Retribution Paladin DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.1
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Retribution Paladin in World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.1.
1. Azerite Gear
1.1. Azerite Head
1.2. Azerite Shoulders
1.3. Azerite Chest
2. Evaluating Upgrades
The easiest way, and also the method we suggest, to compare multiple items is to use Raidbots Top Gear. Here you can input an export from the Simcraft AddOn , select the items to compare, and it will find out which of the items are best.
3. Weapons
The Two-Handed Sword 
Geti'ikku, Cut of Death from King's Rest with the
bleed effect can be better than other weapons at the same item level.
Go to the Simulations
page for more details.
4. Trinkets
Due to the prevalence of high item level trinkets and Titanforged rewarded from PvP and Mythic+ dungeon grinding, 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.
A generic ranking for the top 13 single-target Trinkets can be found here:
A generic ranking for the top 13 cleave Trinkets can be found here:
5. Changelog
- 17 Dec. 2018: Added Geti'ikku once again for 8.1.
- 10 Dec. 2018: Updated for 8.1.
- 19 Sep. 2018: Updated to adjust Geti'ikku value.
- 06 Sep. 2018: Updated for Geti'ikku change.
- 27 Aug. 2018: Added Azerite Gear rankings.
- 13 Aug. 2018: Updated for Battle for Azeroth launch.
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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