Quote Originally Posted by DolphinsFan View Post
Warrior limit break does this as well and much more effectively since its effect is a full removal and does not need its targets to already be guarded. While Paladin can use shield smite more often, needing its targets to be guarded to actually work makes it so that at most it's likely only to affect a couple guards at a time and only for a couple seconds. While powerful in smaller-scale fights to secure kills, it loses its strength in fighting larger groups where the goal isn't so much to single people out.
"Balance" is still based on 5v5, unfortunately.