WotLK Retribution Paladin - Weapon?

[xGonzales]

Hey,

I have 24 Coins for the Store, and wanna buy a Two Handed Weapon for my Retribution Paladin.
The Question is, which weapon for under 24 Coins is the best for pvp and which one for pve ?
Is the "Wrathful Gladiator's Sunderer" Axe with 122 resilience the best choise for PvP ? or do i have enough resilience anyway with PvP Gear ? and should therefore choose a different weapon ?
Or would you generally advise me to buy something else with the coins as a new player ?

Another question, is Retribution Paladin bad for 2 vs 2, 3 vs 3 and 5 vs 5 ? because i only see holy Paladin in the Ladder ?

[Icyheart]

Idk about 5s but it's really good in 2s and 3s, just not as popular.
Ret/MM and Ret/DIsc is sometimes on the ladder.

Consider Glorenzelg hc and Oathbinder hc other than the wrathful t2 sword as well, as you can use those for both PvP and PvE.

[xGonzales]

Idk about 5s but it's really good in 2s and 3s, just not as popular.
Ret/MM and Ret/DIsc is sometimes on the ladder.

Consider Glorenzelg hc and Oathbinder hc other than the wrathful t2 sword as well, as you can use those for both PvP and PvE.

Thank you for your answer, but the choice of weapons only confuses me more.
One of the weapons for under 24 coins must be the best for PvP and another one for PvE or not ?

[xGonzales]

I have now read through a lot, the most interesting was the following calculation. (I don't know if the calculation is correct.)

The expertise from Glorenzelg is totally wasted in PvP, also the stamina is ignored in the calculation , we have Glorenzelg with 198 strength and 122 crit vs Oathbinder with 179 agility, 114 crit, 228 attack power and 122 ArP.

The effective stat values are (roughly) as follows:

Strength: 2
Crit: 1.3
Agility: 1.2
AP: 0.8
ArP: 0.75

From this we get Glorenzelg, High-Blade of the Silver Hand = (Strength 198*2) + (Crit 122*1.3) = 554.6
And Oathbinder, Charge of the Ranger-General = (Agility 179*1.2) + (Crit 114*1.3) + (AP 228*0.8) + ( ArP 0.75*122) = 636.9