Why is my phantom so flippin' weak?

That makes me worried as I really don't want to play another class. Weak is one thing seeing that nearly all of my favourites are ranked that way but weak, inconvenienced and hassled for HS/insert buff name is ridiculous.

If it helps, the nerfs didn't bother me at all. I preferred Aiguilles over RF anyway, and effectiveness stayed 100% for buffs, so I just got SE.
In any case, I mained it because I love the class, not the numbers it s'hits out.