WoW Classic Retribution Paladin
In this WoW Classic Retribution Paladin build guide, you will find the best build for Retri Paladins in WoW Classic Fresh and WoW Classic Era. The build shows the best talents, BiS gear, and enchants to DPS in dungeons and raids as a Retribution Pally.
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WoW Classic Retribution Paladin Talents
Choose the following talents as a Retribution 
Paladin as DPS in raids and dungeons at level 60:
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This is the full PvE Retribution spec optimized for damage. You might want to de-optimize the spec a little bit depending on your situation if you have to off-heal or do PvP with the same spec.
WoW Classic Retribution Paladin Pre-BiS
The following Retribution Paladin pre-BiS list contains the best items you can get in WoW Classic before entering the endgame raids at level 60.
- Head
Lionheart Helm (Blacksmithing) 1
Field Marshal's Lamellar Faceguard (PvP Rank 13 – Phase 3)
Eye of Rend (Upper Blackrock Spire)
Helm of the Executioner (Stratholme Undead Side – Phase 5) 1
Mask of the Unforgiven (Stratholme Living Side) - Neck
Amulet of the Darkmoon (Darkmoon Faire – Phase 3)
Pendant of Celerity (Upper Blackrock Spire – Phase 5)
Mark of Fordring (
In Dreams)
Beads of Ogre Might (Falrin's Vendetta in Dire Maul – Phase 5)
Skibi's Pendant (World Drop)
Sentinel's Medallion (Warsong Gulch Honored – Phase 2)
Imperial Jewel (Blackrock Depths) Will of the Martyr (Aurius' Reckoning in Stratholme) - Shoulders
Highlander's Lamellar Spaulders (Arathi Basin Exalted – Phase 4)
Truestrike Shoulders (Upper Blackrock Spire) 1
Field Marshal's Lamellar Pauldrons (PvP Rank 13 – Phase 3)
Wyrmhide Spaulders (A Taste of Flame in Blackrock Depths) 1
Flamescarred Shoulders (Dire Maul West – Phase 2)
Clouddrift Mantle (Ancient Spirit in Feralas)
Lieutenant Commander's Lamellar Shoulders (PvP Rank 10 – Phase 2) - Back
Cape of the Black Baron (Stratholme Undead Side)
Cloak of Revanchion (Dire Maul West – Phase 2)
Blackveil Cape (Blackrock Depths)
Shroud of Domination (Upper Blackrock Spire – Phase 5) Cloak of the Honor Guard (Arathi Basin Exalted – Phase 4) Stoneskin Gargoyle Cape (Stratholme Undead Side) - Chest
Savage Gladiator Chain (Blackrock Depths)
Field Marshal's Lamellar Chestplate (PvP Rank 13 – Phase 3)
Obsidian Mail Tunic (Blacksmithing – Phase 5) Thick Obsidian Breastplate (Blacksmithing – Phase 5)
Primal Batskin Jerkin (Leatherworking – Phase 4)
Breastplate of Bloodthirst (Breastplate of Bloodthirst in Winterspring)
Ogre Forged Hauberk (Dire Maul North – Phase 2) Cadaverous Armor (Scholomance) Tombstone Breastplate (Scholomance) - Wrist
Forest Stalker's Bracers (Warsong Gulch Exalted – Phase 2)
Battleborn Armbraces (Upper Blackrock Spire)
Primal Batskin Bracers (Leatherworking – Phase 4) Vambraces of the Sadist (Stratholme Living Side)
Gordok Bracers of Power (Dire Maul North – Phase 2) Slashclaw Bracers (Lower Blackrock Spire) - Hands
Marshal's Lamellar Gloves (PvP Rank 12 – Phase 3)
Primal Batskin Gloves (Leatherworking – Phase 4) 1
Chromatic Gauntlets (Leatherworking – Phase 2)
Voone's Vice Grips (Maxwell's Mission) 1
Gargoyle Slashers (Scholomance) Knight-Lieutenant's Lamellar Gauntlets (PvP Rank 7 – Phase 2) - Waist
Highlander's Plate Girdle (Arathi Basin Honored – Phase 4)
Marksman's Girdle (Lower Blackrock Spire)
Omokk's Girth Restrainer (Maxwell's Mission)
Brigam Girdle (Upper Blackrock Spire)
Cloudrunner Girdle (Lower Blackrock Spire) - Legs
Titanic Leggings (Blacksmithing – Phase 5)
Sentinel's Lamellar Legguards (Warsong Gulch Exalted – Phase 2) Marshal's Lamellar Legplates (PvP Rank 12 – Phase 3) Cloudkeeper Legplates (World Drop)
Plaguehound Leggings (Random Drop in Stratholme) Eldritch Reinforced Legplates (Dire Maul West – Phase 2)
Knight-Captain's Lamellar Leggings (PvP Rank 8) - Feet
Bloodmail Boots (Scholomance)
Windreaver Greaves (Scholomance)
Battlechaser's Greaves (Random Drop in Blackrock Depths) Defiler's Lamellar Greaves (Arathi Basin Revered – Phase 4) - Rings
Don Julio's Band (Alterac Valley Exalted – Phase 2)
Tarnished Elven Ring (Dire Maul Tribute – Phase 2)
Protector's Band (Warsong Gulch Honored – Phase 2)
Magni's Will (The Princess's Surprise in Blackrock Depths)
Painweaver Band (Lower Blackrock Spire)
Blackstone Ring (Maraudon) - Trinkets
Hand of Justice (Blackrock Depths)
Blackhand's Breadth (General Drakkisath's Demise in Blackrock Spire)
Counterattack Lodestone (Dire Maul Tribute – Phase 2) - Weapons
Grand Marshal's Claymore (PvP Rank 14 – Phase 3)
The Unstoppable Force (Alterac Valley Exalted – Phase 2)
Nightfall (Blacksmithing)
Arcanite Reaper (Blacksmithing – only as 
Dwarf)
Demonshear (Stratholme Living Side)
Dreadforge Retaliator (Blackrock Depths – only as Dwarf)
1 As a Retribution Paladin you have already 3 % melee hit from your talent 
Precision. Adapt your gear to have a maximum of 6 % melee hit from your gear to reach 9 % melee hit in total. If you play a 
Human and you’re using a sword or mace, you only need 3 % melee hit from your gear.
WoW Classic Retribution Paladin BiS Phase 2
The following Retribution Paladin BiS list contains the best items you can get in WoW Classic with Molten Core, Onyxia's Lair, World Bosses, and Dire Maul.
- Head (
Lesser Arcanum of Voracity)
Crown of Destruction (Molten Core) Lionheart Helm (Blacksmithing) 1 - Neck
Onyxia Tooth Pendant (
Head of Onyxia) - Shoulders Lieutenant Commander's Lamellar Shoulders (PvP Rank 10)
- Back (
Enchant Cloak - Lesser Agility)
Puissant Cape (Azuregos) Cape of the Black Baron (Stratholme Undead Side) - Chest ( Enchant Chest - Greater Stats) Savage Gladiator Chain (Blackrock Depths) Ogre Forged Hauberk (Dire Maul North)
- Wrist ( Enchant Bracer - Superior Strength) Forest Stalker's Bracers (Warsong Gulch Exalted)
Wristguards of True Flight (Molten Core) 1 Battleborn Armbraces (Upper Blackrock Spire) - Hands ( Enchant Gloves - Greater Strength)
Flameguard Gauntlets (Molten Core) Knight-Lieutenant's Lamellar Gauntlets (PvP Rank 7) Gargoyle Slashers (Scholomance) - Waist
Onslaught Girdle (Molten Core) Omokk's Girth Restrainer (Maxwell's Mission) - Legs ( Lesser Arcanum of Voracity) Sentinel's Lamellar Legguards (Warsong Gulch Exalted) Cloudkeeper Legplates (World Drop) Knight-Captain's Lamellar Leggings (PvP Rank 8)
- Feet ( Enchant Boots - Greater Agility) Bloodmail Boots (Scholomance) Windreaver Greaves (Scholomance)
- Rings
Quick Strike Ring (Molten Core) Don Julio's Band (Alterac Valley Exalted) Blackstone Ring (Maraudon) 1 - Trinkets Hand of Justice (Blackrock Depths) Blackhand's Breadth (General Drakkisath's Demise in Blackrock Spire)
- Weapons ( Enchant Weapon - Crusader)
Obsidian Edged Blade (Molten Core, BiS for Dwarf)
Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros (Molten Core) The Unstoppable Force (Alterac Valley Exalted)
1 As a Retribution Paladin you have already 3 % melee hit from your talent Precision. Adapt your gear to have a maximum of 6 % melee hit from your gear to reach 9 % melee hit in total. If you play a Human and you’re using a sword or mace, you only need 3 % melee hit from your gear.
WoW Classic Retribution Paladin BiS Phase 3
The following Retribution Paladin BiS list contains the best items you can get in WoW Classic after the release of Blackwing Lair and PvP rank 14.
- Head ( Lesser Arcanum of Voracity)
Helm of Endless Rage (Blackwing Lair) Lionheart Helm (Blacksmithing) 1 - Neck
Prestor's Talisman of Connivery (Blackwing Lair) Onyxia Tooth Pendant ( Head of Onyxia) - Shoulders
Drake Talon Pauldrons (Blackwing Lair) - Back ( Enchant Cloak - Lesser Agility)
Cloak of Draconic Might (Blackwing Lair) - Chest ( Enchant Chest - Greater Stats) Savage Gladiator Chain (Blackrock Depths) Field Marshal's Lamellar Chestplate (PvP Rank 13)
Malfurion's Blessed Bulwark (Blackwing Lair) - Wrist ( Enchant Bracer - Superior Strength)
Berserker Bracers (Warsong Gulch Exalted) Wristguards of True Flight (Molten Core) 1 - Hands ( Enchant Gloves - Greater Strength) Flameguard Gauntlets (Molten Core) Marshal's Lamellar Gloves (PvP Rank 12)
- Waist Onslaught Girdle (Molten Core) Therazane's Link (Blackwing Lair)
- Legs ( Lesser Arcanum of Voracity) Sentinel's Lamellar Legguards (Warsong Gulch Exalted)
Legguards of the Fallen Crusader (Blackwing Lair) Marshal's Lamellar Legplates (PvP Rank 12) - Feet ( Enchant Boots - Greater Agility) Chromatic Boots (Blackwing Lair)
Boots of the Shadow Flame (Blackwing Lair) 1 - Rings
Circle of Applied Force (Blackwing Lair)
Master Dragonslayer's Ring (Blackwing Lair) 1 Don Julio's Band (Alterac Valley Exalted) 1 Quick Strike Ring (Molten Core) - Trinkets
Scrolls of Blinding Light (Blackwing Lair) Hand of Justice (Blackrock Depths)
Drake Fang Talisman (Blackwing Lair) 1 - Weapons ( Enchant Weapon - Crusader) Obsidian Edged Blade (Molten Core, BiS for Dwarf) Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros (Molten Core)
Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood (Blackwing Lair)
1 As a Retribution Paladin you have already 3 % melee hit from your talent Precision. Adapt your gear to have a maximum of 6 % melee hit from your gear to reach 9 % melee hit in total. If you play a Human and you’re using a sword or mace, you only need 3 % melee hit from your gear.
WoW Classic Retribution Paladin BiS Phase 4
The following Retribution Paladin BiS list contains the best items you can get in WoW Classic with Zul'Gurub and Arathi Basin.
- Head ( Lesser Arcanum of Voracity) Helm of Endless Rage (Blackwing Lair) Lionheart Helm (Blacksmithing) 1
- Neck
The Eye of Hakkar (Zul'Gurub) Prestor's Talisman of Connivery (Blackwing Lair) 1 - Shoulders (
Zandalar Signet of Might) Drake Talon Pauldrons (Blackwing Lair) - Back ( Enchant Cloak - Lesser Agility) Cloak of Draconic Might (Blackwing Lair)
- Chest ( Enchant Chest - Greater Stats) Savage Gladiator Chain (Blackrock Depths) Field Marshal's Lamellar Chestplate (PvP Rank 13)
- Wrist ( Enchant Bracer - Superior Strength) Berserker Bracers (Warsong Gulch Exalted) Wristguards of True Flight (Molten Core) 1
- Hands ( Enchant Gloves - Greater Strength) Sacrificial Gauntlets (Zul'Gurub) 1 Flameguard Gauntlets (Molten Core)
- Waist Onslaught Girdle (Molten Core) Belt of Preserved Heads (Zul'Gurub) 1 Highlander's Plate Girdle (Arathi Basin Honored)
- Legs ( Lesser Arcanum of Voracity) Sentinel's Lamellar Legguards (Warsong Gulch Exalted) Legguards of the Fallen Crusader (Blackwing Lair)
- Feet ( Enchant Boots - Greater Agility) Chromatic Boots (Blackwing Lair) Boots of the Shadow Flame (Blackwing Lair) 1
Blooddrenched Footpads (Zul'Gurub) 1 - Rings Circle of Applied Force (Blackwing Lair) Master Dragonslayer's Ring (Blackwing Lair) 1 Don Julio's Band (Alterac Valley Exalted) 1 Quick Strike Ring (Molten Core)
- Trinkets Scrolls of Blinding Light (Blackwing Lair) Hand of Justice (Blackrock Depths) Drake Fang Talisman (Blackwing Lair) 1
- Weapons ( Enchant Weapon - Crusader) Obsidian Edged Blade (Molten Core, BiS for Dwarf) Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros (Molten Core) Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood (Blackwing Lair)
1 As a Retribution Paladin you have already 3 % melee hit from your talent Precision. Adapt your gear to have a maximum of 6 % melee hit from your gear to reach 9 % melee hit in total. If you play a Human and you’re using a sword or mace, you only need 3 % melee hit from your gear.
WoW Classic Retribution Paladin BiS Phase 5
The following Retribution Paladin BiS list contains the best items you can get in WoW Classic with Ahn'Qiraj.
- Head ( Lesser Arcanum of Voracity)
Avenger's Crown (Ahn'Qiraj) Helm of Endless Rage (Blackwing Lair) Lionheart Helm (Blacksmithing) 1 - Neck
Barbed Choker (Ahn'Qiraj) The Eye of Hakkar (Zul'Gurub) Prestor's Talisman of Connivery (Blackwing Lair) 1 - Shoulders ( Zandalar Signet of Might)
Avenger's Pauldrons (Ahn'Qiraj) Mantle of Wicked Revenge (Ahn'Qiraj) - Back ( Enchant Cloak - Lesser Agility)
Cloak of the Fallen God (Ahn'Qiraj) Cloak of Draconic Might (Blackwing Lair) Cloak of Concentrated Hatred (Ahn'Qiraj) 1 - Chest ( Enchant Chest - Greater Stats) Avenger's Breastplate (Ahn'Qiraj)
Breastplate of Annihilation (Ahn'Qiraj) - Wrist ( Enchant Bracer - Superior Strength) Hive Defiler Wristguards (Ahn'Qiraj)
Bracers of Brutality (Ahn'Qiraj)
Qiraji Execution Bracers (Ahn'Qiraj) 1 - Hands ( Enchant Gloves - Superior Agility) Gauntlets of Annihilation (Ahn'Qiraj)
Gloves of Enforcement (Ahn'Qiraj) - Waist Onslaught Girdle (Molten Core) Triad Girdle (Ahn'Qiraj)
- Legs ( Lesser Arcanum of Voracity)
Avenger's Legguards (Ahn'Qiraj)
Scaled Sand Reaver Leggings (Ahn'Qiraj) - Feet ( Enchant Boots - Greater Agility)
Avenger's Greaves (Ahn'Qiraj)
Boots of the Vanguard (Ahn'Qiraj) Chromatic Boots (Blackwing Lair) 1 - Rings Circle of Applied Force (Blackwing Lair) Quick Strike Ring (Molten Core)
Ring of the Qiraji Fury (Ahn'Qiraj) Don Julio's Band (Alterac Valley Exalted) 1 - Trinkets Scrolls of Blinding Light (Blackwing Lair) Hand of Justice (Blackrock Depths)
- Weapons ( Enchant Weapon - Crusader) Obsidian Edged Blade (Molten Core, BiS for Dwarf) Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros (Molten Core) Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood (Blackwing Lair)
- Libram
Libram of Fervor (Ahn'Qiraj)
Libram of Hope (Ahn'Qiraj)
1 As a Retribution Paladin you have already 3 % melee hit from your talent Precision. Adapt your gear to have a maximum of 6 % melee hit from your gear to reach 9 % melee hit in total. If you play a Human and you’re using a sword or mace, you only need 3 % melee hit from your gear.
Additional Resources
You can find more resources about the WoW Classic Paladin here, including Paladin Macros for WoW Classic.
The BiS lists are based on learnings since the WoW Classic 2019 release. They are updated for the WoW Classic Anniversary servers. In the Classic Paladin Discord, you can find additional tips and discussions to improve different aspects of your gameplay.