MidLevel Charger Killer Help?

[SilverDin]

Howdy, with the surprising influx out LvL 50+ chargers who think they can slay everyone 30 levels above them, (PS.. ribcracker druids also rub me the wrong way) I'm thinking of building an under 69 (botd), mayb 60-65, or whatever the weapon necessitates, 2 or 1 handed dueler. Now for the questions:

1- I'm debating between a 2 handed and 1 handed whirler, now, if I'm whirling and the paladin charges, would he get stunned, or go into stun animation? or will he get hit, and then land a blow?

2- Gear setup

Armor: At first, I was thinking Lionheart (because it's like 290 life on a barb, with all the stats), but then, the advantages of Shaft (30 dr since I'll be dueling mostly paladins) clearly outweigh the advantages of Lionheart.
Helm: Arreat's, I'd think so
Gloves: IK Gloves.. 40 stat = 160 life.. good enough for me
Belt: Nice balance of DR/Vitality Verdungo's (if I get to lvl 63, High string if not)
Rings: 20 Dex Ravens
Amulet: Highlords @ 65, Saracen's if not perhaps? 36 stat = 144 life.. even a +3 warcries 50+ life amulet
Boots: Gores? If not.. high life WaterWalk.
Weapon: this is where it gets JUICY.. I was REALLY leaning towards.. an upgraded.. ethereal pierre tombale (If anyone has one.. pm me) I did the calculations.. and: 158.4 - 720!! Not bad.. considering there's 55% Deadly Strike, maybe lvl 66 req? I have no idea. Or even 70% Deadly Strike with Gores, 90% with Highlords (92% with lvl 20 mastery!), he would be a deadly striking machine. Chances are, I'll have to Shael it, I don't have the calculator at school.. but that's my best bet.

Skills?
Max WW
Max BO

Now.. should I max Shout? max Polearm mastery? a balance of both? Are points more valuable when placed in Iron Skin (doesn't wear off) rather than Shout? or Shout because, you boost the length of both BO and Shout, so you're shout doesn't wear off earlier than your BO ..

Woof.. I look forward to hearing your comments, critisism and suggestions.

[w.t.g]

If i were you, i would go for shield, i know it's hard to find decent damage 1h weapon, but 75% block is just...cool...I am sure you can kill charcers with hat, it's just that they can kill you too:D

-W.t.g

[SilverDin]

They'd most likely have to get 2 charges off to kill me.. regardless.

As well.. I was suggested to get a tele ammy... which I do have.. and will utilize :)

[HelzCaretaker]

like I said charge is useless if the char is on top of them ~~. But a good 2 handed whirlwind barb with a killer high lvl wpn such as upgraded hone sundan or a botd can simply ww away from a charger as they charge you and still deliver a ton of dmg then ww right thru them. A 2 handed charger is quite easy to hit since no shield and low defense. 2handed tele zerk might work nicely too, such as an eth slayer tele zerk bye bye pally ;).

[stevethatsmyname]

i think eth up'ed pierre seems like a good idea. Just be sure to keep the whirls short because pierre is a pretty slow ww weapon... with a shael in it you get 8 frames per ww hit.

[Cleglaw_Himself]

From my experience of ww'ing against 2-hand chargers - they don't get a charge in before they get whirled.

In every fight I was in against them with my ww barb, they charged towards me, I went into a ww in the charge direction, I took no dmg and they died.
[I was standing behind one of the crevasses in the blood moor, so they had to come around it to get to me, then a short ww was all it took].