I don't see rupture mentioned.
Shatter, pummel, dbl attack, rupture, spare points in whatever. Sweeping blow is OK for left over points for some aoe action
With his build hot swapping with an axe for rupture isn't necessary. I know this because I can out dps warriors around my level that do or have hot swapped and his build is super similar to mine but with better gear so I'm pretty sure he can do the same. Plus you want a little bit of survivability in your build and having maxed out def formation certainly does that. You also never included frenzy... You need to have frenzy with a spear because with spears your autos can really pack a punch if you have the right gear which he has, and frenzy adds dmg and attack which is needed to have good autos. I would take frenzy/def formation over rupture any day with my build
Oh yeah forgot about frenzy as its annoying to recast constantly. All I know is at lvl 202 I'm getting 2 bars per lix on a super combo. Frenzy, pummel, shatter, dbl attack, sweeping blow, and rupture. I hotswap a shadow fire str mord spear with despoiler hammer and use the poison haste dagger offhand. Gear is trailblazer set, imperial pummel necro brace, and a couple osan or something skill boost rings. I like to grab 3 mobs at a time, auto 1 with shatter, dbl attack and pummel another, and rupture the 3rd and use the blow skill for an aoe DMG. As one dies I collect the next. This does require some restos but not a crazy amount. But I'm not worried about using restos.