Midnight 12.1 arena
Retribution Paladin PvP guide
How Retribution Paladins actually play arena: the PvP talents they take, what they press when they go, how they survive, what to kick on them, and the comps they play. Counted from real rated games, not written from memory.
Most taken PvP talent
Blessing of Sanctuary
92%
Main cooldown
Avenging Wrath
99%
First defensive
Divine Protection
53%
On the enemy healer
Hammer of Justice
85%
Retribution Paladin PvP talents
How often each PvP talent is taken. Click one for what it does.
Instantly removes all stun, silence, fear and horror effects from the friendly target and reduces the duration of future such effects by 60% for 5 sec.
Your Consecration clears and suppresses all snare effects on allies within its area of effect.
Blesses a party or raid member, granting immunity to magical damage and harmful effects for 10. Cannot be used on a target with Forbearance. Causes Forbearance for 30. Shares a cooldown with Blessing of Protection.
240s cooldown ยท lasts 10s
Call upon the light to blind enemy players in a 25 yd cone, causing enemies to miss their spells and attacks for 4 sec.
Lightbearer's healing transfer is increased by up to 150% based on your current health. Lower health heals allies for more.
Your allies affected by your Aura gain an effect after you cast Blessing of Protection or Blessing of Freedom. Blessing of Protection Physical damage reduced by 30% for 6 sec. Blessing of Freedom Cleared of all movement impairing effects.
Class and spec tree talents, with the build most players run and every cooldown adjusted for it: Retribution Paladin talents and kit.
What Retribution Paladins press when they go
The offensive cooldowns in their goes, and how often each one is in it.
Avenging Wrath
Divine Toll
Execution Sentence
Crowd control on the enemy healer during a go
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Hammer of Justice
85%
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Blinding Light
11%
How Retribution Paladins survive a go
Dies in
28%
of rounds. Every spec: 25%
Dies first in
19%
of rounds. Every spec: 17%
When a go lands on a Retribution Paladin, the defensives pressed and how often:
Their own
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Divine Protection
53%
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Lay on Hands
21%
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Gladiator's Medallion
19%
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Divine Shield
17%
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Blessing of Sacrifice
14%
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Blessing of Protection
9%
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Blessing of Spellwarding
6%
From their team
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Pain Suppression
22%
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Holy Word: Serenity
6%
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Blessing of Sacrifice
6%
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Evangelism
5%
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Ironbark
5%
What to kick on a Retribution Paladin
The casts worth an interrupt, ranked the way top players rank them, and how often each one is stopped this season.
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High
Searing Glare
stopped 11% of the time
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Low
Flash of Light
stopped 3% of the time
Priorities from Skill Capped's Retribution Paladin guide for 12.1 (Midnight Season 2).
Retribution Paladins as kickers
Retribution Paladins stop 15% of the high-priority enemy casts they meet with their interrupt ready. Across every spec with an interrupt it is 12%.
A chance is a cast from a kick list, begun while the player was alive, free to act, had their kick off cooldown and stood within its range. The combat log has no line of sight, so a pillar may have been in the way.
Retribution Paladin 3v3 arena comps
The teams Retribution Paladins play in most.
Play Retribution Paladin? See this for your own games
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Counted from rated arena games uploaded to MindCollector: every player in every game, not only the one who recorded it. Updated 19 Oct 2026.
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