Retribution Paladin Leveling Guide From 1 to 80 for WotLK Classic

Last updated on Aug 31, 2022 at 19:42 by Sellin 6 comments

On this page, you will find our Level by Level Retribution Paladin leveling guide for Wrath Classic. Make sure to use the slider to make the guide adapt to your level.

For more general leveling information, please refer to our Paladin leveling Guide. We also have a Holy Paladin leveling guide and a Protection Paladin leveling guide.

1.

Level by Level Rotation, Talents, and Trainer Skills

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Level: 80
2.

Leveling Talent Tree & Build

Holy

7

Protection

7

Retribution

57

Major Glyphs

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Minor Glyphs

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  • Glyph of Divinity Your Lay on Hands grants twice as much mana as normal and also grants you as much mana as it grants your target. Lv. 15
  • Glyph of Hammer of Justice Increases your Hammer of Justice range by 5 yards. Lv. 15
  • Glyph of Holy Light Your Holy Light grants 10% of its heal amount to up to 5 friendly targets within 8 yards of the initial target. Lv. 15
  • Glyph of Judgement Your Judgements deal 10% more damage. Lv. 15
  • Glyph of Righteous Defense Increases the chance for your Righteous Defense and Hand of Reckoning abilities to work successfully by 8% on each target. Lv. 15
  • Glyph of Spiritual Attunement Increases the amount of mana gained from your Spiritual Attunement spell by an additional 2%. Lv. 18
  • Glyph of Consecration Increases the duration and cooldown of Consecration by 2 seconds. Lv. 20
  • Glyph of Crusader Strike Reduces the mana cost of your Crusader Strike ability by 20%. Lv. 20
  • Glyph of Exorcism Increases damage done by Exorcism by 20%. Lv. 20
  • Glyph of Flash of Light Your Flash of Light has an additional 5% critical strike chance. Lv. 20
  • Glyph of Seal of Command You gain 8% of your base mana each time you use a Judgement with Seal of Command active. Lv. 20
  • Glyph of Turn Evil Reduces the casting time of your Turn Evil spell by 100%, but increases the cooldown by 8 seconds. Lv. 24
  • Glyph of Salvation When you cast Hand of Salvation on yourself, it also reduces damage taken by 20%. Lv. 26
  • Glyph of Seal of Light While Seal of Light is active, the effect of your healing spells is increased by 5%. Lv. 30
  • Glyph of Cleansing Reduces the mana cost of your Cleanse and Purify spells by 20%. Lv. 35
  • Glyph of Seal of Wisdom While Seal of Wisdom is active, the cost of your healing spells is reduced by 5%. Lv. 38
  • Glyph of Holy Shock Reduces the cooldown of Holy Shock by 1 second. Lv. 40
  • Glyph of Hammer of Wrath Reduces the mana cost of Hammer of Wrath by 100%. Lv. 44
  • Glyph of Avenger's Shield Your Avenger's Shield hits 2 fewer targets, but for 100% more damage. Lv. 50
  • Glyph of Holy Wrath Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Wrath spell by 15 seconds. Lv. 50
  • Glyph of Seal of Righteousness Increases the damage done by Seal of Righteousness by 10%. Lv. 50
  • Glyph of Seal of Vengeance Your Seal of Vengeance or Seal of Corruption also grants 10 expertise while active. Lv. 50
  • Glyph of Beacon of Light Increases the duration of Beacon of Light by 30 seconds. Lv. 60
  • Glyph of Divine Storm Your Divine Storm now heals for an additional 15% of the damage it causes. Lv. 60
  • Glyph of Hammer of the Righteous Your Hammer of the Righteous hits 1 additional target. Lv. 60
  • Glyph of Avenging Wrath Reduces the cooldown of your Hammer of Wrath spell by 50% while Avenging Wrath is active. Lv. 70
  • Glyph of Reckoning Your Hand of Reckoning spell no longer taunts the target and can deal damage to untauntable targets. Lv. 70
  • Glyph of Divine Plea While Divine Plea is active, you take 3% reduced damage from all sources. Lv. 71
  • Glyph of Shield of Righteousness Reduces the mana cost of Shield of Righteousness by 80%. Lv. 75
  • Glyph of Blessing of Might Increases the duration of your Blessing of Might spell by 20 minutes when cast on yourself. Lv. 15
  • Glyph of Blessing of Wisdom Increases the duration of your Blessing of Wisdom spell by 20 minutes when cast on yourself. Lv. 15
  • Glyph of Lay on Hands Reduces the cooldown of your Lay on Hands spell by 5 minutes. Lv. 15
  • Glyph of the Wise Reduces the mana cost of your Seal of Wisdom spell by 50%. Lv. 15
  • Glyph of Blessing of Kings Reduces the mana cost of your Blessing of Kings and Greater Blessing of Kings spells by 50%. Lv. 20
  • Glyph of Sense Undead Damage against Undead increased by 1% while your Sense Undead ability is active. Lv. 20
  1. Level 70 & 71 — 2 points in Divine Strength IconDivine Strength
  2. Levels 72 to 76 — 5 point in Seals of the Pure IconSeals of the Pure
  3. Level 77 & 78 — — 2 points in Guardian's Favor IconGuardian's Favor
  4. Level 79 & 80 — — 2 points in Healing Light IconHealing Light

Finally, you can dump the remaining points into the Holy and Protection trees. Divine Strength IconDivine Strength and Seals of the Pure IconSeals of the Pure are both critically important as damage talents, but the final 4 points are more personal choice for your quality of life. Healing Light IconHealing Light especially is a good choice since it will help minimize downtime while leveling by increasing your healing.

3.

Leveling Rotation

  1. Keep Seal of Righteousness IconSeal of Righteousness up.
  2. Keep up either Seal of Righteousness IconSeal of Righteousness or Seal of Command IconSeal of Command, depending on which one you should be using. Use Consecration IconConsecration on cooldown for more than 1 target, if you have the Mana.
  3. Use either of your Judgement abilities on cooldown.
  4. Use Hammer of Wrath IconHammer of Wrath on cooldown.
  5. Use Crusader Strike IconCrusader Strike on cooldown.
  6. Use Divine Storm IconDivine Storm on cooldown.
  7. Melee.
4.

List of Trainer Skills to Buy

It is important to buy all abilities as you level as they are cheap and Paladins have quite a few abilities that are extremely powerful in certain situations and you never know when you will need them.

5.

Retribution Paladin Macros and Addons

By setting up a user interface and macros early on you will greatly improve the quality of your leveling experience. Check out the Retribution Paladin Macros and Addons guides in the link below for the full list.

6.

How to Continue to Improve your Retribution Paladin at Level 80

Once you achieve Level 80 we suggest you check out our full Retribution Paladin guide, which goes more in detail of how to play your Level 80 Paladin.

Some of the most relevant pages to dive deeper into are:

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Changelog

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