Why do Warriors get Savage Blade as a cross class skill?

[Kell]

As topic, I'm all ears. Is there any use for this at all?

As far as I can tell, it's a Skull Sunder that isn't part of a usable Wrath generating weaponchain.

That makes it not just 'kind of not useful', but 'entirely, utterly useless', unless I'm missing something.

[Hachiko]

Paladins get Skull Sunder as well. It seems pointless to me too.

[Giantbane]

I'd be willing to bet the intent of sunder/savage blade being crossed classed has nothing to do with either the WAR or PLD. Instead, it's an option for one of the other base classes, say a pugilist or lancer for instance, to act as a make shift tank if they so desired. It still has the bonus enmity property even if it's not part of a chain.

WAR gets savage blade and PLD get skull sunder more as a matter of completeness and consistency (they get to use every other cross class skill from the other's respecitve class). But it doesn't serve any actual useful purpose to either class as far as I can tell.