Retribution Paladin DPS Nerub-ar Palace Raid Guide — The War Within (11.0.5)

Last updated on Oct 21, 2024 at 21:00 by Bolas 71 comments
General Information

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 (11.0.5).

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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.

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Nerub'ar Palace Boss Guides for Retribution Paladin

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Nerub'ar Palace Raid Builds, Tips, and Tricks for Retribution Paladin

Ulgrax the Devourer The Bloodbound Horror Sikran Rasha'nan Broodtwister Ovi'nax Nexus-Princess Ky'veza The Silken Court Queen Ansurek
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Tips for Ulgrax the Devourer for Retribution Paladin

2.1.

Defensive Tips

  • You should use defensives when the AoE damage from Hungering Bellows Icon Hungering Bellows or Hulking Crash Icon Hulking Crash occurs.
2.2.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use Wake of Ashes Icon Wake of Ashes on cooldown as normal.
2.3.

Mechanical Tips

  • Blessing of Freedom Icon Blessing of Freedom can be used to remove the Stalker's Netting Icon Stalker's Netting debuff on Normal and Heroic. This debuff stuns you instead on Mythic, although this can still be removed with Divine Shield Icon Divine Shield.
2.4.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Bloodbound Horror for Retribution Paladin

2.5.

Defensive Tips

  • Save defensives for Goresplatter Icon Goresplatter or if there are overlaps during Crimson Rain Icon Crimson Rain.
2.6.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use Wake of Ashes Icon Wake of Ashes on cooldown as normal.
2.7.

Mechanical Tips

  • You can heal Crimson Rain Icon Crimson Rain off yourself if necessary; Healing Hands Icon Healing Hands causes Word of Glory Icon Word of Glory to do significantly more healing at low health.
2.8.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Sikran for Retribution Paladin

2.9.

Defensive Tips

  • Use defensives if you're targeted by mechanics while a lot of simulacra are up or as multiple are removed with Decimate Icon Decimate.
2.10.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use Wake of Ashes Icon Wake of Ashes on cooldown as normal.
2.11.

Mechanical Tips

  • No special notes for Retribution.
2.12.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Rasha'nan for Retribution Paladin

2.13.

Defensive Tips

  • Use defensives during Erosive Spray Icon Erosive Spray.
2.14.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use Wake of Ashes Icon Wake of Ashes on cooldown as normal.
2.15.

Mechanical Tips

  • Try to make sure you have Divine Steed Icon Divine Steed available for when the boss flies to another area.
2.16.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Broodtwister Ovi'nax for Retribution Paladin

2.17.

Defensive Tips

  • Use defensives during Volatile Concoction Icon Volatile Concoction.
2.18.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use Wake of Ashes Icon Wake of Ashes on cooldown as normal.
2.19.

Mechanical Tips

  • Blessing of Freedom Icon Blessing of Freedom can be used to remove Sticky Web Icon 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.
2.20.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for Nexus-Princess Ky'veza for Retribution Paladin

2.21.

Defensive Tips

  • Use defensives if you are targeted by Regicide Icon Regicide during Starless Night Icon Starless Night, or if you have a Queensbane Icon Queensbane debuff.
2.22.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use Wake of Ashes Icon Wake of Ashes on cooldown as normal.
2.23.

Mechanical Tips

  • Blessing of Sacrifice Icon Blessing of Sacrifice can help keep other players alive if they are affected by Queensbane Icon Queensbane.
2.24.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

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Tips for The Silken Court for Retribution Paladin

2.25.

Defensive Tips

  • Use defensives when you have Binding Webs Icon Binding Webs.
2.26.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use Wake of Ashes Icon 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.
2.27.

Mechanical Tips

  • You can use Blessing of Freedom Icon Blessing of Freedom to negate the slow aspect of Binding Webs Icon Binding Webs, but it won't be removed.
  • Blessing of Protection Icon Blessing of Protection will remove the Impaled Icon Impaled debuff if any players get hit by the circles and stunned.
2.28.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

3.

Tips for Queen Ansurek for Retribution Paladin

2.29.

Defensive Tips

  • Use defensives during Reactive Froth Icon Reactive Froth / Frothy Toxin Icon Frothy Toxin, Silken Tomb Icon Silken Tomb, Wrest Icon Wrest, and Royal Condemnation Icon Royal Condemnation.
2.30.

Cooldown Usage

  • Use Wake of Ashes Icon Wake of Ashes on cooldown as normal.
2.31.

Mechanical Tips

  • You can use Blessing of Freedom Icon Blessing of Freedom to remove Silken Tomb Icon Silken Tomb.
  • Blessing of Protection Icon Blessing of Protection can be used to negate the effects of Feast Icon Feast on tanks.
  • The pull effect of Wrest Icon Wrest can be prevented with Blessing of Protection Icon Blessing of Protection and Divine Shield Icon Divine Shield.
2.32.

Best Talents

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the build directly into your game!

2.33.

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 Icon Shield of Vengeance and Divine Protection Icon Divine Protection as your regular short cooldown defensives. Divine Shield Icon 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 Icon Lay on Hands and Word of Glory Icon 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.

2.34.

General Cooldown Usage

Retribution Paladin has very straightforward damage cooldowns with the recommended builds. Wake of Ashes Icon Wake of Ashes and Execution Sentence Icon 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.

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Changelog

  • 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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