i guess i have a phone that took the update because I couldnt root through odin, framaroot, or installing supersu via default.
kingroot worked though. maybe i needed to reboot because it took a few times hitting the fix button before root finally stuck. but now i can finally uninstall the bloat.
(NewKingrootV5.3.0_C187_B572_office_release_2017_10_25_20171026133731_105133.apk)