On this page, we present you with the best gems and enchants fora Retribution Paladin in World of Warcraft MoP 5.4.We also list the best consumables (food, flasks, and potions) andprofession-specific perks.

Make sure to check our GearOptimisation Guide, which serves as a support guide for this page.

The other pages of our Retribution Paladin guide can be accessedfrom the table of contents on the right.

1. Gems↑top

1.1. Strength Gemming

Sockets	Gems
	Reverberating Primal Diamond or Capacitive Primal Diamond (better)
	Having issues reaching the expertise cap? → Precise Primordial Ruby/ Perfect Precise Pandarian Garnet or Precise Serpent's Eye (JC) Otherwise → Bold Primordial Ruby/ Perfect Bold Pandarian Garnet or Bold Serpent's Eye (JC)
	Fierce Vermilion Onyx/ Perfect Fierce Tiger Opal
	Etched Imperial Amethyst/ Perfect Etched Roguestone

1.2. Haste Gemming

Sockets	Gems
	Reverberating Primal Diamond or Capacitive Primal Diamond (better)
	Having issues reaching the expertise cap? → Precise Primordial Ruby/ Perfect Precise Pandarian Garnet or Precise Serpent's Eye (JC) Otherwise → Fierce Vermilion Onyx/ Perfect Fierce Tiger Opal
	Quick Sun's Radiance/ Perfect Quick Sunstone or Bold Serpent's Eye (JC)
	Lightning Wild Jade/ Perfect Lightning Alexandrite

2. Enchants↑top

Slot	Main Enchantments	Extra Enchantments
Shoulders	Greater Tiger Fang Inscription Tiger Fang Inscription (cheaper) Secret Tiger Fang Inscription (Inscription)
Back	Enchant Cloak - Accuracy (if you cannot get hit capped throughreforging) Enchant Cloak - Superior Critical Strike (if you are hit cappedthrough reforging) Swordguard Embroidery (Tailoring)
Chest	Enchant Chest - Glorious Stats
Wrists	Enchant Bracer - Exceptional Strength Enchant Bracer - Mastery (cheaper) Fur Lining - Strength (Leatherworking)	Socket Bracer (Blacksmithing)
Hands	Enchant Gloves - Super Strength	Synapse Springs (Engineering) Socket Gloves (Blacksmithing)
Waist		Living Steel Belt Buckle
Legs	Angerhide Leg Armor Draconic Leg Reinforcements (Leatherworking)
Feet	Enchant Boots - Pandaren's Step Enchant Boots - Greater Haste (cheaper) Enchant Boots - Greater Precision (for hit cap)
Weapon	Enchant Weapon - Dancing Steel Enchant Weapon - Windsong (cheaper)

Note that Extra Enchantments can be applied to an item in additionto a Main Enchantment.

3. Consumables↑top

3.1. Food

You should always eat food that gives you Strength. You will be granted:

• 300 Strength by Black Pepper Ribs and Shrimp, Fluffy Silkfeather Omelet, or Pandaren Treasure Noodle Soup;
• 275 Strength by Eternal Blossom Fish, Deluxe Noodle Soup, Banquet of the Grill, or Great Banquet of the Grill;
• 250 Strength by Charbroiled Tiger Steak, Noodle Soup, or any of other banquets.

3.2. Flask

Your flask should be a Flask of Winter's Bite.

3.3. Potion

During the encounter, your best choice for a potion will be Potion of Mogu Power.

4. Summing-up Profession Perks↑top

Choosing a profession for your Retribution Paladin can impact your raidperformance. As a rule, you should shy away from gathering professions (withthe exception of Herbalism), which leaves the following viable professions forraiding:

Profession	Perks
Tailoring	Provides +1000 Attack Power in average through Swordguard Embroidery, instead of +180 Critical Strike from Enchant Cloak - Superior Critical Strike and +180 Hit from Enchant Cloak - Accuracy.
Blacksmithing	Provides a 320 Strength gain through two extra sockets, Socket Bracer and Socket Gloves, in which you can fit 2 Bold Primordial Ruby.
Jewelcrafting	Provides a 320 Strength gain through the ability of using 2 Bold Serpent's Eye.
Alchemy	Provides an 320 Strength gain to your flask through Mixology.
Enchanting	Provides a 320 Strength gain through Enchant Ring - Greater Strength.
Engineering	Provides +1,920 Strength for 10 seconds every minute through Synapse Springs (the overall gain is +320 Strength).
Inscription	Provides a 320 Strength gain through Secret Tiger Fang Inscription.
Leatherworking	Provides an 320 Strength gain through Fur Lining - Strength. Also provides Draconic Leg Reinforcements, a much cheaper equivalent to Angerhide Leg Armor, the traditional leg enchant.
Herbalism	Provides a 480 Haste Rating gain in average through Lifeblood.

Tailoring and Engineering is currently the best professioncombination for Retribution Paladins. Tailoring is good because it provides anattack power bonus that is greater than that from other professions, and theproc lines up nicely with other trinket procs.

Engineering should be your second profession, as itprovides you with Synapse Springs, which you canline up with Execution Sentence, and with other cooldowns.

Blacksmithing is a viable alternative to Tailoring. It provides a HasteRating increase higher than that offered by any other profession.

5. Changelog↑top

• 13 Jan. 2014: Added new food items added in patch 5.4.
• 10 Sep. 2013: Patch 5.4: removed Frag Belt, following its nerf.
• 20 May 2013: Patch 5.3 update: nothing to change.
• 26 Apr. 2013: Changed Blacksmithing for Tailoring as part of thebest profession combination.
• 24 Apr. 2013: Added legendary meta-gem.
• 23 Apr. 2013: Added different gemming methods depending on whetheryou prefer Strength or Haste Rating. Removed Enchant Weapon - Elemental Force since it is sub-optimal.
• 02 Apr. 2013: Removed green-quality gems.
• 02 Apr. 2013: Improved advice for choosing your profession.

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