Noobish warrior has question on when to use unchained and IB

[Artaniss]

Hey guys just got 40 on my warrior and from 35 on I was using IB when I was infuriated. But now I dont know when to use unchained or IB which is better to use over the other etc. Are there any macros that you guys use unchained with? Please let this confused noobie know Thanks all...

[M60-Maniac]

innerbeast should be used if your taking damage, or before an attack you know will hurt (revelation in t12, death sentence, things like this) unchained should be used when you want to do more damage, unchained + zerk + maim + bloodbath and OP spam is effectivly a regen aswell as holding hate on a group of enemies

while leveling, id say use unchained when its up and if its on cds use IB to help healers

[JoeDono]

The short answer is that it depends on what's happening in the fight at the time. Unchained is worth more overall damage than IB, but IB comes with really good mitigation. Most Warriors I know use Infuriate before the fight starts so they can use Unchained immediately. Kinda like how most Paladins will pull with Fight or Flight activated. After that, it's up to your knowledge of the fight. Is there a big hit coming? Save that IB to mitigate it. Are the next 30s of the fight easy going? Pop Unchained and enjoy the damage increase.

If you have Berserk and Unchained up at the same time, activate Unchained first. If you turn on Berserk first, it'll probably run out before Unchained does. Then you'll be left with 5 wasted seconds of Unchained while you sit there Pacified from Berserk.

[SpookyGhost]

Unchained: Negates the damage penalty of Defiance, has a 120s CD.
Inner Beast: Heals for 100% of damage dealt and reduces damage taken by 20% for 6s.

So, ideally you want to use Unchained when you have all your offensive CDs up (Berserk + Internal Release). You can use it on trash or on bosses, depending on when you need the damage most. It is best suited for bosses unless you will be taking 2 minutes on the trash before that boss, in which case the CD will reset by the time you get there. Unchained can also be used in conjunction with Bloodbath to boost the healing you receive from your attacks. A good way to get a lot of healing on trash is to pop Vengeance, Unchained, Bloodbath, Berserk, and Internal Release (not all at once, but in between your OP spam) and use OP as many times as you can on as many mobs as you can. You will practically keep yourself topped up on your own this way.

Inner Beast, meanwhile, is used for mitigation purposes. If you don't have Unchained available, IB is your go-to button for damage on single target enemies and to mitigate damage. @50 you'll be using this to mitigate big hits and to mitigate small incoming damage/heal/do damage yourself. Pre-50, however, there aren't any real "big" hits, so you'll be using IB whenever it's available to you.

@45 you'll get access to Steel Cyclone which is essentially a stronger Overpower that costs you 0 TP, only your 5 Wrath stacks. This is used on trash when you have other mitigation CDs available (Vengeance, Thrill of Battle, etc.) and want to get aggro/do damage instead of using Inner Beast.

That's the jist of it.