I'd agree that a well played ranger can be a decent tank, particularly in classic zones. I have enjoyed alt o holicing pallies for a couple years now, usually break 12 before starting off elsewhere, but they have so much utility at later levels.
I also thought it worth mentioning there was a casual guy here a couple years back who was able to solo a paladin to 59 over a year lol. Probably not the funnest avenue, but he made it
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If otherwise I'd recommend sk over war unless you plan to be a raid tank. Warriors are difficult with aggro earlier on if you don't have some kind of proc weapons (ideally stun) as soon as you can, and sks get a snap aggro spell pretty early on.