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Retribution Paladin Artifact Weapon: Ashbringer – Legion 7.3.5
By Rebdull
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2018/06/28
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This section of the Retribution Paladin guide explains the best possible choices for the Netherlight Crucible, important traits and relic bonuses, and how to progress through your artifact weapon Ashbringer. The author of this guide is
Rebdul
. Updated for the latest patch.
Artifacts in Battle for Azeroth
As of June 26th, completing the quest
The Power in Our Hands
will further empower your Artifact Weapon, enabling all traits and at least
Concordance of the Legionfall
level 75, further increasing in power over time until the Battle for Azeroth pre-expansion patch.
Therefore, only the Netherlight Crucible recommendations are relevant on this guide page leading up to BFA, as you already receive all Artifact Traits by default. This makes content easier to complete, especially some
content going away
such as
Ahead of the Curve
and
Mage Tower Challenges
.
In the
BFA pre-patch
, your Artifact Traits will be removed, and relics will simply increase the item level of your artifact weapon. However, many artifact traits are returning as talents or azerite powers in Battle for Azeroth and we have a compiled a
full list you can read here
.
Moving forward in Battle for Azeroth, you will still be able to acquire the Artifact Weapon which will mainly interest transmog collectors for the appearances. Learn how to unlock all appearances in BFA with our
Artifact Appearance Guide
.
Netherlight Crucible
The
Netherlight Crucible
is a new system added in Patch 7.3. The Crucible allows you further empower your Ret Paladin Artifact Weapon, by specializing and increasing the power from your relics. With it, each relic receives a small talent tree that you can select new traits from, depending how many traits your weapon have. Do not worry, however, because with the changes to
Artifact Knowledge
, unlocking the full power of the Crucible won't take long. Learn everything about this new system in our
Netherlight Crucible Guide
. With the opening of
Antorus, the Burning Throne
, it is now possible to obtain
Insignia of the Grand Army
, which increases the potency of your Tier 2 Crucible traits by 50%. It might be a really strong legendary if you are lucky with Netherlight Crucible rolls!
For more info on how to get your own trait weights please check out the Ret Faq in the Paladin Discord
Hammer of Wrath
.
Below are the most powerful Netherlight Crucible traits for the Retribution Paladin Artifact:
Void Traits
Trait
Weapon ilvl Value
Torment the Weak
+3.8
Shadowbind
+3.7
Chaotic Darkness
+3.3
Murderous Intent
+2.8
Master of Shadows
+2.5
Dark Sorrows
+1.7
Light Traits
Trait
Weapon ilvl Value
Secure in the Light
+3.8
Infusion of Light
+3.8
Shocklight
+2.4
Light Speed
+2.3
Relic Choices
Artifacts have 3 relic slots.
Ashbringer
has 2 holy relic slots and 1 fire relic slot.
Relics add a rank to an artifact trait as well as increasing your weapons item level. It can be hard to make a good choice with relics because you must balance the trait and the item level increase.
Keep trait bonuses in mind when making your decisions, but you will generally want to take whatever relic is a large item level boost.
Relic Trait
Weapon ilvl Value
Wrath of the Ashbringer
+3.6
Highlord's Judgment
+3.1
Deliver the Justice
+2.5
Righteous Verdict
+2.5
Might of the Templar
+2.2
Sharpened Edge
+1.8
Artifact Weapon:
Ashbringer
Active Ability
Equipping Ashbringer grants you the ability
Wake of Ashes
, which lashes out the power from the sword, damaging all enemies in front of you for moderate amounts of damage and slowing them briefly. If the target is Undead or Demon, it will be also stunned briefly.
Major Traits
Wake of Ashes
This is your first trait. Deals damage in a cone in front of you. If the enemies struck are Demons or Undead they are stunned for 6 seconds.
Ashes to Ashes
Causes your
Wake of Ashes
ability to also deal damage over time and grant you 5 holy power. This is a very strong trait and something you should attempt to get as quickly as possible.
Echo of the Highlord
Ashbringer
copies 10% of your damage dealt by
Templar's Verdict
and
Divine Storm
.
Divine Tempest
Increases the damage dealt by
Divine Storm
by 20%.
Ashbringer
also projects your
Divine Storm
forward 20 yards, damaging all enemies in its path. Once you have this and
Righteous Blade
, you should start using
Divine Storm
at 2 targets.
Minor Traits
Blade of Light
Increases damage dealt by
Crusader Strike
by 15%
Righteous Blade
Increases damage dealt by
Divine Storm
by 5% per rank.
Unbreakable Will
Ashbringer
will break you out of any crowd control that prevents you from acting in combat for more than 2 seconds. This effect can only occur every 2 minutes.
Protector of the Ashen Blade
Reduces the cooldown of
Blessing of Protection
by 10% per rank.
Deliver the Justice
Increases damage dealt by
Blade of Justice
by 8% per rank.
Sharpened Edge
Increases the critical strike chance of
Crusader Strike
by 6% per rank.
Deflection
Reduces the cooldown of
Shield of Vengeance
by 10 seconds per rank.
Wrath of the Ashbringer
Increases the duration of
Avenging Wrath
by 2.5 seconds per rank.
Highlord's Judgment
Increases damage dealt by
Judgment
by 8% per rank.
Embrace the Light
Increases the healing done by
Flash of Light
by 15% per rank.
Might of the Templar
Increases the damage dealt by
Templar's Verdict
by 2% per rank.
Healing Storm
Divine Storm
now also heals nearby allies.
Endless Resolve
Reduces the duration of
Forbearance
by 10 seconds.
Empowered Traits
7.2 Brings along new Ret Paladin artifact traits. You will find your weapon once again at rank 35 with all AP you spent in
Ashbringer's Light
beyond 35 refunded. You can use the refunded AP to put points into new traits or a fourth rank in some old familiar ret traits.
New traits
Ferocity of the Silver Hand
- Increases your stamina and damage done.
Judge Unworthy
- Dealing damage to a target afflicted by Judgment has a chance to spread
Judgment
to an additional nearby target.
Blessing of the Ashbringer
- Your strength is increased when your Greater Blessings are active.
Righteous Verdict
- Using Holy Power spending abilities increases the damage of your next
Blade of Justice
(or
Divine Hammer
)
Concordance of the Legionfall
- Your abilities have a chance to increase your Strength for 10 seconds.
Ret Traits that gained an additional rank
Wrath of the Ashbringer
Deliver the Justice
Might of the Templar
Righteous Blade
Sharpened Edge
Deflection
Embrace the Light
Protector of the Ashen Blade
Highlord's Judgment
Empowered Artifact Path
Ferocity of the Silver Hand
>
Righteous Verdict
>
Blessing of the Ashbringer
>
Judge Unworthy
>
Wrath of the Ashbringer
>
Deliver the Justice
>
Might of the Templar
>
Righteous Blade
>
Highlord's Judgment
>
Sharpened Edge
Continue filling out
Deflection
,
Embrace the Light
, and
Protector of the Ashen Blade
in whatever order you choose. When all of these are complete, and your weapon is rank 51, you will gain access to
Concordance of the Legionfall
Original Artifact Trait Path
Blade of Light
>
Deliver the Justice
>
Sharpened Edge
>
Wrath of the Ashbringer
>
Highlord's Judgment
>
Endless Resolve
>
Might of the Templar
>
Ashes to Ashes
Then take-
Deflection
>
Echo of the Highlord
Then take-
Embrace the Light
>
Divine Tempest
And finally take-
Righteous Blade
. You can then fill out the remaining traits in whatever order you please as none of them offer any damage gain.
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