There's two sides to this argument here.
The stormcaller isn't overpowered, that's the bottom line, but I can see why you'd think it is.
It gets a 50% damage reduction, it's range is on the cusp of mid range, and the chain lightning will kill guardians just as fast as a direct hit, and you (normally) can't get close enough for the way most players play.
But, even with that, you still have enough time before they kill you to pull off a quick headshot with one of the many snipers that can kill them.
1000-yard stare
Stillpiercer (hunters)
Eriene (omolon sniper, sorry for butchered spelling)
Snipers in that archetype will one shot a stormcaller.
Hammer of sol can use vertical spaces to avoid the lightning, and the hammers do significant damage (two hammers, I believe)
Fist of havoc can survive and put down a stormcaller easily
Nova bomb has the same results as FoH.
Golden gun baseline can kill a stormcaller in a single shot.
Blade dancers need their range, but it's possible
Nightstalkers have an inherent edge against all active supers, so there's really no contest.
Stormcallers die pretty quick, so as long as you stay out of their range, or out of their frontal sight lines, you'll normally win out.
You just need to think.
Play smarter, and you can beat them.
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as a warlock i have to say ionic blink closes large gaps in an instant maybe thats what op was taking about. also electrostatic mind covers my 6 as i focus on a group since it pretty much makes me a pulse grenade in stormtrance.
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I've killed more stormrrancers than i have been killed by them. What i do is get around a corner as they can't arc lightning around a wall and will chase you down. Then right as they turn the corner shotgun/snipe them and melee. They're time to kill is too slow and 7/10 times i kill them first.
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I love how ur not salty. I love you[spoiler]no sarcasm intended[/spoiler] [spoiler]actually tho no sarcasm[/spoiler]
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Exactly. I get killed many many times while in storm trance. Bump.
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As a hunter, I bump.
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Your obviously a Warlock.
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Actually, I main a hunter. I'm apparently just one of the few hunters not crying for a nerf, and that tries to figure out solutions to the problems that I have. It's sorta fun, actually.
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I believe it is max armour and a chest piece that reduces solar splash damage to survive a hammer (I role max armour and still get one shotted by a hammer)
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No it's if the Hammer hits you splash won't kill you if you run max armor
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Still 1 hammer though
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Yes but only to an incompetent or unlucky Stormcaller.
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If you have a shotgun with 25% increased melee damage after a hit its shotgun melee