I used to do a lot of pvp with my pali. Now I havnt played much, but these were my specs
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I went with ret
I tried speccing holy and prot. They had their benefits, holy, I had pretty nice heals and spells, prot I couldnt die very easily, but I liked ret the best. I could do a bunch of burst damage (1k-3k) and still be hard to kill and have my heals because Im a pali.
If I were you, I'd take those 4 points out of Benediction and 2 points out of Deflection and spend them on Pursuit of Justice and Vindication. -15% stamina is always nice and so is +15% movement speed. This way you can get in melee range faster and kill your opponents faster.
-12% mana cost on seal & +2% parry <<<<< -15% stats & +15% movement speed
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Guys, you should remember that what he has THERE is a pure PvE spec. That being said, Eye for an Eye and Deflection should be removed, and the 7 points should be invested into Imp. SotC, Crusade, and the last point of Benediction.
Now, if you want a REAL PvP spec, go with these.
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This build is for increased survivability and CC/resistance to stun and dispel effects. It works particularly well in solo PvP, 2v2, and 3v3, and it is what I personally use. I consider this to be the best PvP spec after testing the "common" specs, but it's always up to debate.
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This is an uncommon spec among "cookie cutters" because it has very little group viability. That being said, this is the most heavy damage spec a Paladin can really get, and it works well in 5v5.
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This is similar in damage output to 5/0/56. It gives some of the extra group viability with BoF and BoK, and it also gives spell hit via Precision, which is quite nice, considering that you can't get spell hit on gear and that talent makes it 3% less likely for someone to resist Hammer of Justice or Repentance.
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This spec, 10/0/51, isn't too common, but it's alright. It creates a different spin off on the "survivability" spec, 0/20/41, by giving you uninterruptable heals (with Concentration Aura, at least). On a related note, you can take the 5 points into Spiritual Focus and put them into Divine Intellect instead, which should give you a decent chunk of extra mana when wearing PvP gear (that variation is mainly only useful in a 5v5, or maybe a 3v3 with a healer).
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I've done ret all the way till lvl 60 (and been really good at it) and had really everything planned out, but i decided to change cause it was pretty much impossible to get into dungeons. In my opinion the build i linked is probably one of the best if u play according to a few things.
1. Always unleash the seal of crusader on the target with sancity aura on.
2. After that step into seal of command. Unleash it when u can if u want to, seal of crusader will still be active cause the judjment for seal of command is instant and itsn't an avertime effect, it's just damage.
3. just kill ur target w/e way u want from here, just don't take the seal off.
And yea, even though it dosen't seem like it u'll be surprised at how often Vindication actually effects the opponent.
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You just have to remember that a Ret pally is very hard to play till you start hitting for 1-3K white damage - around 1900+ unbuffed with a 110+ dps weapon. That is the point where you will start to be an actual threat with CS strike that my hit for 5 - 7K , SoC and JoC Proc doing 3 - 6K as well. the burst damage in 1 attack could be SoC Proc , CS , JoC = 12K - 18K, which has happen to me when playing against well geared Rets. Mine is still trying to get the gear to do that =)