Paladin vs Warrior tank decision help.

[Apatheist]

You can't do bigger pulls though. If the warrior almost died several times to the amount of mobs he's pulling the paladin would already be dead. He's already maintaining agro fine. If his healer was a paladin with ret aura and salvation threat would be a non issue.

With a paladin you have to drink after every pull if you're using consecration. Warriors have far less down time than paladins. It's also not true that consecrate is enough to hold threat by itself. It's a combination of holy shield, ret aura and consecration. A warlock can still pull agro with consecration alone. If you lose agro on a mob your threat generation decreases significantly so it's much more difficult to regain agro without a taunt.

Paladins are easier at low levels before you get gear and when the mobs are easier. At 55+ in end game dungeons warriors are just better tanks across the board for both single target and AE TPS. The gap keeps getting wider the better your gear gets.