WoW Forever Paladin builds, the most popular from 25,060 planned here

10,664 of the 25,060 Paladin builds with 41 or more points planned here (42%) lead in Retribution, 8,202 in Protection and 6,194 in Holy. Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Retribution has 44%, Protection 33% and Holy 23%, the split the Paladin calculator's spec bar shows. Protection (Prot) is the tank tree: judging Seal of Fury taunts for 4 sec. Holy is the healing tree, and 99% of the 6,194 builds with 41 or more points that lead in Holy take Holy Shock. Ret is short for Retribution. At the level 30 cap the most made 21-point build leads in Protection instead. 41% of the Paladin leveling orders people recorded lead in Retribution. Every build below opens in the Paladin calculator, and the Paladin leveling order shows the order people place these points in.

Counted on 7 Oct 2026, recounted a few times a day.

• Retribution 42%
• Protection 33%
• Holy 25%

WoW Forever Retribution Paladin build

10,664 of the 25,060 Paladin builds with 41 or more points (42%) lead in Retribution; the most used is 8/8/35 (#1), going to Twist of Light. Open it in the calculator.

WoW Forever Protection Paladin build

8,202 of the 25,060 Paladin builds with 41 or more points (33%) lead in Protection; the most used is 0/42/7 (#2), going to Holy Shield. Open it in the calculator.

WoW Forever Holy Paladin build

6,194 of the 25,060 Paladin builds with 41 or more points (25%) lead in Holy; the most used is 36/10/5 (#4), going to Light's Vigil. Open it in the calculator.

The 5 most popular level 60 Paladin builds Holy / Protection / Retribution points

Builds of 47 points or more of the 51 a level 60 Paladin has.

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   Retribution Paladin 8/8/35

   #1 by what people did with it since the Sep 24 patch Holy 8 / Protection 8 / Retribution 35 2% of every Paladin share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 81 · saved 175 · opened 1,424 · across 108 close builds Takes Two-Handed Weapon Specialization 3/3, Vengeance 3/3, Repentance, Champion of the Light 3/3, Instrument of Law 2/2 and Twist of Light. Maxes Divine Strength, Improved Seals, Toughness, Precision, Benediction, Improved Judgement and 12 more.
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   Protection Paladin 0/42/7

   #2 by what people did with it since the Sep 24 patch Holy 0 / Protection 42 / Retribution 7 1.7% of every Paladin share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 66 · saved 202 · opened 1,170 · across 83 close builds Takes Templar's Bulwark, Reckoning 5/5, Iron Creed 5/5 and Holy Shield. Maxes Redoubt, Precision, Anticipation, Improved Seal of Fury, Improved Righteous Fury, Shield Specialization and 9 more.
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   Retribution Paladin 13/0/34

   #3 by what people did with it since the Sep 24 patch Holy 13 / Protection 0 / Retribution 34 1.9% of every Paladin share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 70 · saved 234 · opened 1,308 · across 120 close builds Takes Two-Handed Weapon Specialization 3/3, Vengeance 3/3, Champion of the Light 3/3, Instrument of Law 2/2 and Twist of Light. Maxes Divine Strength, Divine Intellect, Improved Seals, Benediction, Improved Judgement, Holy Conduit and 10 more.
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   Holy Paladin 36/10/5

   #4 by what people did with it since the Sep 24 patch Holy 36 / Protection 10 / Retribution 5 0.9% of every Paladin share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 37 · saved 101 · opened 634 · across 47 close builds Takes Divine Precision 3/3, Holy Shock, Holy Power 5/5 and Light's Vigil. Maxes Divine Intellect, Healing Light, Spiritual Focus, Unyielding Faith, Voice of Truth, Reverence and 12 more.
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   Retribution Paladin 9/8/34

   #5 by what people did with it since the Sep 24 patch Holy 9 / Protection 8 / Retribution 34 0.7% of every Paladin share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 40 · saved 62 · opened 459 · across 72 close builds Takes Two-Handed Weapon Specialization 3/3, Vengeance 3/3, Champion of the Light 3/3, Instrument of Law 2/2 and Twist of Light. Maxes Divine Strength, Improved Seals, Toughness, Precision, Benediction, Improved Judgement and 11 more.
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Builds within a few points of each other count as one family, shown by its most used member. The rows and the spec split come from the 25,060 Paladin builds with 41 or more points planned here since the Sep 24 patch (build 70009), ranked by what people did with each family since then: a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2 and a view 1. The shared, saved and opened counts run from 13 Sep, before the beta: a row's share is its family's shares, saves and link opens over every Paladin build's (4,129 shares, 7,564 saves, 73,357 link opens since 13 Sep), so a row can hold a larger share than one ranked above it.

The Paladin calculator's 67,088 builds and 21,298 with all 51 points count every Paladin build made, shared, saved or opened here since 13 Sep, those today's trees no longer allow included; this list counts the 25,060 with 41 or more points that today's trees allow, since the Sep 24 patch (build 70009).

This is a count of what people plan on this site, not a tier list. When a beta build moves, adds, removes or renames a Paladin talent or changes what it needs first, the count starts again from the day after that build and shows once 1,000 builds with 41 or more points are made on the new trees, as it did after the Sep 24 patch (build 70009).

Paladin talents by pick rate, most and least taken

Most taken: Improved Judgement 79% (Retribution), Benediction 70% (Retribution), Conviction 64% (Retribution), Sacred Arbiter 63% (Retribution), Sanctified Judgement 62% (Retribution). Least taken: Improved Hammer of Justice 10% (Protection), Consecrated Ground 14% (Holy), Eye for an Eye 15% (Retribution), Light's Vigil 17% (Holy), Holy Power 20% (Holy). Share of Paladin builds with 41 or more points that have a point in the talent.

Paladin builds at level 30, the beta cap 21 points

The beta cap rose to level 30 on 1 Oct, so 21 points. These are the 21-point Paladin builds people set at level 30 most often between 1 and 6 Oct 2026, counted once per visitor per day on builds somebody made, shared or saved here (339 in all; builds within four points count as one, and a family is shown once it has five or more people-days and its most-made build was made, shared or saved by at least two people on one day and three people-days in all).

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   Level 30 Protection Paladin build, 21 points

   Holy 0 / Protection 21 / Retribution 0 1.5% of the level 30 Paladin builds in the window · 5 people-days · across 2 close builds Maxes Redoubt, Precision, Guardian's Favor, Improved Seal of Fury, Shield Specialization, Sacred Duty and 3 more.
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No Holy 21-point build has reached the floor yet (89 people-days in the window).

No Retribution 21-point build at level 30 has reached the floor yet (161 people-days in the window), though 41% of Paladin leveling builds lead in Retribution (31,973 of 77,949, 18 Sep to 6 Oct 2026). The Retribution leveling order's first 21 points are Benediction 5/5, Conviction 5/5, Improved Judgement 2/2, Seal of Command, Sanctified Judgement 3/3, Pursuit of Justice 2/2, Sacred Arbiter, Vindication 1/3 and Vengeance 1/3. That is the path held most often at each step: 7,916 of 31,973 Retribution builds hold its levels 10 to 19 and 1,272 of 11,153 hold its levels 20 to 29. Open it at level 30, or see the whole Retribution leveling order.

Each spec's first 21 points, as the leveling orders place them: Retribution 0/0/21, from 31,973 Retribution orders; Protection 0/21/0, from 27,653; Holy 21/0/0, from 18,323. Recorded 18 Sep to 6 Oct 2026; the Paladin leveling order has every bracket.

Questions

Which Paladin spec do people build most in WoW Forever?

10,664 of the 25,060 Paladin builds with 41 or more points planned here (42%) lead in Retribution, 8,202 in Protection and 6,194 in Holy, counted since the Sep 24 patch (build 70009). Weighted by what people did with each build (made, viewed, opened by link, shared or saved), Retribution has 44%, Protection 33% and Holy 23%. At the level 30 cap the most made 21-point build leads in Protection instead. 41% of the Paladin leveling orders people recorded lead in Retribution.

What is the most popular Paladin build at level 30, the beta cap?

Protection 0/21/0: 1.5% of the 339 level 30 Paladin builds counted between 1 and 6 Oct 2026 (5 people-days), maxing Redoubt, Precision, Guardian's Favor, Improved Seal of Fury, Shield Specialization, Sacred Duty and 3 more.

What is the most popular Paladin build at level 60?

Retribution Paladin 8/8/35, ranked first by what people did with each build since the Sep 24 patch (a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2, a view 1). It holds 2% of every Paladin share, save and link open counted here since 13 Sep (shared 81, saved 175, opened 1,424).

Which Paladin talents are taken most and least?

Most taken: Improved Judgement (79%), Benediction (70%) and Conviction (64%). Least taken: Improved Hammer of Justice (10%), Consecrated Ground (14%) and Eye for an Eye (15%). The percentages are the share of Paladin builds with 41 or more points that have at least one point in the talent, weighted by what people did with each build.

How many Retribution Paladins take Holy Shock (Shockadin) in WoW Forever?

35% of the 10,664 Paladin builds with 41 or more points planned here that lead in Retribution put a point in Holy Shock (Holy row 5, 20 points in Holy), since the Sep 24 patch (build 70009). Each build counts by what people did with it: opened, shared or saved. Of the 452 Retribution leveling orders recorded between 18 Sep and 6 Oct 2026 that reach levels 40 to 49, 83% take Twist of Light in those levels. Holy Shock, Twist of Light and the Paladin leveling order.

Is there a Paladin raid, dungeon or PvP build in WoW Forever yet?

Not one counted for that purpose: this site's counter records the points in each build, not what the build is for. The beta runs from 17 September 2026 to 21 October 2026 with characters capped at level 30 (21 points), and the game launches 4 November 2026, so the level 60 builds above are plans made while no beta character can reach 60.

Is this a Paladin tier list?

No. The builds are ranked by what people did with them on this site (shared, saved, opened by link, made or viewed), not by how strong they are.

Where do these Paladin build numbers come from?

From this site's own counter, which keeps counts only and no identities: every Paladin build planned in the calculator, and how often each was shared, saved or opened by link. Builds within a few points of each other count as one family, shown by its most used member, and every spec gets at least one row. The list is rebuilt a few times a day, last on 7 Oct 2026.

Also for Paladins: the leveling order, every talent in words, what changed since Classic, the abilities, new and changed, the races and their racials, questions answered from the data, and the Paladin calculator. The most popular builds of every class.