Retribution Paladin Leveling Guide

Spec Tree

• Radiant Glory
  • Automatically activates Crusade when you cast Wake of Ashes.
• Crusade
  • Spend Holy Power to increase its stack to 10, and try to extend its duration with procs from Radiant Glory.
• Execution Sentence
  • A strong single-target burst cooldown.
• Final Verdict
  • Your main single-target Holy Power spender.
• Blessed Champion
  • Your Judgment and Crusader Strike now Cleaves to 4 additional targets.
• Blade of Vengeance
  • Blade of Justice now Cleaves to 5 nearby enemies and additionally debuffs them with Expurgation.
• Tempest of the Lightbringer
  • When you cast Divine Storm it now hits an additional time for 20% of the base damage and hits anyone up to 20 yards away.
• Boundless Judgment
  • Your Judgment generates an additional Holy Power.
• Improved Blade of Justice
  • 2 charges of Blade of Justice instead of 1.
• Crusading Strikes
  • Generates 1 Holy Power every 2nd auto attack, replaces your Crusader Strike.
  • Look below in Deep Dive to see how to play around this.
• Empyrean Power
  • Somtimes grants you a free Divine Storm.
• Art of War
  • Your auto attacks have a 20% chance to reset Blade of Justice.
• Penitence
  • Buffs your Dot effects by 10%
• Burning Crusade
  • Divine Storm Now deals 5% more damage.
• Searing Light
  • Divine Storm and Judgment has a small chance to activate a beam of light dealing damage around the target.

Class Tree

• Divine Toll
  • Casts Judgment on your target.
  • Mainly used for its Holy Power gain.
• Divine Purpose
  • Your Holy Power spenders have a 10% chance to make your next Holy Power spender free and deal 10% increased damage.
• Vengeful Wrath
  • Hammer of Wrath Deals more damage on enemies below 35%.
• Holy Aegis
  • Armor and Crit increased by 4%
• Lead the Charge
  • When you cast Divine Steed you now reduce your teammate's movements spells by 3-sec pr use.
• Divine Steed
  • Move at 100% movement speed for 3 seconds.
    • Cavalier Grants you 2 charges instead of 1.
• Lay on Hands
  • Strong single target heal that can be used on a friendly target to save them.
• Blessing of Protection
  • Great way to avoid aggro or prevent Physical damage.
• Blessing of Sacrifice
  • Perfect to use on tanks or players dealing with certain spells during boss fights.
• Rebuke
  • A kick to interrupt any spell.
• Blessing of Freedom
  • You become immune to slow effects for 8 sec.
  • Unbound Freedom
  • When you cast Blessing of Freedom on another player you also gain it and both of you also gain 30% movement speed
• Of Dusk and Dawn
  • After you cast 3 generators your next spender deals 30% more damage you can stack this.
• Lightbearer
  • 10% of any healing you get is put on your melee camp as well.
• Light's Revocation
  • you can now use Divine Shield even tho you have Forbearance, and now you gain a small shield after your Divine Shield is over.
• Cleanse Toxins
  • A Cleanse to remove portion and disease effects.
• Blinding Light
  • When you have no aoe stops this can be very useful as it stop all casts around you

• Casting Wake of Ashes Grants you Hammer of Light a 5 Holy Power spender that replaces Wake of Ashes until it’s used.
• Over time you gain stacks of Light's Deliverance. At 60 Stacks, you gain a freeHammer of Light that you must cast before Wake of Ashes since they have the same key bind.

Shake the Heavens Interactions

• After casting Hammer of Light you gain Shake the Heavens which casts an Empyrean Hammer on your target every 2 seconds for 8 seconds, which can be extended by Higher Calling
• Shake the Heavens also grants you 12% haste for 6 seconds.

Empyrean Hammer Interactions

• Casting any Holy Power spender triggers an Empyrean Hammer which activates Wrathful Descent if it crits. Shake the Heavens triggers an additional Empyrean Hammer.
  • After casting Hammer of Light you instantly trigger 2 Empyrean Hammers on your main target.
• Sanctification
  • Trying to maintain a high stack is very important, casting Divine Toll grants you 1 stack per enemy hit.

Defensive Traits

• Sacrosanct Crusade
  • Wake of Ashes grants you an absorb shield while Hammer of Light heals you upon use.