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Retribution Paladin Guide for WoW WotLK Classic PvP

Patch Phase 4WotLK Classic Arena Season 8

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Best Retribution Paladin WotLK PvP Build, Talents, Stat Priority, Trinkets, BiS gear, etc., ranked by their performance and popularity based on the World Top PvP Players in WotLK Classic Arena Season 8.

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Easy mode choices summary for Retribution Paladin

Type
Top Choice
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
Talents
2854
2592
1%
Main Hand
3114
2502
5%
Off Hand
3114
2444
19%
Trinket
3004
2936
1%
Trinket Combination
3004
2936
1%
Head
3114
2518
8%
Neck
3009
2605
2%
Shoulders
3114
2586
6%
Back
2574
2486
1%
Chest
3004
2409
13%
Wrist
3101
2576
3%
Hands
2630
2446
1%
Waist
2948
2629
3%
Legs
2811
2473
8%
Feet
3009
2726
5%
Rings
2774
2488
3%
Item Level
274
3009
2608
5%
Tier
3114
2586
6%
Gem
2993
2469
1%
Gem Combination
3101
2406
30%
Back Enchant
2510
2346
1%
Chest Enchant
3009
2328
43%
Wrist Enchant
2403
2390
1%
Feet Enchant
2711
2356
9%
Weapon Enchant
2607
2408
2%
Stat
Median Value
Crit
38%
Race
Representation
Human
209 (63%)

Talents for Retribution Paladin

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2854
2592
1%
2823
2586
1%
3114
2552
2%
2602
2438
2%
2666
2413
1%
2484
2356
2%
2440
2341
1%
3101
2336
4%
2811
2333
3%
2702
2331
4%
2460
2321
2%
2453
2315
1%
2651
2314
13%
2711
2283
7%
2297
2218
1%
2268
2214
1%
2276
2204
1%

Stat Name for Retribution Paladin

-
Name
Median Value
Crit
38%
Haste
4%

Off Hand for Retribution Paladin

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
3114
2444
19%
2854
2400
5%
2403
2336
1%
2726
2335
5%
2811
2317
2%
2510
2308
1%
2574
2304
4%
2548
2262
1%
2331
2248
2%
2490
2226
6%
2329
2219
1%

Trinket for Retribution Paladin

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
3004
2936
1%
3114
2465
26%
3114
2454
13%
2574
2453
1%
2574
2453
1%
2610
2409
1%
3101
2409
28%
2725
2354
3%
2634
2351
3%
2548
2335
1%
3101
2313
26%
2854
2305
7%
2518
2298
4%
2854
2297
18%
2811
2282
18%
2510
2279
1%
2370
2273
2%
2625
2268
10%
2511
2261
12%
2327
2253
1%
2691
2225
2%

Waist for Retribution Paladin

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2948
2629
3%
3004
2431
6%
2811
2388
11%
2993
2372
4%
2691
2358
3%
2447
2357
1%
2586
2353
1%
2625
2334
1%
3114
2315
44%
2366
2304
1%
3101
2262
5%
2386
2252
1%
2472
2232
4%
2224
2200
1%

Item Level for Retribution Paladin

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
274
3009
2608
5%
272
3114
2493
6%
278
3004
2478
1%
275
2993
2433
5%
273
2850
2398
4%
277
2823
2384
2%
271
3101
2370
8%
265
2711
2342
6%
269
2811
2328
5%
270
2854
2314
7%
264
2625
2313
4%
268
2634
2312
6%
262
2630
2305
4%
256
2300
2300
1%
266
2651
2297
5%
261
2329
2265
2%
263
2446
2257
2%
276
2488
2247
1%
267
2473
2247
3%
260
2403
2234
2%
257
2256
2228
2%
258
2326
2213
1%
259
2315
2213
3%

Tier for Retribution Paladin

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
3114
2586
6%
3114
2518
8%
3004
2409
13%
3114
2375
13%
3004
2373
10%
3101
2366
10%
2804
2360
2%
3101
2349
10%
3004
2334
11%
3114
2334
43%
3114
2328
53%
3101
2322
7%
2472
2315
1%
3009
2314
42%
3009
2314
44%
3009
2313
48%
2511
2309
4%
2500
2307
2%
3101
2305
7%
2691
2304
4%
2666
2280
6%
2571
2279
3%
2332
2273
1%
2466
2261
1%
2602
2258
7%
2666
2255
10%
2691
2254
1%
2466
2249
2%
2358
2248
4%
2310
2232
3%
2500
2227
1%
2500
2227
3%
2466
2224
2%
2638
2221
3%
2329
2214
3%
2300
2208
1%
2230
2206
1%

Gem Combination for Retribution Paladin

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
3101
2406
30%
2396
2386
1%
2490
2386
2%
2470
2370
1%
2379
2370
1%
2571
2370
2%
3114
2362
24%
2472
2358
1%
3004
2357
1%
2574
2350
2%
2804
2347
3%
3009
2342
10%
3009
2342
19%
3101
2342
23%
3114
2342
54%
3009
2336
10%
2396
2335
1%
2804
2331
2%
2804
2331
3%
2804
2328
1%
2511
2322
2%
3114
2315
84%
2702
2313
6%
2804
2311
3%
2367
2310
2%
2442
2308
1%
2453
2304
1%
2651
2300
2%
2804
2300
4%
2651
2296
2%
2559
2268
1%
2294
2258
1%
2500
2254
3%

Back Enchant for Retribution Paladin

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2510
2346
1%
3004
2326
60%
3101
2315
14%
3009
2299
9%
2691
2249
3%

Chest Enchant for Retribution Paladin

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
3009
2328
43%
3114
2322
49%
2390
2310
1%
2691
2249
3%

Wrist Enchant for Retribution Paladin

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2403
2390
1%
3114
2328
85%
2691
2231
10%

Feet Enchant for Retribution Paladin

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2711
2356
9%
3114
2347
12%
3004
2313
60%
2811
2306
12%
2691
2232
2%

Weapon Enchant for Retribution Paladin

-
Name
Max. Rating
Median Rating
Popularity
2607
2408
2%
2403
2390
1%
2510
2365
2%
3114
2331
84%
2811
2326
2%
3114
2313
49%
2691
2252
4%
2436
2249
1%
2264
2242
1%
2223
2207
1%

Race for Retribution Paladin

-
Name
Representation
Human
209 (63%)

Potion

-
Name
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