Gear
The general rule with gearing: Item Level is the King, however, you always should sim your character.
Trinkets
- Cataclysmic Signet Brand
- Rezan’s Gleaming Eye
- Branch of the Tormented Ancient
- Coiled Serpent Idol
- Pip’s Emerald Friendship Badge
- Augury of the Primal Flame
- Accelerating Sandglass
The rest of the trinkets are somewhat similar, and you should not focus on them too much.
Amirdrassil, the Dream's Hope Tier Set
- 2 Set Bonus: Expurgation lasts an additional 3 sec and deals 30% increased damage. Casting Judgment or Divine Toll on a target with Expurgation causes Wrathful Sanction, damaging the target for Holy damage and resonating Holy damage to up to 4 nearby enemies.
- 4 Set Bonus:Wrathful Sanction grants you Echoes of Wrath, causing your next Templar's Verdict or Divine Storm to deal damage a second time at 25% effectiveness. This effect does not consume Judgment.
Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible Tier Set
- 2 Set Bonus: Judgment and Hammer of Wrath deal 10% increased damage and 15% increased critical strike damage. Hammer of Wrath applies Judgment to enemies
- 4 Set Bonus: Judgment increases the damage enemies take from your Holy Power spenders by an additional 15%. Hammer of Wrath now hits 4 nearby targets for 20% of its damage.
Tier sets management
Collecting tier pieces from Amirdrassil with a high chance will bring you to a very popular question: should I break Aberrus 4-piece bonus for 2+2? The answer is YES. Using 2 Aberrus and 2 Amirdrassil tier pieces will provide a significant dps increase.
Retribution Paladin Best in Slot Gear
You should still prioritize the gear you use by running a sim for your character, but the lists below will give you a good idea of what items are considered good for Retribution Paladin, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.
Overall Best Gear
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Zealous Pyreknight's Barbute | Tindral Sageswift |
| Neck | Ouroboreal Necklet | Volcoross |
| Shoulders | Zealous Pyreknight's Ailettes | Smolderon |
| Cloak | Vibrant Wildercloth Shawl | Craft |
| Chest | Zealous Pyreknight's Warplate | Nymue |
| Wrist | Primal Molten Vambraces | Craft |
| Gloves | Eldermoss Gauntlets | Nymue |
| Belt | Unwinding Eon Girdle | Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond’s Fall |
| Legs | Zealous Pyreknight's Cuisses | Larodar, Keeper of the Flame |
| Boots | Marbled Oathstone Greatboots | Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond’s Rise |
| Ring | Band of Burning Thorns | Larodar, Keeper of the Flame |
| Ring | Signet of the Last Elder | Igira the Cruel |
| Trinket | Cataclysmic Signet Brand | Smolderon |
| Trinket | Branch of the Tormented Ancient | Gnarlroot |
| Weapon | Fyr'alath the Dreamrender | Fyrakk |
Alternative trinkets are:
- Ashes of the Embersoul AoE focused trinket
- Augury of the Primal Flame both good for ST and AoE
- Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge AoE only
Best Gear from the Raid
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Zealous Pyreknight's Barbute | Tindral Sageswift |
| Neck | Ouroboreal Necklet | Volcoross |
| Shoulders | Zealous Pyreknight's Ailettes | Smolderon |
| Cloak | Inflammable Drapeleaf | Gnarlroot |
| Chest | Zealous Pyreknight's Warplate | Nymue |
| Wrist | Agonizing Manacles | Igira the Cruel |
| Gloves | Eldermoss Gauntlets | Nymue |
| Belt | Phlegethic Girdle | Larodar, Keeper of the Flame |
| Legs | Zealous Pyreknight's Cuisses | Larodar, Keeper of the Flame |
| Boots | Fused Obsidian Sabatons | Smolderon |
| Ring | Band of Burning Thorns | Larodar, Keeper of the Flame |
| Ring | Signet of the Last Elder | Igira the Cruel |
| Trinket | Cataclysmic Signet Brand | Smolderon |
| Trinket | Branch of the Tormented Ancient | Gnarlroot |
| Weapon | Fyr'alath the Dreamrender | Fyrakk |
Alternative trinkets are:
- Ashes of the Embersoul AoE focused trinket
- Augury of the Primal Flame both good for ST and AoE
- Pip's Emerald Friendship Badge AoE only
Best Gear from Mythic+
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Zealous Pyreknight's Barbute | Catalyst |
| Neck | Ironshell Pendant | Throne of the Tides |
| Shoulders | Zealous Pyreknight's Ailettes | Catalyst |
| Cloak | Shadowfeather Shawl | Black Rook Hold |
| Chest | Zealous Pyreknight's Warplate | Catalyst |
| Wrist | Zealous Commander's Cuffs | Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond’s Fall |
| Gloves | Zealous Pyreknight's Jeweled Gauntlets | Catalyst |
| Belt | Unwinding Eon Girdle | Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond’s Fall |
| Legs | Zealous Pyreknight's Cuisses | Catalyst |
| Boots | Marbled Oathstone Greatboots | Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond’s Rise |
| Ring | Seal of the Regal Loa | Atal'Dazar |
| Ring | Thornwoven Band | Waycrest Manor |
| Trinket | Rezan's Gleaming Eye | Atal'Dazar |
| Trinket | Accelerating Sandglass | Dawn of the Infinite: Galakrond’s Fall |
| Weapon | Gorehowl, Might of the Warchief | Dawn of the Infinite: Murozond’s Rise |
Alternative trinkets are:
- Porcelain Crab is a good trinket for AoE
Embellishments and Crafted Gear
With new Sparks you are able to create gear up to 486 ilvl. Before we jump into ratings and suggested order of crafting, I would like to go through all interesting crafted gear.
Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch - this thing can be applied to any plate armor crafted piece and also to the cloak. This is a very powerful embellishment for a single target, but it isn’t that good for AoE. This embellishment still remains our BiS option for raiding.
Unstable Frostfire Belt - This is a mediocre embellishment that you can still use but there are some better options.
Frostfire Legguards of Preparation - the best thing you can craft for Mythic plus content. It provides a lot of haste in every beginning of combat which is very cool, because usually you have Avenging Wrath in the beginning of each pull in M+.
Elemental Lariat - the best days of this embellishment have passed away. Since the buff from it was nerfed from 12 to 5 seconds baseline (can still be 12 if you have all sockets on your gear) but anyway it isn’t worth it to use this embellishment anymore. Try to replace it ASAP with any necklace.
Allied Wristguard of Companionship - This embellishment looks better in 10.2 due to the same reasons - nerfs to Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch and Unstable Frostfire Belt. So keep an eye on it. It might sim a bit worse for your character because of a lot of versatility on your gear.
Crafted Weapons - this is always a very powerful craft for Ret, but it costs 2 Sparks. Including the fact that you can get a 470 (upgradable up to 483) weapon from M+ or even 483 (upgradable up to 489) from your Great Vault I wouldn't recommend using your sparks on a crafted weapon. Especially including the fact that you can obtain a Legendary Axe from Fyrakk.
Raid:
- Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch on Head or Legs (Legs will be better for character management if you play raids and M+)
- Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch on Belt or Feet (bracers and cloak works too)
- Allied Wristguard of Companionship
Mythic Plus:
- Frostfire Legguards of Preparation
- Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch
- Allied Wristguard of Companionship
Best combo is Frostfire Legguards of Preparation and Shadowflame-Tempered Armor Patch
Fyr'alath the Dreamrender, Legendary Axe
You probably already know that Fyrakk can drop a Legendary Axe. Acquisition of it works pretty much the same way it was with Evoker Legendary in Aberrus. You have a chance to get it from Fyrakk in any difficulty. With higher difficulty chances become better. After that you have to complete quests to upgrade your weapon so it will be able to unleash its power each 2 minutes.
As for Retribution paladin this Legendary provides around 15k extra dps in single target. Active use ability becomes more efficient with more targets.