Retribution Paladin DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Season 4

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	Heartfire Sentinel's Forgehelm	Revival Catalyst
Neck	Ouroboreal Necklet	Volcoross in Amirdrassil
Shoulder	Heartfire Sentinel's Steelwings	Revival Catalyst
Cloak	Voice of the Silent Star	Scalecommander Sarkareth in Aberrus
Chest	Dathea's Cyclonic Cage	Dathea, Ascended in Vault of the Incarnates
Bracers	Primal Molten Vambraces	Crafted by Blacksmithing and embellished with Blue Silken Lining
Gloves	Heartfire Sentinel's Protectors	Revival Catalyst
Belt	Primal Molten Greatbelt	Crafted by Blacksmithing and embellished with Blue Silken Lining
Legs	Heartfire Sentinel's Faulds	Revival Catalyst
Boots	Lavaforged Sollerets	Volcoross in Aberrus
Ring #1	Seal of Diurna's Chosen	Eranog in Vault of the Incarnates
Ring #2	Seal of Filial Duty	Broodkeeper Diurna in Vault of the Incarnates
Trinket #1	Elementium Pocket Anvil	The Amalgamation Chamber in Aberrus
Trinket #2	Cataclysmic Signet Brand	Smolderon in Amirdrassil

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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	Sargha's Smasher	Neltharus
Helm	Heartfire Sentinel's Forgehelm	Revival Catalyst
Neck	Custodian's Medallion of Delusion	The Azure Vault
Shoulder	Heartfire Sentinel's Steelwings	The Azure Vault
Cloak	Cloak of Lost Devotion	The Azure Vault
Chest	Breastplate of Proven Knowledge	Algeth'ar Academy
Bracers	Thrashing Wind Vambraces	The Nokhud Offensive
Gloves	Heartfire Sentinel's Protectors	Revival Catalyst
Belt	Trapmaster's Utility Belt	Brackenhide Hollow
Legs	Heartfire Sentinel's Faulds	Revival Catalyst
Boots	Scaleguard's Stalwart Greatboots	Ruby Life Pools
Ring #1	Bloodied Wedding Ring	Brackenhide Hollow
Ring #2	Circle of Ascended Frost	Halls of Infusion
Trinket #1	Blazebinder's Hoof	Ruby Life Pools
Trinket #2	Idol of Trampling Hooves	The Nokhud Offensive

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Raid Gear BiS List for Retribution Paladin

This list contains only items available from the Awakened raids.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Weapon	Fyr'alath the Dreamrender	Fyrakk, the Blazing in Amirdrassil
Helm	Heartfire Sentinel's Forgehelm	Revival Catalyst
Neck	Ouroboreal Necklet	Volcoross in Amirdrassil
Shoulder	Heartfire Sentinel's Steelwings	Revival Catalyst
Cloak	Voice of the Silent Star	Scalecommander Sarkareth in Aberrus
Chest	Dathea's Cyclonic Cage	Dathea, Ascended in Vault of the Incarnates
Bracers	Shackles of Titanic Failure	Raszageth in Vault of the Incarnates
Gloves	Heartfire Sentinel's Protectors	Revival Catalyst
Belt	Phlegethic Girdle	Larodar in Amirdrassil
Legs	Heartfire Sentinel's Faulds	Revival Catalyst
Boots	Lavaforged Sollerets	Volcoross in Aberrus
Ring #1	Seal of Diurna's Chosen	Eranog in Vault of the Incarnates
Ring #2	Seal of Filial Duty	Broodkeeper Diurna in Vault of the Incarnates
Trinket #1	Elementium Pocket Anvil	The Amalgamation Chamber in Aberrus
Trinket #2	Cataclysmic Signet Brand	Smolderon in Amirdrassil

The Tier Set bonuses for Dragonflight Season 4 for Retribution Paladin 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 Chest for other items if necessary, depending on your current gear.

Season 4 offers a way to target specific, powerful items with the new Antique Bronze Bullion. Here are the best items to spend your Bullions on in Dragonflight Season 4.

1. Scale of Awakening
2. Elementium Pocket Anvil
3. A second trinket and Seal of Diurna's Chosen
4. Voice of the Silent Star and Seal of Filial Duty
5. Other trinkets and Ouroboreal Necklet

Fyr'alath the Dreamrender is significantly better than other weapons, and the ability to upgrade its item level is worth far more than any other upgrade from Bullions. Elementium Pocket Anvil is recommended as the next purchase as it is the strongest trinket for Retribution in almost all situations. After those, the next best item to buy depends a bit on what you have available and what content you want to prioritize purchases for. A second trinket will usually be the best choice for Mythic+, and for Raid a second trinket or Seal of Diurna's Chosen will be similarly strong depending on what other trinket options you have available. See the trinket section below for recommendations on which trinkets to buy. Voice of the Silent Star and Seal of Filial Duty are good choices afterward, as they are both rare items with a higher item level cap, and then finally Ouroboreal Necklet is a neck with good stats and a decent secondary effect if you do not yet have a good alternative neck.

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, if you do not have Fyr'alath the Dreamrender then 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, jewellery 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.

For both Raid and Mythic+, you will want to craft two armor slots with Blue Silken Lining. This requires you to stay above 90% health to maintain its buff, but it is the strongest embellishment to use even with low uptime. If the uptime is below around 20%, then other embellishments can be used instead. For single-target, the next best embellishment is Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch, and for Mythic+ or AoE Allied Wristguard of Companionship and Elemental Lariat are decent options.

Because crafted gear has a slightly lower item level cap than Myth track items, you will want to use embellishments in slots that have relatively less Strength while not clashing with strong items with extra effects like Voice of the Silent Star. Bracers with either Boots or Belt are good choices for slots to craft.

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 4 are:

1. Elementium Pocket Anvil - By far the strongest single-target trinket. The on-use does not share a cooldown with other on-use trinkets, but it does require a short channel to use.
2. Cataclysmic Signet Brand - This trinket is strong 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.
3. Manic Grieftorch - If you consistently have some group members dying to reduce its cooldown, it can be one of the strongest trinkets for single-target. If you do not get any extra uses from it then there are generally better trinket options.
4. Blazebinder's Hoof - Especially strong with Crusade. The stacking effect and final damage are both significant, making this a strong choice for a burst trinket if you have one at high item level.
5. Ashes of the Embersoul - Another strong burst trinket option that is also great with Crusade. Provides passive Haste and has an on-use effect that removes that Haste to provide you with a very large Strength buff.

For AoE, the strongest trinkets in Season 4 are:

1. Ashes of the Embersoul - See above. This is one of the best AoE trinkets while also being a strong single-target trinket as well, making it a good choice for situations where both types of damage are useful.
2. Neltharion's Call to Chaos - A great passive trinket to pair with an on-use one. It procs a large amount of strength on AoE abilities, which will also happen on single-target when using Consecrated Blade. It does have the drawback of increasing damage taken while the proc is active, but Retribution is a spec that can usually manage that downside with no issues.
3. Storm-Eater's Boon - An on-use effect that does a massive amount of damage to surrounding enemies, but roots you in place when used. This root effect cannot be removed with Blessing of Freedom, making using it often risky.
4. Whispering Incarnate Icon - A passive statstick that improves in strength when you have group members of other roles using it too. By itself it is unimpressive, but it becomes a decent option if you have all of its buffs.