Classic Retribution Paladin DPS Gear and Best in Slot (2024)

Last updated on Dec 02, 2020 at 00:45by Impakt20 comments

While a clear best in slot (BiS) list is always available in WoW Classic, theitems contained might be extremely hard or expensive to get. Thus, we will try togive at least one alternative, for most slots in the list, so that you can pickwhere and how to farm them.

As WoW Classic's Season of Masteryconsists of Phases that are separate from the regular branch of Classic, we havecreated unique gear lists for its pre-raid and Phases. In addition, you mayfind it useful to look over our Fire Resistance Gear guide for your specialization,which is applicable for either version of Classic.

As stated by Blizzard,WoW Classic will have six phases, starting with Molten Core, Onyxia's Lair,and Maraudon, and ending with Naxxramas and theScourge Invasion.

We will be linking best in slot gear lists for every raid tier in this guide,which can be helpful in order to understand how to progress from hitting Level 60,to getting pre-raid best in slot and from then to clearing all raid tiers.

This is the gear we recommend for Retribution Paladins in theNaxxramas patch. Naxxramas is the final destination of the originalWorld of Warcraft, and as such carries the best gear and the most difficult bosses.

Paladins Tier 3, Redemption Armor is perhapsone of the most iconic Paladin sets of all time, but is unfortunately very poor for Retribution Paladins.You will not be using any of the T3 pieces in your BiS set.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Avenger's Crown	Tier 2.5 piece found in AQ40
Neck	Stormrage's Talisman of Seething	Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
Shoulder	Avenger's Pauldrons	Tier 2.5 piece found in AQ40
Back	Shroud of Dominion	Saphiron in Naxxramas
Chest	Avenger's Breastplate	Tier 2.5 piece found in AQ40
Wrists	Wristguards of Vengeance	Anub'Rekhan in Naxxramas
Gloves	Gauntlets of Annihilation	C'Thun in AQ40
Belt	Girdle of the Mentor	Instructor Razuvious in Naxxramas
Legs	Avenger's Legguards	Tier 2.5 piece found in AQ40
Boots	Avenger's Greaves	Tier 2.5 piece found in AQ40
Rings	Circle of Applied Force Band of Unnatural Forces	Flamegor in Blackwing Lair Loatheb in Naxxramas
Trinkets	Slayer's Crest Hand of Justice	Sapphiron in Naxxramas General Angerforge in Blackrock Depths
Weapons	Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros Might of Menethil	Created through a quest chain, starting from gettingthe Eye of Sulfuras from Ragnaros in Molten Core Kel'Thuzad in Naxxramas
Libram	Libram of Fervor	BoE world drop, bought off the Auction House

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Lionheart Helm Field Marshal's Lamellar Faceguard Judgement Crown Helm of Endless Rage	Created by Blacksmithing Rank 13 PvP Set Onyxia in Onyxia's Lair Vaelastrasz the Corrupt in Blackwing Lair
Neck	Onyxia Tooth Pendant The Eye of Hakkar	Reward from turning in Onyxia's head from Onyxia's Lair Hakkar in Zul'Gurub
Shoulders	Drake Talon Pauldrons Field Marshal's Lamellar Pauldrons Truestrike Shoulders Defiler's Plate Spaulders	The three drakes in Blackwing Lair Rank 13 PvP set Pyroguard Emberseer in Upper Blackrock Spire Exalted with the Arathi Basin reputation
Back	Cloak of Concentrated Hatred Cloak of Draconic Might Puissant Cape Deathguard's Cloak	The Prophet Skeram in AQ40 Trash BoE drop in Blackwing Lair Azuregos the world boss in Azshara Exalted with the Arathi Basin reputation
Chest	Savage Gladiator Chain Field Marshal's Lamellar Chestplate	Gorosh the Dervish in Blackrock Depths Rank 13 PvP set
Wrists	Hive Defiler Wristguards Berserker Bracers Wristguards of Stability	Princess Huhuran in AQ40 Exalted with the Warsong Gulch reputation Several bosses in Molten Core
Hands	Gauntlets of the Righteous Champion Flameguard Gauntlets Marshal's Lamellar Gloves	Viscidus in AQ40 Several bosses in Molten Core Rank 12 PvP set
Waist	Ossirian's Binding Onslaught Girdle Therazane's Link	Ossirian the Unscarred in AQ20 Ragnaros in Molten Core Nefarian in Blackwing Lair
Legs	Legguards of the Fallen Crusader Marshal's Lamellar Legplates Cloudkeeper Legplates	Firemaw in Blackwing Lair Rank 12 PvP set World drop bind on equip
Feet	Chromatic Boots Marshal's Lamellar Boots	Chromaggus in Blackwing Lair Rank 12 PvP set
Rings	Band of Accuria Signet Ring of the Bronze Dragonflight Circle of Applied Force Quick Strike Ring	Ragnaros in Molten Core From the quest The Qiraji Conqueror in Silithus Flamegor in Blackwing Lair Various bosses in Molten Core
Trinkets	Drake Fang Talisman Blackhand's Breadth Heart of Wyrmthalak Darkmoon Card: Maelstrom	Ebonroc in Blackwing Lair Reward from General Drakkisath's Demise in Upper Blackrock Spire Overlord Wyrmthalak in Lower Blackrock Spire Reward from Elementals Deck, but the components can be purchasedfrom the Auction House
Weapons	Dark Edge of Insanity Ashkandi, Greatsword of the Brotherhood Grand Marshal's Claymore The Untamed Blade Zin'rokh, Destroyer of Worlds	C'Thun in AQ40 Nefarian in Blackwing Lair Rank 14 PvP weapons Razorgore the Untamed in Blackwing Lair Hakkar in Zul'Gurub
Libram	Libram of Hope	Isalien in Dire Maul East, the boss is summoned for a questin your tier 0.5 questline

You can find our recommended gear for PvPing as a Retribution Paladin in the link below.

In order to smooth out the Sapphiron encounter, it is advised that most playersuse a good amount of Frost Resistance gear, in order to reduce thehigh raid damage intake to manageable levels. We made a list with good options foralmost every slot, so that you can face down the undead dragon while prepared:

This is not a normal set that you would ever wear, but is required for some classesin AQ 40 when fighting Princess Huhuran. It will be up to your guild or raidgroup if this is a required set or not.

Some items, which are not powerful enough to be in the best in slot list,have special properties that make them very valuable to acquire for specific encountersor as a weapon swap mid-fight. We will list the most notable special items for thecurrent phase, and their effects and application below.

• Gnomish Battle Chicken summons a chicken that attacks your enemies for1.5 minutes, with a cooldown of 30 minutes. The chicken scales with your Engineeringskill (Level 60 at 300 skill), and buffs your group with 5% increased Attack Speed throughBattle Squawk. This is what makes it well worth using while grouped.
• Arcanite Dragonling summons a dragon that attacks your enemies for upto 1 minute, with a cooldown of one hour. The dragon scales with your Engineeringskill (Level 60 at 300 skill) and causes a stacking debuff that increases Fire damage taken,which makes it worth using in later raids to boost Fire Mage damage.
• Skull of Impending Doom is given as a quest reward from completingForbidden Knowledge in the Badlands. While generally undesirable, if youneed to run somewhere fast, it can be a useful item to have.
• Furbolg Medicine Pouch is sold by Gorn One Eye when you reachHonored status with Timbermaw Hold.This is a great item that you can swap during combat to provide you with a significant1000 heal over 10 seconds. For comparison's sake, Heavy Runecloth Bandageheals you for 2000 over 8 seconds, but requires you to channel it, and you cannottake any sort of damage in the channel duration.
• Tidal Charm allows you to instantly stun an enemy for 3 seconds. Ithas a 50% drop chance from Prince Nazjak, who spawns around 25,84 in ArathiHighlands. Due to his very high respawn timer it might be hard to get this trinket,but the stun it provides is a life saver and duel winner.
• Linken's Boomerang allows you to potentially disarm or stun an enemywhen used, which makes it useful in certain scenarios, especially in PvP. Its rewardedfrom the Un'Goro Crater quest It's Dangerous to Go Alone.
• Luffa removes a bleed effect, such as Garrote, from yourselfwhen used.You get this item from the Searing Gorge quest Incendosaurs? Whateverosaur is More Like It.
• The Alliance-only Crystal of Zin-Malor allows you to kill yourself easily, and you do notget durability loss if you die from its effect. This can occasionally be useful,such as when you regret getting on a fly path after you are already flying or ifyou need to talk with the Blackrock Depths key ghost NPC. You get it from startingthe quest Tormented By the Past.

In order to get ready for raiding, it is recommended that you follow this guidein order to learn which gear to gather for maximizing DPS before ever setting footin raids, and probably also before getting your first epic loot. Even so, expectto get a few pieces that you will have a hard time replacing, such as Blackhand's Breadth and Hand of Justice.