There’s plenty of options to make it fit many different ways of dealing damage for both PvE and PvP. Between Burst Skills, Damage over Time Skills, and a mix utility skills the Rapier has just about everything you could want in a weapon. The Primary use of this weapon is in the Damage category.
How well each spec does is heavily determined the playstyle you want out of the Weapon. It has the honor of being one of few weapons where you have the potential to make just about any combination of abilities work for any situation. The Rapier is an extremely potent contender in the DPS category, for both PvE AND PvP.