If you say so... but with good enough gear, you could probably still one-shot other players with Tsubame Gaeshi. I believe it should only counter special and regular attacks, and that only other fury attacks should be able to clash, much less counter, fury attacks.
I would say this game needs an instant (or close to instant) death mode. I hate running around with a rifle, wasting practically my whole clip on two guys. Other than that, this game is great!
Actually, for me, it was always easy to defeat Red Clan mages (as Ice Clan). Just use low defend, they'll low attack, then use low attack, and you'll get one hit. If you keep using that, you eventually will get enough special points for freeze 2, and then you'll get 5-6 free hits on them.