Both classes are amazing group tanks and neither of them are very efficient at soloing. With all things being fairly equal it all comes down to spells.. and Paladins have a way better toolkit. Paladins blow SKs out of the water when it comes to utility, it's not even a close fight. Remember, they are the only tank class in the game that has root. This makes you a front-line CC + tank in group settings.. a lot more useful than a crappy snare-dot. Secondly, you get some really powerful heals, comparable to what a Shaman/Druid can do at equivalent levels.. plus a very efficient heal-over-time later on.
I'm not even going to mention how useless HT is compared to LoH, having an attainable epic, stun-locking mobs, or 90% rez, because the root + heals alone already make Paladins the objectively better group tank.
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