I use defender in PvP to quite a bit of success, and I can say that arc blade takes 3 hits to kill you inside of a AoL Bubble, allowing for a shotgun melee response.
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i just remembered, if they have encore active, they can one shot you with encore proc'd
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Does it really? Damn, good thing that's rare in trials.
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I know. It's slightly annoying. If one guy steps out of the bubble and somehow gets arc-bladed, the whole bubble squad is done for.
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I use Defender in PvP primarily and do amazing, but its just not as good as it was. It feels like they nerfed it to be honest with you
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I agree, it seems a little more fragile than it use to.