Not really superior in PVE To be honest, but it's still a decent PVP class. IT can't solo UD3 and such, which sounds weird, but we tried it before with a +15 SK.
Their AoE is large, but its damage is not high.
Curse is a decent skill to use against Karmas and such, since they'll be only left with their attack speed, which... you have high defense rate for (and it's not proper atm).
Aborb Life is very powerful aswell in that sense. (Draining your opponent's HP is very useful against squishy classes)
if you're going PVE, go DW, they are the Machine of the game!
Gues you and me have different builds/playstyles then.