Fist of Justice
• Level 35: Eye for an Eye
• Level 40: Divine Purpose (or Holy Avenger, situationally)
• Level 45: Selfless Healer or Healing Hands
• Level 50: No specific recommendation

• Keep a defensive cooldown ready in case you have to run out the raid with the Crushing Doubt debuff and you are not fully healed.
• Heal yourself before the Void Stone phase starts, just in case you did not get fully healed. You can use Lay on Hands if someone drops into a critically low level of Health right before the Void Stone phase starts.

We advise you to use the following talents against Mythic The Restless Cabal.

• Level 15: Zeal
• Level 25: Empyrean Power
• Level 30: Fist of Justice
• Level 35: Eye for an Eye
• Level 40: Divine Purpose (or Holy Avenger, situationally)
• Level 45: Selfless Healer or Healing Hands
• Level 50: No specific recommendation

We advise you to use the following talents against Uu'nat, Harbinger of the Void.

• Level 15: Zeal
• Level 25: Empyrean Power
• Level 30: Fist of Justice
• Level 35: Eye for an Eye
• Level 40: Divine Purpose
• Level 45: Selfless Healer or Healing Hands
• Level 50: Crusade or Final Reckoning (or Sanctified Wrath, situationally)

• Interrupt the Consume Essence cast from the Primordial Mindbender with Rebuke.

We advise you to use the following talents against Mythic Uu'nat, Harbinger of the Void.

• Level 15: Zeal
• Level 25: Empyrean Power
• Level 30: Fist of Justice
• Level 35: Eye for an Eye
• Level 40: Divine Purpose
• Level 45: Selfless Healer or Healing Hands
• Level 50: Crusade or Final Reckoning (or Sanctified Wrath, situationally)