Retribution Paladin Midnight Gearing Guide

Midnight Season 1 Tier Set Bonuses:

• (2) Set Bonus: Expurgation deals 20% increased damage.
• (4) Set Bonus: Final Verdict applies Expurgation at 100% effectiveness, while Divine Storm applies it at 50% effectiveness.

Tier Set Discussion:

The Midnight Season 1 Tier Set for Ret Paladin does not have any impact on rotation or gameplay. You’ll still prioritize Blade Of Justice and Art Of War procs regardless of Expurgation already being applied to your target from your spenders.

You should still prioritise 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
• Raiding
• Mythic+

There are a number of great trinkets for Ret Paladin in Midnight Season 1.

S Tier Trinkets:

1. Umbral Plume & Radiant Plume
2. Algeth'ar Puzzle Box

A Tier Trinkets:

1. Gaze Of The Alnseer
2. Heart Of Ancient Hunger

B Tier Trinkets:

1. Light Company Guidon
2. Heart Of Wind
3. Solarflare Prism
4. Kroluk's Warbanner

Most of these trinkets are passive and do not change any gameplay or require any thought to be utilised, with the exception of Algeth'ar Puzzle Box.

Algeth'ar Puzzle Box has a cast time and may feel awkward to play with at first. However, all it really changes in your gameplay is you must make sure you use this trinket BEFORE entering your cooldown window, not after.

Recommendations are subject to change and you should sim your character accordingly.

For early season crafting: Blood Knight's Warblade with Darkmoon Sigil: Hunt.

Then fill a low ilvl slot with Arcanoweave Lining.

Later in the season for BiS, craft:

• Adherent's Silken Shroud with Arcanoweave Lining
• Spellbreaker's Bracers with Arcanoweave Lining
• Loa Worshiper's Band + Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier

Both 2x Arcanoweave Lining and Loa Worshiper's Band + Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier are very close, so I would recommend simming between the 2.

If playing Loa Worshiper's Band + Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier, make sure you fill all gems, besides your Indecipherable Eversong Diamond, with either Flawless Masterful Peridot or Flawless Masterful Garnet to gain the most out of this embellishment.

Bonus Rolls (Nebulous Voidcores)

With the release of patch 12.0.5, you’ll be able to obtain and use Nebulous Voidcores to easily target specific pieces of gear from either Raid bosses or M+ Dungeons.

Once an item has been looted once via Bonus Rolls, that item is removed from the loot pool from future Bonus Rolls.

Your high priority items to spend your Bonus Rolls on are as follows:

If you do not have access to Mythic Raids, the best way to spend Bonus Rolls is to prioritise items you can catalyst into Mythic Tier.

Voidforging (Ascendant Voidcores)

After unlocking the Voidforge, you’ll be able to collect Ascendant Voidcores to upgrade your weapons and trinkets, via Midnight Endgame Content.

The upgrade priority is as follows:

Myth Track Weapon > Crafted Weapon > Myth Track Trinkets > Hero Track Trinkets

Once your item is ‘Ascendant Voidforged’ you will no longer be able to upgrade it.