I was thinking of rolling up a Svirf Axe/Hand spec with Gates/Autumn and going village berserker...

Axe for pincer lag goodness
Hand for stun (to get me out of trouble spots) and pummel (damage output)

Gates for dam redux
Autumn for defenses...

Does anyone have any experience with a similar build and can let me know of any strengths/weaknesses they had?

I can see this build being a bit weak on defenses even with gates/autumn due to lack of defensive spec and the inability to reduce to make maximum use of autumn...

But will stone skin (+ stonekin edge), ragers resist, gates be enough to counteract those weaknesses?