I personally run 5 warlord, 3 off-sov. Jewelry is 2x genesis of warrior, sent/vic, and warlord. For weapon, I use fortress. You can look me up on killboard (Spitt) to see exactly what I have.
This gives me about 850str, 9k HP, some regen, and about 53% parry. With parry buff, plus stance buff, my parry gets up to 73%. If I use the stat steal bellow (which i usually do) and manage to steal initiative, that gets up to 78%ish.
The reason I run fortress is that previously, the proc gave runspeed which was excellent for catching kiters, or escaping a bad situation. Now, it gives a heal debuff, which is useful when solo against healers. It also has great damage.
Your other alternatives for weapons are:
* Boon (BB) - proc gives extra defences. I was told this doesn't stack with the parry buff, which is why I dont use it. But, I admit I've never tested it myself.
* A different BB weapon - can't remember the name, but there is a weapon that gives health when ur hit. Great for boosting regen.
* LV - I haven't gotten this yet, but its what I want. Stats are great, proc has heal for you, and it has 4% parry.
* Bloodlord Weapon - previously, I would have strongly advised against it. The 10% loss to armour and toughness was too great. With the recent update, that is now only 180 armour and 30 toughness, which is nothing. May be worth revisiting, though I still believe there are better options.
I would also say that we're getting new weapons in July, the upgrades to anathema. No procs on them, which means higher levels of raw stats including DPS.
https://killboard.returnofreckoning.com/item/5501390
I think this is gonna be BiS if your intention is to hurt the enemy!
both me and machirulo ran it for quite a time