The Monk Temple

[Jahaudant]

I asked this in another thread but this one is clearly far more active so I'll also propose it here:

While the DOT skills are higher total potency, have you considered that you are wasting a GCD that could otherwise be used to start your next cycle, leading to higher potency/crits/gl/etc.

I'm no MNK expert but I'd like to hear people's thoughts on the DOT skills with this in mind.

[Powercow]

I asked this in another thread but this one is clearly far more active so I'll also propose it here:

While the DOT skills are higher total potency, have you considered that you are wasting a GCD that could otherwise be used to start your next cycle, leading to higher potency/crits/gl/etc.

I'm no MNK expert but I'd like to hear people's thoughts on the DOT skills with this in mind.

There's no combo skills that are as powerful as even the weakest of our DoTs. Even Bootshine with the 100% crit bonus isn't as strong as Fracture. Building up to 3 GL isn't that hard, and having it slightly sooner isn't worth the lost long-term DPS. Maintaining GL is very possible and very easy while maintaining your DoTs.

So no, there's no wasted GCDs for your DoTs.

[Vektrat]

I asked this in another thread but this one is clearly far more active so I'll also propose it here:

While the DOT skills are higher total potency, have you considered that you are wasting a GCD that could otherwise be used to start your next cycle, leading to higher potency/crits/gl/etc.

I'm no MNK expert but I'd like to hear people's thoughts on the DOT skills with this in mind.

DoTs have many advantages over instant skill, any DoT close to dmg to a regular skill will always be far superior.

• DoTs can crit
• DoTs are guaranteed dmg once in
• DoTs will continue doing damage even if you are busy killing adds / the boss moves / you are incapacitated
• DoTs do damage while you are doing other skills
• ...