Look here Beginner build guides Compendium (for AoM + FG expansions) under “2H melee” 
all of them are soldier based and one i actually a fire build 
You need no AoE when leveling, you just wanna kill bosses and complete quests. Killing trash mobs is just waste of time, unless you need to farm a specific monster infrequent item that they can drop.
If you want some more AoE on 2H cadence, get fightning form to 12/12 for 3 targets, and some points in Zolhans technique.
Finally, skills with good AoE usually have bad single target damage, meaning the hard fights will take longer time and become more dangerous.