Maximvs

Paladins shine best when he's your main player ( for the +6 deflect +12 to all saves ) In a party that is mostly melee. His auras will help your partners and your pally can rez the knocked out along with defensive aoe's versus conditions. He can replace all the druid cleric healing if you don't mind playing it tight.

Yeah. Blocking a doorway. So what? You can only do that about 20 % of the time. Other times you're outdoor or getting plenty of monsters summoned or teleported in your weak archers and casters behind. It's not like you can play the whole game blocking doorways.