Finally ironing out a playstyle i can get into. But i havent messed with chanters at all. Thinking one handed rapier for trixte skald (probably gravecalling sabre as back up for pesky undead) or dual sabres for trixter/zerker. Any tips on this playstyle?

Take a look this single-rapier trickster/skald if that's what you're into.

 

I hear that Trickster/Berserker works, and yeah, dual whatevers will probably be fine. Bear in mind that about half of Trickster's unique benefits are defensive, so you'll be using those to mitigate any potential squishiness. The other half are AoE debuffs, so you're probably gonna want to make a bee line to some sort of Confusion mitigation.