[Unoptimized]

Argitoth, I can see where your frustration is coming from. However, many of the replies that you have already received provide the clues for your test.

If I were going to call the elemental royalty of water imbalanced, then I would need to see it best each of the other royalties in their stated strengths.

Fire elemental royalty can clear chaff like no other. They also have access to some of the nastier evocations. While the lady of the lakes is hard to kill, she does not have access to the same battlefield sweep capacity that fire royalty has.

Earth elemental royalty can bring it's protection to pretty absurd levels with the most excellent earth buffs. They also have access to petrify, which allows them to be incredibly effective SC killers. If you could show an earth royalty losing to a water royalty above ground with that spell in play, you would be one step closer to convincing me about the imbalance issue.

The air elemental royalty may well not be able to stick it to the water royalty in a straight fight, but that is not their stated strength. The strength of air royalty lies in their INCREDIBLE tactical mobility. They are where you want them to be, and your opponent has near on no chance to anticipate their movement.

So to end this long winded reply, I would say that you need to show a water royalty losing to an earth royalty even when the earth player has the advantage in research and gear before I would call fowl on the lady of the lakes.

Well, that, or you could show proof that that watery tart is still throwing swords around.