Retribution Paladin DPS Sanctum of Domination Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.2.5

On this page, you will find Retribution-Paladin-specific information to deal with each boss in the Sanctum of Domination raid.

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 Paladins and what you can do to deal with each fight as best as possible.

During the Dragonflight Pre-Patch, Castle Nathria, Sanctum of Domination, and Sepulcher of the First Ones will be simultaneously featured as Fated Raids. During this time encounters within each specific raid will include an additional mechanic and items will drop at increased item levels. If you would like to learn more general information about the Fated Raids system as a whole, please see our overview below. Otherwise, continue to use this page for specialization-specific tips.

Changing talents no longer requires you to use a tome and can be freely done while out of combat.

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We recommend to pick the default single-target talents. Swap 1 Highlord's Judgment node for Tempest of the Lightbringer. Pick Improved Blessing of Protection instead of Golden Path to allow your allies to soak Chains of Eternity.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against The Tarragrue: Final Verdict.

• You can use Divine Shield or give someone Blessing of Protection to soak Chains of Eternity.
• Heroic: You can use Shield of Vengeance while soaking Remnant: Soulforge Heat.
• Heroic: You can use Divine Shield to soak Remnant: Soulforge Heat and not receive any debuffs.
• Mythic: Using Divine Shield to soak Remnant: Soulforge Heat will no longer work.

For more information, please refer to our The Tarragrue guide.

We recommend to pick the default single-target talents. Swap 1 Highlord's Judgment node for Tempest of the Lightbringer.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against The Eye of the Jailer: Final Verdict.

• In the last 25% HP of the boss, the boss starts stacking a reduced healing taken debuff called Immediate Extermination on all players. Each stack will reduce your healing taken by 10%, but you can use Divine Shield to reset those stacks.

For more information, please refer to our The Eye of the Jailer guide.

We recommend to pick the default single-target talents. Swap 1 Highlord's Judgment node for Tempest of the Lightbringer and the second Highlord's Judgment node for Sanctification. Pick Improved Blessing of Protection instead of Golden Path to continue dps during Wings of Rage.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against The Nine: Relentless Inquisitor.

• You can use Blessing of Protection to stay close and continue dealing damage during Wings of Rage.
• If you are targeted by Arthura's Crushing Gaze, you can use Divine Shield to solo it.

For more information, please refer to our The Nine guide.

We recommend to pick the default single-target talents. Swap 1 Highlord's Judgment node for Tempest of the Lightbringer. Pick Blessing of Protection instead of Golden Path as safety measure.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Remnant of Ner'zhul: Final Verdict.

• You should only use Shield of Vengeance to reduce the damage taken by Shatter. If you are at very low Health, with no alternative available cooldowns, you should use Divine Shield to immune Shatter.
• You can use Blessing of Protection to not get knocked back by Malevolence.

For more information, please refer to our Remnant of Ner'zhul guide.

We recommend to pick the default cleave talents.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Soulrender Dormazain: Relentless Inquisitor.

• You can use Shield of Vengeance during Warmonger Shackles.

For more information, please refer to our Soulrender Dormazain guide.

We recommend to pick the default single-target talents. Swap 1 Highlord's Judgment node for Tempest of the Lightbringer. Pick Blessing of Protection instead of Golden Path to be able to run through the spikes. Pick Blinding Light instead of Blessing of Freedom as AoE interrupt.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Painsmith Raznal: Final Verdict.

• You can use Blessing of Protection or Divine Shield to run though the wall of spikes.
• You should use Blinding Light to AoE interrupt the Agonizing Nova casts once they are grouped together.

For more information, please refer to our Painsmith Raznal guide.

We recommend to pick the default single-target talents. Swap 1 Highlord's Judgment node for Tempest of the Lightbringer.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Guardian of the First Ones: Final Verdict.

• Make sure to only use Shield of Vengeance and Divine Shield for when you have high stacks of Purging Protocol, when you are targeted by Threat Neutralization, or during Meltdown while having low Health.

For more information, please refer to our Guardian of the First Ones guide.

We recommend to pick the default cleave talents.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Fatescribe Roh-Kalo: Relentless Inquisitor.

• You should only use your Divine Shield to avoid getting hit by Fated Conjunction consecutive times.

For more information, please refer to our Fatescribe Roh-Kalo guide.

We recommend to pick the default cleave talents.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Kel'Thuzad: Relentless Inquisitor.

• You can use Divine Shield to solo Frost Blast.
• You can use Shield of Vengeance right before Frozen Destruction.
• You can use Blessing of Freedom to remove Frozen Binds.

For more information, please refer to our Kel'Thuzad guide.

We recommend to pick the default single-target talents. Swap 1 Highlord's Judgment node for Tempest of the Lightbringer. Pick Blessing of Protection instead of Golden Path to remove Barbed Arrow.

We advise you to use the following Legendary against Sylvanas Windrunner: Final Verdict.

• You can use Blessing of Protection and Divine Shield to remove Barbed Arrow.

For more information, please refer to our Sylvanas Windrunner guide.