Retribution Paladin endgame PvE build (0/20/31)

How to play it

• Seal of Command, Judgement on cooldown (Improved Judgement, Sanctified Judgement refunds), Holy Strike with Sacred Arbiter to refresh Judgements, Unsealed Wrath stacks spent on your biggest hit.
• Two-Handed Weapon Specialization reduces threat by 20% with a two-hander, which matters now that Salvation is gone.
• Swift Judgement is a second Judgement that does not consume the Seal.

Talents taken

Protection (20)

• Divine Intellect 5/5: Increases your total Intellect by 10%.
• Redoubt 1/5: Damaging melee attacks against you have a 10% chance to increase your chance to block by 6%. Lasts 10 sec or 5 blocks.
• Precision 3/3: Improves your chance to hit by 3%.
• Guardian's Favor 2/2: Reduces the cooldown of your Blessing of Protection by 2 min and increases the duration of your Blessing of Freedom by 6 sec.
• Sacred Duty 2/2: Reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield, Divine Protection, and Templar's Bulwark spells by 60 sec, and reduces the duration of Forbearance by 10 sec.
• Templar's Bulwark 1/1: When activated, this ability grants you an absorb shield equal to 100% of your maximum health for 8 sec. Applies Forbearance for 1 min. Cannot be cast while Forbearance is active.
• Toughness 5/5: Increases your armor value from items by 10%.
• Swift Judgement 1/1: Unleash the energy of a Seal spell upon an enemy. Does not consume the Seal. Refer to individual Seals for Judgement effect. Does not share a cooldown with your Judgement ability.

Retribution (31)

• Benediction 5/5: Reduces the Mana cost of all instant cast spells and abilities by 10%.
• Improved Judgement 2/2: Decreases the cooldown of your Judgement ability by 2 sec.
• Conviction 3/3: Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 6%.
• Sanctified Judgement 3/3: Gives your Judgement ability a 100% chance to return 60% of the Mana cost of the judged seal.
• Vindication 2/3: Gives your damaging melee attacks a chance to reduce the target's Attack Power by 136 for 30 sec.
• Seal of Command 1/1: Gives 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 68 to 73 Holy damage, 137 to 145 if the target is stunned or incapacitated.
• Pursuit of Justice 1/2: Increases movement speed and mounted movement speed by 8%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.
• Sacred Arbiter 1/1: Increases the damage of your Holy Strike ability by 20% and causes it to refresh all Judgement effects on the target.
• Two-Handed Weapon Specialization 3/3: Increases the Holy and Physical damage you deal by 6%, and reduces all threat you generate by 20% while a two-handed melee weapon is equipped.
• Repentance 1/1: Puts the enemy target in a state of meditation, incapacitating them for up to 6 sec. Any damage caused will awaken the target. Only works against Humanoids.
• Vengeance 3/3: Increases your Physical and Holy damage dealt by 3% for 30 sec after landing a non-periodic critical strike. Stacks up to 5 times.
• Champion of the Light 5/5: Increases your spell damage by up to 60% of your Intellect, and reduces the cast time of your Hammer of Wrath by 1.0 sec.
• Unsealed Wrath 1/1: Your melee attacks store a copy of your active Seal for 15 sec, stacking up to 3 times. Landing an attack with a different Seal consumes all stacks, giving the stored Seal its normal chance to activate once per stack.

Point order by level

First point at level 10 (set the Talented perk in the calculator if you start earlier).