Who is/was the best Paladin in warcraft lore?

[Son of Lothar]

If I forgot someone that you think should be mentioned please let me know.

Thanks.

My pick Turalyon by far.

[Jhoff]

Uther, the first of them all

[TGE985]

Uther the Lightbringer.

[Ebb]

wasnt garithos a pally?

PS: anyone on the AN server,if they were on around vanilla, should think he had risen above them all.

[Mezz]

Ze maiti lightbringr. /vote.

[Deleted]

Mograine<3

[Deleted]

Uther, easily. There's no contest.

[Calon]

Prince Arthas Menethil.
Why? I base this decision on on situation alone: the purging of Stratholme. Arthas was slowly beginning his path of corruption, but was still sane in his thoughts and reasoning. He realized a great threat lingered in the backyard of his homeland and refused to allow it to continue. With Mal'Ganis on the verge of creating an army of undead, Arthas understood the decision that must be made. It was either allow his people to become the mindless undead, tools of the enemy, or grant them a noble death for Lordaeron's safety.

He chose the latter.

Uther, a great and wise Paladin - no doubt the mightiest of them all - was unable to make such a decision. He showed weakness when his people needed him the most. To sacrifice the lives of one hundred (WC3) would be a small cost to prevent Mal'Ganis from amassing an army. The price was too grave for Uther to even imagine.

As a bringer of the light, a Paladin must realize that good can be done through alternative ways. If you cure one hundred people, you've saved one hundred people. If you kill one hundred people, you've saved a thousand people. Arthas chose the lesser of two evils. While Uther may be powerful and wise, he was weak. If he hadn't betrayed Arthas in abandonment, perhaps he would've brought him back to sanity during his maddening pursuit of Mal'Ganis.

[Deleted]

Mograine, the real ashbringer.

[Pickwickman]

The stereotypical paladin is lawful good, arthas on strat was the minority of the chaotic good paladins, this is a rare breed in wow, we only have one.

On topic, my vote would go for either uther, for being the first paladin, or the almighty sir Zeliek, the only undead in lore who has kept his ties with the light, and according to lore it isn't even him who asks for the light, but the light in him refuses to let him go.this makes zeliek the single most badass paladin in the warcraft universe.

Even in death he still serves.

[Frozen Death Knight]

Is this supposed to be a popularity vote or just a vote on who is the best in terms of power?

[TreLocke]

It's gotta be Uther.

[Pickwickman]

Prince Arthas Menethil.
Why? I base this decision on on situation alone: the purging of Stratholme. Arthas was slowly beginning his path of corruption, but was still sane in his thoughts and reasoning. He realized a great threat lingered in the backyard of his homeland and refused to allow it to continue. With Mal'Ganis on the verge of creating an army of undead, Arthas understood the deQcision that must be made. It was either allow his people to become the mindless undead, tools of the enemy, or grant them a noble death for Lordaeron's safety.
He chose the latter.

Uther, a great and wise Paladin - no doubt the mightiest of them all - was unable to make such a decision. He showed weakness when his people needed him the most. To sacrifice the lives of one hundred (WC3) would be a small cost to prevent Mal'Ganis from amassing an army. The price was too grave for Uther to even imagine.

As a bringer of the light, a Paladin must realize that good can be done through alternative ways. If you cure one hundred people, you've saved one hundred people. If you kill one hundred people, you've saved a thousand people. Arthas chose the lesser of two evils. While Uther may be powerful and wise, he was weak. If he hadn't betrayed Arthas in abandonment, perhaps he would've brought him back to sanity during his maddening pursuit of Mal'Ganis.

you clearly misunderstood the quest, arthas kills every.single.person. In stratholme. Women, children, elderly, everyone dies, to make sure they don't get enlisted top the legions army. This makes arthas chaotic good, and go away from what the order of the silver hand, and the majority of paladins stand for; lawful good.

[Deleted]

who the fuck picked bolvar...

[BigPimpin]

Uther handsdown

[King Shark]

Uther.

[Deleted]

Going with Turalyon, he had way better stats than Uther.

[DiscoGhost]

tirion. hes the only one to have beaten the lich king.

just cuz uther was the first doesnt make him the best.

quote from wowpedia: However, there are paladins who criticized him for the very things he is extolled for. They say that Uther was so loyal to the throne that he did not dare to stop Arthas from killing the citizens of Stratholme. By this dichotomy, Uther has come to be seen as a source of hope and inspiration to many, and a representation of blind devotion and negligence to others.

[BurningStick]

The Lightbringer and The Ashbringer are gonna get a lot of votes.

[Grimbold21]

Turalyon