The way of the wraith for nightstalker subclass is ridiculously unbalanced an overpowered, and here's a list of reasons why:
1. Their super lasts WAY to long. Seriously, It lasts 30 seconds when just running around while invisible without attacking, which is already almost twice as long as any other super in the game. Combined with super mods and the absolutely broken exotic know as the gwisin vest, nightstalkers can easily be in their super for upwards of 2 minutes. I've legitimately seen hunters get upwards of 20 kills in a single super activation.
2. The damage resistance received while in spectral blades is absurd. When in spectral blades, a hunter can survive a shot from any power weapon short of a linear fusion rifle headshot. Clusterbomb rocket? Takes 2 to kill them. Grenade launchers? Upwards of 3 or 4 shots. LMGs? Roughly an entire clip to kill them. Swords? About 2 or 3 hits depending on the sword. In addition, not only can they survive most power weapons, they can survive most other supers. Through testing I've found that a hunter ins spectral blades can survive a fully charged nova warp explosion, a hit from fist of havoc (ground slam), multiple hits from burning maul, 2 dawnblades, a nova bomb, multiple arc staff hits, and multiple sentinel shield hits.
3. They have an ability that essentially replaces solar titan. Way of the wraith hunters have the an ability that makes them go invisible when they get a precision kill. When in this invisibility, any melee attack puts a damage debuff on the target that lasts somewhere between 150% and 200% longer than melting point (melting point last 5-8 seconds, the "hunter melting point" as it's called lasts 10-12). In addition, since the only requirement for this debuff is that you are invisible, it can be done immediately again so long as there is a low health enemy near by to kill. This makes is so that if a team of nightstalkers works together, they can kill any boss. including a primeval in Gambit, just as fast if not faster than titans could when they were abusing the Synthocepts/Well of Radiance glitch that got patched a couple weeks ago. That's right, a group of people using an "intended" ability of nightstalker can outperform people abusing glitches... ain't that some shit.
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To address how long the super lasts, I just want to leave this here: Bottom tree striker Top tree stormcaller Bottom tree dawnblade Doomfang pauldron Ursa furiosa Crown of tempests Phoenix protocol Skull of dire ahamkara refills your shutdown super decently for more novas. These can all extend supers, and most of which supers can kill multiple opponents at one time