Thoughts on Retribution

Retribution is looking good so far in SoD!

I am very excited about Seal Twisting being back, although the ‘big twist’ combo (SOC-to-SOM) doesn’t work. I am hoping this changes in the future, but some other Rets do not seem to care for twisting at all. While twisting is very engaging in many aspects, it is also a bit of setup to get working and is timing-based, so I think this opinion is also valid.

What is the solution to this split in TBC vs Wrath playstyle? imply put, runes for each style would compete with each other on the same equipment slots.

Potential runes that compete with each other:

  • Divine Storm
    vs
    Seal of Storms: cleave seal like old Martyrdom, but eats mana fast so it is hard to maintain.
    .

  • Divine Reset: basically the t10 DS reset proc chance.
    vs

  • Hasty Swings: basically the RNG haste procs from DST.

These are just some ideas to differentiate and fill out the 2 playstyles. Some other cool runes I’d like to see:

  • Rune of Light: bakes Judgement of Light into whatever other Judgement you press.

  • Rune of Wisdom: bakes Judement of Wisdom into whatever other Judgement you press.

  • Rune of Judgement: Judgement hits up to 3 other targets and lengthens the debuff to 30 sec.

  • Rune of Holy Wrath: Decreases the CD, hits all enemy types.

  • Rune of Divine Strength: All SP-based damage spells now scale from AP too.