no. First, I do not recommend pummel until you are a little closer to end game. Second, He wants a good leveling build. Pvp is for fun. Extremely irrelevant for people his level. Third, why can't he invest skill points into stance, or frenzy? I find 4 damage skills enough. Please don't give bad and irrelevant advice to someone looking for the opposite. I respect your opinion but it's not what would be best for him.Get sigils to narrow the time you need to regen between battles.
Until lvl 46, work on a 2vit-2str-1foc stat build. After this, 3str-2vit. Don't worry about energy. Warden, met, frozen sets etc. will solve it with aura.
For skills, Rupture, Shatter, Double Attack and Pummel should be enough. That's up to 30k to pay on skills I think. When you get spare points, invest them into Giant Swing. Try levelling shield bash when you have points and the skills I mentioned earlier are all maxed. Should help with PvP, and also with facing stronger enemies.
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