>>535672101
I stopped seeing Blade instalockers around now so being one of the few left/Lords, let me try.

First, his 2-tap shotgun at 8m-12m range. Undisputed best DPS if he is actually allowed to stay at that range or sneak up on someone. Everything about his game plan/win cond is just to stay there and win at that range. Even his max stacks Awakening DPS IS LESS than his shotgun spam.

Second Anti-heal 40% for 3.5s, you need to spam this on the right target and farm CD reduction with block. Tank CDs like bubbles & blue health actually counters Anti-heal so it's reserved until needed.

Third, his sword at zero buffs is useless (Change your binds so you either go into Awakening or Gun). You need to land your Sword Dash to get 5 stacks to reach parity. At max buff is the best melee DPS (x2 attack & movespeed is very extreme) but you can't get healed pratically with it and lifesteal is just enough for 1v1. There are some use cases for this but its mostly defensive / enemy is at disadvantage and you just push in.
Also, his sword dash is good for anti-peel and knocks back/down flyers, you might as well do anti-dive duty sticking around your backlines while waiting for your chance to dive or ult.