Retribution Paladin

Retribution changes

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  NewTwist of Light

  A new Seal echoes into your next melee swing, so Seal Twisting works without a swing-timer addon. Beta: also cuts Seal mana costs by 20%.

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  NewSacred Arbiter

  Empowers Holy Strike (20% more damage after the beta change) and refreshes Judgments on the target.

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  NewChampion of the Light

  Spell damage from Intellect — 20/40/60% of Intellect after the 1 October beta change (was 33/66/100%).

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  NewInstrument of the Law

  Lower threat generation and an instant Holy Wrath.

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  ChangedVindication

  Now also raises the Paladin’s own Attack Power while reducing the enemy’s.

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  ChangedVengeance

  Beta: triggers from any non-periodic critical strike, maximum 3 stacks (was 5).

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  ChangedTwo-Handed Weapon Specialization

  Beta: damage bonus reduced to 2/4/6% (was 3/6/9%).

Baseline changes — every Paladin

These apply to Retribution too, regardless of where talent points go.

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  NewHoly Strike

  Level 6. Instant weapon strike dealing Holy damage on a 12-second cooldown. The beta raised its weapon damage per rank (25% at rank 1 to 50% at rank 8).

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  ChangedSeals and Judgment

  Casting Judgment no longer consumes your Seal, so you stop recasting it after every Judgment.

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  ChangedConsecration

  Baseline at level 20 instead of a talent. Full damage and threat on the first four targets, reduced beyond that — a tanking tool and a damage tool at once.

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  ChangedBlessing of Kings

  Baseline instead of a talent, like Divine Spirit for Priests and Improved Mark of the Wild for Druids.

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  ChangedRetribution Aura

  Beta: its damage now scales with spell power — per the 1 October notes, the spell power of the player carrying the aura rather than the Paladin’s.