>>1872033
>got to level 40 with her

The game opens up both a new weapon, as well as a buffed mainhand style at Lv56. Both don't really reach their potential until Lv60, leveling isn't difficult or that tedious these days. Pic related. Anyway, Awakening Guardian has great AoE and is pretty easy to play, Succession is also fairly straightforward.

Shai's combat role is being a support bitch with no choice between movesets and was originally designed as a life skill character. She's good in group grindan though. What are you looking for in a class? I'd also consider using the trial character slots to playtest movesets.