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Executioner's Stance gives 10% Toughness per second and is able to be refreshed with melee kills. With Catch a Breath active and stacks of Confirmed Kill going, you're going to be passively regenerating over 20% Toughness per second which is a lot! Which is why you take Born Leader to share that Toughness with your team. Combined with the bonus Toughness on kill from Confirmed Kill and Out for Blood, you're feeding your team massive amounts of Toughness over the course of the game.
The playstyle is to use the Achlys Mk VI Power Sword aggressively and pop Executioner's Stance when there are elites and specials that need killing. Weave in shots of the Zarona Mk IIa Quickdraw Stub Revolver to proc Weapons Specialist and Agile Engagement, trying to focus specials as no one likes those guys. The uptime of Executioner's Stance in a regular game for me is between 50-60%, usually maps with events that just spawn trash and few elites will have the lower uptimes.
Could run this build with the Crucis Mk XI Double-Barrelled Shotgun but I personally prefer being able to snipe things with the Revolver. Could also run the Bolt Pistol and for that I would remove Always Prepared and take a different node, such as On Your Toes or one of the Grenade talents.
Finally, I would recommend running this build with the Constant FOV mod since it's quite a clusterfuck to melee with the normal zoomed in FOV of Executioner's Stance: https://www.nexusmods.com/warhammer40kdarktide/mods/91