Retribution Paladin DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — The War Within Pre-Patch
On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Retribution Paladin, based on your stat priority. We also give budget alternatives. This page is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within Pre-Patch.
If you were looking for WotLK Classic content, please refer to our WotLK Classic Retribution Paladin gems and enchants.
Enchants, Gems and Consumables for Retribution Paladin
This section specifically covers the optimal gems, enchants, food, weapon runes, potions, and phials for your character. To get a more detailed rundown of the different stats for Retribution Paladin, please visit our dedicated Stats page:
Best Gems for Retribution Paladin
You will generally want to use Skillful Illimited Diamond in your first socket and
Keen Neltharite in your other sockets.
The optimal gem combination to use can change depending on your current gear, so treat these gem recommendations as a general guide rather than a strict rule to follow.
Best Enchants for Retribution Paladin
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For your weapon enchant, Enchant Weapon - Wafting Devotion is listed here as a strong general option, but other weapon enchants can be competitive too. Sim your character to determine the best one for you.
How to Choose Gems and Enchants for Retribution Paladin
The above recommendations are all general-purpose ones, that will work for any situation. However, there could potentially be a slightly more optimal combination for you, depending on your gear. We recommend using Raidbots' Top Gear to simulate your character to find the best combination for your specific situation.
Consumables for Retribution Paladin
Best Phial for Retribution Paladin
In general, Phial of Tepid Versatility is the best phial to use. It provides a valuable stat, and Versatility also provides some damage reduction.
Iced Phial of Corrupting Rage will do slightly more damage, but will also damage you significantly and has periods where it provides no benefit.
Best Combat Potion for Retribution Paladin
The best potion to use is Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power.
Elemental Potion of Power is a cheaper, less effective option.
It can be useful to have some
Residual Neural Channeling Agent during progression to be able to still deal some damage if you happen to die before you can use a second potion.
Best Health Potion for Retribution Paladin
Dreamwalker's Healing Potion is the best option you have for health potion.
Best Food for Retribution Paladin
Hoard of Draconic Delicacies and
Deviously Deviled Eggs both provide the maximum Strength bonus you can get from food.
Aromatic Seafood Platter
and other secondary stat food are reasonable alternatives that can be stronger at high gear levels.
Best Weapon Runes for Retribution Paladin
Hissing Rune is the best weapon rune to use in most cases, but other runes can be used depending on your current gear.
Augment Runes for Retribution Paladin
If you want to use them, Draconic Augment Rune is the best choice.
Changelog
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within pre-patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Updated for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Aug. 2023: Updated all recommendations.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- 01 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.
- 05 Apr. 2023: Primordial Stone update.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 13 Dec. 2022: Added fallback Versatility Phial.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Added fallback Phial and Potion options.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Bolas, a long time Retribution Paladin enthusiast, theorycrafter, and sometimes high-end raider. You can find him in the Paladin Discord as bolas.ret.
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