Retribution Paladin Guide for Midnight Season 2 (Patch 12.1)
viewsAbout the Spec
This is a melee fighter whose primary stat is Strength. In combat it wields two-handed weapons (axes, swords). The signature of this spec is the mechanic of building Holy Power to fuel abilities. Some abilities generate Holy Power, while others spend it to deal the most damage.
Strengths
- A large number of defensive abilities for both yourself and the group, for example
Blessing of Sacrifice, 
Blessing of Protection. - The ability to reduce group-wide damage taken by 3% thanks to an aura.
- Full immunity to damage thanks to the ability
Divine Shield.
Weaknesses
- Damage depends on the rotation, since the core abilities require the Holy Power resource and it is very important to build/spend this resource in a timely manner.
- Low mobility.
- A simple and repetitive rotation, which may be boring for some players.
Stat Priority
Strength
Mastery
Haste
Critical Strike
VersatilityTalents
Rotation (Ability Priority)
- 1
Blade of Justice - 2
Wake of Ashes - 3
Tempered Potion - 4
Final Verdict - 5
Wake of Ashes - 6
Hammer of Light - 7
Divine Toll
- Wake of Ashes
- Final Verdict
- Hammer of Light — when available after using Wake of Ashes, use Hammer of Light
- Hammer of Light — on a proc of
Blessing of Dawn, if any of the following conditions is met: - Wake of Ashes — or Final Verdict is active and about to end
Divine Arbiter — the buff is not active, and Wake of Ashes is not about to come off cooldown
Final Reckoning — with 5 Holy Power, use it- Wake of Ashes
- Divine Toll
- Blade of Justice — with 2 stacks of
Art of War - Final Reckoning
- Blade of Justice
Hammer of Wrath- Judgment
Best in Slot (BiS)
Don't forget to explore our class pages, where not only the best items in the slot are available, but also other alternatives for any class, spec or situation:
Enchants, Gems, Consumables
Leveling
Your core damage abilities are available at level one. Use Blade of Justice and 
Divine Storm.
As you level up, you will unlock new abilities. We recommend following the ability priority from the rotation section.
Useful Mythic+ Tips
Besides your interrupt ability, use 
Hammer of Justice to stun/interrupt a single target and 
Blinding Light for AoE interrupts.
Some slow/root effects can be removed with the ability 
Blessing of Freedom. In many dungeons, enemies apply various damaging slows to you and your allies. Be sure to use this ability on yourself and your allies.
If a member of your group dies during combat and you urgently need to resurrect them, use 
Intercession, to bring them back into the fight. Combat resurrections share a global cooldown of 10 minutes. Charges accumulate every 10 minutes, and the longer you stay in the dungeon, the more charges you will have. You can resurrect several allies at once if you have enough charges.
Macros
#showtooltip /cast Avenging Wrath /use 13 /use 14
#showtooltip /cast [@focus,harm,nodead] [] Rebuke
#showtooltip Intercession /cast [@mouseover,help,dead][] Intercession
Author
Fouren
Fouren has been playing World of Warcraft for over 15 years. He is an active player with 12 Cutting Edge achievements under his belt, and has reached the top 1% and 0.1% multiple times on various classes. His main classes are healers, particularly Holy Paladin.
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