Quote Originally Posted by Flight View Post
Yes I'm serious and I've spent the last four hours reading this and other forums.

The problem is a lot seems to have changed in both the recent and long term past. Also a lot is directed at lvl 85 macros, which I'm not. For instance I was confused for a while by the spec I posted because an ability called Sacred Shield has replaced one of the abilities listed (Rebuke I think off hand ?)


You'd be surprised how confusing things can be if you come back after a long break to a char, especially one that isn't max lvl and especially Paladin which seemed to have changed massively.

The reason I didn't post in other forums is because when you ask for help you tend to get told to go away and read the forums - which is what you've pretty much taken the time to type out and which I've already done and got confused.


I'll go back and spend more time reading up. if anyone could point retribution threads that aren't confusing or out of date I'd appreciate it. If I'm out of order posting then I apologise and feel free to delete the thread.
I've always played protection myself, and was never interested in retribution. Since I picked up my pally with this new patch, I got a retribution off spec to see what it's like, obviously had to figure out some stuff to make it somewhat working for me. So I made myself some notes and practised a bit vs the target dummy. I'll try to share them:

- your main move is crusader strike, it generates a stack of holy power, you can have a maximum of 3 holy power
- you want an addon that tracks your amount of holy power
- you want to keep inquisition up, it's a buff that increases your damage done by 30%, if you cast inquisition, it consumes all your holy power, but the more stacks of holy power you had, the longer it lasts, you might want to track this with an addon as well
- when crusader strike is on cooldown, use judgement
- if you have 3 holy power stacks, use templar's verdict
- sometimes you get a proc called the art of war, and it makes your next exorsism cast instant, only use exorcism when this procs (you get like 2 yellow marks in your interface when this happens)
- sometimes divine purpose might proc, which makes your next move consume no holy power
- zealotry is another strong cooldown, pop it and every time you use crusader strike you'll generate 3 stacks of holy power ... in order to cast zealotry you need to have 3 holy power up, but it won't consume your holy power
- you obviously have wings, or avenging wrath
- if you have nothing to cast, you want to use consecration or holy wrath
- rebuke is your interrupt
- world of glory is your instant heal, it uses all holy power
- i run with seal of truth & kings & retribution aura

obviously this ain't a max dps guide, but more a means for myself to understand the basics of the spec
it's all centred around using holy power and what you do with it
if you don't have certain abilities at your level, just skip them