Welcome to Skill Capped's Retribution Paladin PvP Guide for The War Within Season 3
All sections for Retribution Paladin PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal hero talents, class talents, spec talents, race, stats, gear, enchants, gems, and macros. This will help you have a good understanding of Retribution Paladins in PvP for The War Within, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section provides a brief overview of Retribution Paladins in The War Within.
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Retribution Paladin
Melee DPSPremier support melee offering extensive utility including Blessing of Freedom, Protection, and Sacrifice. Once limited by melee, Ret is now more of a mid-range spec while still having threatening burst windows.
Current Meta Position
Key Abilities
Important Casts
Will to Survive is our most preferred offensive option, giving you another way to break stuns. This allows you to swap your Medallion trinket for a damage trinket. Paladins have this luxury due to having immunities like Divine Shield. If you keep a Medallion, you can trinket stuns more often.
Tauren is the best thanks to Warstomp adding another form of micro CC, and the additional crit damage the racial passive provides.
Versatility is your most important stat. Focus on getting at least 25% through PvP gearing. It increases damage and healing while reducing damage taken. Mastery: Highlord's Judgment is your second priority. It increases your throughput and synergizes with talents like Boundless Judgment for extra burst damage during your windows. Haste makes your DoTs tick faster, increasing Blessing of An'she procs. It also reduces global cooldown and the cooldown on core abilities like Judgment and Blade of Justice. Critical Strike does not synergize well with our toolkit, making it our weakest stat. It may become more valuable if Avenging Wrath: Might becomes viable.
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