LoDBlog

It’s been quite a while since my last Drunken Retnoob blog post.  To get back into the swing of things, I think I’ll copy the format of my previous Captain Heroic’s Guide to Gearing Up a Ret Paladin, and update it for a Cataclysm version.  At this point, we’re all Captain Heroics, relying on 5 [...]

Thus far for the Drunken Retnoob blog I’ve mostly focused on issues related to endgame raiding or arena PVP, but in promoting the blog I’ve talked with so many Ret Paladins who are just getting into the spec and get overwhelmed with all the options out there for gearing up, and have so many questions [...]

Unfortunately, Icecrown Citadel is already released before I was able to put together a post for tips for Ret Paladins in Trial of the Grand Crusader, but ToGC won’t be immediately obsolete due to the gating system in ICC.  So better late than never!  One of the most important tricks for improving your DPS in [...]

If there is one question about Ret Paladins that I get more than any other, it’s “Hey, which item is better?”  And no matter which two items they link, the answer is almost always the same:  “it depends on what you have for the rest of your gear”.  Unfortunately, statistics on gear have become high, [...]

You’ve probably heard a lot about the hot new topic in the world of Ret Paladins – Protribution!  No, not prosti… er, nevermind.  “Protribution” is a new buzzword given to PVP Ret Paladins who trade their 2Hander for a 1H/Shield, and then spec most of their talent points into Protection, with the remainder in Retribution.  [...]

In general, the purpose of the Drunken Retnoob blog will be to discuss everything relevant to the current state of the Retribution Paladin spec in both end-game PVE raids, and arena PVP.  Frequent topics of discussion will likely include my opinions of each and every new nerf or buff, updates on new Ret theorycraft developments, [...]