Are you one of those people who scream "Bladedancer is over powered! Such a noob class, nerf it please!" or something along those lines? Then you might be a beginner to the game, not good at Crucible or troll master race class person. I main Bladedancer and I noticed something when playing him, Bladedancers can destroy people who don't know what their doing. And I mean DESTROY, to the point where it feels like they are over powered when they aren't. Don't believe me? Think back to when you first ran into Bladedancers that made you think he/she was over powered, what did you do when he/she attacked you? Did you just attack him/her head on to watch him/her Blink in front of you and shotgun you? Did you panicked when he/she charged at you with Arc Blade? Or did you sit there wondering how did he/she just one hit melee me? If one of those is close to what happened, then it's not the "over powered" Bladedance fault, it's yours for not knowing what to do. But today, I'm going share some tips on how to deal with Bladedances. First up, let's talk about their super. A Bladedancers Arc-blade is sorta of a hard super to deal with. It's also the easiest to deal with. So what do you do when one charges at you? Well, here are some tips. 1. Keep a line of sight on him and keep moving away from him. Breaking that line of sight means you can't see how close he is to you. Which is something you want to know. 2. Don't stop shooting, keep shooting till he's dead but make sure your still moving away from him. You may just want to hip fire at him as that will be a lot easier to move and shot. 3. Jump when he's about to hit you, time this right and you will dodge him attack. When doing this, wait till he's about to hit you then jump forward, this will cause him to lunge under you. This may also cause the Bladedancer to be confused. He will start thinking "where did you go?' 4. After you jump, stay in the air. Bladedancers will have a hard time hitting air targets. (A big thing about this is to make sure your not a slow moving target while in the air, you will then become a easy target to kill. Try staying in the air for a second or two then fall then jump back into the air, This will make you a harder target to kill in the air. Even though you might be harder to hit, it's still possible for the Bladedancer to hit you, but you'll be hard to hit.) 5. If your not confident that you will be able to kill him or win the fight, run for it. This will distract the Bladedancer and save the lives of your teammates. Sometimes you might be able to run his super out. When running, make sure to stay in the air when he's close and to run away from your teammates. 6. If your in a group of team mates, call out the Bladedancer and tell everyone to aim at him. If more then 2 people are shooting the Bladedancer , he's going to fall quick. 7. If he gets close to your group, SCATTER! This will cause the Bladedancer to cover more ground before killing someone. More ground to cover for the Bladedance = more super energy he has to waste. (Note, tips 5 and 6 are meant for groups you can communicate with. If your in a group where you can't, then look at them when the Bladedancer goes Arc Blade. If they are shooting at him then join in BUT if they aren't, then just scatter) 8. If the Bladedancer uses Razor Edge, then jump. That attack only hits targets on the ground. Not in the air. (Note, you might want to uses your jump ability, sometimes a normal jump is not enough to clear it.) 9. This tip is for Defender Titans. if you use your bubble and you see a Bladedancer coming at you, don't just dance. Be ready to dodge his Razor Edge,. Yes. That move can go through your bubble and kill you. 10. Another for Defender Titans, if you have suppression grenade, use it on him/her. It will cancel out their Arc Blade. 11. Special weapons work really well against them. Make sure to save a few rounds for when one comes at you. 12. If you were able to cause the Bladedance to waste all of his Arc Blade on you, then feel good. You just save your team mates from getting killed and made that Bladedancer waste his Arc Blade on 1 guy. Trust me, using Arc Blade and getting 1 kill is not a good feeling. That's about it for Arc Blade. Theses tips are not 100% guaranteed to make sure you win every fight. They are meant to increase the chances of you winning. Any other tips are small ones like, use your super against him, use heavy ammo and that stuff. Next up, we're going talk about to deal with other ability the Bladedancer has. First up is the Hunters Blink ability (The teleporting jump ability.) This ones kinda of easy to deal with. If a Bladedancer blinks towards you, run the direction he/she came from. Blink teleports you up and forwards. Be quick and the Bladedancer will just loss the ground he/she gained. Biggest thing when facing this ability is not to panic. If your quick you can cause the Bladedance to lose ground OR if you have a shotgun, you can just let him/her Blink into your shotgun. Next is Blink strike. (The melee ability) This ones not a big deal. Just be ready for a Bladedancer to teleport into your face. Have a shotgun ready for when he/she does or try to land the melee hit first. Also, watch out for Bladedancers running shotgun. If he/she is able to land a shotgun hit on you, be ready for him/her to try to hit you with blink strike. Last is the Stalker ability.(Invisibility) It's not the actual invisibility that's the problem, it's the fact that you can't see them on radar. A Bladedancer who knows how to use this will use it to get behind you with out you knowing. This is something you need to watch out for as the Bladedancer has an melee ability that lets him/her one hit kill you from behind. Backstab. Only way to counter this is to check behind you and your blind spots (spots where you can't see the enemy like your sides). The good thing about this ability is you can still see them when they get close. You will see a ghostly out line of them. When you do see them, let them know you do and cause them to start running. And that's about it. Any other tips would be general Crucible tips. Hopefully these tips will help you face Bladedancers in the future. One big tip I can give Is to not get frustrated or mad when one kills you. He could of gotten lucky or he's really good. Just suck it up, learn from your death and get ready for the next fight but most importantly, have fun. If you have any questions about Bladedancer, being how to be good with them or how to kill them, I'll be glad to help. This is Gentlemen, and I'll see you on the battlefield Guardian. Edit: Just got done with my percussion stuff so I decided to check the app to see 120 people has replied. Dang. Thanks for the replies and likes. Edit 2: Added more stuff to the Arc Blade section and edited small stuff.