Retribution Paladin DPS Nerub-ar Palace Raid Guide — The War Within (11.0.7)
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Retribution Paladin for each boss of the following raid: Nerub-ar Palace. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within (11.0.7).
Introduction
Below, you can find class and spec-specific advice for every fight in Nerub-ar Palace. If you are looking for a general overview of the Raid that is not spec-specific, check out our dedicated Nerub-ar Palace guides.
This page assumes that you already understand most of the mechanics of each encounter. These can be found on the full raid guide, so what is contained here are details specifically tailored toward Retribution Paladin and how you can deal with each fight as best as possible.
All recommendations are progression-based tips and will not necessarily be the best for an overall DPS ranking.
Nerub'ar Palace Boss Guides for Retribution Paladin
Nerub'ar Palace Raid Builds, Tips, and Tricks for Retribution Paladin
Tips for Ulgrax the Devourer for Retribution Paladin
Defensive Tips
- You should use defensives when the AoE damage from
Hungering Bellows or
Hulking Crash occurs.
Cooldown Usage
- Use
Wake of Ashes on cooldown as normal.
Mechanical Tips
Blessing of Freedom can be used to remove the
Stalker's Netting debuff on Normal and Heroic. This debuff stuns you instead on Mythic, although this can still be removed with
Divine Shield.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Bloodbound Horror for Retribution Paladin
Defensive Tips
- Save defensives for
Goresplatter or if there are overlaps during
Crimson Rain.
Cooldown Usage
- Use
Wake of Ashes on cooldown as normal.
Mechanical Tips
- You can heal
Crimson Rain off yourself if necessary;
Healing Hands causes
Word of Glory to do significantly more healing at low health.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Sikran for Retribution Paladin
Defensive Tips
- Use defensives if you're targeted by mechanics while a lot of simulacra are up or as multiple are removed with
Decimate.
Cooldown Usage
- Use
Wake of Ashes on cooldown as normal.
Mechanical Tips
- No special notes for Retribution.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Rasha'nan for Retribution Paladin
Defensive Tips
- Use defensives during
Erosive Spray.
Cooldown Usage
- Use
Wake of Ashes on cooldown as normal.
Mechanical Tips
- Try to make sure you have
Divine Steed available for when the boss flies to another area.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Broodtwister Ovi'nax for Retribution Paladin
Defensive Tips
- Use defensives during
Volatile Concoction.
Cooldown Usage
- Use
Wake of Ashes on cooldown as normal.
Mechanical Tips
Blessing of Freedom can be used to remove
Sticky Web, but be careful that this will cause it to spread if other players are in range. You can alternatively use it before the cast occurs, and the debuff will never be applied to begin with.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Nexus-Princess Ky'veza for Retribution Paladin
Defensive Tips
- Use defensives if you are targeted by
Regicide during
Starless Night, or if you have a
Queensbane debuff.
Cooldown Usage
- Use
Wake of Ashes on cooldown as normal.
Mechanical Tips
Blessing of Sacrifice can help keep other players alive if they are affected by
Queensbane.
Blessing of Protection and
Divine Shield will prevent the application of
Queensbane.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for The Silken Court for Retribution Paladin
Defensive Tips
- Use defensives when you have
Binding Webs.
Cooldown Usage
- Use
Wake of Ashes on cooldown as normal. It can be held for a short duration (less than 30 seconds) for the damage windows that occur when Anub'arash charges or Takazj dispels happen.
Mechanical Tips
- You can use
Blessing of Freedom to negate the slow aspect of
Binding Webs, but it won't be removed.
Blessing of Protection will remove the
Impaled debuff if any players get hit by the circles and stunned.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
Tips for Queen Ansurek for Retribution Paladin
Defensive Tips
- Use defensives during
Reactive Froth /
Frothy Toxin,
Silken Tomb,
Wrest, and
Royal Condemnation.
Cooldown Usage
- Use
Wake of Ashes on cooldown as normal.
Mechanical Tips
- You can use
Blessing of Freedom to remove
Silken Tomb.
Blessing of Protection can be used to negate the effects of
Feast on tanks.
- The pull effect of
Wrest can be prevented with
Blessing of Protection and
Divine Shield.
Best Talents
Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!
General Defensive Usage
Retribution Paladin has a wide array of defensive abilities - some that reduce damage, some that prevent it, and some that heal you instead.
For large single hits or damage over a short period, you should use Shield of Vengeance and
Divine Protection as your regular short cooldown defensives.
Divine Shield prevents all damage and also removes most debuffs but has a much longer cooldown, so it should be seen as a last resort.
Lay on Hands and
Word of Glory can also be used to help heal yourself and others if damage is ticking at a slower pace, but mana is a limitation to you being able to spam these.
General Cooldown Usage
Retribution Paladin has very straightforward damage cooldowns with the recommended builds. Wake of Ashes and
Execution Sentence
are your only major active cooldowns, which also share a very short cooldown of 30 seconds. This means that they are very easy to sync up but also that delaying
casting them will very often cause you to lose total casts over an encounter with such a short cooldown. You should aim to cast them as close to on cooldown as possible
while still keeping mechanics or boss phases in mind.
Changelog
- 15 Dec. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 21 Oct. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- 08 Oct. 2024: Updated for hotfixes.
- 25 Sep. 2024: Updated tips and builds.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Guide added.
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This guide has been written by Bolas, a long time Retribution Paladin enthusiast, theorycrafter, and sometimes high-end raider. You can find him in the Paladin Discord as bolas.ret.
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