D&D 5E Party Balanced

[delph]

So let's say I have a party consisting of the following characters

Half Elf Devotion paladin (Defense fighting style)
Half Orc Battlemaster fighter (GWF fighting style)
Hill Dwarf Life Cleric
Either a Feral Tiefling Arcane Trickster Rogue or a Lightfoot Halfling Lore Bard
Human Abjuration Wizard

Would this party be considered balanced, or is it lacking something necessary to function properly?

still better then party I've started play
dwarf fighter
lizardfolk bloodhunter
kenku monk
Halfling ranger
Human Rogue
Halfelven hexblade Warlock

party "take it down, than ask questions"

warlock will take MC Sorcerer to get access to some spells, but no (greater) healer there...

 

[Tyler Dunn]

One thing I would caution with this party is the lack of "nature specialist", but that's easily fixed with a background - if one character has "outlander", that's a discount ranger, you'll be fine.

Overall it seems like a strong party, and a tough one too.

The cleric has the folk hero background, that gives survival proficiency, close enough

 

[Ancalagon]

The cleric has the folk hero background, that gives survival proficiency, close enough

Well the outlander background has more "rangery" features, but well... it's better than nothing

 

[5ekyu]

Well the outlander background has more "rangery" features, but well... it's better than nothing

This does bring to the surface the notion that in 5e race-class-dub-class also needs background for a group to be assessed. The skills, tools and features matter for these "vs all threats" ganders.

 

[Ancalagon]

This does bring to the surface the notion that in 5e race-class-dub-class also needs background for a group to be assessed. The skills, tools and features matter for these "vs all threats" ganders.

I concur. Some backgrounds are essentially a soft multi class.