RETRIBUTION PALADIN
Retribution Paladin is built on the Retribution talent tree and plays as a damage dealer in raids. The tree has 17 talents: 6 new in Forever, 9 changed from Classic.
RETRIBUTION GUIDE
We'll write the Retribution Paladin rotation, stat priority and recommended build as the beta data settles. For now, see the talent tree below, the talent calculator and the class discussions on the forum.
WHAT IT BRINGS TO A RAID
Only with the Retribution spec (its talents):
DEBUFFS (1)
- Attack power reductionWhole raid
Demoralizing Shout / Roar, Hex of Weakness, Vindication…
VindicationTalent: Vindication · RetributionGives your damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's Attack Power by 204, and increase your Attack Power by 3% for 30 sec.
UTILITY (1)
- CC: HumanoidSingle target
Polymorph, Sap, Seduction, Repentance.
RepentanceTalent: Repentance · RetributionPuts the enemy target in a state of meditation, incapacitating them for up to 6 sec. Any damage caused will awaken the target. Only works against Humanoids.
EVERY PALADIN BRINGS
Blessing of KingsBlessing of MightBlessing of WisdomBlessing of SalvationBlessing of LightDevotion AuraRetribution AuraConcentration AuraFire resistanceFrost resistanceShadow resistanceJudgement of WisdomJudgement of LightJudgement of the CrusaderMagic dispelPoison cleanseDisease cleanseOut-of-combat resurrectionBlessing of FreedomCC: UndeadLay on HandsBlessing of Protection
DETAILS ON THE CLASS PAGE →TALENTS
Hover or tap a talent to read it below. Text is for the final rank.
5Deflection
5Benediction
2Improved Judgement
2Holy Conduit
5Conviction
3Vindication
3Sanctified Judgement
1Seal of Command
2Pursuit of Justice
2Eye for an Eye
1Sacred Arbiter
3Two-Handed Weapon Specialization
3Vengeance
1Repentance
3Champion of the Light
2Instrument of Law
1Twist of Light- DeflectionRow 1 · 5 rankMoved
Increases your Parry chance by 5%.
- BenedictionRow 1 · 5 rankChanged
Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 10%.
- Improved JudgementRow 2 · 2 rankChanged
Decreases the cooldown of your Judgement ability by 2 sec.
- Holy ConduitRow 2 · 2 rankNew
Reduces the mana cost of your Consecration, Holy Wrath, Exorcism, and Hammer of Wrath spells by 40%.
- ConvictionRow 2 · 5 rankChanged
Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 5%.
- VindicationRow 3 · 3 rankChanged
Gives your damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's Attack Power by 204, and increase your Attack Power by 3% for 30 sec.
- Sanctified JudgementRow 3 · 3 rankNew
Gives your Judgement ability a 100% chance to return 60% of the Mana cost of the judged seal.
- Seal of CommandRow 3 · 1 rank · active
Gives the Paladin a chance to deal additional Holy damage equal to 70% of normal weapon damage. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time. Lasts 30 sec. Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy, instantly causing 68 to 73 Holy damage, 137 to 145 if the target is stunned or incapacitated.
- Pursuit of JusticeRow 3 · 2 rankChanged
Increases movement speed and mounted movement speed by 15%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.
- Eye for an EyeRow 4 · 2 rankChanged
All critical strikes against you cause 10% of the damage taken to the attacker as well. The damage caused by Eye for an Eye will not exceed 50% of the Paladin's total health.
- Sacred ArbiterRow 4 · 1 rankNew
Increases the damage of your Holy Strike ability by 20% and causes it to refresh all Judgement effects on the target.
- Two-Handed Weapon SpecializationRow 5 · 3 rank
Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 6%.
- VengeanceRow 5 · 3 rankChanged
Increases your Physical and Holy damage dealt by 3% for 30 sec after landing a non-periodic critical strike. Stacks up to 3 times.
- RepentanceRow 5 · 1 rank · activeMoved
Puts the enemy target in a state of meditation, incapacitating them for up to 6 sec. Any damage caused will awaken the target. Only works against Humanoids.
- Champion of the LightRow 6 · 3 rankNew
Increases your spell damage by up to 60% of your Intellect.
- Instrument of LawRow 6 · 2 rankNew
Reduces the cast time of your Hammer of Wrath by 1.0 sec, and reduces all threat you generate by 20% while Righteous Fury is not active.
- Twist of LightRow 7 · 1 rankNew
Reduces the Mana cost of your Seal spells by 20%, and when you replace your Seal of Command, Seal of Righteousness, Seal of Fury, or Seal of Justice with a different Seal, you gain an Echo of that Seal. Your next melee attack applies the replaced Seal's effects, consuming the Echo.
Removed from Classic: Improved Blessing of Might, Improved Seal of the Crusader, Improved Retribution Aura, Sanctity Aura
Talent, spell, race and raid data: talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0), from the WoW Forever beta client; data date 2026-10-14. Numbers can lag live tuning. Spell names, icons and tooltip text belong to Blizzard Entertainment. Paladin talent calculator.