1.
Rotation Abilities for Retribution Paladins
Please check the additional Holy Power Generators, Spenders, and Cooldowns to be considered on this page.
2.
Single-Target Rotation for Retribution Paladins
- Cast
Crusade on cooldown with at least 3 Holy Power.
- Cast
Avenging Wrath on cooldown with at least 3 Holy Power.
- Cast
Final Reckoning
with at least 3 Holy Power (up to 2 with
Divine Auxiliary.
- Cast
Execution Sentence.
- Cast
Divine Storm (
Empyrean Power).
- Cast
Templar's Verdict (With 5 Holy Power).
- Cast
Wake of Ashes (With 2 Holy Power or less).
- Cast
Divine Toll (With 1 fillable Holy Power per nearby enemy and no
Greater Judgment debuff on your priority target).
- Cast
Hammer of Wrath (With 4 (3 with
Vanguard's Momentum against
20% or lower Health targets) Holy Power or less).
- Cast
Templar Slash (Just before the 4-second window runs out).
- Cast
Blade of Justice (With 4 (3 with
Holy Blade) Holy Power or less).
- Cast
Judgment (With 4 (3 with
Boundless Judgment) or less
Holy Power and no
Greater Judgment debuff on your target).
- Cast
Templar's Verdict (With 3 (4 with
Vanguard of Justice Holy Power).
- Cast
Templar Strikes |
Templar Slash.
- Cast
Judgment.
-
Cast
Crusader Strike (With 4 Holy Power or less).
- Cast
Arcane Torrent (With 4 Holy Power or less)(Can be used before the
fight).
-
Cast
Consecration
Cast
Divine Hammer.
3.
Multiple Target Rotation for Retribution Paladins
- Cast
Crusade on cooldown with at least 3 Holy Power.
- Cast
Avenging Wrath on cooldown with at least 3 Holy Power.
- Cast
Final Reckoning
with at least 3 Holy Power (up to 2 with
Divine Auxiliary.
- Cast
Divine Storm (With 5 Holy Power).
- Cast
Wake of Ashes (With 2 Holy Power or less).
- Cast
Divine Toll (With 1 fillable Holy Power per nearby enemy and no
Greater Judgment debuff on your priority target).
- Cast
Templar Slash (Just before the 4-second window runs out).
- Cast
Judgment (With 4 (3 with
Boundless Judgment) or less
Holy Power and no
Greater Judgment debuff on your target).
- Cast
Blade of Justice (With 4 (3 with
Holy Blade) Holy Power or less).
-
Cast
Consecration
Cast
Divine Hammer.
- Cast
Divine Storm (With 3 (4 with
Vanguard of Justice Holy Power).
- Cast
Templar Strikes |
Templar Slash.
- Cast
Judgment.
-
Cast
Crusader Strike (With 4 Holy Power or less).
- Cast
Hammer of Wrath (With 4 (3 with
Vanguard's Momentum against
20% or lower Health targets) Holy Power or less).
- Cast
Arcane Torrent (With 4 Holy Power or less)(Can be used before the
fight).
- Make sure to
still use
Templar's Verdict to consume
Empyrean Legacy procs
whenever possible against 2 or more enemies.
- Use
Templar's Verdict to consume 25
Divine Arbiter stacks
in cleave situations.
4.
Mastering Your Retribution Paladin
4.1.
Abilities and Cooldowns from Talents
Use
Crusade
as often as possible throughout the fight. It is also worth attempting to time
it so that it is up during key points of the fight (when you require burst damage)
such as on the pull, when the boss is taking increased damage, or when adds are
spawning. You should also attempt to stack
Crusade with
Heroism/
Bloodlust/
Time Warp.
Use
Avenging Wrath as often as possible throughout the fight. It is also
worth attempting to time it so that it is up during key points of the fight
(when you require burst damage) such as on the pull, when the boss is taking
increased damage, or when adds are spawning. You should also attempt to stack
Avenging Wrath with
Heroism/
Bloodlust/
Time Warp.
Shield of Vengeance grants you a 15-second damage absorption shield
(which absorbs up to 30% of your maximum Health), which explodes when it
expires or is consumed by damage. This explosion deals Holy damage divided
between all enemies within 8 yards. You can use this ability defensively
(to protect yourself from damage) and offensively (to reflect damage taken on
to your enemies, even by sometimes standing in harmful effects to proc the shield).
To properly use
Divine Toll, there are many details to learn beforehand.
Divine Toll casts
Judgment on up to 5 nearby enemies.
- Each
Judgment will do 100% increased damage.
- Each
Judgment will generate 1 Holy Power, up to 5 total.
- Each
Judgment will apply their consumable 20% Holy Power spender
damage taken debuff if
Greater Judgment is talented.
Divine Tolls value is strongly tied to how many enemies you can hit,
so use it on multiple enemies whenever possible.
Divine Toll sometimes pulls enemies out of combat, so hold some safety distance to mobs you do not want to pull.
Divine Toll works with
Highlord's Judgment and applies multiple
Greater Judgment debuff stacks.
- Always cast
Divine Toll during
Execution Sentence.
- With the
Divine Resonance talent, the extra Judgments that will be thrown every
couple of seconds on your current target will only deal unbuffed damage. They
apply the debuff and generate Holy Power, however, so be aware of
those implications by ensuring you are not overcapping Holy Power and consume
existing Judgment debuffs on your current target before the extra Judgments
trigger. Tracking these extra Judgments with WeakAuras helps adjust
the rotation to avoid overcapping Holy Power and consuming the
previous
Greater Judgment debuff before the new one arrives.
Highlord's Judgment correctly applies multiple
Greater Judgment stacks per
Divine Resonance proc.
5.
Changelog
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated Rotation and Notes.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 24 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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