People really overrate this class. Battle Master and Berserker are nice too.
It's not remotely overrated. For one, it boasts similar combat potency as either of those, except it has more burst interaction with paralysis and especially the half-orc broken racial that gives an extra damage dice on crits. Second, the class has access to group support and aoe CC the other two don't have. And on top of that, it's a charisma based class so it's incredibly powerful as a face character for all of the game. Persuasion/Intimidation dice checks are a joke, and they're the most important rolls in the game by far. The time it saves you save scumming dice rolls or not having to rely on consumables is humongous.
Just because the martials as a class are a busted category overall doesn't make paladins any less busted.
Go play a Bard or Beastmaster Ranger or druid or a pure warlock without a martial class in the party and a caster without Act 3 legendary staff and clown gloves and get back to me how it feels when you're doing less than a third of the damage.
