Nonetheless, we’re here to give a breakdown of the new talent trees for the Retribution Paladin so that you can get a nice head start with your build.
Talent System Changes
The biggest change players will see is that there are now 2 trees in the Talents Menu. On the Left is the Paladin Class Talent Tree, and on the Right is the RetributionSpecialization Talent Tree. At the level cap of 70 in World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, players are able to spend 31 points in the Paladin Talent tree and 30 points in the Retribution Talent tree. The choices for different builds might look overwhelming, but in the end, there will always end up being a meta build that everyone will be playing, with a few optional choices here and there.
A new feature that players can take advantage of is the drop-down menu in the bottom left-hand corner of the Talent Menu. Here players can Select, Save, Share, and talent builds they’ve made. This added feature is really helpful to quickly swap between different talent builds to maximize your performance. You’ll notice there is actually a “Starter Build” option already in this menu to help get you going.
Talent Builds For Retribution Paladins In WoW: Dragonflight
We’ve taken a close look at the class talent tree and come up with a brief guide to the talent selections with some of our recommendations for how to make the most out of your Retribution Paladin.
Firstly, let’s take a look at the Class Talent Tree on the left.
Retribution Paladin Class Talents
There are a number of required points that need to be spent for Retribution Paladins to have basic functionality. Making sure to pick up Greater Judgment, Divine Steed, Cavalier, and Seasoned Warhorse. This leaves open a few utility options of your choice for the remaining points needed to pass the first 8-point threshold after Row 4.
Next, you’ll need to pick up some more mandatory talents: Holy Aegis and Avenging Wrath which also allow access to Blessing of Sacrifice, Recompense, and Unbreakable Spirit. Depending on your needs you’ll have to choose between Turn Evil and Rebuke to access Seal of Reprisal and Incandescence or Touch of Light (depending on single target or AoE needs). Rebuke probably being the more useful of the two. This leaves a few more points for some more optional utilities in order to access the next 20-point threshold after Row 7. Most players will likely opt for Judgment of Light and Golden Path.
Finally, there are a lot of choices here in the last tier that all help with damage output. Players will definitely want to go down the two outer paths to select Seal of Order and Zealot’s Paragon. This leaves the remaining options between Divine Purpose, Holy Avenger, and Sanctified Wrath. As it stands now, Divine Purpose is performing better than Holy Avenger.
Retribution Paladin Specialization Talents
The Retribution Talent Tree is in a bit of a disordered state at the moment, there are a good amount of flexible paths to take, but there are some questionable talent placements.
The first 8-point threshold is quickly met by taking a number of mandatory talents.
You’ll definitely want to pick up Consecrated Blade for AoE; this also leads nicely down toward Tempest of the Lightbringer to further boost AoE. Furthermore, there’s a choice between Single-Target and AoE damage at the 5th row between Righteous Verdict and Sanctify.
Radiant Decree is seeing strong performance as well, so you’ll definitely want that.
Lastly, down at the bottom of the tree, Divine Toll and Final Reckoning are cornerstone talents to maximizing Ret damage.
At the bottom right of the Talent Menu there are three optional talents. These are Talents used in PvP and don’t have any effect on raid DPS.
Stay tuned for more WoW Dragonflight content as we’ll be adding more content and guides just like we’ve done with our WotLK Classic Directory!
