Retribution Paladin DPS Crucible of Storms Raid Guide — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.2.5
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Retribution Paladin for each boss of the following raid: Crucible of Storms. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.2.5.
Disclaimer
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.
Retribution Paladin in Crucible of Storms
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.
Talent Cheatsheet
The Restless Cabal
Retribution Paladin Playstyle on The Restless Cabal
- 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.
Mythic
Uu'nat, Harbinger of the Void
Retribution Paladin Playstyle on Uu'nat, Harbinger of the Void
- Interrupt the
Consume Essence cast from the Primordial Mindbender with
Rebuke.
Mythic Talents
Changelog
- 24 Jun. 2019: This page has been reviewed for the release of Patch 8.2 and no changes are necessary.
- 13 May 2019: Added Mythic notes.
- 15 Apr. 2019: Guide added.
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This guide has been written by Urthearso, theorycrafter for Retribution Paladins. If you have any questions about the spec you can reach him on the official Paladin Discord, on Twitter, and during his streams on Twitch.
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