Retribution Paladin best-in-slot lists
Every slot Retribution Paladin wants in TBC Classic, phase by phase, with the enchant and the gems each pick takes. The lists are wowtbc.gg’s, vendored with this site’s data.
Retribution Paladin, P3, slot by slot
The P3 list, the phase this page opens on. 16 slots; no set the list wears twice.
Raid consumables: the Retribution Paladin checklist →
The other phases
wowtbc.gg publishes a Retribution Paladin list for six phases: Pre-Raid, P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5. The P3 list is above; here is the pick for every slot in the others.
Pre-Raid, slot by slot
- Head — Mask of the Deceiver
- Neck — Haramad's Bargain
- Shoulder — Ragesteel Shoulders
- Chest — Ragesteel Breastplate
- Waist — Deathforge Girdle
- Legs — Shattrath Leggings
- Feet — Sha'tari Wrought Greaves
- Wrist — Black Felsteel Bracers
- Hands — Flesh Handler's Gauntlets
- Finger 1 — Shapeshifter's Signet
- Finger 2 — A'dal's Command
- Trinket 1 — Bloodlust Brooch
- Trinket 2 — Abacus of Violent Odds
- Back — Vengeance Wrap
- Main Hand — Lionheart Champion
- Ranged — Libram of Avengement
P1, slot by slot
- Head — Justicar Crown
- Neck — Mithril Chain of Heroism
- Shoulder — Justicar Shoulderplates
- Chest — Justicar Breastplate
- Waist — Girdle of the Endless Pit
- Legs — Shattrath Leggings
- Feet — Ironstriders of Urgency
- Wrist — Bladespire Warbands
- Hands — Grips of Deftness
- Finger 1 — Shapeshifter's Signet
- Finger 2 — Mithril Band of the Unscarred
- Trinket 1 — Dragonspine Trophy
- Trinket 2 — Bloodlust Brooch
- Back — Vengeance Wrap
- Main Hand — Lionheart Champion
- Ranged — Libram of Avengement
P2, slot by slot
- Head — Furious Gizmatic Goggles
- Neck — Pendant of the Perilous
- Shoulder — Shoulderpads of the Stranger
- Chest — Crystalforge Breastplate
- Waist — Belt of One-Hundred Deaths
- Legs — Shattrath Leggings
- Feet — Warboots of Obliteration
- Wrist — Bladespire Warbands
- Hands — Gloves of the Searing Grip
- Finger 1 — Shapeshifter's Signet
- Finger 2 — Ancestral Ring of Conquest
- Trinket 1 — Dragonspine Trophy
- Trinket 2 — Bloodlust Brooch
- Back — Razor-Scale Battlecloak
- Main Hand — Lionheart Executioner
- Ranged — Libram of Avengement
P4, slot by slot
- Head — Cursed Vision of Sargeras
- Neck — Pendant of the Perilous
- Shoulder — Shoulderpads of the Stranger
- Chest — Midnight Chestguard
- Waist — Belt of One-Hundred Deaths
- Legs — Bow-Stitched Leggings
- Feet — Shadowmaster's Boots
- Wrist — Bindings of Lightning Reflexes
- Hands — Gloves of the Searing Grip
- Finger 1 — Shapeshifter's Signet
- Finger 2 — Unstoppable Aggressor's Ring
- Trinket 1 — Dragonspine Trophy
- Trinket 2 — Berserker's Call
- Back — Cloak of Fiends
- Main Hand — Torch of the Damned
- Ranged — Libram of Avengement
P5, slot by slot
- Head — Coif of Alleria
- Neck — Clutch of Demise
- Shoulder — Pauldrons of Berserking
- Chest — Bladed Chaos Tunic
- Waist — Lightbringer Girdle
- Legs — Felfury Legplates
- Feet — Lightbringer Boots
- Wrist — Lightbringer Bands
- Hands — Thalassian Ranger Gauntlets
- Finger 1 — Hard Khorium Band
- Finger 2 — Band of Ruinous Delight
- Trinket 1 — Shard of Contempt
- Trinket 2 — Blackened Naaru Sliver
- Back — Cloak of Unforgivable Sin
- Main Hand — Apolyon, the Soul-Render
- Ranged — Libram of Avengement
Where these come from
A best-in-slot list answers one question: if every drop landed your way, what would a Retribution Paladin be wearing? This is wowtbc.gg's answer for TBC, vendored with this site's data rather than fetched live — and it is the same list the raid checker grades a Paladin against, so a page here and a verdict there cannot disagree about what BiS means.
The P3 list covers 16 slots, from the head (Cursed Vision of Sargeras) down. Each row names where the item comes from — the boss and the zone, the vendor, or the token it is traded for — with the enchant that slot wants and the gems the list prescribes. An empty off-hand row means the main-hand pick is two-handed.
Where the list wears two or more pieces of one set, the row says which set, how many pieces, and what each tier gives in the game's own words; a tier the list does not reach is marked as not reached rather than hidden. Where both pieces are weapons, a figure from wowsims' simulator says what replacing both hands at once costs — a pair is measured, never added.
Lists exist for six phases — Pre-Raid, P1, P2, P3, P4 and P5 — and each is a different set of drops, not a longer version of the last.