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So while my mnk is 55 at the time of this posting, I've been wondering if anyone has some tips for during better DPS? Let me preface this by saying that I have no intentions of maining monk, but at the same time, I do want to do my best with it. Any help or tips would be appreciated!
Some questions I have are:
-Should I cross class Fracture, and if yes, how often should I use it?
-When is a good time to charge up Chakra mid pull?
Thanks for any tips!
I'm not a master monk but hold my own alright. One of the biggest things is making sure you are always facing target, either from lock-on or using strafe set-up, since auto-attacks are a huge chunk of monk damage, outside of just knowing your rotation really well. As for fracture, in some cases it's a damage increase but really only then, it's not something you want to try to keep up 100%. Check the monk thread for more specifics there as I choose to avoid using it since I'm not crystal clear myself on when it's good/when it's bad. For chakra, I think the only time you'd want it use it during your combos is if you are only 1 stack away, otherwise it's a dps loss, always try to charge between pulls/when dodging when you're actually going to have a break from damage.
I'm sure there are more intricacies that a monk main can provide insight on. I really like monk and enjoy optimizing, but I just don't have the experience with monk as I do with drg.
Fracture is a DPS increase but only when meeting certain criterias.
Is DK/TS up and will be up until they are reset? Will you miss a tick of Demolish/ToD? Will you have enough TP to last the whole fight? If any of these are no then fracture is a loss. It has the lowest DoT potency and therefore isn't worth sacrificing for either ToD or Demo. Losing the buff from DK/TS is also loss in damage. Due to it's TP requirement TP is also drained quicker than it would if you didn't use fracture.
As for chakra using it when you have 4 stacks is a potency increase, but don't do this after popping IR/BfB. So either use it before popping them or after they have run out.
GL3>Chakra so focus on getting to Couerl form during down time before stacking chakra.
Fracture has always been a DPS increase. It was out of favor in 2.x due to the TP cost. Thanks to having both a 400 TP restore, and a 300 TP restore, many say that Fracture is now worth using.
Personally, I like to use Forbidden Chakra while buffed with IR, BfB, and BB. That is also about the only time I like to use Fracture - it's not a big enough DPS increase for the TP cost otherwise, IMO.
You should be at 5 Chakra stacks when you start an encounter, for use either in restoring 300 TP or in using Forbidden Chakra. The only time it is worth building stacks mid-fight is if you are forced out of Melee range to avoid an AE, or if the enemies pull some disappearing act on you.
Only time I charge up meditation stacks is pre pull, during invuln period and when invig is on cool down and i don't have enough tp to use my next ability. One meditation stack is enough to delay my gcd enough to restore the tp needed for my next ability and I continue this until I reach 5. This way you're less likely to lose GL3. Realistically the only time I use purification is on A2S. Every other encounter has enough downtime where you won't need it if you have BRD/MCH/NIN in the party.
As far as dps goes, don't fall into the lazy rotation of using the 3 flank moves, 3 rear moves, 3 flank, 3 rear, repeat.