10.2.5 Ret Paladin IS THE CHOICE!

[@MarcelianOnline]

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[@dark9nine]

Vanilla Ret here (yeah) It feels weird sometimes. I went holy back then because i wanted to raid and i wanted to be taken seriously by other players (people use to: LOLRET you all day, every day). I used to get all the gear that nobody wanted at the end of the big patches and build my Ret when everybody else was done with dps pieces. Used to join dungeon groups and battlegrounds. So good. Now days, sometimes nostalgia hits. I start the game, log in and see my paladin standing right there at the top of all my characters and i think while staring at him: WE DID IT MAN, WE DID IT. For some people this wont make sense but my paladin is really special for me. Playing him helped me thought hard times. I love this game man even tho it SUCKS trying to find a raid spot these days (All my friends left the game for good) and you see Rets coming from everywhere lol. Thanks for the video. Loved it.

[@McYogi-nq4zw]

I remember when being a ret pally wasn't so cool now look at us everyone wants to be one lol

[@itsyaboiherman]

awesome story!!! as a new player im definitely gonna try this class

[@dark9nine]

@@itsyaboiherman Do it! its pretty good right now!

[@danielstormy3660]

That intro song is awesome, make some of this for every class :-)

[@MarcelianOnline]

Ooff, when they get a killer rework and buff, maybe :)))

[@Sourlife.]

@@MarcelianOnline hell yeah😅

[@gsil247]

I love Ret Pal because its simple, bursty and looks cool. Damage could be mid range for all I care.

[@MarcelianOnline]

Thankfully it's not :P

[@Rocketsredbear]

Fashion is endgame

[@LuNaTiC9oNe]

now they need to rework DK

[@Natsu-pt4mr]

okay, that opening was kinda badass. Got a Pala alt not bad!

[@MarcelianOnline]

Go and hammer some fools!

[@talisredstar1543]

I don't think you accounted for the fantasy that Retribution Paladin fulfills either. That Holy Knight, the Templar. that Judge, Jury and Executioner powered by the Holy Light. In WoW, there are many great warriors, no more so popular, loved, and goated as Varian Wrynn. Even Horde players respect that Wrynn. But it has been Paladins, since their creation back in the 2nd war to counter the Death Knights created by Guldan., that were there taking names and kicking ass. When they were not on the frontlines they were advising kings, and princes. Warriors have been the chads that have protected the Alliance men an woman for the longest time, but when the fel fire comes, or the undead. it is righteous fire, and holy light that takes to field first. As seen in Wrath, and Legion, it was Paladins that stormed the barricades, and set up footholds so that armies of Azeroth could have foot holds in those campaigns, and it has been Paladins over the years, with the exception of a very few, that have sacrifice much to protect the common people and infantry alike from dangers and darkness that would steal not just the breath from your lungs, but the warmth from your very soul.

[@Humance]

where can i buy the song?

[@dzejk142]

As a ret main, I couldn't be happier with the spec. I started playing WoW when covid started and a friend recommended me to try ret and I just can't stop playing it. Can't wait to get my hand on that juicy legendary finally.

[@bigshortstop1931]

Has it dropped for you yet?

[@dzejk142]

@@bigshortstop1931 naaah, I don't think i'm getting it this season to be honest.

[@butterflysrage]

I keep trying other classes, every time after a few hours I just keep thinking "this would be so much easier on my ret" or "I never would have died to that on my ret". It has VERY strong burst healing, an immunity, good ability to hit outside the melee circle.

[@scottboyer8450]

Doesn't matter what content I've been doing recently, Rets are always at the top of my meters, and not just by a small margin, they are absolutely wrecking shit.

[@nuffsed1459]

I have yet to see just one outdamaging me

[@mbvx7]

I made a ret pally a couple months ago. LOVE it. it's fun. my fav melee in wow

[@richardespinoza9157]

It's my main right now. I like it because it's lore. To answer if it's a melee class . I myself considered a short range, range class.

[@stevenrochester7015]

No joke I just picked this spec up like 4 days ago and I'm loving it

[@ovnis__]

The intro was fire, nice lyric construction and flow!!! 🔥

[@MarcelianOnline]

Thanks 💯 Judging by your profile picture, this means a whole lot

[@ritchy3875]

This video is a banger, good content

[@bitze865]

The eyes lighting up and the wings activating was the sickest shit

[@ninjahussle]

which addon is used in this clip to display the holy power stacks?? ty in advance

[@That_kind_of_orc]

Playing my main ret and my alt warrior is like day and night difference you can clearly feel it sadly but it's time to enjoy this piece of artwork finally 🤩

[@Dan-iy2nr]

my guild gone from 2 paladins to like 30 lmao

[@luraion5754]

Started playing DK a while back now I got back and saw how it's so outdated! Starting Ret Pally now! Where do you get you meta sources from?

[@Zagreuso]

this intro song should be on spotify it's so good man literally amazing work xd

[@dgsunny23]

What a sick intro!!! Waaoooo. As a Ret main I couldn't have been more happy to see the video. Playing Ret is the best feeling both in PvE and RBGs.

[@MarcelianOnline]

MarcelianONline style :D

[@j0p3t0]

Hey where I can find the song from the begining of the video ?

[@straighttalkwithkyle7947]

I've mained Ret since I started playing this game in 2009. A paladin was my first character and once I figured out how to play I specced into Ret. One of the things I have always liked about it and one of the reasons why I think it's popular is not just because of how it's currently performing in raids or dungeons, it's how great it is for solo world play. Only tanks have better survivability solo but their damage playstyle is a lot more boring than ret. Ret feels like you are really nuking something down fast while not feeling like you are in danger of dying. The world quests in the elite area's like Brackenhide are easily taken down by ret in large chain pulls. Obviously gear helps this late in an expansion but it makes it really fun to play. It's one of the things I really liked back in WoTLK. The power level I felt with Shadows Edge and full 25 man tier gear was amazing. We are once again feeling that powerful.

[@zhyrana]

I stopped playing WoW sometime in BfA, but seeing this makes me really happy. Played Healpala in Cataclysm, came back to Legion and loved to be a Ret main, BfA was just not fun somehow and then i just didn't want to start playing again without friends. So I just watch some vids about the game sometimes and now that I see this, it's making me happy. xD I wont be going back to play I guess but it's great to see these changes. Take care everyone and have fun~

[@Cederlof_Ink]

I love my paladin and priest. Awesome to see ret doing well but it's just a fun spec in general. Also awesome editing and intro, top tier.

[@LordHypnos4]

If you think about it ret paladins feel like the main characters of wow's story at least for the alliance. When you play ret you just feel like you are justice smiting your foes and protecting the innocent

[@Guatdefook]

Love how ret is at the top for now. However, DK as a whole needs a ret level rework for all three specs. What DK needs is simple; simple is good.

[@superninja4526]

Marcel expressing his Hiphop background! Sick intro guys keep up the work always excited to watch your videos!

[@Dovahkiin0027]

I been maining ret since Shadowlands and I can tell you. This is the golden age for us boys! 💛

[@MarcelianOnline]

Hells yea man!

[@McYogi-nq4zw]

I have been playing ret since classic, going from being a buff daddy to the top of the dps meter. I remember when being a ret pally wasn't so cool lol

[@Sourlife.]

Marcelian is spitting bars, sad that i dont like Palading lorewise :D

[@MarcelianOnline]

Ah man, missing out :)

[@igorpetkoski1640]

Hey shoud do the same for feral

[@arlobo]

man!!!! I loved the intro!!!! nice video Marcelian

[@chidy9699]

I'm a long time ranged player, only occasionally messing with melee. I've recently leveled a DK and a pally, and I'm finding I like the pally more. I love the thematics of a DK (my main is a lock) but the group utility and self healing ret provides is making me like it so much more, not to mention I like having a 1hand and shield for tanking, and the ability to heal if needed. The only thing I would like to see changed so far with class design is no cd on crusader strike, I think every class should have a good filler, the other thing is just personal preference, I'd prefer more swords or something as an alternative to the hammers.

[@nicolataggia]

The rotation is easy, yes but to master the pally you have also to support the team. BOP, LOH, BOS and heaven small heals can hugely boost the survability of the team, especially in M+

[@Darkkfated]

It's frustrating because my Ret pally alt is out-DPSing my Rogue, with a 25 ilvl deficit, by mostly alternating two buttons and popping all DPS CDs as they come up (since they all have the exact same cooldown). It's pretty stupid that I can just mash 2-3 buttons and be competitive with other classes that are way above my weight class.

[@L0rks]

This is my jam!

[@MarcelianOnline]

[@bojnebojnebojne]

Ret simply feels good to play, low cooldowns, has a very easy / fast learning curve and it has decent customizability in both Class and Specialization talent trees.

[@scorchma]

How to make the perfect Paladin: transmog T2 + Ashbringer and use the „Lightbringer“ title. You dont have to do perfect dmg, when your style can be perfect.

[@kazkorianor]

Did you for get when the revamp 😂 happend there was pink … pink every where

[@benprescott8646]

Ret main since The Burning Crusades, Love my ret for the Lore, the look, and the feel but it does feel nice to be competitive with other damage dealers finally

[@thundergodd6086]

Damn! Great rapping by your dad and a great video of my class. Couldn't make a better video. Well done.

[@weicax]

That was some sick intro!

[@edwardhatfield5360]

Light be praised

[@MarcelianOnline]

Better believe it!

[@duvelfav5189]

so the Patrick the pure meme came true

[@whiteeagleboneguard]

RET PALLYS RISE UP!!!!

[@MarcelianOnline]

Raise the HAMMERS!

[@cruzeal9334]

Its a shame it happened after my little brother quit wow hed be so happy with ret right now

[@MasonC2K]

I am happy Ret is getting their time to shine. But I am not a flavor of the month player. Been a warrior main since day 1 and will continue to be.

[@apsodyeu3694]

I love ret but i hate how there are so many rets and people only take high ilvl or high RIO in m+ , so i just go prot

[@Srelathon]

Ret feels almost perfect to me. IMO if we get just one more active ability it'll be amazing. At the moment the Legendary is filling that role, but once we replace it next season it's not gonna feels as great anymore.

[@MarcelianOnline]

Can't say I disagree, Templar Strikes could be that, tho!

[@Srelathon]

@@MarcelianOnline I would love to see Templar Strikes and Crusade be meta. It would be so much fun!

[@gaminggotreal9291]

Great content

[@xfurywind]

SO many ret paladins everywhere .

[@MegaJess1224]

yoooo that intro song is fiiiiiire 🤣🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥😍😍😍😍

[@alias5152]

Paladins was never more fun to play than right now.. even if damage is not that great.. it's fun to play with them

[@Patrious_WoW]

ret is my main now, i got the legendary axe on my main, i felt like it should have been my old main my orc warrior, but i finally got it a couple days ago and now i know what my main class is, I BECAME A HEROIC RAIDER BECAUSE OF THAT AXE!

[@MarcelianOnline]

Kick that ass and take some names!

[@phnxx5301]

I want the same threatment for my monk!

[@Mindy_T]

You get a like for the song! That was amazing. Then I’ll remove my like and like the video as well 😅

[@domperry4175]

They really need to work harder at bringing other specs up to par with specs like ret pal and fire mage, not just damage wise but utility and defensiveness too. The difference between those and something like arms war in keys is nothing short of demoralising lol. Doing a couple of once-off reworks per expansion isn't enough. They even reworked rogue and dh this season and mage is probably still a better pick than both of them in keys right now. And If they aren't going to try balance them, then make it easier to swap classes later on in the season - e.g. accelerated crest acquisition.

[@JorgeGonzalez-gb5im]

I have been playing Ret since BC so iam old school lol

[@MarcelianOnline]

Boomer status! You've been through all of it!

[@JorgeGonzalez-gb5im]

@@MarcelianOnline yup all the ups and downs of the spec

[@JorgeGonzalez-gb5im]

@@MarcelianOnline still remember doing the long ass quest line for the Pally Charger lol now you just get it.

[@Dropsey818]

RET ALL DAY BABY!!!!!!!!!

[@jordanbean711]

Ret is no doubt slapping right now, and is in a great place balancing wise right now which is awesome! There are still some HUGE glaring holes with ret though, mainly in the talent tree and their spenders. Other specs like havoc don’t have to pick what to spend their resource on, aoe or single target. Ret has to pick whether to press final verdict or divine storm which is a huge flaw for the spec compared to other specs that don’t have to pick between single target or aoe spenders. Another big issue is the ret talent tree and the huge loss ret suffers when they take more aoe or more single target. In the mythic plus spec your single target is really bad compared to other specs. And in the raid build, rets aoe is heavily crippled in comparison to other specs that don’t have to make so many build defining choices in their talent tree. If blizz can address these issues, ret would be a solid spec for a long time going forward. With all this said though, I’m happy ret is doing so well when it’s been left in the garbage for multiple expansions.

[@mortalux]

They are not issues. Quite the opposite, they are designs to balance the spec and the class overall. What you’re calling an issue is just skill check and it’s not because you can’t choose what is a priority in a situation that it is a problem. The priority system is what makes a difference between players. Exemple : me being 465 in heroic raid out dmging every other ret that’s over 10 ilvl above me. So, your idea to make a bot able to do the perfect rotation is a glaring issue.

[@jordanbean711]

Not what I’m suggesting at all and you missed my whole point. I’m gonna keep using havoc as my main example cause that spec as currently constructed is probably one of the most fun and fluid specs to play right now. Havoc builds its resource fury through auto attacks and felblade mainly, and have a choice to dump it on chaos strike (single target), or blade dance (aoe BUT procs a very high damaging single target effect and dot) that is a cooldown aoe ability. It is very laid out and plain for what havoc does, press blade dance on cd to proc a throw glaive in single target and aoe for the highest damage per resource spent. What I was suggesting the devs do is to may add some flavor talents to enhance divine storm, maybe give it a CD and make it hit harder, add talents that make it proc other effects, etc. Ret being tunneled into the mind set of oh well there’s 2-3 targets so me hitting my single target spender is still more damage than hitting my aoe spender in some situations which is pretty silly imo. Maybe make divine storm a builder again and add a cleave aspect in the talent tree to final verdict idk, but having to choose between a single target spender and a aoe spender is very flawed in current day WoW when most other melee specs don’t have to choose.

[@mortalux]

@@jordanbean711 ok now I see what your complaining about. When does Divine storm become a priority over final verdict. Since divine storm having to be chosen over single target dmg is a way of balancing paladin dmg and make it challenging at high level, I don’t think they would or want to make it like other classes where you can do both aoe and single target dmg at the same time without having to choose over one or the other. Ret and paladin in general is not a rotation system but a priority system, since you pretty much have all your spells off cd instantly you have to choose which one is better in what situation. Judgement better at 40yard only and to generate more HP, blade of justice hits hardest none holy spender. hammer of wrath gotta be used on targets under 20% only or filler rarely.

[@yukimizuno4046]

ngl dont think ret wil stay op until war within rider of apolypse will be op af

[@Hatim.san7]

we need monk rework 🥲

[@MarcelianOnline]

Oh, don't you know it!

[@72APTU72E]

RET STRIKES BACK D:

[@MarcelianOnline]

With a Vengeance!

[@vanillakush1337]

No-one plays evoker apart from augmentation 😮 that is a massive fail for a brand new class

[@Dea7hWarran7]

Ret has been good since the rework. It’s BAD rets that don’t use any of the utility, that made it seem like they were “1-patch Wonders”.

[@Tillit_01]

Wooh smithing WORDS right there!!

[@swiffmoe]

Bro i need that intro song

[@DeusRegum]

I want a CatCelian Rap! Feral D!

[@emetsalt2678]

Ret's weak point was never the raid It was m+ before the rework

[@MarcelianOnline]

For a few expansions, Ret has always had a good AOE damage profile and a pretty shitty single target. That was mainly the basis for the point made :)

[@thebigj7530]

But you are wrong though When we had the 1 min profile in SL our AOE was still more ass than the ST Ret's weakness was always related to tuning And our old 1 min profile actually helped us more in raid than on dungeons As there were way better options than our profile for AOE I think you just looked at the info wrong

[@betahumanx]

He spits fire!

[@Thegamerslounge33]

Since tbc….when I started playing ret lol

[@miifed]

"Ret Paladin is the only Plate DPS worth playing" I'll take comments that aren't accurate or helpful for $200, Alex. Ret is perfectly fine, but that's just a silly thing to say.

[@Nypher91]

in my opinion i love ret always but the best ret was back in cata. I am so excited to cata classic just cause of ret. But paladin in retail i find it really boring and in pvp it is not as cool, as other classes. Idk why.

[@NeverAware]

I miss my warr, but it's just so, boring. Nothing flashy, damage isn't even amazing, and no real utility. Ret has Everything, revives, heals, shields. half that needs to go to warriors

[@EverydayDesigner]

My 475 special hunter does less damage than my 455 ret😊

[@antonispapageorgiou4168]

Paladins are popular because of the class fantasy, not the numbers

[@fizzbrew]

Of course I quit the game and they are good now lol. Haven't played since legion but I had a lot of fun with Ret.

[@jayjohnson6201]

Omfg intro fire

[@alexou857]

It was about time, pal are not only good at healing. Made my first one today, its very good. I have been waiting years for this lol.

[@markuslc1888]

gief me my orange stick 🍡

[@Kai-10-]

Look mom am on tv

[@syxqid3818]

Ret is great its just perfect for a chill m+ night or raid after a long day. 😅 but i play it because i have fun with it. I dont care about meta so i also dont need to look every week if there are nerfs 😂 but stop talking about the legenendary 😢 i go in with paly, dk and warri since weeks... -.-

[@derrickhead]

Yea for shitty pve but pvp yea get ready to take these Ls

[@Uncle-Ruckus.]

No one plays pvp dead game mode.

[@UndeadR]

I tried go into ret many times, but this spec is boring for me. :(

[@MarcelianOnline]

The depth comes from the utility imo

[@thebigj7530]

Using utility is not hard lmao, brother please, game sense is the only thing to develop to use the utility correctly

[@Luxumbra69]

ret's talent tree isn't good though lol

[@jdoobieknight6222]

Fuckem hahahaaa I’m back

[@Doufaya66]

The only thing about Ret is you get bored of it very quickly

[@jennifurx6176]

Speaking for yourself only, I have 4 geared rets and love them all.

[@SLSAMG]

Brain dead easy spec that offers too much reward.

[@nuffsed1459]

The class’ gameplay is way too simple and flat

[@laoch5658]

jesus christ you're actually playing retail

[@Storlans]

ret is boring to play...

[@laoch5658]

retail sucks

[@VainEldritch]

Chris Retzen.