Retribution Paladins – Best in Slot (BiS) Gear
Updated Ret Pally Best-in-Slot (BiS) Gear List for Patch 3.3 and Patch 3.3.2
Plate Gear Priority (Heroic)
Head: [Sanctified Lightsworn Helmet]
Neck: [Ahn'kahar Onyx Neckguard]
Shoulders: [Sanctified Lightsworn Shoulderplates]
Back: [Winding Sheet]
Chest: [Sanctified Lightsworn Battleplate]
Wrist: [Polar Bear Claw Bracers]
Hands: [Fleshrending Gauntlets]
Waist: [Coldwraith Links]
Legs: [Sanctified Lightsworn Legplates]
Feet: [Blood-Soaked Saronite Stompers]
Finger1: [Might of Blight]
Finger2: [Ashen Band of Endless Vengeance]
Trinket1: [Death's Choice]
Trinket2: [Tiny Abomination in a Jar]
Main Hand: [Glorenzelg, High-Blade of the Silver Hand] or [Shadowmourne]
Ranged: [Libram of Three Truths]
All Gear (Heroic)
Head: [Sanctified Lightsworn Helmet]
Neck: [Sindragosa's Cruel Claw]
Shoulders: [Sanctified Lightsworn Shoulderplates]
Back: [Shadowvault Slayer's Cloak]
Chest: [Sanctified Lightsworn Battleplate]
Wrist: [Polar Bear Claw Bracers]
Hands: [Fleshrending Gauntlets]
Waist: [Astrylian's Sutured Cinch]
Legs: [Sanctified Lightsworn Legplates]
Feet: [Frostbitten Fur Boots]
Finger1: [Band of the Bone Colossus]
Finger2: [Ashen Band of Endless Vengeance]
Trinket1: [Death's Choice]
Trinket2: [Tiny Abomination in a Jar]
Main Hand: [Oathbinder, Charge of the Ranger-General] or [Shadowmourne]
Ranged: [Libram of Three Truths]
Plate Priority (Non-Heroic)
Head: [Sanctified Lightsworn Helmet]
Neck: [Ahn'kahar Onyx Neckguard]
Shoulders: [Sanctified Lightsworn Shoulderplates]
Back: [Winding Sheet]
Chest: [Sanctified Lightsworn Battleplate]
Wrist: [Polar Bear Claw Bracers]
Hands: [Fleshrending Gauntlets]
Waist: [Coldwraith Links]
Legs: [Sanctified Lightsworn Legplates]
Feet: [Blood-Soaked Saronite Stompers]
Finger1: [Skeleton Lord's Circle]
Finger2: [Ashen Band of Endless Vengeance]
Trinket1: [Death's Choice]
Trinket2: [Tiny Abomination in a Jar]
Main Hand: [Bryntroll, the Bone Arbitor] or [Shadowmourne]
Ranged: [Libram of Three Truths]
Patch 3.2 (Old). The current thread is very short, and it is sure to change. I will post any additional changes or links as necessary.
The following list is the optimal gear set for DPS. This includes some leather pieces. For other optimal sets, please see the EJ links below.
Neck: [The Executioner's Malice]
Shoulders: [Turalyon's Shoulderplates of Triumph]
Back: [Vereesa's Dexterity]
Chest:[Vest of Calamitous Fate]
Wrist: [Bracers of Dark Determination]
Hands: [Gloves of the Silver Assassin]
Waist: [Bloodbath Belt]
Legs: [Legguards of Ascension]
Feet: [Greaves of the 7th Legion]
Finger1: [Band of the Violent Temperment]
Finger2: [Band of Callous Aggression]
Trinket1: [Darkmoon Card: Greatness]
Trinket2: [Death's Choice]
Weapon: [Justicebringer]
Libram: [Libram of Valiance]
I am linking this thread from Elitist Jerks. It has the Ret Pally best in slot gear lists, and then some. I highly recommend this, so take a look!
• Patch 3.2 – Retribution Paladin BiS Gear (updated info for plate priority as well as all items on heroic and 25-man normal raids)
• Patch 3.1 (old) – Retribution Paladin BiS Gear
I have never been outstanding with numbers for rating gear and the like. I am decent, but nowhere near the caliber of the people who put forth this kind of information. I bow to the experts here!
I am relatively new to WoW…less than 4 months and have a retadin that recently hit 80 and am now looking for a path for top level gear so that I can participate in raids without being politely (sometimes) excused for poor gear/low DPS. You have given me this with which to achieve and for that I thank you.
My 1 question is that I am Horde, so does the gear transcend Factions? In other words, does the same gear exist (name, stats, etc.) for the other?
Please advise.
Kindest of regards
Yeh same gear just different names, toc 5man is easy to farm and is a starting point with 200 ilvl gear.
id say farm that and do it on heroic for a few days for the 219ilvl gear and it wouldnt be long untill you can pull decent dps for 10m toc and generally build from there.
the libram costs 25boc and is a must have so yea should take a week or two untill your right for the 10 and 25m toc runs.
Yeah, it’s the same gear on both sides pretty much. ToC Heroic, as Tapatha said, is a great way to get some good entry gear…and badge farming ToC normal difficulty can net you some level 226 gear pretty quickly. With 3.3 only a couple weeks away, the Icecrown 5-man will provide some very nice gear as well.
Out of interest, without writing things out, does this take into consideration hit cap and less so, expertise cap?
Yes and yes. The calculations include most every possible gear and stat scenario, including caps and tier bonuses. It’s not always the ultimat best scenario, because individual players and races have certain combniations that are unique to them alone. So, a piece of gear may be swapped here or there…but for the most part, this is pretty concrete on what to be aiming for.
So then have you done a comparison between the Ashen Verdict Str ring and the Agi ring? I keep on getting that the Agi one is better for a lot of Icc geared ret paladin’s. But the thing i noticed is im still in mostly ToC 25man gear with a crit trinket that keeps me at the same amount of crit as the other paladin’s i talked to.
Yes, the Agility ring does seem to be the better of the two at the moment. Especially if you are still holding onto 2 T9.
My main concern is Armor Penetration, I know some is good for out white damage, but how much is too much, and does a high amount of armor penetration do more DPS than a high amount of haste? I was under the impression that a lot of armor penetration from plate gear was for warriors.
Armor pen and haste are equally our weakest stats. There are arguments for both being better or worse than the other. Although I am not positive, I believe Haste is optimal for 2 piece T9 and 2 piece T10, while armor pen MAY benefit a bit more from 4 piece T10. I believe it is dependant on your other gear.
Personally, I prefer the haste, but I take whatever gear is an upgrade. So long as the gear has critical strike on it, armor pen or haste as a second stat carreis very little weight at this point. However, if I have my choice, I am going with haste.
Why are you giving paladins armour pen? I mean seriously? Armour pen is the worst stat ever for a paladin…
Third post in 10 min or so lol. But anyway.
Do you still take the Ashen verdict Agi ring, now that there’s a chioce of a STR ring?
@xv Yes, armor pen is a very undesireable stat for us. The BiS lists come from lots of number crunching on EJ. Whether or not you agree is totally up to you. I myself avoid armor pen as much as I can, if I can help it.
@daumier Yes, as of right now, the agility Ashen Verdict rep ring does provide slightly more DPS, especially if you are still using 2 T9 set bonus.
MY guild only does ten mans due to a lacking of 80’s. Do you know what the BiS for ICC 10 gear is, or where I could find it?
lol sorry for the caps in my^
Hey Pheonera! Elitist Jerks BiS Paladin threads are your best bet. I’ll see if I can’t dig up a 10 man BiS list somewhere! Rawr is unreliable for Ret Paladinss because of some bugs, so I’ll see if there are some better number crunchers out there with more concrete lists.
I can see what you mean by bugs in Rawr. I downloaded to try and figure out the 10 man BiS gear, and it was saying that the 258 t9 and gloves are better than the 277 t10 ones, so I’m really confused.
the t9/10 pants* and gloves sorry for the double posts.
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