Yeah i noticed those links, but to be honest i can manage them 1 out of 5 times in training, let alone in matches where its close to 0. The link is weird, and the reward isn't really there to bother. j.A, 1/2 launches. If i can squeeze 2500 hp, i'm happy. The big damages are when i'm in awakening, i don't really need them before.
The only annoying thing with shabrys is that she can't prevent the opponent to enter awakening, or at least with minimal health, as her basic, and even advanced combos doesn't deal much damages. And meter doesn't change anything to that, except again in awakening where she's a beast.
Also, 214214C is kinda retarded. The opponent can burst after you buff the inputs, so it's only usable when he has no burst, which will be known and people will wait for awakening / or death combo to burst. Early burst won't happen against us, and this is a pain, because it completely shut down our damage potential.