Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Gear & Stats for Retribution Paladins in Mists of Pandaria
All sections for Retribution Paladin PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal race, talents, glyphs, gear, professions and macros. This will help you have a good understanding on Retribution Paladin in PvP for Mists of Pandaria and the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization. This section will go into more depth on the best PvP gear and stats that are available for Retribution Paladin in Mists of Pandaria Season 12.
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Table of Contents
This section will cover your pre-BiS gear, which will not include any Conquest specific items. Use the gear provided below to have a competitive advantage against your enemies before stepping into rated PvP content.
Pre-BiS Retribution Paladin PvP Gear
Main Pieces
- Head: Dreadful Gladiator’s Scaled Helm
- Shoulders: Dreadful Gladiator’s Scaled Shoulders
- Chest: Dreadful Gladiator’s Scaled Chestpiece
- Gloves: Dreadful Gladiator’s Scaled Gauntlets
- Legs: Dreadful Gladiator’s Scaled Legguards
Off-Pieces
- Back: Dreadful Gladiator’s Cloak of Alacrity
- Belt: Dreadful Gladiator’s Girdle of Accuracy
- Bracers: Dreadful Gladiator’s Armplates of Alacrity
- Boots: Dreadful Gladiator’s Warboots of Alacrity
Jewelry
- Neck: Dreadful Gladiator’s Choker of Accuracy
- Ring 1: Dreadful Gladiator’s Signet of Cruelty
- Ring 2: Dreadful Gladiator’s Signet of Accuracy
Weapons
Trinkets
- Trinket 1: Dreadful Gladiator’s Badge of Victory or Dreadful Gladiator’s Medallion of Cruelty if Blood Elf.
- Trinket 2: Dreadful Gladiator’s Insignia of Victory
All BiS gear for Mists of Pandaria Season 12 will come from PvP. This section will cover all specific pieces from PvP that will put you in a competitive playing-field against other players in arena.
BiS Retribution Paladin PvP Gear
Main Pieces
- Head: Malevolent Gladiator’s Scaled Helm
- Shoulders: Malevolent Gladiator’s Scaled Shoulders
- Chest: Malevolent Gladiator’s Scaled Chestpiece
- Gloves: Malevolent Gladiator’s Scaled Gauntlets
- Legs: Malevolent Gladiator’s Scaled Legguards
Off-Pieces
- Back: Malevolent Gladiator’s Cloak of Alacrity
- Belt: Malevolent Gladiator’s Girdle of Accuracy
- Bracers: Malevolent Gladiator’s Armplates of Alacrity
- Boots: Malevolent Gladiator’s Warboots of Alacrity
Jewelry
- Neck: Malevolent Gladiator’s Choker of Accuracy
- Ring 1: Malevolent Gladiator’s Signet of Cruelty
- Ring 2: Malevolent Gladiator’s Signet of Accuracy
Weapons
Trinkets
- Trinket 1: Malevolent Gladiator’s Badge of Victory or Malevolent Gladiator’s Medallion of Cruelty if Blood Elf.
- Trinket 2: Malevolent Gladiator’s Insignia of Victory
Retribution Paladin Stat Priority
Strength > 3% Hit / Expertise Rating > Haste > Critical Strike > Mastery
Focus on getting as much Strength as possible. Strength gives your character additional Attack Power, making your spells more powerful. You will naturally gain Strength when equipping higher item level gear. Next, make sure your character obtains at least 3% Hit and Expertise Rating first before focusing on your secondary stats. This makes sure that none of your abilities miss, dodge, or parry while attacking your opponent.
Since most of your damage is spell based, you do not need to work towards the typical 6% expertise benchmark
Now we shift our focus towards our secondary stat priority. Your strongest secondary stat for Retribution Paladin is Haste. This stat reduces the cooldown of many of your Holy Power generators, allowing you to deal more damage or heal more often. After Haste, Critical Strike is preferred over Mastery, making Mastery your least desirable stat.
Thankfully, PvP has two new stats engrained on all PvP gear. These two are PvP Resilience and PvP Power.
PvP Resilence is identical to its predecessor, Resilience, as it reduces incoming damage from enemy players. PvP Power, on the other hand, is a completely new stat that makes our healing and damage stronger to other players. These two will naturally apply as you gear, meaning you don’t have to worry about min-maxxing these stats.
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