Retribution Paladin DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Dragonflight 10.2

Welcome to our Gear Page for Retribution Paladin. This guide contains all the information you need to know about how to gear a Retribution Paladin, including crafted gear, embellishments, and trinkets.

For more specific information about how stats work for Retribution, you can visit our Stats guide:

With the sheer number of possible gear combinations, a generic stat priority or BiS list is often not going to be the best way to determine how to gear your character. Instead, you can use Raidbots to get a better idea of how changing different items will affect your character. Especially for Retribution, you will frequently find the values of different stats fluctuate a lot as you upgrade your gear, so using a more objective metric to help you make gearing decisions is invaluable.

If you are not experienced with using Raidbots, see the guide below for more information on how to use it:

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BiS Gear for Retribution Paladin

Overall BiS List Mythic+ Gear BiS List Raid Gear BiS List

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BiS List for Retribution Paladin

This list contains any gear from all sources in the game, including Raid, Mythic+, and crafted gear.

In general, Retribution values item level more than any specific stat distributions, and you will see that reflected in the gear listed here.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Fyr'alath the Dreamrender	Fyrakk, the Blazing in Amirdrassil
Helm	Zealous Pyreknight's Barbute (489)	Revival Catalyst, or Mythic Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil
Neck	Ouroboreal Necklet (489)	Mythic Volcoross in Amirdrassil
Shoulder	Zealous Pyreknight's Ailettes (489)	Revival Catalyst, or Mythic Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Cloak	Vibrant Wildercloth Shawl (486)	Crafted by Tailoring and embellished with Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch
Chest	Zealous Pyreknight's Warplate (489)	Revival Catalyst, or Mythic Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil
Bracers	Primal Molten Vambraces (486)	Crafted by Blacksmithing and embellished with Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch
Gloves	Eldermoss Gauntlets (489)	Mythic Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil
Belt	Unwinding Eon Girdle (489)	Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
Legs	Zealous Pyreknight's Cuisses (489)	Revival Catalyst, or Mythic Larodar, Keeper of the Flame in Amirdrassil
Boots	Marbled Oathstone Greatboots (489)	Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise
Ring #1	Band of Burning Thorns (489)	Mythic Larodar, Keeper of the Flame in Amirdrassil
Ring #2	Signet of the Last Elder (489)	Mythic Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil
Trinket #1	Cataclysmic Signet Brand (489)	Mythic Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Trinket #2	Rezan's Gleaming Eye (489)	Atal'Dazar

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Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Retribution Paladin

This list contains only items from Mythic+, or items that are able to be catalyzed via the Revival Catalyst.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Gorehowl, Might of the Warchief	Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise
Helm	Zealous Pyreknight's Barbute	Revival Catalyst
Neck	Ironshell Pendant	Throne of the Tides
Shoulder	Zealous Pyreknight's Ailettes	Revival Catalyst
Cloak	Shadowfeather Shawl	Black Rook Hold
Chest	Zealous Pyreknight's Warplate	Revival Catalyst
Bracers	Zealous Commander's Cuffs	Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
Gloves	Zealous Pyreknight's Jeweled Gauntlets	Revival Catalyst
Belt	Unwinding Eon Girdle	Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond's Fall
Legs	Zealous Pyreknight's Cuisses	Revival Catalyst
Boots	Marbled Oathstone Greatboots	Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise
Ring #1	Seal of the Regal Loa	Atal'Dazar
Ring #2	Thornwoven Band	Waycrest Manor
Trinket #1	Mirror of Fractured Tomorrows	Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond's Rise
Trinket #2	Porcelain Crab	Throne of the Tides

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Raid Gear BiS List for Retribution Paladin

This list contains only items available from the Amirdrassil raid.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Fyr'alath the Dreamrender	Fyrakk, the Blazing in Amirdrassil
Helm	Zealous Pyreknight's Barbute (489)	Revival Catalyst, or Mythic Tindral Sageswift in Amirdrassil
Neck	Ouroboreal Necklet (489)	Mythic Volcoross in Amirdrassil
Shoulder	Zealous Pyreknight's Ailettes (489)	Revival Catalyst, or Mythic Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Cloak	Inflammable Drapeleaf (489)	Mythic Gnarlroot in Amirdrassil
Chest	Zealous Pyreknight's Warplate (489)	Revival Catalyst, or Mythic Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil
Bracers	Agonizing Manacles (489)	Mythic Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil
Gloves	Eldermoss Gauntlets (489)	Mythic Nymue, Weaver of the Cycle in Amirdrassil
Belt	Phlegethic Girdle (489)	Mythic Larodar, Keeper of the Flame in Amirdrassil
Legs	Zealous Pyreknight's Cuisses (489)	Revival Catalyst, or Mythic Larodar, Keeper of the Flame in Amirdrassil
Boots	Fused Obsidian Sabatons (489)	Mythic Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Ring #1	Band of Burning Thorns (489)	Mythic Larodar, Keeper of the Flame in Amirdrassil
Ring #2	Signet of the Last Elder (489)	Mythic Igira the Cruel in Amirdrassil
Trinket #1	Cataclysmic Signet Brand (489)	Mythic Smolderon in Amirdrassil
Trinket #2	Augury of the Primal Flame (496)	Mythic Fyrakk, the Blazing in Amirdrassil

The Tier Set bonus for Dragonflight Season 3 for Retribution Paladin is the Zealous Pyreknight's Ardor. The bonuses it provides are:

• Paladin Retribution 10.2 Class Set 2pc — Expurgation lasts an additional 3 seconds and deals 30% more damage. Casting Judgment or Divine Toll on a target with Expurgation causes Wrathful Sanction, damaging the target and resonating half of the initial damage to up to 4 nearby enemies.
• Paladin Retribution 10.2 Class Set 4pc — Wrathful Sanction grants you Echoes of Wrath, causing your next Final Verdict or Divine Storm to deal damage a second time at 25% effectiveness.

These bonuses dramatically increase the power of Judgment and buff your spender damage significantly, too. You should use both bonuses as soon as possible, replacing older tier sets as soon as you can.

Since you only need 4 out of the 5 items to activate the bonus, you can drop the Gloves for other items if necessary, depending on your current gear.

In general, you should focus your early crafts on getting embellished gear. For more information on that, see the section below.

Once you have your two embellished items, the next best item to craft will usually be a weapon, such as Obsidian Seared Claymore. They do cost 2 Spark of Dreams, so you may not be able to craft one early on, but if you are yet to acquire a high item-level weapon later in the season, it is an excellent option. Next, jewelry is a good choice since you can customize its secondary stats as required, and all crafted rings come with a socket. Finally, fill out any low-item level non-tier slots such as bracers, cloak, belt, and feet, and then you have the option of crafting additional embellished items for different content types.

When crafting gear, you will want to use a missive to set the item's secondary stats. Although you should sim your options to check what the best one for your gear setup would be, a good default to use is Draconic Missive of the Aurora.

Choosing embellishments largely depends on the type of content you want to mainly do. Fortunately, there is some overlap between desirable embellishments for Raid and for Mythic+.

For Raid, you will want to craft two Plate slots with Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch. The theoretical best slots to craft these on are your Bracers and Cloak, with Boots and Belt being similar alternatives, but you can put it on any slot that you have at low item level at the time.

For Mythic+, Frostfire Legguards of Preparation is the best choice since the Haste effect will proc on every new pack, and many bosses spawn new enemies that can proc it, too. The second embellishment to use is also Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch, following the same crafting heuristics as Raid.

Alternative embellished items you could use include Allied Wristguard of Companionship and Allied Chestplate of Generosity. These provide less of an overall increase than the second embellishments listed above, but are more general and can be useful if you want an embellishment that can perform in multiple content types.

Retribution wants different trinkets depending on the situation. On single-target, trinkets with damage procs or on-use damage effects tend to be stronger, while on AoE , trinkets that provide secondary stats tend to be best.

For single-target, the strongest trinkets in Season 3 are:

1. Cataclysmic Signet Brand - This trinket is the strongest for sustained combat, but it does require at least a few minutes to consistently stack up. It does a very small amount of cleave damage, too, but not a significant amount when compared to other trinkets.
2. Rezan's Gleaming Eye - Another purely passive damage proc trinket. It summons a dinosaur to attack your target.
3. Augury of the Primal Flame - A damage proc that has very high variance. It can proc much more or much less than expected, so be wary when using it that it is very inconsistent.
4. Branch of the Tormented Ancient - An on-use damage trinket that slows you when used until you use enough abilities to break it. This should usually happen in a matter of seconds, so this drawback is fairly insignificant. It does gain some damage with extra targets as well, but again, not enough for it to truly compete with other trinkets on AoE.

For AoE, the strongest trinkets in Season 3 are:

1. Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge - A passive stat-stick that will occasionally cycle through the buffs it provides, empowering them as it does.
2. Ashes of the Embersoul - Provides passive Haste and has an on-use effect that removes that Haste to provide you with a very large Strength buff. This is an extremely strong burst trinket, and is best used with Avenging Wrath.
3. Mirror of Fractured Tomorrows - An on-use trinket that provides you with your highest secondary stat for 20 seconds. In general, this should be used on cooldown with Avenging Wrath, but you can hold it for a subsequent cooldown window if you need the damage more later.
4. Porcelain Crab - A passive Mastery proc trinket. Mastery generally is not an amazing stat, but it tends to perform better on AoE than it does on single-target, especially with other stat-based trinkets rather than damage proc ones.