You should be using Wrathful Smite, it’s pretty good as frightened is a good condition and to get out of the spell it’s a wisdom CHECK, not a save, which the spells makes them take at disadvantage.Thunderous Smite is better than a Smite with a first level spell at early levels since you get the push and prone too.
Bless is just very good, someone should be concentrating on it.
Spirit Guardians is worth Oath of the Crown by itself.
Aura of Vitality is just great if you need healing. 20-120 HP of healing with little chance of wasting any of it is good. A level of Life Cleric boosts this to 70-170, but usually that’s a life cleric 1/Lore Bard.
Destructive Wave is excellent.
Paladins have a lot of uses for spells outside of smites.
My son likes Reinhardt in Overwatch, to simulate the Hammer Down ability I scaled spells between Thunderous Smite and Destructive Wave, adding dice and area each time.
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