Which enchant?Follow

I just picked up a sun eater earlier, so I'm debating between Executioner and Mongoose. I know the difference between the two, but all I've done is up to kara, so I'm not sure what to expect when I go into harder things like ZA, Gruul, or Mag. On the one hand I could be going in with DPS who are better geared than I am as a tank, making it hard to hold aggro. OTOH the extra avoidance might save my life. Any suggestions?

I have never seen a tanking weapon with executioner on it, do people actually do that?

mongoose > executioner, IMHO.

ArP is good in large numbers in top end DPS builds.

You'll want the crit (something many tanks lack anyways) from mongoose, the avoidance bonus is good as well.

Mongoose is about 1% crit all the time (4% x 15 seconds / minute) which essentially acts like hit for tanking.

I wish their was an expertise enchant though.

this has been brought up in a few other forums, and although you will not like this answer [unless you are rich] it makes the most sense.

both enchants are great.

they are also used for different purposes.

executioner : more threat than mongoose... however, no mitigation. Should be used on fights where threat is more important than surviving [farmed content, trash, and a few progression bosses]

mongoose : the crit will do less threat, hands down. But, you also gain dodge and some armor, making this a better enchant for your avoidance set.


As far as for a main tanking set, either one is kind of a tossup. The dodge and armor is nice, but depending on how the rest of your raid is geared and what your guys' playstyle is, executioner can be better.