well i took the advice from here and retrained my cutlass
i now have
3 hack
3 slash
4 cleave
4 flourish
4 thrust
1 sweep
2 brawl
1 taunt
( it does help with bosses)
3 blade storm
1 parry
+ i have blade instinct maxed in dagger
im getting a lot of damage with this combo and would recommend it to people