WL's Strange Skill Tree

[ponko22]

After the MDPS patch, doesn't everyone think the skill tree for Warlock is strange? It doesn't seem very well thought out.

[Path of the Hunter]
It looks like a tree designed for AoE, but there's clearly a lot of wasted skill.

- Why are Coordinated Strike (simultaneous attack with lion) and Hack (next lion attack is guaranteed to be critical) in this path?

These 2 skills are in this skill tree, so you can't increase your attack power when building a single-target build.
Also, when doing an AoE build, most people set Loner (25 Damage Buff, unable to summon lion) as their TAC, so these 2 skills become unnecessary. And then there's the 11th skill, Hack and Slash (15% armor penetration for slashing balde and Whirling Axe), but for some reason, it reduces the AP for Hack.

- Also, why is Force Opportunity (a single-target armor debuff) at point 9 here?

[Path of The Axeman]
Thin The Herd (healing debuff) at point 13 is a useless skill that nobody uses, as most characters have it at point 9 of their skill tree, but WL has it at point 13 and it requires an attack from the side or rear.

[Path of The Guardign]
Baited Trap at point 11 (Baiting Strike adds an armor buff and increases Disrupt by 10%) lacks the synergy of knocking down opponents upon disruption like Mara does, and Baiting Strike is a PvE skill that reduces monster hate, so it's a completely useless skill.Incidentally, Mara doesn't have this PvE skill. It's a wasted skill slot.

Are there still people using these skills?
For reference, here's a build I'm using for AoE and Single Target.
I'm still experimenting with defensive builds.

- Single Target
https://builder.returnofreckoning.com/c ... 3,521,9198

- AoE
https://builder.returnofreckoning.com/c ... 4,9202,521