Shockwave query

Howdy.
I have a new claws/SR scrapper, and I have some questions about Shockwave.
I know that its damage is nice, huge cone, nice range... but the knockback. I'm still torn on it.
Any suggestions? Why take it? Why not? I would like to think I'm skilled enough to position myself properly... but sometimes I panic a bit, and I hate when people screw with my mobs when I'm on my tank.

Solutions?

I always try to pull my groups into a corner and then blast them with shockwave to knock them into the corner. Then I tear into them with my attack chains and viola!!! Shredded bad guys! It usually works 9 out of ten times. I was worried because of the knockback myself (as I also hate when my herds are split up) but claws is too fun to pass up just because of a little setback. Try it out for yourself and you will understand the beauty and slashy (?) goodness of the Clan of the Claw!!! Good luck and let us know how it works out.

I use shockwave a lot, and most definately along the line that Sagitaur17 states.

Use it actively to clump groups into terrain features.

The other use is for a little breathing room, such as to use aid self, and most critters just come running right back to you.

I would never skip it. Even on a defense set that benefits from having mobs close to me. It's too much of a godsend in terms of an "oh crap" button, or something to start off alpha with.

Thanks everyone. I'll definitely pick it up in 26 levels.

Shockwave mobs into a corner or other fixture, which positions them well for Eviscerate's smaller but much more damaging cone.

Shockwave and Eviscerate are two reasons my Claws brute hasn't hit level 50 yet (that and I just love scrapping soo much more). I paired claws with Willpower so by level eight and Spin I was already bumping up the difficulty slider and by 20 with RTTC, recovery and fast healing matched up with Spin and Focus I was a monster. I had never had any toon that felt so strong and could kill large groups so fast at such an early level.

Then , power choices seemed to not be as rewarding past 20, and I grew bored. Eviscerate's tiny cone and fugly activation, and then Shockwave's massive knockfarfarback were major let downs, especially as a WP toon herding up multiple full groups together to fuel RTTC and fury and keeping everything tight for the quisinart of Spin. And there's not much more to willpower after level 20 either.

Followup, Spin, Shockwave, repeat

Watch the spawns fly all over the battlefield and die in short order.

I still love claws over all other powersets.

I had a nasty bit of revenge I utilized on an Energy blaster who had been targeting my targets for an entire mission and knocking them away from me. (he was targeting through me and knocking them back just as I was closing to melee range, I know it was intentional because he was using Power Push)

.....I waited until he started the animation for Nova and Shockwaved everything out of range of it. He was pissed, I was smiling. Good times.