Which is the best class in Diablo 2?

Each character class in the Diablo 2 game has various skills. Which one do you think is the best and why?

Amazon

The Amazon hails from the islands of the Twin Seas, near the border of the Great Ocean. The class is based on the Amazons of Greek mythology. She is akin to the Rogue of Diablo: both primarily use bows, and both make equal use of strength and magic. The Amazon can also use javelins and spears. Many of her defensive skills are passive in nature, especially Dodge, Avoid, and Evade.

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Necromancer

The Necromancer is a versatile death-themed spell caster. Necromancers are the priests of the Cult of Rathma from the Eastern jungles. His Summoning skills allow him to raise skeletons, create golems, and resurrect dead monsters to fight alongside him. The Necromancer possesses powerful poison spells, which rapidly drain life from afflicted monsters. He also has "Bone" skills, which directly damage enemies, while bypassing most resistances. His Curses also afflict the enemy with debilitating status ailments, sowing confusion and chaos in their ranks.

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Barbarian

The Barbarian is a powerful melee fighter from the steppes of Mount Arreat. He is an expert at frontline combat, able to absorb great punishment, and is the only class capable of dual-wielding weapons. His Combat Masteries allow him to specialize in different types of weapons, and also passively increase his resistance, speed, and defense. His Warcries dramatically increase the combat effectiveness of him and his party, as well as afflicting status ailments on enemies. He has a variety of Combat Skills at his command, most of which focus on delivering great force upon a single foe.

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Sorceress

The Sorceress hails from a rebellious coven of female witches who have wrested the secrets of magic use from the male-dominated mage clans of the East. She can cast ice, lightning and fire spells. Nearly all of these skills are offensive in nature, besieging the enemy with elemental calamity. Her Cold Skills can freeze enemies solid and bypass resistances, but do less damage than lightning or fire. The Sorceress's Teleport spell allows her to instantly travel to a new destination, making her very difficult to hit. The strong point of the Sorceress is her damaging spells and casting speed; her weakness is her relatively low hit points and defense.

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Paladin

The Paladin is a crusader from the Church of Zakarum, fighting for the glory of the Light. To reflect this, the zealous Paladin's combat skills range from fanatical attacks to heavenly thunderbolts. His skills are split into Combat Skills, Defensive Auras, and Offensive Auras. His auras have a range of abilities, such as increasing damage, or resisting magic attacks, or boosting defense. The Paladin's auras affect all party members. The Paladin is highly proficient in the use of a shield, and is the only character that can use it as a weapon. The Paladin also has specialized skills for eliminating the undead.

Its got to be the Paladin for me. I think the Paladin is one of the most versatile characters who is able to react to any situation.

Salvation and Holy Shield are awesome skills which can protect the Paladin from both Melee and Elemental attacks.

I have played as Barbarian, Druid and assassin, and think they can all be truly awesome in their own right, however its always a Paladin that saves my ass!
I dont think the game is biased towards the Paladin in a bad way, but honestly dont think i could complete the game without one to help me with auras.
Paladin gets my vote

From what I have seen of the Druid I might disagree with you. Holy Shield is the main power which makes the Paladin unstoppable. I think without it the Paladin would not be anywhere near as good.

With the Druid they can radically increase their attack rating and speed using the Werewolf form, plus they have the added bonus of Life Steal. An defensive Mercenary from Act 2 equipped with an Infinity polearm who uses the Defiance aura would make a perfect companion for a Shapeshifting Druid.

Exile would also be a perfect shield since it has an inbuilt level 13 Defiance aura which will drastically improve your defence. Only an Act 3 Mercenary can equip shields.

I didnt know about that shield! Can i make it using runewords?
I died 3 times yesterday and gave up, my defense at the mo is poo!