youre right.
preds are obviously overhyped now. random ppl be like "katar mastery gives 15% crit. woha. lets be a pred" fools...
as u said, avengers are way to go if you like to hunt people, i mean cmon who doesnt loves to pull targets with deathcall, pray on mindex and charging some massiv crits with storm assault.
but for me, when they released the first skill changes with royal mask gives all stat, secret hide for pred lv7 100% chance ive changed from avenger to predator.
dude i love secret hide. with my elemental katar, guess i had 76%+/- (could find some screeenshot somewhere) its been a huge thing to deal 2 strong hits.
was able to 2shot other dhans/average temps/rangers/pretty much everything with up to 30k hp with it and in my eyes absolutely worth it.
anyways, im also with u when u said for rpk youd rather go avenger, if youre an predator you simply have to know what youre doing.
so at the end of the day, storm asssault, mind ex and crowns laughter speaks for itself.