The Monk Temple

[VanWulfen]

STR for sure but as of phase 4, DEX also affects parry/evasion like it did prior to 2.0, so it's not completely irrelevant.

You're going to put all 30 points into STR. Putting points into DEX isn't going to benefit you in no way.

[Recorde]

I don't have that much experience with alternatives, but I felt the best burst rotation for a boss fight (ie best way to utilize Internal Release) was once I got Impulse Drive from Lancer:

Fully Stack Greased Lightning -> Bootshine -> Flank -> Twin Snake -> Internal Release while moving to Rear -> True Strike -> Impulse Drive -> Impulse Drive -> Impulse Drive (I forget the exact count) -> back to regular rotation as Internal Release ends and/or to save Greased Lightning stacks.

This is as a 20/15 MNK/LNC and I am sure there will end up being other alternatives, but I thought it was effective and looked awesome when I would multi-crit those Impulse Drives.

[NoctisUmbra]

STR for sure but as of phase 4, DEX also affects parry/evasion like it did prior to 2.0, so it's not completely irrelevant.

DEX has no effect on evasion. MNK hardly ever parries at all. DEX is a complete waste on MNK.

[Sleverin]

Monk was my first 75 in XI, my first 50 in XIV, and it's definitely going to be my career job in ARR.

My only problem is that I don't understand the difference of "flanking" and enemy and "attacking from behind" and enemy. To flank is to attack from behind the enemy, so is there a difference? Or is this a sorta weird translation?

[Nazrakin]

Monk was my first 75 in XI, my first 50 in XIV, and it's definitely going to be my career job in ARR.

My only problem is that I don't understand the difference of "flanking" and enemy and "attacking from behind" and enemy. To flank is to attack from behind the enemy, so is there a difference? Or is this a sorta weird translation?

Flank is from the side. So you need to stand at the left/right of the mob.

[BrucieBeats]

pugilist checking in, looking forward to that monk :3 i hope they add other fist styles, opo-opo, raptor and coeurl are cool and all but I hope they add some other specialization like drunken fist or way of the dragon( or bahamut haha). Their story has endless potential!! And also I want to be able to challenge each style's martial-arts master. Like in a fight to the death, back to back! also bring back the classic moves, hundred fists, spinning fist, far fist and earth slash, etc! Or make a super dramatic final heaven limit break....

[Arkrival]

Going to love the Pugilist class and even more for the Monk

[Kryto]

I myself was a Mage in FFXI,but after running Pugilist to lvl 38 in phase 3, Monk is the only way to go. FOR NOW. It so.much fun,versatlie keeps you on your feet. By far the best.

[DarkStar]

In pretty much every FF game I've played, Monk was my favorite class; Similarly, all the Monk-like characters were usually my favorite too, particularly Sabin (be awesome if a few more of his Blitzes made their way into FFXIV sometime in the future...). So, I'd say it's no real surprise that I picked Pugilist as my main class for my main character. :3

[Gingigod]

Am i the only pug on Coeurl U_U , feel lonely...