Paladin build samples

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Holy

PvE Healing Builds

PvE Core Holy Paladin Build (51/0/0)

Purpose	Starting Build For Any Holy Paladin
Talent Link(s)	Wowhead
Tested patch	3.3.3

Almost all PvE Holy builds have a 51 point set of core holy talents, the only room for flexability in the distribution of talents is whether you decide to finish putting points on [Improved Lay on Hands] or use that spare talent point in one of the other trees.

The remaining 20 points are spent then spent on either a Retribution Subspec (going for increased critical hit) or a Protection Subspec (going for increased raid survivability). Both are very suitable raiding specs; however a Retri Subspec is easier for those who are new or are still leveling up holy paladins compared to the Prot Subspec. This is because the full benefits of a Prot Subspec is only unleashed during raids.

Of a small note, the empty major glyph slot is depentant on whether your main spell is [Holy Light] ( [Glyph of Holy Light]) or [Flash of Light] ( [Glyph of Flash of Light]). Most paladins will however get  [Glyph of Holy Light] regardless. What goes into the empty minor glyph slot however is up to your own personal opinions:  [Glyph of the Wise],  [Glyph of Sense Undead] and  [Glyph of Blessing of Kings] are all possible choices.

Protection

Core Tanking Spec (0/53/6)

Purpose	PvE
Talent Link(s)	Wowhead
Tested patch	3.3.0

This spec has 12 remaining points. Anyone except a pure raid main tank (who gets enough heals that it doesn't matter) will want a second point in [Spiritual Attunement]. The remainder can be spent on some combination of:

• Buffs and utility. Fill out the second tier of Retribution for decent raid utility. [Seal of Command] is very good for tanking trash. [Pursuit of Justice] lets you run out of the fire and chase down adds more quickly. [Vindication] is an essential debuff if you don't have a warrior doing [Demoralizing Shout] or a feral druid doing [Demoralizing Roar].
• Threat. [Seals of the Pure] and [Reckoning] are straight threat boosts (SotP is better, point-for-point).
• Survival. [Divinity] is a slight boost to your healers. [Guardian's Favor] and [Improved Hammer of Justice] can be marginally useful, particularly in heroics.

Retribution

Ret PvP (1/19/51)

Purpose	2v2 arena (damage + support)
Talent Link(s)	Wowhead
Tested patch	3.3.0

Main buffs: Blessing of Might, Seal of Righteousness, Righteous Fury, Retribution Aura. May need changes depending on situation.

Retribution PvE (11/5/55)

Purpose	Raiding
Talent Link(s)	Wowhead
Tested patch	3.3.0

With this build you're going to want [Seal of Corruption]/ [Seal of Vengeance] as your single-target DPS seal. Seal of Command is used for AoE. With Retribution Paladin DPS, the order in which you use your abilities is less of a "rotation" as it is "spell x > spell y > spell z."

See also

• Paladin builds: An introduction to the basics of paladin builds.
• Paladin Leveling Builds at WoW Leveling Builds