what the hell you talk about? paladin is a beast! you just dont have a extra CC like sk or da but except from that, its a really strong char and its love!
only thing you can complain about pally is it being very gear dependent. Apart from that, you can solo almost anywhere with basic buffs if its a place monster dont 3 shot you due to free heal, you have a mass root that works wonders on cluster fuck locations like toi or loa, you have a high land rate disable with shield stun, you have a pull like other tanks have and you heal sh1t for free every 3 seconds.
it also requires a bit more thinking and fingers and planning ahead comparing to da or sk, overall is a bit harder char to be impact full with, but its by far not a bad char.
starting to feel i will have to resurrect Amaterasu.