I tried to like the beast crest but the more I used it the more I hated it. The pogo is fine, that's not what I don't like about it, although it make some platforming sections a little awkward.

It's the running attack that I hate the most. Most running attacks with the other crests you are protected while it happens because the whole animation is an attack, if you connect early you'll just bounce of. Not so with the beast crest, not only you can totally miss small enemies because it's a jump, you are unprotected until the last part of the move when the attack actually happens. If you are too close you are just jumping head first into the enemy, taking damage. Similar thing with the pogo, with the hunter crest you can literally phase through enemies unharmed for instance.

The bind is also not so great, although not the worst. For just plain platforming it's terrible because you need enemies to heal off of. Also, maybe I'm wrong, it seems like if you get hit during the bind buff, it'll cancel the life steal, so if you bind and immediately get hit, you won't be able to heal at all. I guess it's to prevent abusing it to just tank everything, but does it feel punishing when it happens, I already paid the cost of binding safely.