[Topgunben]

Shadow knight should be your first choice.

Warrior is the absolute last class in the game you want to play untwined. I know, because I played a barb warrior as my first character back before Kunark was released. Had I known better, I would have made a monk, shadow knight, paladin, or ranger. All of which melee better than a warrior untwinked for untwinked.

i know people might cringe with me throwing ranger in the mix, but hear me out. They can heal hemselves, buff, DS, DOT and DD. If there's an enchanter in the group, ranger like sk and paladin can benefit not just from haste but also clarity.

The other thing is that a warrior is a sitting duck. You are dependent on everyone else for just about everything. no ports, no sow, no fd, no healing, nothing nothing NOTHING. ALL YOU GET TO DO IS GROUP AND GET YOUR BUTT KICKED. Haha. Youre the first one to die. You always travel slow, you have to bind in cities and CRs are a nightmare because you don't have an ability to defend yourself until you get your corpse.

I could go on and on. In the end game though from what I hear, warriors are the most Bad A class in the game, having some of the highest dps stats in raiding

Back to shadow knight... with the ability to lifetap, you'll be able to regain health faster, you'll also be able to have better snap aggro than the feeble taunt skill. You also have one of the most game breaking abilities and that is Feign Death, albeit it's a spell in the case of SK.

To finally answer your question, no you won't be able to stand toe to toe with the enemy without a group behind you. Especially if your not twinked. A mob can easily do 500 damage to you in a fight in the mid 30s. That same 500 hp will take 250 ticks or 25 minutes to regain, unless your an iksar or troll.