Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Stats, Gear, Gems & Enchants for Retribution Paladins in The War Within 11.0

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 will guide you on the best Retribution Paladin Stats, Gear, Gems & Enchants in The War Within.

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Stat Priority
PvP Gear
Embellishments
Enchants
Gems

Retribution Paladin Stat Priority

Versatility > Mastery > Haste > Critical Strike

Versatility will be our most important stat. You want to focus on getting as much of it as you can, up to at least 30%. This will happen automatically through PvP gearing, as most of the items you will end up using will have Versatility on them.

After that, you’ll be focusing on Mastery. This is due to your Boundless Judgment talent making your Mastery more valuable for extra burst damage.

Followed by Mastery, Haste is a solid addition to our character as it reduces our global cooldown, allowing us to spend our globals quicker in order to generate our Hammer of Justice back slightly faster, and reduces the cooldown on some of our core damaging abilities such as Judgment and Blade of Justice.

Critical Strike does not synergize with our toolkit, therefore making it our weakest stat. Although, this may become more potent if Avenging Wrath: Might makes a return as a viable talent pick.

BiS Retribution Paladin PvP Gear

Main Pieces

Off-Pieces

Back: Forged Gladiator’s Shawl
Belt: Forged Gladiator’s Plate Girdle
Bracers: Forged Gladiator’s Plate Wristguards
Boots: Algari Competitor’s Plate Sabatons (Versatility / Mastery)

Jewelry

Weapons

Main Hand: Algari Competitor’s Greatsword (Versatility / Mastery)

Trinkets

Trinket 1: Forged Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity or Forged Gladiator’s Badge of Ferocity
Trinket 2: Forged Gladiator’s Medallion (Forged Gladiator’s Badge of Ferocity or Forged Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity if Human)

When it comes to trinkets, the offensive option is the Forged Gladiator’s Badge of Ferocity. This is an excellent choice for pairing with your Final Reckoning and Divine Toll combo, as well as for every other Wake of Ashes burst window if you select Radiant Glory.

You will then need a Forged Gladiator’s Medallion to break out of CC every 2 minutes.

Humans then have the option to drop the Forged Gladiator’s Medallion for Forged Gladiator’s Insignia of Alacrity. This is due to Human having access to Will to Survive for breaking out of crowd control. However, the Medallion can still be a solid pick for Human into teams where you want more frequent access to a CC removal, as you will be able to rotate through the Forged Gladiator’s Medallion and Will to Survive every 90 seconds, which is especially useful in matchups where you are required to use Blessing of Sanctuary to remove Crowd Control from your healer.

Best Retribution Paladin Embellishments

Item 1: Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension with Algari Competitor’s Greatsword (Versatility / Mastery)
Item 2: Writhing Armor Banding with Algari Competitor’s Plate Sabatons (Versatility / Mastery)

Best Retribution Paladin Gems

Core Gems: Enduring Bloodstone / Determined Bloodstone + Masterful Sapphire

In The War Within, you will use a Vicious Jeweler’s Setting to add sockets to your Helmet, Neck, Bracers, Belt and Rings. Two sockets can be added to the Neck and Rings.

As Versatility and Mastery are your best secondary stats, you will want to both gem and enchant it wherever possible.

You have two potential picks to choose from for our newly introduced PvP gem that can only be attributed once onto your character’s gem slots. As for Enduring Bloodstone, this will give you some additional damage reduction when affected by Crowd Control. However, you can choose Determined Bloodstone as a minor stackable damage boost, supplementing your damage on your next attack after being snared.

For all gem slots, we will use Masterful Sapphire. This will provide us a hefty amount of Versatility, while weaving in some Mastery to increase our damage profile and to buff Boundless Judgment.

Best Retribution Paladin Enchants

Cloak: Chant of Leeching Fangs
Chest: Crystalline Radiance
Bracers: Chant of Armored Leech
Legs: Stormbound Armor Kit
Boots: Scout’s March or Plainsrunner’s Breeze
Rings: Radiant Versatility
Weapon: Authority of Radiant Power

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