Level 80 and ready to raid?

Aim for the following stats:

• 2600 - 2800AP Unbuffed
  Attack Power increases you base damage, therefore it is the most important stat. You should never have enough of this. Stock up on Strength.
• 30% Critical Strike Chance
  Critical strikes are an important part of a paladin’s DPS because of the Vengeance talent, which can increase your damage by 9% (Or 15% again, I heard they are changing back to 5 stacks). With constant critical strikes you should be able to keep Vengeance up throughout a fight.
• 9% Hit
  Hit Rating is needed to ensure your melee attacks do not miss your target. To be hit capped you will need 295 Hit Rating. But apparently veteran Retribution paladins found out you don’t need that much. 6% Hit will suffice due to a ghost mechanic. Let’s not talk much about it and leave it as it is. But stock up on hit rating just in case this gets fixed.

GEAR LIST

Head

• Spiked Titansteel Helm (Blacksmithing)
• Charged Titanium Specs (Engineering only)
• Chitin Shell Greathelm (Anub’arak, Heroic Azjol-Nerub)
• Planetary Helm (Loken, Heroic Halls of Lightning)
• Helm of Command (Blacksmithing)
• Fang-Deflecting Faceguard (Argent Crusade, Revered)

• Enchant: Arcanum of Torment

Neck

• Pendant of the Outcast Hero (25 Badges of Heroism)
• Titanium Impact Choker (Jewelcrafting)
• Gold Amulet of Kings (King Ymiron, Heroic Utgarde Pinnacle)
• Necklace of Arcane Spheres (Xevozz, Heroic Violet Hold)
• The Severed Noose of Westwind (Quest Reward)

Shoulders

• Spaulders of the Giant Lords (Sons of Hodir, Revered)
• Pauldrons of the Lightning Revenant (Ionar, Halls of Lightning)
• Snake Den Spaulders (Slad’ran, Heroic Gundrak)
• Gold Star Spaulders (The Oracles, Revered)
• Mantle of Volkhan (Quest Reward)
• Savage Saronite Pauldrons (Blacksmithing)

• Enchant: Lesser Inscription of the Axe/Greater Inscription of the Axe

Back

• Ice Striker’s Cloak (Leatherworking)
• Cloak of Bloodied Waters (Heroic Gundrak)
• Shroud of Reverberation (Volkhan, Heroic Halls of Lightning)
• Cloak of the Gushing Wound (Erekem, Heroic Violet Hold)

• Enchant: Haste/ Superior Agility

Chest

• Breastplate of Undeath (Novos the Summoner, Heroic Drak’Tharon Keep)
• Bonegrinder Breastplate (Prince Taldaram, Heroic Ahn’kahet: The Old Kingdom)
• Engraved Chestplate of Eck (Eck the Ferocious, Heroic Gundrak)
• Wing Commander’s Breastplate (Varos Cloudstrider, The Oculus)
• Chestplate of Conquest (Blacksmithing)

• Enchant: Powerful Stats

Wrist

• Bands of the Stoneforge (Sjonnir The Ironshaper, Heroic Halls of Stone)
• Cast Iron Shackles (Heroic Violet Hold)
• Golden Limb Bands (Krik’thir the Gatewatcher, Heroic Azjol-Nerub)
• Vengeance Bindings (Blacksmithing)

• Enchant: Greater Assault

Hands

• Gauntlets of Dragon Wrath (Cache of Eregos, Heroic Oculus)
• Gauntlets of Capture (Cyanigosa, Heroic Violet Hold)
• Fists of Loken (Loken, Halls of Lightning)
• Gauntlets of The Culling (Quest Reward)

• Enchant: Crusher / Greater Assault / Greater Blasting / Precision

Waist

• Flame-Bathed Steel Girdle (Keristrasza, Heroic Nexus)
• The General’s Steel Girdle (General Bjarngrim, Heroic Halls of Lightning)
• Spiked Metal Cilice (Salramm the Fleshcrafter, Culling of Stratholme)
• Strategist’s Belt (Prince Keleseth, Heroic Utgarde Keep)

Legs

• Staggering Legplates (Ingvar the Plunderer, Heroic Utgarde Keep)
• Legplates of the Oculus Guardian (Varos Cloudstrider, Heroic Oculus)
• Legplates of Bloody Reprisal (Wyrmrest Accord, Exalted)
• Legplates of Steel Implants (Meathook, Culling of Stratholme)
• Ancient Royal Legguards (King Ymiron, Utgarde Pinnacle)

• Enchant: Icescale Leg Armor

Boots

• Death-Inured Sabatons (Knights of the Ebon Blade, Exalted )
• Spiked Titansteel Treads (Blacksmithing
• The Obliterator Greaves (Zuramat the Obliterator, Heroic Violet Hold)
• Rift Striders (Anomalus, Heroic Nexus)
• Echoing Stompers (Svala Sorrowgrave, Heroic Utgarde Pinnacle)
• Berserker’s Sabatons (Heroic Utgarde Pinnacle)

• Enchant: Icewalker

Rings

• Titanium Impact Band (Jewelcrafting)
• Hemorrhaging Circle (Gal’darah, Heroic Gundrak)
• Band of the Kirin Tor (8500 Gold)
• Ring of Scarlet Shadows (Jewelcrafting)
• Band of Frosted Thorns (Ormorok the Tree-Shaper, Heroic Nexus)
• Mobius Band (Chrono-Lord Epoch, Heroic Culling of Stratholme)

Trinkets

• Mirror of Truth (40 Emblem of Heroism)
• Darkmoon Card: Greatness (Darkmoon Nobles Deck)
• Figurine - Emerald Boar (Jewelcrafting)
• Mighty Alchemist Stone (Alchemy)
• Incisor Fragment (King Dred, Drak’Tharon Keep HEROIC)
• Meteorite Whetstone (King Yimiron, Utgarde Pinnacle HEROIC)
• Sphere of Red Dragon’s Blood (Keristrasza, The Nexus HEROIC)
• Vestige of Haldor (King Yimiron, Utgarde Pinnacle)
• Fezzik’s Pocketwatch (Quest: The Last Line of Defense)

Weapon

• Titansteel Destroyer (Blacksmithing)
• Colossal Skull-Clad Cleaver (Loken, Heroic Halls of Lightning)
• Sword of Justice (Tribunal Chest, Heroic Halls of Stone)
• Saliva Corroded Pike (Moragg, Heroic Violet Hold)
• Runeblade of Demonstrable Power (Knights of the Ebon Blade, Revered)
• Argent Skeleton Crusher (Argent Crusade, Revered)
• Mojo Masked Crusher (The Prophet Tharon’ja, Drak’Tharon Keep)
• Edge of Oblivion (Jedoga Shadowseeker, Heroic Ahn’kahet: The Old Kingdom)
• Hammer of Grief (Maiden of Grief, Heroic Halls of Stone)

• Enchant: Massacre/Accuracy/Berserking