i think you could do that rank thing you mean but …
out of these 3 builds, the 2nd one has the most damage. i would get Gae Bulg for sure and max it out, Soar only needs 1 point if any at all in it. take out a point of Serpentine or Dragon Tooth, it doesnt really matter much which one , to give Soar 1 skill point.
your first build is also good for pve, though i hadnt checked out the skills, but it has less damage overall to your 2nd one due to not having Deeds of Valor.
Deeds of valor is also a misunderstood skill. go ahead and max it and know that the drawbacks arent massive to it. like at lv 5 if you were goign to get hit for 1k, with max lv deeds you’d only take 1250 damage or something like this. you could actually max it at lv 10 technically and still get bang for your buck :]