It is funny, all my paladins have hammers if some variety except my trolls and elves. You are right, they look weird with them.
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European knights of the Middle ages used a wide range of medieval weapons. Swords, war hammers, and pikes were common. While maces and clubs were more likely to be used by commoners, some knights would use a flanged mace.
Outside of warfare, knights might also be seen with a lance or spear, but these were used for entertainment or ceremony.
The most popular weapon of a knight in warfare was either the “knightly sword” or mace. The decision to use either often came down to the armor the opposing force wore, as metal armor effectively protected against bladed weapons. While maces were as effective against leather and mail, the sword was far more likely to finish a soldier in a single swing.
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You should look up Builder form the Thief series: Hammerite
“Thy will shalt be done, Master Builder, in the great things. Thy will shalt be done, Master Builder, in the small things.”
There lore are intresting why I do fancy hammer as Paladin
" * Hammer, anvil, forge and fire, chase away The Hoofed Liar. Roof and doorway, block and beam, chase The Trickster from our dreams."
Few more qoutes but look them up
“The hand of The Builder is in the smallest nail, the tiniest gear, if they be worked well. The hand of The Builder is in the tallest tower, the grandest bridge, if they be worked well.”
You should, because denting their armor with a hammer is more effective than trying to bash them with a sword.
Eh . . . one thing I learned from Dexter is hitting things in the head with a hammer still draws a lot of blood . . .
Also learned that keeping blood slides in an air conditioner isn’t a good idea, so I should find a different hiding place for mine 
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Why would something animated by magic die if you cut off its head? Its head isn’t doing anything vital at that point, aside from being a way to transmit the magic-based disease to others via biting. You want to pulverize its bones to pieces as stabbing the corpse or cutting off its head won’t do anything.
“My doctors said all the bleeding is internal, that’s where the blood is supposed to be”
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Alot of paladins used huge hammers mostly because of two things, one is that they use hammer to mix with the sudden strength they suddenly get from being paladins, so big hammer, big blunt object to smack ppl with.
The other is that paladins were not like noble ppl, smthey were more blunt and lights judgement, so a hammer can act like a gavel, so that the light judges them. Figuratively.
A sword is more seen as a noble weapon, takes time, practice, and is sometimes worth it
I just wish 2h maces centered better when sheathed on my back. It’s really the only reason I never use them.
That and the fact I can use the Ashbringer.
Blizzard can give us all the graphical hammers they want, I will still always use a sword.
not as a druid you wont
This is only half true. There where definitely weapons better suited for facing opponents in full plate but changes in sword design as well as techniques did allow swords to defeat opponents in armor.
- Mordschlag a technique where the sword is held by the blade and used as a club in an attempt to stun the opponent.
- Half-Swording where the sword can be held with one hand on the hilt and one mid-blade, to try to drive the point into gaps in the opponent’s armour, and to assist in wrestling.
- The sword can also be used to trip the opponent.
Oddly though most off the written techniques for one on one battles resorts to grappling and than using a dagger.
There is also a lot of variables when it came to armor.
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What we would likely call full plate had the backs of the legs covered, and mail protecting most of the other gaps. However, even with such complete armor, the palms of the hands are often unarmored
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Battlefield armor were often less protective than dueling (and tournament) armors.
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Equestrian armors often had no protection for the buttocks or the back and inside of the thighs, helmet visors might be opened for better vision, hearing, and breathing. Therefore mounted knights could be badly injured or even killed if their horse was brought down.
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The introduction of fire arms made heavy armor ineffective and brought about a resurgence of a wide variety of swords including thinner blades like the épée.
As an aside the most effective anti-armor hand-to-hand weapons (other than the dagger when grappling) appear to have been polearms like the halberd, bill, and pollaxe.
Edit: This wasn’t meant to be contradictory but more to nerd out with someone who seems to understand the evolution of weapons.
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Judgment.
Think Gavel. Like in a courtroom.
Well I love fantasy, dark fantasy, and basically any kind of fiction of that sort that revolves around D&D. And then many of the games I play where they have a paladin, usually paladins are fighting undead creatures, they can’t always go for a headshot to decapitate a zombie or kind of creature like that with a sword, so essentially they use a hammer because broken bones and mangled limbs really slow down the enemy movement. And even if something can regenerate from a stab wound or a slash, shattered bones would take far longer to restore.
Yes, my main is a paladin, so I will be using a sword on that character.
Given that I’m not familiar with DnD at all and played precisely one session of ADnD rules once like 20 years ago, it’s more likely that there’s no such rules and I simply got that mixed up with the cleric rule.
However, the cleric connection makes sense given that paladins in WoW are kinda more like clerics in their role than they appear to be in DnD. With paladins essentially being battle priests.
yes BUT the artwork for paladins in the manual depicts them wielding a warhammer. I should know because i still have it…somewhere. their wc2 models just used the same models as knights. actually if you look closely pretty sure their models also use small warhammers or maybe it was a halberd was never able to tell.
So let me get this straight, OP…
1.) We can summon meteor-sized fireballs from the sky (and can do it indoors too) and not only will this be effective on fire elementals, but kill them too.
2.) A gnome the same weight as an obese chihuahua can not only carry a sword the size of Tokyo, but swing it around with ease as if it were made of balsa wood and wet cardboard.
3.) A Pandaren with the legs of a Pembroke Corgi and wearing half-inch thick plate armor made of super dense star metals, can outrun and leap higher than a night elf with a runner’s body and in light leather.
4.) An elf with the body of a twink can murder a dragon as big as the Chrysler Building wearing only a skirt and wielding two floppy fish.
And the one thing…THE ONE THING…that sets you off is why paladins have hammer powers?
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I don’t know ask the devs why paladins must be chained to a horse that comes out of nowhere.
Paladins are suppose to be the common folk… the blacksmiths who forge weapons and armor with their faith. Thus… they prefer hammers.