Retribution Paladin DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Shadowlands 9.0.5

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. This website can help you choose set bonuses, Conduits, Soulbinds, Covenants, trinkets, Valor upgrades, 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.

The Droptimizer feature from Raidbots lets you identify which dungeons and Raid Bosses you should spend your Bonus Rolls on. It simulates all of the potential upgrades in a raid or a dungeon, and lists the bosses/dungeons by rank order of how much DPS you can expect to gain from bonus rolling on it. We have a guide for it that you can access using the link below.

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 Sinful Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity trinket is a very good trinket for Kyrian Paladins and decent for Paladins using other Covenants.
• 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 very strong for both single-target and cleave, as long as you can group with some fellow Stone Legionnaires. It remains a strong trinket option without any additional Stone Legionnaires.
• The Sinful Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity trinket is strong for both single-target and cleave.
• The Phial of Putrefaction trinket is very strong for pure single-target fights.

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 for raid loot.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Diadem of Imperious Desire	Sire Denathrius in Castle Nathria
Neck	Charm of Eternal Winter	Huntsman Altimor 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	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	Nathrian Crusader's Bastard Sword	Sire Denathrius in Castle Nathria