ret pvp crit or mastery

[datrupimp]

what is the number 1 stat for ret pally in pvp? thank you!

[Frog]

mastery is more consistent damage with crit being more "bursty" (if you can say that after those nerfs...)

the additional dmg you do with a mastery setup is pretty even with the crit one. for arena i always went crit with points spend in the holy tree for the higher crit chance on low targets. maybe the only fun left for retribution to throw a 110k+ heal on a teammate ^^

[Spamor]

Crit is nice if you are running Lastword spec, get around 15% crit unbuffed and your at 90% crit on targets below 35% life.

[BloodGutter]

I personally go for mastery because it's more reliable. But yeah if you are running Last Word it'll help to have a good amount of crit. Otherwise if you're running Improved HoJ spec, I'd keep mastery up.

[zcks]

Mastery will provide you with more reliable burst.

Crit will add some RNG burst, but can work quite well for the off healing role due to the talents http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/20235/last-word/ & http://db.mmo-champion.com/s/87461/rule-of-law/ which gives your Word of Glory an insane amount of critical chance on targets with low health, which in turn stacks well with critical heals healing for double & the selfless healer talent.