OK, Blade: Shun shouldn't yield nearly the same damage at level 3 (I'm riding 5 Merit WS, so I can't max out any of them) that it does at level 1. Unless I'm missing something that causes this WS to jump to 2,000+ damage, something is gravely wrong when Blade: Jin outperforms it even after spending 45 merit points. Even raising the DEX modifier values would help.