[quote] How is this all that different to Shotgun-meleeing them faster than they can kill you, or sniping them before they're even in range to hit you? It's not like Glaives are the only special weapons that can win against a Super. Part of why they seem so strong is that everyone who uses HC + Shotgun and spends all game sprinting at people until they're within 15m (i.e. many, many players) is playing right into the hands of a Glaive user. Sure, the damage resistance might see a reduction so it's less effective against heavy and Supers, but it should still crush Shotgun-aping.[/quote] Because stormtrance has more range that your shotgun or melee and neither of those grant you 75% damage resistance on top of removing the possibility for you to take crit damage. You can’t call glaives a shotgun counter when they counter all primaries and all specials. Luckily Chris proctor confirmed plans to nerf glaives in PvP.