Is the (Holy) Paladin the better Warrior?

[vor_lord]

If you like having combat options and a fun play style go warrior. If you like being able to absorb a lot of damage at the cost of drawn out fights go paladin. If you also like throwing blessings on folks and the odd heal also go paladin.
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I'll agree with everything Tal says. I guarantee you will die less if you play a paladin. You may fall asleep, but you won't die ;) The paladin has got to be the most boring of the classes to solo.

As far as being able to absorb a lot of damage: blessing of wisdom + judgment of wisdom + seal of wisdom + fast one hander + shield + concentration aura + spiritual focus + divine favor + illumination means you are able to solo encounters impossible for any other class (except perhaps a really good warlock).

If mobs have no way to stop my healing and they don't have large burst damage (i.e. 1000+) I can take on 3 even level mobs and emerge with full mana and health (probably even 4 if they don't hit too hard). I can take on enemies in groups of 3 in a continous stream indefinitely, even without a weapon or using invulnerable shields. It takes a very long time (think geological), but you can survive and it is fun to be able to do that from time to time to complete some quests. And this is at level 57 with horrible gear.

But combat is quite boring.

Warriors have a lot of involvement and variety in their combat. If I was to suggest an argument that may convince you to play a warrior, it is simply that they have more interesting combat.