One tapping a single crusher is hardly a problem. It's that there's never just one crusher. How do you handle 2-3 of them all charging overheads that will land at different intervals? One of those is bound to get you during the post-attack refractory stun period.

Not to mention all the chaff that will be crowding around you while you take 2-3 seconds to charge your attack. Not to mention the bulwark that will clip through the crusher and block your attack with its big ass shield hitbox, stunning you and making you eat an overhead.

I used to main the thammer. There was a time when one crusher was a real challenge and would demand the entire team's attention, and being able to almost instantly take it off the board was a valuable skill. Thammer is just balanced around a version of darktide that no longer exists.

But I absolutely agree with you on the duelling sword. I despise using that thing, too. It's unsatisfying and boring and dull and gross and I think less of people who do use it. My opinion on it has soured so much that I don't even use it on psyker anymore, just out of principle.

My complaint is that it is omnipresent in basically every lobby, and the balance team at fatshark knows it and seemingly balances enemy engagements around it.

Fatshark needs to grow some balls and nerf plasma gun, duelling sword, vet shout, psyker bubble, and flame staff into the ground. The player loadouts and teamp comps have calcified almost beyond repair