[Toxicity]

I think it's just aesthetically better to roleplay it out than to try and make a mish-mash combination that'd require coding to be done and reworking as well as rebalancing.

A dazzling flourish of the blade is followed by a heel to the shoulder-

sounds better/looks better than

You have been dazed by a powerful blah blah.
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