Retribution Paladin DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Shadowlands 9.0.2

Welcome to our Gearing Page for Retribution Paladin. This section will cover everything you need to know about equipping your character correctly.

If you have a new piece of gear that you need gems and enchants advice for, you can find everything you need on our dedicated page below.

At this stage in the game, there are so many variables and so many layers of optimization that you can apply to your character, that there is no way for a guide or anything else to tell you exactly what gear you should wear. This is why we always recommend simulating your own character using Raidbots. The website can help you choose set bonuses, conduits, soulbinds, covenants, trinkets, and combinations thereof in a way that is tailored completely to your specific character. Learning to use this tool is essential to maximizing your potential, as there is simply no other way to take all the variables into account.

When identifying what gear you should be aiming after, we recommend using RaidBots' Droptimizer feature. It requires the SimulationCraft Addon. Once you have the addon installed, write "/simc" into the chat in-game, and copy-pasting the contents into the RaidBots Droptimizer.

Simply select the raid and difficulty you are interested in, and RaidBots will take a while to figure out where you should spend your bonus rolls, and more.

Due to the prevalence of high item level trinkets rewards from weekly chests, there are a variety of suitable options when it comes to trinkets. It is always best to use Raidbots Top Gear to determine what your optimal trinkets are. Below are a few suggestions if you can not simulate your own trinkets.

• The Dreadfire Vessel trinket is strong for single-target. It mixes well with our priority target burst strengths. It also is a decent trinket for cleave.
• The Overwhelming Power Crystal trinket is strong for both single-target and cleave and it mixes well with out burst cooldowns.
• The Macabre Sheet Music trinket is strong in for both single-target and cleave. Running around during burst to gather the buffs makes for some awkward gameplay.
• The Spare Meat Hook trinket is strong for single-target, as long you can stay within range of your hooked target.
• The Inscrutable Quantum Device trinket can be very good, but more often than not, it will be more frustrating than useful in actual use.

• The Decanter of Anima-Charged Winds trinket is very strong for cleave and good for single-target.
• The Stone Legion Heraldry trinket is strong for both single-target and cleave, as long as you can group with some fellow Stone Legionnaires. It remains a good trinket option without any additional Stone Legionnaires.

Many people have a tendency to overthink the distribution of their secondary stats. An important thing to remember is that a higher quantity of stats is often better than a better quality of stats. Because of this, wearing higher item level gear with worse stats tends to be better than lower item level gear with great stats. Keep this in mind when considering gear. For more stats information, please refer to our dedicated page.

This does not include trinkets, as they are covered in the section above.

It is heavily recommended to simulate your own gear with Raidbots, but you can use the table below as an idea pool when you cannot simulate your own options.

Note that this is not a guide on which bosses to bonus roll. Refer to the Droptimizer guide above to plan out your bonus rolls!

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Diadem of Imperious Desire	Sire Denathrius in Castle Nathria
Neck	Noble's Birthstone Pendant	Council of Blood in Castle Nathria
Shoulder	Epaulettes of Overwhelming Force	Hungering Destroyer in Castle Nathria
Cloak	Crest of the Legionnaire General	Stone Legion Generals in Castle Nathria
Chest	Rampaging Giant's Chestplate	Sludgefist in Castle Nathria
Wrists	Hellhound Cuffs	Huntsman Altimor in Castle Nathria
Gloves	Colossal Plate Gauntlets	Sludgefist in Castle Nathria
Belt	The Mad Paragon	Crafted Legendary
Belt Alternative	Stoic Guardsman's Belt	Sun King's Salvation in Castle Nathria
Legs	Ceremonial Parade Legguards	Stone Legion Generals in Castle Nathria
Boots	Errant Crusader's Greaves	Shriekwing in Castle Nathria
Ring #1	Most Regal Signet of Sire Denathrius	Sire Denathrius in Castle Nathria
Ring #2	Ritualist's Treasured Ring	Lady Inerva Darkvein in Castle Nathria
Weapon	Stoneborn Goliath's Cleaver	Sire Denathrius in Castle Nathria