Retribution Thorns

The Retribution Thorns Paladin Build Guide teaches you about Gear, Skills, Paragon, Playstyle & Seasonal Mechanics in Diablo 4 Season 11.

Retaliate with Retribution! Throw Shields at your enemies while zooming through the levels. This build is super easy to pick up and has a clear progression. The core of this build is Blessed Shield with the Shield of Retribution upgrade to transform it into a Juggernaut Skill. It then pulses out damage based on your Thorns around it, while being automatically thrown during your Arbiter of Justice Evade.

Original idea & permission to post this build by #1ClodHopper from Sanctuary Discord.

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If you are not level 60 yet, make sure to check out the Blessed Shield Leveling Guide.

• Ascend into Arbiter of Justice
• • Recast before it runs out to keep the buffs from Aspect of Celestial Strife.
• Glide with Arbiter Form's Evade and throw Blessed Shield through Argent Veil.
• Use Words of Sacrifice Rally to reset Evade's Cooldown
• • You need Attacks Reduce Evade Cooldown and Aspect of the Arbiter's Zephyr on your Boots.
• Use Clash to proc Enhanced Clash and gain Resolve once every 6 seconds.
• Use Fanaticism Aura and Defiance Aura for their buffs when needed.

It's important to run Elixirs and Incenses at all times. Not only because they increase your Experience gain but also because they provide very strong combat boosts.

For Elixirs you will use Elixir of Advantage II to increase our Attack Speed.

For Incenses you will use Spiral Morning for All Stats , Song of the Mountain for Armor and Soothing Spices for All Resistances and more Armor.

19th of December 2025

• Build published for Season 11 - Patch 2.5.0