Retribution Paladin Guide
Melee damage with a hammer: Templar's Verdict on the target, Divine Storm around you that heals your side, Repentance to take one out, and Avenging Wrath for the kill.
- Role Melee DPS
- Health 5,000
- Resource Mana
Plan your Retribution Paladin build → Holy Paladin
Toolkit at a glance
Counted from the spell data (every Paladin spell, the Retribution spells, and the row-5 talent spells).
| Stuns, fears, incapacitates | Hammer of Justice, Repentance, Blinding Light |
|---|---|
| Roots and silences | — |
| Interrupts | Rebuke |
| Defensives | Divine Shield, Blessing of Protection |
| Heals | Flash of Light, Holy Light, Lay on Hands, Divine Storm |
| Mobility | Divine Steed |
Retribution Paladin talents
Five rows of three. Pick one per row; rows 1 to 4 are passive and row 5 teaches a spell.
Each swing has a 20% chance to reset Crusader Strike's cooldown.
Templar's Verdict has a 25% chance to come straight back, and the next one is free.
Crusader Strike and Judgment make you deal 10% more damage for 8 sec.
You always run 10% faster.
Judgment makes you run 40% faster for 3 sec.
Blessing of Freedom also frees its target from stuns, and makes it run 40% faster while it lasts.
Judgment makes your next Flash of Light instant.
Enemies' weapon blows on you, swings and physical strikes, hurt them for 20% of the damage, as Holy damage.
Lay on Hands also takes every harmful magic effect off its target, and it takes 20% less damage for 10 sec.
Judgment also makes its target take 10% more damage from everyone for 6 sec.
Templar's Verdict has a 20% chance to reset Hammer of Wrath and let it strike a target at any health for 10 sec.
Judgment also slows the target by 50% for 4 sec.
Learn Divine Steed: you run twice as fast for 4 sec.
Learn Execution Sentence: a hammer of light falls on the target 8 sec later, for 840 damage.
Learn Blinding Light: enemies within 10 m are disoriented for 5 sec; damage breaks it.
Retribution spells
| Spell | School | Cost | Cast | Cooldown | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crusader Strike | Physical | — | Instant | 6 s | 3 m |
| Templar's Verdict | Holy | 250 | Instant | 8 s | 3 m |
| Divine Storm | Holy | 300 | Instant | 10 s | Self |
| Avenging Wrath | Holy | — | Instant | 120 s | Self |
| Repentance | Holy | 200 | 1.5 s | 45 s | 20 m |
Spells taught by talents (row 5)
| Spell | School | Cost | Cast | Cooldown | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divine Steed | Holy | — | Instant | 45 s | Self |
| Execution Sentence | Holy | 200 | Instant | 60 s | 30 m |
| Blinding Light | Holy | 200 | Instant | 60 s | Self |
Spells every Paladin knows
The first eight are the action bar a new character starts with; swap spells on your bar in Spells & Talents (N). ★ = starting bar.
| Spell | School | Cost | Cast | Cooldown | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judgment ★ | Holy | 150 | Instant | 10 s | 30 m |
| Flash of Light ★ | Holy | 400 | 1.5 s | — | 30 m |
| Hammer of Justice ★ | Holy | 100 | Instant | 45 s | 10 m |
| Rebuke ★ | Physical | — | Instant | 15 s | 3 m |
| Cleanse ★ | Holy | 200 | Instant | 8 s | 30 m |
| Divine Shield ★ | Holy | — | Instant | 300 s | Self |
| Blessing of Freedom ★ | Holy | 150 | Instant | 25 s | 30 m |
| Holy Light ★ | Holy | 350 | 2.5 s | — | 30 m |
| Hammer of Wrath | Holy | 200 | Instant | 8 s | 30 m |
| Lay on Hands | Holy | — | Instant | 180 s | 30 m |
| Blessing of Protection | Holy | — | Instant | 180 s | 30 m |
Recommended Retribution Paladin build
Recommended builds for this spec are still being tested. To be added.
Spell names, costs, cooldowns and talent text are read from the game client (v0.21, checked 2026-10-30). The developer calls the numbers “first-pass tuning”, so expect them to change.