Quote Originally Posted by nijian View Post
Only think about Unchained if you are actually "tanking", you're better off just dropping Defiance if you want to OT DPS. Thats 25% of your damage back, and you don't need Inner Beast or Steel or Unchained anymore if you're DPSing. PS: I've out DPS'd PLD MTs since 2.1 (when WARs got BUFFED...) and still do, especially in T13. :P
This is total garbage advice. If you have unchained and Infur up and are DPSing, HS > Defiance > Infur > Unchained > Combo -> Inner Beast > Drop Defiance

There is no reason not to use unchained if you don't need it or infur in the near future because you get a free 300 potency attack out of using it, AND it saves you TP. I start off pulls that I am DPSing on in Defiance, using that strategy, a great opener is:

Infur > Unchained (Pre-pull) > Fract > Brutal > Heavy > Maim > Internal > Berserk > Eye > Heavy > Maim > Path > IB > Drop Defiance > Heavy > Maim > Eye > Fract

Once you become unpacified start with Path if you are needing the debuff, you will only end up with about 1 second of downtime on the debuff even if you aren't esuna'ed. Its worth mentioning you need 390-420 sksp for this to work depending on your latency.

And of course you have outdpsing PLD MTs because they are in Shield Oath. WAR MT will always do more dmg than PLD MT, while PLD OT should do more dps than a WAR OT.