Tier Sets
As it was in Dragonflight your fist tier set is going to be very simple. The reason why is because TWW brings some class changes and adds Hero Talents which should be enough to feel the difference in the game compared with Dragonflight.
Retribution Paladin Season 1 Tier Set Bonus:
- (2) Set Bonus: Blade of Justice damage increased by 15% and Wake of Ashes damage increased by 10%.
- (4) Set Bonus: Wake of Ashes increases your damage done by 8% for 8 seconds.
This is a very straight forward tier set that simply provides dps increase without affecting your gameplay.
retribution paladin Best in Slot Gear
You should still prioritize the gear you use by running a sim for your character, but the lists below will give you a good idea of what items are considered good for Retribution Paladin, and help you target the right content for each piece of loot.
Overall Best Gear
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Entombed Seraph's Casque | Raid/Catalyst |
| Neck | Sureki Zealot's Insignia | Sikran |
| Shoulders | Entombed Seraph's Plumes | Raid/Catalyst |
| Cloak | Wings of Shattered Sorrow | Rasha’nan |
| Chest | Entombed Seraph's Breastplate | Raid/Catalyst |
| Wrist | Everforged Vambraces | Craft |
| Gloves | Entombed Seraph's Castigation | Raid/Catalyst |
| Belt | Girdle of Somber Ploys | Dawnbreaker |
| Legs | Legplates of Broken Trust | Stonevault |
| Boots | Boots of the Black Bulwark | Bloodbound Horror |
| Ring | Seal of the Poisoned Pact | Queen Ansurek |
| Ring | Writhing Ringworm | Broodtwister Ovi'nax |
| Trinket | Mark of Khardros | Grim Batol |
| Trinket | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
| Main Hand | Everforged Greataxe | Craft |
Best Gear from the Raid
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Entombed Seraph's Casque | Raid/Catalyst |
| Neck | Sureki Zealot's Insignia | Sikran |
| Shoulders | Entombed Seraph's Plumes | Raid/Catalyst |
| Cloak | Wings of Shattered Sorrow | Rasha’nan |
| Chest | Entombed Seraph's Breastplate | Raid/Catalyst |
| Wrist | Devoted Offering's Irons | Queen Ansurek |
| Gloves | Entombed Seraph's Castigation | Raid/Catalyst |
| Belt | Nether Bounty's Greatbelt | Nexus-Princess Ky'veza |
| Legs | Entombed Seraph's Greaves | Raid/Catalyst |
| Boots | Boots of the Black Bulwark | Bloodbound Horror |
| Ring | Seal of the Poisoned Pact | Queen Ansurek |
| Ring | Writhing Ringworm | Broodtwister Ovi'nax |
| Trinket | Skyterror's Corrosive Organ | Rasha'nan |
| Trinket | Mad Queen's Mandate | Queen Ansurek |
| Main Hand | Anub'arash's Colossal Mandible | The Silken Court |
Best Gear from Mythic+
| Slot | Item | Source |
| Head | Entombed Seraph's Casque | Raid/Catalyst |
| Neck | "Emergency Stop" Keychain | Stonevault |
| Shoulders | Entombed Seraph's Plumes | Raid/Catalyst |
| Cloak | Anvilhide Cape | Stonevault |
| Chest | Entombed Seraph's Breastplate | Raid/Catalyst |
| Wrist | Bracers of Umbral Mending | Grim Batol |
| Gloves | Entombed Seraph's Castigation | Raid/Catalyst |
| Belt | Girdle of Somber Ploys | Dawnbreaker |
| Legs | Legplates of Broken Trust | Stonevault |
| Boots | Ballast Sinkers | Siege of Boralus |
| Ring | Umbriss Band | Grim Batol |
| Ring | Band of the Roving Scalawag | Siege of Boralus |
| Trinket | Mark of Khardros | Grim Batol |
| Trinket | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
| Main Hand | Wild Hammer | Grim Batol |
Trinkets
The strongest trinkets come from Mythic+ which is great because you can farm them infinitely during the week, but on the other hand they will be capped with 626 ilvl.
- Mark of Khardros - perfect on use trinket. Combine it with Wake of Ashes and Execution Sentence
- Skarmorak Shard - alternative to Mark of Khardros, it is doing pretty much the same.
- Ara-Kara Sacbrood - best candidate as 2nd trinket. Passive trinket which provides a lot of haste and main stat.
- Shadow-Binding Ritual Knife - Passive trinket from Delves. Capped with 626 ilvl. Good choice.
- Mad Queen's Mandate - strong hard hitting trinket. For maximum efficiency should be used on low health targets. In Mythic+ can be used to nuke some mobs, if trinket is a last hit the CD on it will be reduced by 1min.
- Skyterror's Corrosive Organ - Simple on-use trinket, that leaves a 20sec dot. Don't use it on targets that die fast.
The rest of the trinkets are mediocre or even bad. Try to farm trinkets from this list for max efficiency.
Embellishments
The first season of TWW provides a very strong option for weapon crafts due to some new embellishments.
- Any 2-hand weapon like Everforged Greataxe with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension.
- Any low ilvl armor slot (including cloak) at your current situation with Writhing Armor Banding. Ideally it should be Bracers, Belt, Boots or Cloak.
- If you got lucky with a mythic track 2-hand weapon you should use x2 Dawnthread Lining on armor pieces. Best slots are bracers and cloak.
- The rest crafts can be used to fill up your gaps in gear item level wise, or stat-wise.