Retribution Paladin State on the Shadowlands Beta - Covenants, Concerns, Legendaries

Shadowlands Pubblicato 15/08/2020 alle 00:31 da Bolas

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Scia di Ceneri - Now generates 3 Holy Power instead of 5 and has had its base damage slightly increased, but does a lot less damage to secondary targets than it used to. Frontloading its damage into the actual spell itself rather than the extra finishers it let you cast makes it a lot easier to fit into your rotation. Scia di Ceneri was pretty much exclusively picked in its talent row for all situations, so making it a baseline ability and freeing up an extra talent row for other options makes a lot of sense.

Martello dell'Ira - It's been an iconic ability for Retribution for a very long time so picking it as one of the baseline abilities to return seems like an obvious choice. Its design hasn't changed much from BfA, it's still a Holy Power generator that can either be cast as an execute or during Ira Vendicatrice.

Consacrazione - Pretty much unrecognizable from the talent it was in BfA, it now generates no holy power and does very little damage at all. Unlikely to be used outside of massive pulls or when every other button you could press is on cooldown.

Parola di Gloria - No longer has a cooldown but is now a single target heal instead of the 3 target smart heal it used to be and does significantly less healing than it used to.

Scudo del Virtuoso - Requires a shield to be equipped to cast, costs 3 Holy Power and grants Armor. None of that sounds appealing for Retribution and it's not likely to be used very often as a result.

Benedizione del Sacrificio - This is actually a really cool piece of utility since damage specializations so rarely get single target damage reduction cooldowns, and it’s great to have it as an option in our toolkit of blessings.

Auras - These are raid wide buffs with a restriction only one can be used at a time per Paladin. Multiple buffs of the same type don't stack.
Aura della Devozione - Grants a small damage reduction. Probably the most valuable aura for a raid as a whole.

Aura della Concentrazione - Reduces the duration of silence effects. Very few uses for most PvE content.

Aura del Crociato - Increases mounted speed. Notably also increases the speed of Destriero Divino.

Aura del Castigo - Rather than being a raidwide buff like the other auras, the Paladin using the aura gains Ira Vendicatrice if an ally dies within range.

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Tempesta Divina - Now capped at 5 targets but base damage has been slightly increased. This is in line with similar changes to most melee specs to have their primary AoE abilities target capped going into Shadowlands.

Lama della Giustizia - now has a 12s base cooldown instead of 11s. This is not a significant change at all.

Talents

Vendicatore Sacro - Returns after a long hiatus except now with a 3 minute cooldown. This means it won't sync very well with Ira Vendicatrice and will be mostly good as an option for situations where burst damage is required.

- A similar design to Inquisizione except slightly more burst oriented than a flat increase. Also has an awkward cooldown to line up with the most of our abilities but syncs up nicely to get the most of out Scia di Ceneri.

Ira Consacrata - Decreto della Luce with a different name. Unfortunately can't be picked with Crociata since they now share a talent row.

Potenza Empirea - Another old Azerite Power that's been converted into a talent. Instead of an RPPM proc it's now a flat 15% chance on Assalto del Crociato, which seems like a very low proc chance given that Assalto del Crociato is one of the lowest priority abilities in our rotation.

Mani Curative - It seems difficult to try and snipe people to get the most out of this talent and it's going to result in some disappointment when another heal just brings them above 30% health before you manage to Mano Celestiale them.

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Eletto Pazzo is likely to be the frontrunner for most powerful Retribution legendary. Paired with Night Fae’s Benedizione dell'Autunno it can extend Ira Vendicatrice’s duration by 15-20 seconds very easily or more than double the duration of Crociata.

Verdetto Finale turns Verdetto dei Templari into a ranged ability which means that we can use all of our abilities apart from Assalto del Crociato and auto attacks at a 10 yard range, allowing for a potential semi-ranged playstyle that melee specs rarely get. The extra damage from free Martello dell'Iras isn’t bad either.

Tempesta dell'Araldo della Luce is a throwback to an old Legion artifact trait. While the extra 20% bonus damage on Tempesta Divina is great for Mythic+, projectile-ing it is often not going to help it hit any extra enemies due to its new target cap.

Inquisitore Implacabile is an old Azerite trait turned into a new legendary effect. It wasn’t especially strong in BfA and it likely won’t be in Shadowlands either unless it’s tuned especially high.

Impeto dell'Avanguardia gives some potentially explosive openers but requires the use of most of your longer cooldown defensive and utility spells to maximize its Holy Power gain. It could be used in situations you really need high burst damage in a small window but the drawbacks it entails make it a much less enticing option.

Del Tramonto e dell'Alba involves some fun gameplay of trying to gain then spend holy power rapidly to maintain its buffs rather than just keeping Holy Power generators on cooldown like normal, but it’s not tuned high enough for it to be worth the change in rotation priority at the moment.

Giudizio del Magistrato is basically the old 4 piece tier bonus from Antorus, except only 50% of the time. It’s not generally fun gameplay to be unable to predict when you’ll be able to cast your finishers and this is unlikely to be one of the stronger options for legendaries anyway.

Devozione di Uther is the only legendary that’s purely utility without any damage component. While it’s possible there could be situations you really want access to frequent Blessings, it’s unlikely to be worth a legendary slot over the other powerful damage options.

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