Retribution Paladin DPS Uldir Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.2.5
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Retribution Paladin for each boss of the following raid: Uldir. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.2.5.
Disclaimer
This page will focus on how a Retribution Paladin can optimize its performance on the raid bosses in the Uldir raid, and not on an actual raid strategy for the bosses. Initially, this page will focus on Heroic mode and lower, however, as more bosses are being killed on Mythic, the guide will also include optimizations for Mythic bosses.
Retribution Paladin in Uldir
Retribution Paladins are looking to be a very strong pick in Uldir, due to their strong burst DPS. This is mainly due to strict DPS checks on certain mechanics. Additionally, there are no fights which Retribution truly struggles with, since none of the fights contain Retribution's main weakness, which is 2-target cleave.
Talent Cheatsheet
Taloc
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Retribution Paladin Playstyle on Taloc
- When you get afflicted with 
 Plasma Discharge, use
 Divine Steed to run away from the raid quickly to drop the blood. - If you get afflicted with 
 Plasma Discharge during your
 Avenging Wrath, use
 Divine Shield so you can continue DPSing. - Keep 
 Avenging Wrath ready for Phase Two. - Avoid using 
 Shield of Vengeance for 
 Cudgel of Gore,
because the explosion will not hit the boss. - Mythic only: Use 
 Shield of Vengeance for
 Hardened Arteries and 
 Enlarged Heart to explode it on
cooldown. 
Mythic
M.O.T.H.E.R.
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Retribution Paladin Playstyle on M.O.T.H.E.R.
- During 
 Wind Tunnel, use 
 Divine Steed to stick to the boss
and
keep DPSing a few seconds longer, without ending up in the fire. - If you are in the room with the boss and many players are crossing over,
make sure you pre-emptively cast 
 Shield of Vengeance. - Keep 
 Divine Shield ready to immune 
 Uldir Defensive Beam if
needed. - Interrupt the 
 Clinging Corruption cast of the
Remnants of Corruption with 
 Rebuke or
 Hammer of Justice. - Keep 
 Avenging Wrath ready for the third room,
to stack it with the 100% damage taken debuff. - Mythic only: Use 
 Hammer of Justice as often as possible to
interrupt the 
 Endemic Virus cast of the Viral Contagion
add and the 
 Bacterial Outbreak cast of the Resistant Bacterium
add. 
Mythic
Fetid Devourer
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Retribution Paladin Playstyle on Fetid Devourer
- If you accidently get knocked into the room by 
 Shockwave Stomp, use
 Divine Steed to run back to the boss quickly. - If the boss is casting
 Shockwave Stomp during
 Avenging Wrath, use 
 Divine Shield
or 
 Blessing of Protection to immune the knockback to continue
DPSing. - If you are afflicted with 
 Malodorous Miasma, use
 Shield of Vengeance after 
 Malodorous Miasma evolved into
 Putrid Paroxysm. - Keep 
 Avenging Wrath ready for the
 Fetid Frenzy debuff when the boss reaches 50% Health. Then stack
 Avenging Wrath with the 50% damage taken
debuff. - Mythic only: Keep at least one charge of 
 Divine Steed ready
at all times to dodge the 
 Rotting Regurgitation breath that will be
cast towards your location while you are killing the
Corruption Corpuscle add. 
Mythic
Zek'voz, Herald of N'Zoth
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Retribution Paladin Playstyle on Zek'voz, Herald of N'Zoth
- Keep 
 Wake of Ashes ready until the Silithid Warriors
spawn. - Interrupt the Nerubian Voidweavers 
 Void Bolt
cast with 
 Rebuke or stun them with 
 Hammer of Justice.
You can incapacitate them with 
 Repentance as well. - If you are afflicted with 
 Roiling Deceit, use
 Divine Steed to run out of the raid quickly. - Keep 
 Avenging Wrath ready until you
can soak an 
 Orb of Corruption, stacking it with the 100% damage
increase. 
Mythic
Vectis
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Retribution Paladin Playstyle on Vectis
- Focus the Plague Amalgams as fast as possible.
 - Avoid using 
 Shield of Vengeance when the boss is submerged. - If you want to soak a 
 Plague Bomb that spawned close
to the submerged boss, use 
 Divine Shield to immune potential
 Blood Geyser damage. 
Mythic
Zul, Reborn
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Retribution Paladin Playstyle on Zul, Reborn
- Focus the Animated Ichors before they reach Zul. Use
 Hammer of Justice and 
 Hand of Hindrance to delay them. - Focus the Nazmani Bloodhexers as fast as possible.
 - You can incapacitate one of the Nazmani Bloodhexers in the double
spawn with 
 Repentance, if needed. - If you are afflicted by 
 Dark Revelation, use
 Divine Steed to run to the edge of the room before the debuff
expires. - Keep 
 Avenging Wrath ready for Phase Two. 
Mythic
Mythrax the Unraveler
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Retribution Paladin Playstyle on Mythrax the Unraveler
- Use 
 Shield of Vengeance when mechanics line up. - If you get afflicted with 
 Imminent Ruin, use
 Divine Steed to run away from the raid towards the edges of the
room. - You can immune 
 Imminent Ruin with 
 Divine Shield. - Use 
 Rebuke to interrupt the
 Mind Flay cast of the 
 Visions of Madness adds. 
Mythic
G'huun
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Retribution Paladin Playstyle on G'huun
Retribution Paladins are a weak choice for the upstairs mini-game, because
 Divine Steed's effectiveness is massively reduced by
 Power Matrix.
- If you get afflicted with 
 Explosive Corruption, use
 Divine Steed to run to the edges of the room. - Keep 
 Avenging Wrath/
 Crusade ready to
stack it with the 
 Reorigination Blast 100% damage taken debuff. 
Mythic
Changelog
- 24 Jun. 2019: This page has been reviewed for the release of Patch 8.2 and no changes are necessary.
 - 15 Apr. 2019: Inquisition has been added as a viable Talent.
 - 11 Dec. 2018: Adjustments to talent advice for N'Zoth and Zul.
 - 10 Dec. 2018: Updated for 8.1.
 - 12 Nov. 2018: Added Uldir Mythic talent recommendations and tips. Updated a few Normal/Heroic boss talent recommendations.
 - 03 Sep. 2018: Added content for Uldir release.
 
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