I've only played a paladin last season and this one, so my perceptions of balance are likely inaccurate. I feel like the paladin swings from feeling like a game-winning element to having no impact whatsoever. Oftentimes I wonder if I am doing something obviously wrong, because I'll have a game in which I feel unbeatable, followed by one in which I am an annoying gnat buzzing around the crystal and unable to do much more than act as a nuisance.

I fret whenever I see enemy summoners and machinists. For whatever reason, their appearance on the enemy team spells doom for my team.