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Actually, for a HoF game, the Paladin is easily the best tank to have. There has been several threads that explains this in great detail if you search back in this forum. This is due to their innate abilities and some special items.
In terms of offence, the vast majority of your damage will come from your ranged attacks and spells. Tanks in HoF mode have one role, and one role only. To SURVIVE. Their Defence should never be compromised for marginal gains in Offence.
That additional +5dmg is meaningless when you are dealing with HP in the hundreds and thousands.
Basically speaking, the Paladin and the Bard are the two singleclasses that make sense in a HoF game. For almost everything else, there is the multiclass, of which the Cleric/Ranger is easily one of the best.
If you wish to Dualclass, there is one very sensible option. Dualclassing a Fighter to a Specialist Mage. Those extra spell slots are going to be a Godsend in prolonged fights, especially when you obtain items that MULTIPLY your spell slots.
For example, if you were a multiclassed Mage, you might have four spell slots for Magic Missile. When you gain an item that doubles your spell slots, you now have eight.
If you are a Specialist Mage however, you will now have ten, and the effect gets bigger as you obtain more and more items that add to your Mage's spell slots since all these items are cumulative.
An ideal level to dualclass a Fighter to a Specialist Mage is at Lvl-13. If you don't mind biting the bullet, you can delay it to Lvl-17, and if you are really hardcore, delay it to Lvl-21.
Cheers.
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