User blog comment:Derp2000/So, are Swords good at crucible?/@comment-26929504-20160115080024

From what little experience I have, a sword lacks in the raw range and supression power of a good old rocket or full-auto machine gun it makes up in defense [due to block] and mobility. Third-person camera can be useful in keeping your perspective if you blink a lot, and the abilitity to lunge in any direction allows you to strike an opponent whether he is behind you or in front [useful when combined with blink.] Theres also the one-hit kill business, if you hit someone with the blade then usually you can expect him to go down right away.

My tips:

STAY MOVING. You are dead meat for a shotgun, fusion rifle, sniper rifle, rocket launcher, machine gun, or what else have you. Your best defense will often be mobility and cleverly timed evasive manuvers [particularly blink]

Blink and swords practically were made for each other. Come around a corner and theres a guy coming at you with a shotgun? Not too big a deal. Quickly blink over his head, drop down and cut him to ribbons. Under heavy fire? Use third person to help keep perspective on your surroundings as you evasivly blink.

Make sure you are well versed in using your grenades. Unless you want to switch from your sword to a gun, you'll need to use grenades to deal with unexpected trouble that's just out of your reach. A quickly tossed grenade, however, can cause some havoc that can be exploited for a quick attack or hasty retreat.

This is just my thoughts, I don't do much crucible but I have used the sword extensively in semi-casual PvE and I have some experience with using it in Crucible, but again take this with a grain of salt.