Retribution Paladin

The order abilities first landed across 4 top-parsing pulls, with the median time into the fight. The percentage is how many of those parses used the ability at all — a step at 100% is the opener, one at 60% is a choice some players make.

1. 1Algeth'ar Puzzle+0.5s50%
2. 2Blade of Justice+0.8s100%
3. 3Crusading Strikes+1.3s100%
4. 4Light's Potential+1.5s50%
5. 5Avenging Wrath+1.8s100%
6. 6Wake of Ashes+2.6s100%
7. 7Execution Sentence+3.5s100%
8. 8Final Verdict+4.1s100%

What was pressed next, counted over every observed pair. This is the closest a log gets to a priority list — but it describes behaviour, not a rule: a player casting Execute because it lit up looks the same here as one following a plan.

• Crusading Strikes102 casts→Final Verdict37%Crusading Strikes17%Hammer of Wrath15%
• Final Verdict58 casts→Crusading Strikes79%Blade of Justice7%Hammer of Wrath5%
• Hammer of Wrath24 casts→Crusading Strikes54%Final Verdict46%
• Divine Storm14 casts→Crusading Strikes57%Hammer of Wrath36%Final Verdict7%
• Blade of Justice12 casts→Crusading Strikes55%Avenging Wrath18%Final Verdict18%
• Wake of Ashes5 casts→Crusading Strikes80%Final Verdict20%

Casts per minute across 19 top-parsing kills in The Venomous Abyss. Per minute rather than totals, so a long fight does not read as a heavily used ability.

Fights are sorted by how much damage landed on boss units rather than by a hand-kept list of which encounter is the AoE one, so the split stays right after a retune. Fights in between are left out of both columns.

Updated 31/08/2026. These are observed casts, not a recommended priority — the order reflects how often an ability came up, which is not the same as when to press it.

Secondary stat split across the 100 best-geared synced characters. Averaged per player, so one heavily geared character cannot define the answer for everyone.

• Mastery32.6%789 avg
• Versatility25.8%590 avg
• Critical Strike21.2%536 avg
• Haste20.4%508 avg