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Paladin in WoW Forever

The WoW Forever Paladin trees at launch, following Blizzard's Nov 2 development notes. Switch to Beta to compare with the October beta trees.

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Starter builds

Leveling

Retribution leveling

Seal of Command, Vengeance and Unsealed Wrath for fast kills; Holy for Strength, better Seals and Divine Favor.

Split 20 / 0 / 31 · level-by-level order →

Endgame

Holy healer

Illumination, Holy Shock and Light's Vigil for raid healing; Protection for Intellect and Templar's Bulwark.

Split 31 / 20 / 0 · level-by-level order →

Leveling

Shockadin (Holy/Retribution)

Holy Shock, Illumination and Divine Strength with a Retribution splash for Seal of Command and Sanctified Judgement. Opinion build, not benchmarked.

Split 30 / 0 / 21 · level-by-level order →

Endgame

Protection tank

Redoubt, Anticipation, Reckoning and Holy Shield for block and threat, finishing with Shieldsworn; Holy points for Divine Strength and Improved Seals. Opinion build, not benchmarked.

Split 14 / 37 / 0 · level-by-level order →

Best race for each Paladin spec

Top-scoring race from our racial scores: Horde first, Alliance below. Open the race picker for the full ranking and why.

Spec	Leveling	Dungeons & raids	PvP
Holy healer	Undead Dwarf	Undead Human	Undead Human
Shockadin	Undead Dwarf	Undead Human	Undead Human
Protection tank	Undead Dwarf	Undead Dwarf	Undead Human
Retribution	Undead Dwarf	Undead Human	Undead Human

Paladin talents changed for launch

Talent	Tree	Now
Spiritual Focus	Holy	Reduces how much taking damage delays your Holy spells. Up to 70% less at 5 ranks.
Reverence	Holy	Lets up to 30% of your Spirit-based mana regeneration continue while casting. Now 2 ranks.
Improved Seals	Holy	Improves all Seals and Judgements, up to 15%.
Holy Conduit	Holy	Moved from Retribution to Holy in the hotfix. Details pending.
Divine Precision	Holy	Up to 8% hit chance (4 / 8%) with Holy spells, and silences on you are up to 20% shorter. 2 ranks, no longer requires Holy Shock.
Oath of Light	Holy	Swear an Oath on one ally for 5 min: your Holy Light, Flash of Light and Holy Shock heal them for more. Amount pending.
Boundless Light	Holy	Up to 30% more critical strike chance for Holy Shock on allies that don't have your Oath.
Holy Power	Holy	Holy spells' critical heals heal 10–50% more. No longer adds crit chance.
Light's Vigil	Holy	Friendly targets only, 40 yd range. Vigil lasts 30 sec: your next Holy Shock on that ally skips the cooldown and heals them and their party.
Divine Intellect	Protection	Increases your Intellect. Moved from Holy to Protection.
Redoubt	Protection	Increases your block chance, up to 30%.
Sacred Duty	Protection	No longer gives Stamina: shortens Forbearance by 5 / 10 sec.
Templar's Bulwark	Protection	An absorb shield equal to 100% of your max health for 8 sec. Applies Forbearance for 1 min.
Improved Hammer of Justice	Protection	Reduces the cooldown of Hammer of Justice.
Shield Specialization	Protection	Blocks absorb up to 30% more and always restore 4% mana, at most every 3 sec. Now 2 ranks.
Toughness	Protection	Increases your armor.
Swift Judgement	Protection	Unleashes your Seal's Judgement without using up the Seal, on its own cooldown.
Improved Righteous Fury	Protection	While Righteous Fury is active you take up to 9% less damage.
Anticipation	Protection	Increases your Defense.
Stoicism	Protection	Stun and Charm effects on you are up to 20% shorter.
Holy Shield	Protection	Increases block chance by 30% and deals Holy damage when you block. No longer requires Templar's Bulwark; new rank 1 at level 30.
Iron Creed	Protection	Up to 30% more Holy Strike threat and 6% less damage taken. Now 3 ranks.
Shieldsworn	Protection	Holy Strike's cooldown is 4 sec shorter and it hits with your shield, triggering Holy Shield and Shield Specialization without using their charges. Also blocks spells for 6 sec.
Deflection	Retribution	Increases your parry chance.
Conviction	Retribution	Up to 6% critical strike chance (2 / 4 / 6%) with all spells and attacks. Now 3 ranks.
Sanctified Judgement	Retribution	Your Judgements return mana, without generating threat.
Vindication	Retribution	Your attacks lower the target's attack power. No longer raises yours.
Unyielding Faith	Retribution	Increases your chance to resist Fear and Disorient effects. Moved from Holy.
Sacred Arbiter	Retribution	Holy Strike deals 20% more damage.
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization	Retribution	Up to 6% more Holy and Physical damage (2 / 4 / 6%), and less threat while you wield a two-hander. Moved to row 4.
Turn Evil	Retribution	Turn Undead casts up to 1 sec faster with up to 10 sec less cooldown, and also works on Demons.
Repentance	Retribution	Puts an enemy out of action for a short time.
Vengeance	Retribution	Critical hits boost your damage, stacking up to 5 times. Now requires Seal of Command.
Champion of the Light	Retribution	Gain spell damage equal to up to 60% of your Intellect, and Hammer of Wrath casts up to 1 sec faster. Now 5 ranks.
Unsealed Wrath	Retribution	Melee attacks store your active Seal for 15 sec, up to 3 times. Attacking with a different Seal spends the stored stacks.