Choosing talents for leveling can be difficult, but choosing glyphs is often completely overlooked when leveling advice is being dispensed. Since different players will want different glyphs for different situations, it can be pretty complicated to figure out a good set just for standard leveling purposes. That’s where this guide comes in, removing the guesswork and letting you save your gold for bigger and better things.
1. First Major Glyph (Level 15) – Glyph of Judgment. Your Judgments deal 10% more damage. Pretty self-explanatory. Paladins are not exactly DPS gods at lower levels, so this is definitely a good boost in the right direction, and since you’ll be using a Judgment spell every time it’s off cool down, there’s no rocket science involved here.
2. First Minor Glyph (Level 15) – Glyph of Blessing of Might. Increases the duration of your Blessing of Might spell by 20 min when cast on yourself. If you’re using a Retribution build, odds are good that you are smashing things around a bit, and that means you should be using Blessing of Might more often than not. Extending the duration of your main buff is a good idea. Grab it.
3. Second Major Glyph (Level 30) – Glyph of Seal of Command. Increases the chance of dealing Seal of Command damage by 20%. By the time you can get this, Seal of Command should be your primary damage Seal, so increasing your chance for it to activate by 20% is a pretty sweet deal. You will notice a serious DPS upgrade with this glyph, much more so than with any other of your choices at this level.
4. Second Minor Glyph (Level 50) – Glyph of the Wise. Reduces the mana cost of your Seal of Wisdom spell by 50%. When you need to mana up, the less you have to invest to get yourself refilled, the better. Since you’ll probably still be using Blessing of Might most of the time at this level, it’s not worth grabbing any of the other minor glyphs yet.
5. Third Minor Glyph (Level 70) – Glyph of Lay on Hands. Reduces the cooldown of your Lay on Hands spell by 5 min. This one is pure filler. It helps out every now and again, but it really just wins the slot by being the least useless glyph at this level. If you have a grudge against the undead, one of the other glyphs might work better for you.
6. Third Major Glyph (Level 80) – Glyph of Crusader Strike. Reduces the mana cost of your Crusader Strike ability by 20%. It’s nice to go longer without drinking. Since you’ll be using Crusader Strike every time its up, this works out to a good bit of mana saved in the long run. If you find yourself in more AoE-friendly situations, you may want to get Glyph of Divine Storm instead.
This is the approach that works best for me. If you’d like to swap something out in favor of another glyph that you think would work better, go for it. It is my highly qualified opinion as a long-time Retribution Paladin and WoW geek that this is the best glyph progression for leveling, but your mileage may vary. Either way, happy hunting!
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