LEVEL 60 RANKING

Paladin Retribution: level 60 build, talents, rotation and DPS

This is what our simulator gets for the Paladin Retribution at level 60: the gear the optimizer finds among the items known from the beta, the preset talents, the rotation followed and the damage of every ability over a 180-second fight against a stationary boss.

366 DPSAverage DPS

#19Rank of 21

23.1%Crit

1 481Attack power

Rotation

Keep Seal of Command up; Judgement of Command on cooldown.
Holy Strike on cooldown.
Hammer of Wrath in the execute phase.
Two-handed melee swings deal the rest of the damage.

Observed opening

The first 14 seconds of the simulated fight: the hits that deal direct damage, in order.

1.5 sJudgement of Command1.5 sHoly Strike7 sSeal of Command9.6 sJudgement of Command11.6 sHoly Strike14 sSeal of Command

Damage by ability

Ability	Share	DPS	Casts / min	Crits
White (main hand)	51.8%	189.6	—	26%
Holy Strike	18.1%	66.4	6.0	28%
Seal of Command	17.1%	62.8	6.4	28%
Hammer of Wrath	6.7%	24.4	2.0	28%
Judgement of Command	5.8%	21.1	7.7	28%
Smokey's Lighter	0.5%	2	0.7	—

Active buffs

92%Vengeance63%Vindication

Talents chosen

Holy 19 points

Divine Intellect 5/5Increases your total Intellect by 10%.
Divine Strength 5/5Increases your Strength by 10%.
Healing Light 3/3Increases the amount healed by your Holy Light, Flash of Light, and Holy Shock spells by 12%.
Improved Seals 3/3Increases the damage done by your Seals and Judgements by 15%.
Reverence 3/3Allows 30% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

Retribution 32 points

Benediction 5/5Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 10%.
Conviction 5/5Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 5%.
Improved Judgement 2/2Decreases the cooldown of your Judgement ability by 2 sec.
Sanctified Judgement 3/3Gives your Judgement ability a 100% chance to return 60% of the Mana cost of the judged seal.
Seal of Command 1/1Gives the Paladin a chance to deal additional Holy damage equal to 70% of normal weapon damage. Only one Seal can be active on the Paladin at any one time. Lasts 30 sec. Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy, instantly causing 48.5 Holy damage, 97 if the target is stunned or incapacitated.
Vindication 3/3Gives your damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's Attack Power by -6, and increase your Attack Power by 3% for 30 sec.
Sacred Arbiter 1/1Increases the damage of your Holy Strike ability by 20% and causes it to refresh all Judgement effects on the target.
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization 3/3Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 6%.
Vengeance 3/3Increases your Physical and Holy damage dealt by 3% for 30 sec after landing a non-periodic critical strike. Stacks up to 3 times.
Champion of the Light 3/3Increases your spell damage by up to 60% of your Intellect.
Instrument of Law 2/2Reduces the cast time of your Hammer of Wrath by -1.0 sec, and reduces all threat you generate by 20% while Righteous Fury is not active.
Twist of Light 1/1Reduces the Mana cost of your Seal spells by 20%, and when you replace your Seal of Command, Seal of Righteousness, Seal of Fury, or Seal of Justice with a different Seal, you gain an Echo of that Seal. Your next melee attack applies the replaced Seal's effects, consuming the Echo.

Level 60 gear

Slot	Item	Source
Head	Mask of the Unforgiven	Stratholme — The Unforgiven
Neck	Beads of Ogre Might	Dire Maul — Falrin's Vendetta
Shoulders	Earthslag Shoulders	Blackrock Depths — Lord Roccor
Back	Cape of the Black Baron	Stratholme — Baron Rivendare
Chest	Savage Gladiator Chain	Blackrock Depths — Gorosh the Dervish
Wrists	Vambraces of the Sadist	Stratholme — Timmy the Cruel
Hands	Death Grips	Stratholme — Magistrate Barthilas
Waist	Verek's Leash	Blackrock Depths — Verek
Legs	Savage Gladiator Leggings	Blackrock Depths — Ok'thor the Breaker
Feet	Savage Gladiator Greaves	Blackrock Depths — Anub'shiah
Ring 1	Quick Strike Ring	Molten Core
Ring 2	Blackstone Ring	Maraudon — Princess Theradras
Trinket 1	Talisman of Ephemeral Power	Molten Core
Trinket 2	Smokey's Lighter	Stratholme — The Great Fras Siabi
Two-hand	Earthshaker	Molten Core — Magmadar

Item effects simulated

Smokey's LighterEarthshakerEphemeral PowerAttack Power 20

Character stats

375Strength272Agility242Stamina107Intellect97Spirit1 481Attack power23.1%Crit4.5%Hit976Armor2 555Mana

Assumptions

A 180-second fight against a stationary level-63 boss, the raid buffs and consumables of the class's family, a standard race, item effects on. Level-60 base stats and several Classic values are estimates, flagged in the simulator. Results will move with the game.

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