Holy vs Retribution Paladin

Holy10 differences · 39 points in A, 17 in B

Talent	A Rank	B Rank	What the extra ranks give
Divine Intellect. Only build A takes it.	ABuild A: 5/5	BBuild B: —not taken	Build A, rank 5: Increases your total Intellect by 10%.
Healing Light. Only build A takes it.	ABuild A: 3/3	BBuild B: —not taken	Build A, rank 3: Increases the amount healed by your Holy Light, Flash of Light, and Holy Shock spells by 12%.
Unyielding Faith. Only build B takes it.	ABuild A: —not taken	BBuild B: 2/2	Build B, rank 2: Reduces the duration of Fear and Disorient effects on you by 30%.
Illumination. Only build A takes it.	ABuild A: 5/5	BBuild B: —not taken	Build A, rank 5: After getting a critical effect from your Flash of Light, Holy Light, Light's Vigil, or Holy Shock heal spell you have a 100% chance to gain Mana equal to 50% of the base cost of the spell.
Divine Favor16-point milestone. Only build A takes it.	ABuild A: 1/1	BBuild B: —not taken	Build A, rank 1: When activated, gives your next Flash of Light, Holy Light, or Holy Shock spell a 100% critical effect chance.
Divine Precision. Only build A takes it.	ABuild A: 1/3	BBuild B: —not taken	Build A, rank 1: Increases your chance to hit with Holy spells by 6%.
Holy Shock. Only build A takes it.	ABuild A: 1/1	BBuild B: —not taken	Build A, rank 1: Blasts the target with Holy energy, causing 129 to 139 Holy damage to an enemy, or 110 to 118 healing to an ally.
Consecrated Ground. Only build A takes it.	ABuild A: 2/2	BBuild B: —not taken	Build A, rank 2: Gives your Holy spells 10% increased damage against the first 4 enemies that enter your Consecration.
Holy Power. Only build A takes it.	ABuild A: 5/5	BBuild B: —not taken	Build A, rank 5: Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock spell by 15%, and all other spells by 5%.
Light's Vigil. Only build A takes it.	ABuild A: 1/1	BBuild B: —not taken	Build A, rank 1: Applies Light's Vigil to the target for 30 sec. Your next Holy Shock cast on them triggers no cooldown and causes friendly targets to heal their party for 315 to 333, or enemy targets to suffer 175 to 189 Holy damage and refund 75% of Light's Vigil's Mana cost. You may only have 1 Light's Vigil active per Paladin, per party.

Protectionno differences · 0 points in A, 0 in B

Neither build spends a point in Protection.

Retribution11 differences · 12 points in A, 34 in B

Talent	A Rank	B Rank	What the extra ranks give
Improved Judgement. Only build B takes it.	ABuild A: —not taken	BBuild B: 2/2	Build B, rank 2: Decreases the cooldown of your Judgement spell by 2 sec.
Holy Conduit. Only build B takes it.	ABuild A: —not taken	BBuild B: 2/2	Build B, rank 2: Reduces the mana cost of your Consecration, Holy Wrath, Exorcism, and Hammer of Wrath spells by 40%.
Sanctified Judgement. Only build B takes it.	ABuild A: —not taken	BBuild B: 3/3	Build B, rank 3: Gives your Judgement ability a 100% chance to return 60% of the Mana cost of the judged seal.
Pursuit of Justice. Both take it, at different ranks.	ABuild A: 1/2	BBuild B: 2/2	Build A, rank 1: Increases movement speed and mounted movement speed by 8%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects. Build B, rank 2: Increases movement and mounted movement speed by 8%. This does not stack with other movement speed increasing effects.
Sacred Arbiter16-point milestone. Only build B takes it.	ABuild A: —not taken	BBuild B: 1/1	Build B, rank 1: Increases the damage of your Holy Strike ability by 10% and causes it to refresh all Judgement effects on the target.
Crusade. Only build B takes it.	ABuild A: —not taken	BBuild B: 2/2	Build B, rank 2: Increases all damage dealt by 2%. Increased by an additional 2% against Demon and Undead targets.
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization. Only build B takes it.	ABuild A: —not taken	BBuild B: 3/3	Build B, rank 3: Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 9%.
Vengeance. Only build B takes it.	ABuild A: —not taken	BBuild B: 3/3	Build B, rank 3: Gives you a 9% bonus to Physical and Holy damage you deal for 8 sec after dealing a critical strike from a weapon swing, spell, or ability.
Repentance. Only build B takes it.	ABuild A: —not taken	BBuild B: 1/1	Build B, rank 1: Puts the enemy target in a state of meditation, incapacitating them for up to 6 sec. Any damage caused will awaken the target. Only works against Humanoids.
Champion of the Light. Only build B takes it.	ABuild A: —not taken	BBuild B: 3/3	Build B, rank 3: Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 99% of your Intellect.
Twist of Light. Only build B takes it.	ABuild A: —not taken	BBuild B: 1/1	Build B, rank 1: When you replace your Seal of Command, Seal of Righteousness, Seal of Fury, or Seal of Justice with a different Seal, gain an Echo. Your next melee attack applies the replaced Seal's effects, consuming the Echo.