I wouldn't say weakest at all. A lot have people have wisened up to Arc blade since release, could get a gutted medal almost every match in vanilla, but just like every super, people have learned to counter them. It's all just situational and i find with supers, can be a big game of rock>paper>scissors. I agree, they can be lackluster in PvE, however, if you're lucky enough to have a brawler modifier on: Switch to Mask of the Third Man and Encore, very fun and rewarding. I can't tell you how to play ur BD, but i'll offer some insight into my playstyle for PvP: Khepri's Sting - Crouching grants invisibility, x4 melee damage from behind when invisible (actually works from the sides too = 1-hit kill as someone rushes through a door), this means i can spec into hungering blade, adding more survival utility to both Arc Blade and Blink Strike. (Extra SGA: Khepri's are ugly AF and hard to find shaders for, predawn is a good match, but Oracle99+FWC cloak is very stylish, especially with FWC armor) Now down to business. -This is a no-brainer, i use Blink, as much as i like to retain invisibility, every other jump screams "please wait there a second, i'm just coming up to try and kill you." - How i use arcblade: 1. Currently at most kills early into the match - first to have super up, nobody is going to have supers to counter it. 2. close to a control point or heavy ammo spawn, don't pop it prematurely, dead giveaway, sprint and blink in above a pack, pop arc blade. I found that people will naturally jump away, making for some easy mid-air kills and making yourself a hard target as you surge between enemies. 3. Go out swinging, my super is about to deplete, but i have khepri's sting - I use the last ounce to vanish, get a 1-shot kill with blink strike (escape artist), maintaining invisibility to line up another 1-shot melee from behind or sides. This scenario helped me a lot in situations where my super has gone, so a sunsinger has revived only to get hit from behind+poisoned and left to die again. 4. Scare tactic/Confusion. Generally in team situations, i could look like an idiot chasing people around with Arc blade without a kill, but i'm also causing a distraction and herding enemies away from control points or into killboxes for my team to take care of. Overall, i feel arcblade is just like any other super, can be dominant if used in the right situations or weakest if used at face-value. Don't like getting shut down by FoH? be more wary going for that titan waiting for you a yellow box around his lvl tag. a backwards blinks will generally even things out. Divebomb that golden gun, Razor's edge that titan bubble, blink out of nova bomb. I'm happy where Arc Blade is in crucible, i feel it's quite balanced in crucible, but for the sake of changes, i wouldn't mind a special shield that adds resistance to melee attacks - making PvE more viable and crucible hilarious in Arc Blade vs. Arc Blade situations.

With BD you can cover so much ground and basically one hit kill people. If you play it right you can knock a team out in ToO. It's a beast in PvP but Golden Gun is a must in PvE.

I main a Hunter and Arc Blade is definitely the best, or very close to it, subclass for PvP. (IMO) Blink and Fast Twitch + Hungering Blade make it a very strong class in Crucible, and getting rid of HB for Stalker just isn't worth it. But about how OP we are... It is sort of OP but that mostly depends on the user, as with the case of most classes. However, both of the Hunter subs are lack luster in PvE in general. This goes for Bladedancer especially. Edit- [spoiler]grammar and spelling errors[/spoiler]

Blade dancers destroy in certain circumstances, if they can invis to a group of snipers they all disappear, razor edge a titan in bubble, clear out an area so it can be capped, or even get to a spawn so it's forcing the other team to spawn at the other side of map. The only super I think is underpowered is a titan bubble, it would be able to sustain at least one full super and armour of light should be significantly better, if someone can shotgun you in it once and you can die it's pretty much worthless.

Defender melee vs bladedancer super? Defender wins, did it last night and sent a hunter flying off the map. It was beautiful