Retribution Paladin DPS Uldir Raid Guide — Dragonflight 10.2.5
On this page, you will find tips, tricks, and strategies tailored to your Retribution Paladin for each boss of the following raid: Uldir. All our content is updated for World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.2.5.
Disclaimer
This page will focus on how a Retribution Paladin can optimize its performance on the raid bosses in the Uldir raid, and not on an actual raid strategy for the bosses. Initially, this page will focus on Heroic mode and lower, however, as more bosses are being killed on Mythic, the guide will also include optimizations for Mythic bosses.
Retribution Paladin in Uldir
Retribution Paladins are looking to be a very strong pick in Uldir, due to their strong burst DPS. This is mainly due to strict DPS checks on certain mechanics. Additionally, there are no fights which Retribution truly struggles with, since none of the fights contain Retribution's main weakness, which is 2-target cleave.
Talent Cheatsheet
Taloc
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Retribution Paladin Playstyle on Taloc
- When you get afflicted with
Plasma Discharge, use
Divine Steed to run away from the raid quickly to drop the blood.
- If you get afflicted with
Plasma Discharge during your
Avenging Wrath, use
Divine Shield so you can continue DPSing.
- Keep
Avenging Wrath ready for Phase Two.
- Avoid using
Shield of Vengeance for
Cudgel of Gore, because the explosion will not hit the boss.
- Mythic only: Use
Shield of Vengeance for
Hardened Arteries and
Enlarged Heart to explode it on cooldown.
Mythic
M.O.T.H.E.R.
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Retribution Paladin Playstyle on M.O.T.H.E.R.
- During
Wind Tunnel, use
Divine Steed to stick to the boss and keep DPSing a few seconds longer, without ending up in the fire.
- If you are in the room with the boss and many players are crossing over,
make sure you pre-emptively cast
Shield of Vengeance.
- Keep
Divine Shield ready to immune
Uldir Defensive Beam if needed.
- Interrupt the
Clinging Corruption cast of the Remnants of Corruption with
Rebuke or
Hammer of Justice.
- Keep
Avenging Wrath ready for the third room, to stack it with the 100% damage taken debuff.
- Mythic only: Use
Hammer of Justice as often as possible to interrupt the
Endemic Virus cast of the Viral Contagion add and the
Bacterial Outbreak cast of the Resistant Bacterium add.
Mythic
Fetid Devourer
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Retribution Paladin Playstyle on Fetid Devourer
- If you accidently get knocked into the room by
Shockwave Stomp, use
Divine Steed to run back to the boss quickly.
- If the boss is casting
Shockwave Stomp during
Avenging Wrath, use
Divine Shield or
Blessing of Protection to immune the knockback to continue DPSing.
- If you are afflicted with
Malodorous Miasma, use
Shield of Vengeance after
Malodorous Miasma evolved into
Putrid Paroxysm.
- Keep
Avenging Wrath ready for the
Fetid Frenzy debuff when the boss reaches 50% Health. Then stack
Avenging Wrath with the 50% damage taken debuff.
- Mythic only: Keep at least one charge of
Divine Steed ready at all times to dodge the
Rotting Regurgitation breath that will be cast towards your location while you are killing the Corruption Corpuscle add.
Mythic
Zek'voz, Herald of N'Zoth
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Retribution Paladin Playstyle on Zek'voz, Herald of N'Zoth
- Keep
Wake of Ashes ready until the Silithid Warriors spawn.
- Interrupt the Nerubian Voidweavers
Void Bolt cast with
Rebuke or stun them with
Hammer of Justice. You can incapacitate them with
Repentance as well.
- If you are afflicted with
Roiling Deceit, use
Divine Steed to run out of the raid quickly.
- Keep
Avenging Wrath ready until you can soak an
Orb of Corruption, stacking it with the 100% damage increase.
Mythic
Vectis
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Retribution Paladin Playstyle on Vectis
- Focus the Plague Amalgams as fast as possible.
- Avoid using
Shield of Vengeance when the boss is submerged.
- If you want to soak a
Plague Bomb that spawned close to the submerged boss, use
Divine Shield to immune potential
Blood Geyser damage.
Mythic
Zul, Reborn
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Retribution Paladin Playstyle on Zul, Reborn
- Focus the Animated Ichors before they reach Zul. Use
Hammer of Justice and
Hand of Hindrance to delay them.
- Focus the Nazmani Bloodhexers as fast as possible.
- You can incapacitate one of the Nazmani Bloodhexers in the double
spawn with
Repentance, if needed.
- If you are afflicted by
Dark Revelation, use
Divine Steed to run to the edge of the room before the debuff expires.
- Keep
Avenging Wrath ready for Phase Two.
Mythic
Mythrax the Unraveler
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Retribution Paladin Playstyle on Mythrax the Unraveler
- Use
Shield of Vengeance when mechanics line up.
- If you get afflicted with
Imminent Ruin, use
Divine Steed to run away from the raid towards the edges of the room.
- You can immune
Imminent Ruin with
Divine Shield.
- Use
Rebuke to interrupt the
Mind Flay cast of the
Visions of Madness adds.
Mythic
G'huun
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Retribution Paladin Playstyle on G'huun
Retribution Paladins are a weak choice for the upstairs mini-game, because
Divine Steed's effectiveness is massively reduced by
Power Matrix.
- If you get afflicted with
Explosive Corruption, use
Divine Steed to run to the edges of the room.
- Keep
Avenging Wrath/
Crusade ready to stack it with the
Reorigination Blast 100% damage taken debuff.
Mythic
Changelog
- 24 Jun. 2019: This page has been reviewed for the release of Patch 8.2 and no changes are necessary.
- 15 Apr. 2019: Inquisition has been added as a viable Talent.
- 11 Dec. 2018: Adjustments to talent advice for N'Zoth and Zul.
- 10 Dec. 2018: Updated for 8.1.
- 12 Nov. 2018: Added Uldir Mythic talent recommendations and tips. Updated a few Normal/Heroic boss talent recommendations.
- 03 Sep. 2018: Added content for Uldir release.
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This guide has been written by Urthearso, theorycrafter for Retribution Paladins. If you have any questions about the spec you can reach him on the official Paladin Discord, on Twitter, and during his streams on Twitch.
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