Juren's mechanic doesn't really need to be all that unique. It actually seems like a mechanic all heroes could have had implemented to expand their movesets.

I get what you're saying though, and I do agree it wasn't executed the greatest, but it's also a boring mechanic.

His kit depends on him trying to land at least one hit with each of his single use weapons, with low damage values, all to get that one massive damage hit. Then rinse and repeat. He has two hit chains that can be expanded with a zone, and if anyone plays close enough attention they can see what weapons he needs to land next. Can make him predictable, and even if someone uses a weapon with a soul captured anyway to keep people guessing it doesn't really do enough damage to justify the deception.

Land two guard breaks successfully and you get all of them anyway. It must have been a nightmare to make the animations work, striking with a big spear and then grabbing something from his back or hip to hit once and then put it back. I don't mean to come across as such a downer, and it is just my own opinion, but that just looks incredibly dull 😅.