Cataclysm Paladin Leveling Spec

Retribution is the way to go for a solid Paladin Leveling Spec. No doubt about it, Retribution paladins will have the highest killing rate and lowest downtime while leveling 1-85 in cataclysm. With today's release of patch 4.0.1, the talent trees have been revised and with it, class specialization has been introduced. So when you pick Retribution as your Paladin Leveling Spec, you will be gifted with a few new abilities right away:

Templar's Verdict - A fun new instant strike that causes a % of weapon damage based on Holy Power
Sheath of Light - Increases spell power by 30% of attack power and increases spell hit chance by 30%
Judgments of the Bold - Judgments restore 25% of base mana over 10 Seconds
Mastery (trainable at 80):
Hand of Light - Auto attacks have a 8% chance to grant Hand of Light causing your next Holy Power ability to consume no Holy Power and to cast as if 3 Holy Power were consumed. Each point of Mastery increases the chance by an additional 1%.

So right off the bat, you have some powerful new abilities to make the leveling process much less painful than when I was a lowbie coming up through the ranks. A retribution paladin Leveling Spec will look something like this:

Level 10-17
Crusade: 3/3
Imp Judgment: 2/2

Levels 17-27
Rule of Law 3/3
Pursuit of Justice 2/2

Levels 27-37
Divine Storm
Communion
Art of War 3/3

Levels 37-47
Seals of Command
Sanctity of Battle
Sanctified Wrath 3/3

Levels 47-57
Rebuke
Divine Purpose 2/2
Long Arm of the Law 2/2

Levels 57-67
Inquiry of Faith 3/3
Eye for an Eye 2/2

Levels 67 and up:
Zealotry
Repentance

Holy
Arbiter of the Light 2/2
Judgments of the Pure 3/3
Blazing Light 2/2

Protection
Seals of the Pure 2/2

This is just one of many routes you can choose while leveling your Paladin. This Paladin Leveling Spec sacrifices some group utility for pure damage and solo killing power. Keep in mind that talent specs are always changing with major and minor update patches. You will want to keep an up to date guide on the best leveling tactics to pair up with your Ret Paladin leveling spec. wowpowercataclysm.com is always kept up to date with the best Paladin leveling specs and with Cataclysm coming soon, the talent trees have received a huge makeover with all new features and abilities. wowpowercataclysm.com will have reviews of all the game guides with all new questing paths and step by step instructions to take you to the new level cap in under 5 days play time.

If you are having trouble leveling, see wowpowercataclysm.com to see more detailed descriptions of guides that even include an in game talent spec and the perfect Paladin leveling spec and questing path that gets you to 80 faster and easier than any other way. No matter what level you are, you load the guide, and it points with an arrow the direction to each monster, quest giver, trainer etc. Its pretty crazy. It also has an in game box that tells you exactly where and how far to run, what to kill, what to pick up, etc. Unlike the Questhelper Addon, it actually shows where to PICK UP quests, and which ones to do, and what order to do them in.