Curated for PvP — enemy cooldown tracking, CC diminishing returns, and Hammer of Justice stun into Avenging Wrath burst with Repentance healer CC for 3v3 Arena and Battlegrounds. Reviewed 28 Jun 2026.
Standard Ret arena build — Herald of the Sun with Dawnlight windows providing consistent damage between Avenging Wrath burst phases. Hammer of Justice stun into burst window with Repentance for healer CC.
Alternative Ret arena build — Templar with Hammer of Light burst on stun-go compositions. Strongest when your team can chain CC to extend the Avenging Wrath window.
Battleground-focused build — Templar with Divine Storm for AoE cleave on objective clusters and Blessing of Freedom for flag carrier support. High sustain through Word of Glory self-healing across extended BG fights.
Record your own talent build alongside your addons — it's included when you share your setup. Get a talent string from the Wowhead talent calculator or export directly from the in-game talent tree (press N → share icon). Paste the URL or the raw string — both work.
2.8M downloads
Tracks every enemy CC and DR — Retribution's kill window is built around Hammer of Justice stun into Avenging Wrath burst, and the stun DR determines when you can safely chain another go. Seeing DR timers prevents blowing burst into a capped stun.
1.5M downloads
Shows enemy defensive CDs the instant they pop — Retribution's burst with Avenging Wrath or Crusade is short and telegraphed, so burning it into a Divine Shield or Ice Block wastes the entire cooldown. sArena shows defensive pops in real time so you wait or redirect.
23.3M downloads
Makes Hammer of Justice and Repentance visible as large icons on enemy frames — your partners need to see your CC land and react into the window. BigDebuffs makes the stun state readable instantly so your team calls abilities without waiting for your confirmation.
310.5K downloads
Alerts when your Templar's Verdict or Divine Storm target is immune or Spell Reflected — Retribution's GCD-locked burst sequence during Avenging Wrath cannot afford wasted casts into a bubble or Cloak of Shadows. DontCast flags these states before your GCD commits.
7.8M downloads
Marks enemy healers on nameplates so you know where to direct Hammer of Justice and Rebuke pressure — Retribution's Rebuke is short range and on a 15-second cooldown, so knowing which nameplate is the enemy healer before their cast bar appears determines interrupt priority.
507.2K downloads
Shows all 15 enemy cooldowns in Battlegrounds — Retribution's short burst windows with Avenging Wrath require knowing which enemies have defensive CDs banked before you commit the burst. BattleGroundEnemies Fixed shows this for all 15 enemies simultaneously.
10.5M downloads
Keeps BG objective timers and score countdowns visible — Retribution can anchor nodes and rotate efficiently with high mobility, and Capping shows objective capture state and score so you know when to hold and when the score race requires more aggressive pressure.
345.4M downloads
Per-spell breakdown across the fight — check Templar's Verdict vs Divine Storm contribution to confirm Holy Power is going to the right spenders for the content type. The cast efficiency view shows how many Avenging Wrath windows you fully utilized versus cut short by movement.
9.5M downloads
Cast bars and debuff icons on enemy nameplates — lets you time Rebuke and reserve Hammer of Justice for casts that can't be kicked rather than burning both on the same target. Knowing which casts are incoming also tells you when to use a personal defensive before the hit lands.
4.1M downloads
Shows class icons on enemy nameplates so you identify interrupt and burst targets instantly in Battlegrounds. CC glow highlights Hammer of Justice stun landing, making it faster for your partners to pile damage into the stun window during Avenging Wrath burst.
33.4M downloads
Tracks group cooldowns from the combat log — for Ret Paladin, most valuable for Blessing of Protection and Blessing of Sacrifice coordination, showing when defensive cooldowns across the group have been spent so you know when your externals are the only safety net. Also tracks healer cooldowns so you can time BoSac for the moments of peak incoming damage.
938.2K downloads
Configurable timers for your major cooldowns on screen. Pulls Avenging Wrath, Wake of Ashes, and Divine Toll into a priority burst stack at the top so your burst windows are always visible and never forgotten, with an audio cue when Avenging Wrath comes off cooldown.
2.4M downloads
Replaces the default Holy Power pip display with a solid bar that shows progress toward a Templar's Verdict or Divine Storm spend, with a clear colour threshold at 5 pips. A secondary Mana bar appears below — relevant when Word of Glory or Flash of Light spending matters during longer fights or when Selfless Healer is in the build.
6.1M downloads
BetterBlizzFrames keeps the default UI layout intact while adding the things it lacks: castbars on your target and focus frames, class color health bars, and absorb tracking. For Retribution Paladin, a visible focus frame castbar helps you track the tank's target for interrupt timing.
22.2M downloads
Dominos gives you full control over action bar layout — move, resize, and add extra bars. For Retribution Paladin, a dedicated utility bar for Divine Shield, Lay on Hands, Blessing of Protection, and Blessing of Sacrifice keeps your defensives and externals visible at a consistent location.
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Most of what ElvUI covers for Retribution Paladin is better handled by BetterBlizzFrames (frames), Dominos (action bars), and Platynator (nameplates). Only install if you want a fully unified UI aesthetic and are prepared for the configuration overhead.
19.3M downloads
Bind spells to mouse button and modifier combinations on any unit frame — right-click for Blessing of Protection, shift-click for Blessing of Sacrifice, alt-click for Lay on Hands, all without breaking your current target or interrupting your Holy Power rotation. Landing externals instantly without target-swapping is one of the highest-value off-GCD actions Ret can take in any content.
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Avenging Wrath + trinket burst opener, Hammer of Justice stun on focus, Rebuke kick on focus, Repentance on focus healer, Divine Shield cancel-aura, Blessing of Freedom on mouseover teammate, Lay on Hands emergency self-heal
Versatility primary for damage reduction and Word of Glory healing amplification, Haste for Holy Power generation and cooldown reduction, Strength secondary for raw burst damage inside Avenging Wrath windows
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