Retribution Paladin Mythic+ Guide

Dawnlight Interactions

• Wake of Ashes causes your 2 next Holy Power spenders to apply Dawnlight to your target. This debuff radiates damage around the target for 8 seconds. Additionally , when you activate Avenging Wrath or Crusade you also apply Dawnlight on 4 nearby targets and start Sun's Avatar.
• As long as there is any Dawnlight DoT active your Holy Power spenders gain 5% additional damage. On top of this every time you apply any Dawnlight you gain 2% Haste for 12 seconds which can overlap.
• Wake of Ashes grants you Divine Purpose.

Divine Storm and Hammer of Wrath gain some new passives

• Second Sunrise
  • They have a 15% chance to be casted again for 30% effectiveness.
• Luminosity
  • They both gain 10% increased damage.
• Sun Sear
  • When they critical strike any target they burn the target for some radiant damage for 4 seconds.
• Blessing of An'she
  • Your overtime effects have a chance to buff your next Hammer of Wrath by 200% and make it usable on the target regardless of its health.

Defensive Traits

• Eternal Flame
  • Replaces Word of Glory and also heals a small amount over 16 seconds, and its healing is increased by 25% when used on your self.
• Illumine
  • When you have Dawnlight on a target its now slowed by 50%.

When to use this Spec

Use this build when you need more single target in your Mythic+.

Talent Adjustments

Listing all the changes within the Class and Spec tree compared to the default build.

Spec Tree

• Added
  • Rush of Light
    • Gain 5% haste when you Crit with your Single Target abilities.
  • Executioner's Will
    • Extends your Execution Sentence by 4 seconds.
  • Divine Arbiter
    • At 25 stacks your next Holy Power spender casts an additional attack dealing damage to enemies within 6 yards.
  • Holy Flames

• Removed
  • Blade of Vengeance
  • Empyrean Power
  • Burning Crusade
  • Searing Light

When to use this Spec

This build utilizes strong single target and AoE burst from Light's Guidance and constant AoE from Shake the Heavens combo this with Wrathful Descent.

Talent Adjustments

Listing all the changes within the Class and Spec tree compared to the default build.

Hero Talents

For more info visit the Hero Talent section above.

Swapped To Templar

• Zealous Vindication
• Sanctification
• Unrelenting Charger

When to use this Spec

Use this build when you need more single target in your Mythic+. This build utilizes strong single target and AoE burst from Light's Guidance and constant AoE from Shake the Heavens combo this with Wrathful Descent.

Talent Adjustments

Listing all the changes within the Class and Spec tree compared to the default build.

Spec Tree

• Added
  • Vanguard's Momentum
    • Generates 2 Holy Power instead of 1 on enemies below 20%.
    • Has 2 charges now instead of 1.
  • Rush of Light
    • Gain 5% haste when you Crit with your Single Target abilities.
  • Holy Flames
  • Empyrean Legacy
  • Divine Arbiter
    • At 25 stacks your next Holy Power spender casts an additional attack dealing damage to enemies within 6 yards.

• Removed
  • Blade of Vengeance
  • Burn to Ash
  • Empyrean Power
  • Penitence
  • Burning Crusade
  • Searing Light

Hero Talents

For more info visit the Hero Talent section above.

Swapped To Templar

• Zealous Vindication
• Sanctification
• Unrelenting Charger

To read more about Avenging Wrath head down to the Deep Dive section!

Opener

Your main goal in your opener should be to get to 3 Holy Power by using Blade of Justice followed up by Divine Toll before starting in your Execution Sentence window. There are also 2 different openers you can play with, if you see that Divine Toll is not ready for your burst window and it's a few seconds behind dont hold your Execution Sentence simply follow the 2nd version below.

The Crusading Strikes trait has an RNG factor that affects when you gain Holy Power. Specifically, Holy Power is gained on the 2nd auto attack, but this can vary due to the RNG factor. During your opener, be aware of this variability. If you don't gain Holy Power as expected, you may need to use a generator ability to fill in the gaps or skip 1 generator as Crusading Strikes as already gained you the Holy Power thats needed to cast Templar's Verdict in your Execution Sentence window.

Standard Opener

Delayed Divine Toll Opener

Priority List

This is a general priority you aim to maintain throughout the fight.

1. Cast Templar's Verdict (When close to 5 Holy Power, to not mess up your burst windows with overcapped Holy Power).
2. Cast Execution Sentence on cooldown.
3. Cast Avenging Wrath on cooldown.
4. Cast Wake of Ashes (on cooldown with 2 Holy Power).
5. Cast Hammer of Light to proc Shake the Heavens.
6. Cast Blade of Justice (to keep up Expurgation and Holy Flames).
7. Cast Divine Toll on cooldown.
8. Cast Hammer of Wrath (During Avenging Wrath or on any target below 20%).
9. Cast Judgment (if 3 Holy Power or below).
10. Cast Blade of Justice (if 3 Holy Power or below).

To read more about Avenging Wrath head down to the Deep Dive section!

Opener

If you are going to overcap on Holy Power by using Divine Toll early in the combo, you can delay it to after your Hammer of Light.

Multitarget / AoE Priority List

1. Cast Divine Storm if you’re close to 5 Holy Power.
2. Cast Avenging Wrath on cooldown.
3. Cast Final Reckoning on cooldown.
4. Cast Wake of Ashes on cooldown if you are at 2 Holy Power.
5. Cast Hammer of Light to proc Shake the Heavens.
6. Cast Blade of Justice to keep up Expurgation and Holy Flames.
7. Cast Divine Toll on cooldown.
8. Cast Judgment if you are low on Holy Power or to keep up Sanctification.
9. Cast Divine Storm if you have <= 3 Holy Power.
10. Cast Hammer of Wrath on any target below 20%.

• Choose this talent when boss fights or dungeons allow you to never miss a cooldown window.
• Never sit on Avenging Wrath for more than a few seconds, as most of your damage comes from combining it with other 1-minute cooldowns. As mentioned earlier, always use Avenging Wrath first unless you are using Execution Sentence, in which case follow the specific strategy explained below.
• Delaying Avenging Wrath also delays your other minor cooldowns.
• When using trinkets, do not hold your Avenging Wrath, as it does not significantly buff the overall damage of trinkets but it does increase their crit chance.
• For trinkets with a 90-second cooldown, use them on cooldown unless you have a trinket that provides a massive mastery or strength buff. In that case, try to align it with Avenging Wrath.

• The main reason to play this talent is if there is a boss where you can really utilize your strong 2-minute cooldown burst, or if you have heavy haste with Radiant Glory, which grants you a decent amount of proc wings.
• Optimal usage is to make sure to instantly use Templar's Verdict to quickly build up your stacks. Aim to get to 7-10 stacks before using Execution Sentence or Final Reckoning for the most damage. However, be mindful of the fight or dungeon scenario. If holding these cooldowns for later in the Crusade window means losing a full usage overall, it is better to use them early to ensure you get an extra usage.

Below you can see an explanation of how to delay your Execution Sentence or Final Reckoning in your Crusade window.

• Your big AoE cooldown Final Reckoning, it's mainly used for AoE or in fights where getting good single target usage out of Execution Sentence is not possible.
• It puts a 12-second debuff on the target, increasing your single-target Holy Power spenders by 30% and other spenders by 15%.
• Optimal usage of Final Reckoning is to combo it with your other 1-minute cooldowns such as Avenging Wrath, since they share the same cooldown.
• If playing Crusade, try to save Final Reckoning for when you are at 7-10 stacks before using it. This provides the most damage overall since Crusade lasts 30 seconds.
• If playing Radiant Glory, refer to the opener/prioritization list above for usage instructions.

Boss Tips

Orator Krix'vizk

• Use your defensives during Vociferous Indoctrination.
• Do not stand in front of the boss when it casts Terrorize which is a big frontal cone.
  • The fear effect can be removed if hit by Divine Shield.
• Use Blessing of Freedom on the tank when the boss casts Subjugate.

Fangs of the Queen

• Do not stand in front of the boss when it casts Shade Slash which is a big frontal cone.
• Watch out for Knife Throw. Use defensives if you're targeted by this ability.
• Use your defensives when targeted by Ice Sickles as the dot deals heavy damage.
  • Dispel the slow effect with Blessing of Freedom.

The Coaglamation

• Use your defensives for Dark Pulse. This happens at 100 boss energy.
• Use Blessing of Freedom to remove the slow effect from Blood Surge.

Izo, the Grand Splicer

• Rotate your defensives on Splice since it's the highest damage event during this fight.
• Don't stand close to your tank when Process of Elimination is being casted.
  • This is a very good place to use Blessing of Sacrifice on the tank.
• Use Blessing of Freedom to remove the root effect of Umbral Weave.
• Stun Ravenous Scarabs with Hammer of Justice.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Web Bolt from Sureki Silkbinder.
  • Grimweave Blast from Covert Webmancer.
  • Mending Web from Covert Webmancer.
  • Twist Thoughts from Herald of Anurek.
  • Void Wave from Sureki Unnaturaler.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Paladins can't do much here other than pre-pot with Tempered Potion. When the dungeon starts, you'll have a few seconds of the potion's effect remaining.

Boss Tips

E.D.N.A.

• Always stack up to spawn Volatile Spikes close together to ensure you can detonate them all with 1 Refracting Beam.
  • Depending on the key level you might need to have a defensive up for this ability.
• Rotate your defensives for Earth Shatterer.

Skarmorak

• Run out when the boss casts Unstable Crash.
  • You can use Divine Steed to quickly get out.
• Make sure to instantly kill the Crystal Shards.
• Use your defensive before Unstable Crash happens or while you have multiple stacks of Unstable Energy.

Master Machinists Brokk and Dorlita

• Make sure to kill them both at the same time!
• Interrupt Speaker Brokk with Rebuke when it casts Molten Metal.
• Rotate your defensives during Exhaust Vents and Blazing Crescendo.

Void Speaker Eirich

• Drop off your Void Corruption within 15 yards of a Void Rift.
  • Use Divine Steed to quickly remove this.
• Do not stand in front of the boss when it casts Unbridled Void which is a big frontal cone.
• Use your defensive on Entropic Reckoning.
  • Make sure to not drop any pool in the middle of the room.

Trash Tips

• Focus down Earth Burst Totem from Cursedforge Stoneshaper. They have a low amount of health but are not affected by AoE abilities.
• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Howling Fear from Ghastly Voidsoul.
  • Censoring Gear from Turned Speaker.
  • Piercing Wail from Void Bound Howler.
  • Restoring Metals from Forgebound Mender and Cursedforge Mender.
  • Arcing Void from Cursedheart Invader.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Paladins can't do much here other than pre-pot with Tempered Potion. When the dungeon starts, you'll have a few seconds of the potion's effect remaining.

Boss Tips

Speaker Shadowcrown

• Interrupt Shadow Bolt with Rebuke.
  • If you're low on hp and you see this not being interrupted consider using a defensive.
• Rotate your defensives if you're affected by Collapsing Night. Getting out of this quickly is important since it deals a lot of damage every 0.5 seconds.
• When the boss castsDarkness Comes quickly get on your flying mount and fly off the ship until the cast is finished.

Anub'ikkaj

• Quickly move out to position the Dark Orb path.
  • Use Divine Steed to have more time to get into position.
• Move away from the tank when the boss casts Terrifying Slam to not get feared.
• Stun and interrupt Animate Shadows.
• Rotate your defensives for the Dark Orb and Shadowy Decay.

Rasha'nan

• Use Divine Steed to quickly pick up Arathi Bombs and move them to the boss.
• Dodge the Expel Webs lines.
  • If hit you can remove the root effect by using Blessing of Freedom.
• Rotate your defensives on Erosive Spray. It applies Lingering Erosion which is dangerous when combined with other damage events.
• Face Rolling Acid away from the group.
• At 66% you must use your flying mount to follow the boss and make sure to collect light orbs along the way to not die.
• Make sure to interrupt Acidic Eruption if you're the first one that lands at the boss.
• During Phase 2 Be careful to not have too many of Spinneret's Strands go off at the same time.
  • Make sure to rotate your defensives when these break.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Night Bolt from Nightfall Shadowmage.
  • Ensnaring Shadows from Nightfall Shadowmage.
  • Tormenting Beam from Nightfall Darkcaster.
  • Umbral Barrier from Nightfall Darkcaster.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Paladins can't do much here other than pre-pot with Tempered Potion. When the dungeon starts, you'll have a few seconds of the potion's effect remaining.

Boss Tips

Ingra Maloch

• Interrupt Spirit Bolt every time a non-tank player is targeted.
• Make sure to dodge Bewildering Pollen and if you find yourself without a safe place to dodge quickly use Divine Shield.
• Try to line up your cooldowns with Droman Oulfarran's Droman's Wrath to gain a huge DPS boost. This happens when Droman Oulfarran reaches 20% health.

Mistcaller

• Stun the Illusionary Vulpins with Hammer of Justice to prevent them from reaching their target.
  • Be careful as to not get too close to the Vulpin as the hitbox is very large.
• Rotate your defensives during the Guessing Game.

Tred'ova

• Use Divine Steed to help you break the Mind Link quickly.
• Rotate your defensives during Consumption.
• Try to stand close to the tank if you have Marked Prey as the Glooming Larvas fixate towards you, this makes it easier for the group to quickly stun and kill them.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Spirit Bolt from Drust Harvester.
  • Harvest Essence from Drust Harvester.
  • Nourish the Forest from Mistveil Tender.
  • Bramblethorn Coat from Mistveil Shaper.
  • Stimulate Regeneration from Spinemaw Staghorn.
  • Stimulate Resistance from Spinemaw Staghorn.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Paladins can't do much here other than pre-pot with Tempered Potion. When the dungeon starts, you'll have a few seconds of the potion's effect remaining.

Boss Tips

Blightbone

• Divine Protection if you're targeted by Heaving Retch.
  • Make sure to face this away from the group.
• Kite and kill the Carrion Worms.
  • If any of them get to close make sure to stun it with Hammer of Justice.

Amarth, The Harvester

• Interrupt Necrotic Bolt with Rebuke.
• Stun any of the Reanimated Crossbowman or Reanimated Mage with ‍Hammer of Justice.
  • Since they are undead the stun effect from ‍Wake of Ashes also works here.
• If any adds are still alive during ‍Final Harvest, use any crowd-control spell you have left on them. With them crowd-controlled, the boss doesn't cast ‍Tortured Echoes even though an add is alive.

Surgeon Stitchflesh

• Make sure that Surgeon Stitchflesh gets hit by Meat Hooks throughout the fight.
• You can use Blessing of Protection if you get Morbid Fixation.

Nalthor the Rimebinder

• You can pre cast Blessing of Freedom on another player, which allows you to immune the Frozen Binds.
• Try to run in a circle during Comet Storm to not run over anyone.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Drain Fluids from Corpse Harvester and Corpse Collector.
  • Necrotic Bolt from Zolramus Sorceror & Zolarmus Necromancer.
  • Rasping Scream from Skeletal Marauder.
  • Frostbolt Volley from Reanimated Mage.
  • Goresplatter from Corpse Collector.
  • Repair Flesh from Flesh Crafter.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Paladins can't do much here other than pre-pot with Tempered Potion. When the dungeon starts, you'll have a few seconds of the potion's effect remaining.

Boss Tips

Chopper Redhook

• Line up your cooldowns with the boss walking over Bombs which afflict him with Heavy Ordnance.
• Do not stand in front of the Irontide Cleavers when they cast Heavy Slash which is a big frontal cone.
• Divine Steed helps you to quickly kite the boss into Bombs.

Dread Captain Lockwood

• Focus down the Ashvane Cannoneer during the phase change to quickly use Unstable Ordnance to get the boss down from the ship.
• The boss turns to a player and casts Clear the Deck a frontal cone that knocks back anyone in front of her.
• Use your defensives during Fiery Ricochet[/wow-spell.

Hadal Darkfathom

• Rotate your defensives on [wow-spell id=257882]Break Water.
  • Since they spawn under you, make sure to not spawn any close to the pillar as you are going to use it for Tidal Surge.
• If you can't find a safe spot for Tidal Surge you can also use Divine Shield to immune the damage.
• The boss casts Crashing Tide on the tank which is a massive frontal cone.

Viq'Goth

• Rotate your defensives if you are targeted by Putrid Waters.
  • If you run out of defensives you can use Divine Shield to immune it off.
• Make sure to kill the Gripping Terrors as fast as you can while not leaving more than 1 Demolishing Terror up at a time.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Brackish Bolt from Irontide Waveshaper.
  • Watertight Shell from Irontide Waveshaper.
  • Water Bolt from Bilge Rat Tempest.
  • Choking Waters from Bilge Rat Tempest.
  • Bolstering Shout from Ashvane Commander.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Paladins can't do much here other than pre-pot with Tempered Potion. When the dungeon starts, you'll have a few seconds of the potion's effect remaining.

Boss Tips

General Umbriss

• Use Shield of Vengeance before Commanding Roar.
• Use Divine Steed during Commanding Roar to quickly find the save spot to dodge the Shadow Breath.
• Use Divine Protection on Rock Spike.
  • Drop this off away from the group.

Forgemaster Throngus

• Rotate your defensives every time the boss casts Forge Weapon.
• During the axe phase the boss is going to target a player with Fiery Cleave a massive frontal cone you must dodge.
• During Molten Flurry if you are targeted by Molten Spark make sure to drop it off far away or on the side of the group.
• During Molten Mace you can use Blessing of Freedom on the tank to speed him up.

Drahga Shadowburner

• In phase 1 interrupt Shadowflame Bolt with Rebuke.
• Use Lay on Hands If targeted by Curse of Entropy.
• Rotate your defensives when the boss casts Twilight Buffet.
• The boss is going to target a player and cast Devouring Flame a massive frontal cone you must dodge.

Erudax, the Duke of Below

• Use defensives during Abyssal Corruption and Void Surge.
• Help your group by soaking the Void tendrils with Divine Shield simply run over them to soak.
  • If you're hit by a Void tendril it stuns you.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Earth Bolt from Twilight Earthcaller.
  • Mass Tremor from Twilight Earthcaller.
  • Shadowflame Bolt from Twilight Beguiler.
  • Sear Mind from Twilight Beguiler.

Pre Dungeon Start

• Paladins can't do much here other than pre-pot with Tempered Potion. When the dungeon starts, you'll have a few seconds of the potion's effect remaining.

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