Some updates guys.
I’ve decided to go Highlander3 instead of Highlander2>Barbarian1 for the following reason, and I think it would be nice to share this thought with everyone:
Cleave gives 50% more damage to Slash for 5 seconds.
Skull Swing ignores the afflicted target’s defense permanently.
Attaque Coquille ignores the afflicted target’s defense for X seconds, if your attack is Pierce.
Now, I’ve seen many Fencer builds and I always see Attaque Coquille lv4 in them, or lv1, but rarely above it, and that’s because of the Defence Ignore Uptime x Cooldown Timing, of 8 seconds.
Now, considering that you could spare 4 points in Fencer if you just didn’t pick Attaque Coquille at all, because you already have Skull Swing, that would be the best indeed, much so that Skull Swing is even a better skill overall.
I also did rough calculations, and a lv10 Skyliner with Skull Swing would do marginally the same damage as a lv5 with the Cleave buff, in a 500 STR build (the less STR in the build, the most insignificant Cleave’s buff become).
In PvP Skull Swing would also disable an enemy permanently, which is another great tool to use combined with Hook, and Fencer3’s Disarm.
Well, after all that, here’s the build I’ve done.
Thank you, and judge me!