The Wattson clap and wave, and Wraith's phase shift

I could see maybe why they added the animation of her clapping and waving so that, let's say..in the middle of a fight in the open, you can't just lay fences super quickly in front of you on top of turning around and shooting all within the same few seconds. I guess one would consider that .. "op" , as the children of the internet say nowadays. ;D