paladin benefits way more from armor/weapon t1, such as a bow t1 with burst arrow (below 50) or cross with imbuements (worth till 80/105) (because doesn't have any cooldown worth that last more than 4s turning it really poorly notorious), in the other hand a belted cape t1 could help if going to th aoe.
also mages with critical + fatality in mercenary sword perform better than with average wands until higher lvls... i will say really worth until 200.
in the other hand, armors aren't that good t1, and since u can't use it in a summer dress for example there aren't enough t1 items in weapon that could be worth to use while at war neither