Class-type that plays like D2 Paladin

[hythos]

I enjoyed the play-style of using huge life-steal and mana-steal, and charged with a lance...
Charge + knock-back allowed for repeated charging, and I rarely ever got hit. Yes, it was pretty much i-win, but that's how I wanted to play.

Does D3 offer anything similar to the abilities the Paladin of D2 had?
Else, I might look at the Barbarian.

[Deleted]

Monk has charge, knockback, heal [the only outgoing heal in the game, and it's pretty powerful], and can use similar weapons but I think dual wielding is standard to maintain spirit generation. Doesn't feel Paladin-y though, very distinctly a Monk. Hope you have fun either way, my friend from overseas loves her Barb.

[hythos]

I will probably only play HC... if that makes a difference

[vian]

All I could think of was the Hammerdin, and there's no class that I can think of.

[PowerGamez]

Barb would be closest.

[Raleik]

I'd say Monk is probably closest to the Paladin. They have Mantras which are essentially just Pally Aura's. Their active skills are kind of a combination between Paladin skills and Assassin martial art skills. It's a very very fun class though. Mine is currently level 25 and I'm having a blast

Also, if you're planning on playing HC, you can't make an HC character until level 10 I believe? So maybe level a Monk to 10, make a new one if you like it or try the Barb if you don't like it!

[Aydinx2]

Monk has charge, knockback, heal [the only outgoing heal in the game, and it's pretty powerful], and can use similar weapons but I think dual wielding is standard to maintain spirit generation. Doesn't feel Paladin-y though, very distinctly a Monk. Hope you have fun either way, my friend from overseas loves her Barb.

Get a strong 2h and that one passive (forgot the name, gives 15% dodge when dualwielding and 25% extra spirit generation when 2h wielding).
I combine that with the 7minuute mantra passive ( because it gives spirit regen automatically) and the hp per ??spirit spent.

If you use Thunderclap the atacks are decent speed combined with the +25% generation it will give you plenty of spirit to use.