Originally Posted by
Raugnaut
Paladins are currently one of the weakest of the tanks (The various tanking nerfs with 6.0 hit them HARD). While they are getting a number of small buffs, theres no point to pick a paladin when you can pick a Druid (Huge HP pool, great mitigation when geared, bursts does not exist), DKs (Same as Druid) and Monks (lolwhatsdamage).
As it stands, the two blocking tanks are subpar. Pally has very little to mitigate magic damage with, only having Divine Protection which you have to glyph for 20/20% damage reduction. Warrior is, imo, a better spot then Paladin as they can mitigate magic damage decently with Shield Barrier, but they are lacking somewhat on the overall physical damage mitigation side, taking more auto-damage then monks/druids.