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Best Retribution Paladin Legendaries - Dragonflight 10.0

By Bolas Updated: 2022/11/28

Double Legendaries for Retribution PaladinWaist of UnityMemory of UnityWaist of UnityMemory of UnityBest Retribution Paladin Legendaries

Best Double Legendaries

Raid Legendaries: Unity and Final Verdict (see other options below)
Mythic+ Legendaries: Unity and Relentless Inquisitor (see other options below)

Best Retribution Paladin Legendaries For RaidingUnityFinal Verdict

Relentless Inquisitor is the strongest option generally, but has the downside of dropping stacks during downtime.

Vanguard's Momentum is especially good if there are waves of add spawns dying frequently that you can snipe with Hammer of Wrath to maintain its buff, or if execute is important. It's also just generally decent in AoE as well.

The Magistrate's Judgment is still a decent fallback, although its Holy Power generation is not really a big deal for Retribution currently.

Best Retribution Paladin Legendaries For Mythic+UnityVanguard's MomentumRelentless InquisitorThe Magistrate's JudgmentTempest of the LightbringerTempest of the LightbringerRetribution Paladin LegendariesRetribution Paladin Covenant LegendariesUnity

Available Slots: Any

Crafting Preference: Bracers, Waist

Secondaries to use: Haste/Mastery; use sims to confirm

UnityDivine Resonance

Available Slots: Chest, Waist

Crafting Preference: Craft as Unity

Secondaries to use: Haste/Mastery; use sims to confirm

Divine TollJudgmentTemplar's VerdictJudgmentDuty-Bound Gavel

Available Slots: Head, Shoulders, Ring

Crafting Preference: Craft as Unity

Secondaries to use: Haste/Mastery; use sims to confirm

Vanquisher's HammerDivine StormVanquisher's HammerExecution SentenceFinal ReckoningDivine TollTemplar's VerdictDivine StormDivine StormSeasons of Plenty

Available Slots: Legs, Feet

Crafting Preference: Craft as Unity

Secondaries to use: Haste/Mastery; use sims to confirm

Blessing of SummerBest Retribution Paladin LegendariesFinal Verdict

Available Slots: Chest, Back

Crafting Preference: Back

Secondaries to use: Haste/Mastery; use sims to confirm

Final VerdictTemplar's VerdictTemplar's VerdictHammer of WrathVanguard's Momentum

Available Slots: Head, Hands, Feet

Crafting Preference: Feet

Secondaries to use: Haste/Mastery; use sims to confirm

Hammer of WrathThe Magistrate's Judgment

Available Slots: Wrist, Ring

Crafting Preference: Ring

Secondaries to use: Haste/Mastery; use sims to confirm

Relentless Inquisitor

Available Slots: Legs, Back

Crafting Preference: Back

Secondaries to use: Haste/Mastery; use sims to confirm

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Comments

Comment by Aquanei

I think Final Verdict has a little bit more than coolness factor going on. I'm sure if every fight were patchwerk then yes it falls behind other options but I feel like for raiding and dungeoning it has far more use on fights where movement is going to render your damage less than stable for your average joe. There's been 1000's of a times where a tank has just jerked the boss out of range and screwed up my rotation without any warning or fight factor other than the person just had ants in their pants and liked the view better from 3 inches to the left. And then when those factors DO come in having extended range on your finisher is an incalculable aid to damage maintenance.

And if there's one thing Ret is going to be struggling on as usual, it's movement. Its that one extra half a second to adjust and move yourself over with the tank while not dropping your rotation. Final verdict did more for dps maintenance in WoD than I think anyone gave it credit for. Those of you in the top 1% of raiding you need to move on and ignore this post I understand you have a symbiotic mind link with your tank, but most of us don't. Those in the lower echelons, please don't discount final verdict as a crutch. It's an extremely versatile crutch.

Comment by Netrunner

I can't wait (hopefully) until we can equip a total of two legendary items. The Mad Paragon + Vanguard's Momentum would be incredible.

Comment by wowgamer59

I went to see if there was a place in the forums to post this comment but it crosses forums to I'll make a quick comment here and since I've not commented on Wowhead before someone can let me know if I should have done this differently.

So, while part of my comment is specific to ret pally, it has some roots going back to these various web sites.

I was trying to find out what are the best legendaries for ret pally so thanks for that but unfortunate to find out that the one I already got from a world boss is the one at the bottom of the list. I was hoping to use it just to finish the Final Pieces quest so to my dismay that it's probably not worth it. I look to see what it takes to get the Mad Paragon. Oh, you have to do the Quest the Great Vault. Are you kidding me?

And that is my more general rant against WoW and a lot of the websites. Not all of us are interested in M+ runs or raiding. And a lot of the websites are focused on that. What about us regular joes that just want to play an interesting game and can't give the time soak of raiding and so forth.

And so if someone asks why do I care about legendaries then, well, I guess don't but Blizz gives me quests to go into Torghast to do, like rescue people and like this Final Quest. So, to finish the quest I need to make one (haven't seen any for sale on AH yet, or the missives) put to spend all of this time in Torghast to make something for nothing.....?

To be clear, those that like to run M+ and raids (harder content) should get better gear for their efforts. I'm not expecting their levels of rewards (which I hear are pretty lame in SL) but why make me make legendaries for nothing then? To try and sell on AH for money? If one has limited time to play, sure don't want to spend all the time in Torghast that is required. That is just boring content, much like the daily and WQ.

Why do I bother playing? And have been doing so since late 2004? This is because there are a lot of the aspects of the game I like. And I'll stop there.

Thanks for your time.

Comment by Socairnone

Im not really into doing dungeons raids etc at any level
its difficult to be available at the right times and in the past I used to do a lot of raids and dungeons and found a lot of the people involved seem to think WoW is a life and death career and become very anal about almost anything

But I digress
Once again we have to run them to farm various mats with which to make the better gear
but I also quest a lot to farm the damned rep we need despite blizz saying no more rep farming.... i never fell for any of that bull

So to my questions
would someone please tell me if the legendary's are actually going to be better than my 197 queensguard gear?

base items seem to be whatever level shadowghast gear you can make ...I think .....no way of finding out anything in game...

i can make 190 armour on my blacksmith there is a link to a calculator that uses crappy 157 gear ... so im guessing you can use any shadowghast gear

So in regard to my Ret Pally if these legendaries are worth making in what order should I make them?
and if you can level-up the legendaries ..how do you do it?

and for general questing and the necessary dungeon raids and mythic runs which are the best attributes to put on to ret pally legendary gear?

Sorry to ask so much but I'm not finding any good sources of info in game at all.
SO any and all advice would be greatly appreciated

Comment by alpanhell

Funny this is the only author that requires you to use sims to pick secondaries...

Comment by Enejaner

I do question as a lazy shlub who doesn't want to run the sims himself/don't trust my own testing methods. With the recent 50% uptime Nerf of Divine Resonance is it still the best or worth making?

Comment by Sylus04

This guy has no idea how Venthyr ret paladin works and that's why he keeps down playing Venthyr, trying to make it seem worse than even Necrolord or Night Fae ret paladin's. I assume he just can't incorporate the awesome healing and damage of Ashen Hollow into his rotation and that's why he insists that no one play Venthyr. Perhaps if you actually played it for longer than a week, you might understand how awesome Venthyr ret paladin actually is. Sure. The cooldown on Ashen Hollow is a big problem. I won't deny that. But to outright say that ret paladin's should change their covenant because of this is his blatantly WRONG opinion. Almost every single paladin I've run with that was Kyrian, doesn't out damage me. And they sure as hell don't help heal their team like Venthyr ret paladin's do. In M+ or raiding, making sure your team is good to go is pretty damn important. So the utility of Ashen Hollow should not be downplayed. One could argue that Ashen Hollow is only useful for Holy paladins, but that's just not true. It would be nice if Bolas remembered that ret paladin's, in the beginning, brought utility to the table more than damage. Things have changed and all of their utility from the past is basically gone, so giving me a spell that not only incorporates utility, but also decent damage, is a god send. By no means am I saying it is better than Kyrian in terms of damage, because its not, but it is useful to your RAID or M+ group, and that is where it is better than the other covenants in my opinion. Now if Blizz could only nerf the insanity that is Divine Resonance, then the damage between Kyrian and Venthyr wouldn't be that different, and Venthyr would most likely end up being the best covenant. But hey. I'm just a filthy Venthyr ret paladin who has no idea how to play his class if Bolas is to be believed. :)

Comment by taikatalwi

I still dont get the two legendaries at once system.
As a kyrian retri, I already do have equipped ilvl 262 Divine Resonance in the waist slot . According to the guide,
"There are two ways to equip your Covenant Legendary in tandem with another Legendary: You can purchase a Legendary waist of Unity - ilevel 265 or you can craft the Legendary in the usual way using Memory of Unity."
Does that mean that I need to throw away my current legendary covenant belt, buy or craft Unity item instead and craft a whole new Final Verdict in a different slot? Or can I simply keep my current belt since it is a covenant legendary and equip Final Verdict in another slot when the time comes?

Comment by cadfile

Kind of ironic that the author of this guide won't tell a reader what secondary is best but will totally ignore a convent just because it is not good for raiding or mythic. I play as Venthyr on my Ret and I know I can change it but right now I don't plan on it. I came here to see what the Venthyr legendary is and the author just doesn't include Venthyr in the first part of the guide in "Retribution Paladin Covenant Legendaries" I just wanted to be reminded what it was.

The least the author could have done is listed the Venthyr legendary for Ret and then in big bold font typed DO NOT USE.

Just very disappointed in this guide that has some good info overall.

Comment by BetaBrandon

I almost never comment on guides because I'm no expert (which is why I come here for info) but I can't help but notice that the recommended slot for both M+ legendaries is listed as waist. Both tempest and resonance (unity). What's a prot pali supposed to do with his offset? Womp womp

Comment by Zulkarun

Looking at the Bloodmallet soul bind data is interesting. Comparing the top soul binds by Covenant, you get Kyrian (17.3k), Night Fae (16.7k) Necro Lord (16.2k) and Venthyr (15.8k), and while that is a somewhat decent gap between each, it’s funny that that Author felt you could lose 600 DPS between Kyrian and NF, or 500 DPS between NF and NL, but 500 between NL and Venthyr was too much.

Over in the main “Best Covenant for Ret Paladin” article by the same author, according to data collected from Blizzard’s API, 13.9% of Ret Paladins chose Venthyr, which is higher than NecroLord (10.5) and Night Fae (3.1%) but the author still didn’t feel it important enough to acknowledge that 13.9% of the base here, which is more than NL and NF combined, outside of saying their covenant is the worst performer.

I understand that the Venthyr perform worst, but I would hope the author would still advise those who either want to main Venthyr Ret, or who play it as an off spec, which is possible since both Holy and Prot consider Venthyr a strong candidate, even if it's something like "If you want to main Venthyr as Ret, Unity should go here, and Mad Paragon (since the acknowledge it as the best) should go here.

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