Paladins are the mitigation kings. Warriors are not close (and in fact, Drk's are even further behind).

And while a warriors dps when OT in deliverance -is- very impressive, if you are mting you are dropping out of vengeance to do that (which when ytou go back in, does not auto heal you for the extra health, you basically dealt that damage to yourself the healers need to top back off) and wasted mitigation from IB.

Royal authority (340 potency attack we can spam every 3rd gcd) and Goring Blade combined damage is quite spectacular. Fracture (with war trait) ends up being 270-300 potency ( server dot ticks). Goring Blade is 20 tp cheaper and is 500-540. Yeah you read that right--over 24 seconds, it hits as hard as a fell cleave does (not taking in mind damage amplifying buffs, but we are also talking about a COMBO power vs something that takes 8 GCDS to charge up).

Paladin burst will never touch a war, but sustain isnt as different as you might expect.