The Monk Temple

[bokchoykn]

Fracture: yes or no?

Yes, to varying degrees.

Fracture's damage is higher than the Monk's average Weapon Skill. However, it is low on damage per TP spent.

If TP is a non-issue in the fight, use Fracture when:

• Dragon Kick, Twin Snakes and Demolish are up. If they're not, you're better off using your stance weaponskills to move through the stances and get these up.
  
• Touch of Death is up. Otherwise, ToD should take priority over Fracture.
  
• Your target will actually live through the entire 18 second duration. Otherwise, you're not getting the most bang for your buck.

Aside from the above, use Fracture when you want to use a rear/flank attack but can't due to positioning restrictions (eg. You're dodging Plumes in a certain direction). Fracture basically serves as a filler here, allowing you to do something with your Global Cooldown and buy two seconds to get into position for your next attack.

[ufufu]

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Good info, thanks. What do you think of my gear upgrade question?

[Arkista]

Just got Allagan Striking head should I use it over Melee? My Acc is fine with the 15 loss.

[NoctisUmbra]

Just got Allagan Striking head should I use it over Melee? My Acc is fine with the 15 loss.

If your accuracy is fine, then I don't see how there is even a question.

[Arkista]

If your accuracy is fine, then I don't see how there is even a question.

Well I'm losing 6 Crit. I haven't been playing much lately since 2.1, I switched to Allagan Feet over Melee (for the stat change) and it just seems like I haven't done a high Crit hit like I'm use to seeing pre 2.1. Pre 2.1 the highest Crit I ever had was 787 and I seen it quite a bit, But since switching and losing Crit the highest I've seen is like 746.

So I guess I should be asking if DET is increasing my overall DMG and maybe I shouldn't just worry about the high spike DMG?

[THETRUESELF]

Simply saving Steel Peak and Howling Fist for fast conflags is sufficient.

Maintain your normal rotation, really. I just always pop IR/B4B and save steel peak/howling fist for the burn conflags.

If positioned decently for, you can get rear hits like bootshine/true strike in for a bit more damage of course. But don't risk it if the rear is in front/risk taking hit from plummet, etc.

Okay, thanks for your replies. Already doing it though. Oh- one more question- do you guys still use ur dots on (2nd/4th) conflag? Or is this more a like a "waste of time"?

[NoctisUmbra]

Well I'm losing 6 Crit. I haven't been playing much lately since 2.1, I switched to Allagan Feet over Melee (for the stat change) and it just seems like I haven't done a high Crit hit like I'm use to seeing pre 2.1. Pre 2.1 the highest Crit I ever had was 787 and I seen it quite a bit, But since switching and losing Crit the highest I've seen is like 746.

So I guess I should be asking if DET is increasing my overall DMG and maybe I shouldn't just worry about the high spike DMG?

Crit does not increase the damage of your crits. it increases the likelihood of landing a crit.

One point of determination weighs higher than one point of crit.

Any point of accuracy above cap is a completely useless.

[NoctisUmbra]

Okay, thanks for your replies. Already doing it though. Oh- one more question- do you guys still use ur dots on (2nd/4th) conflag? Or is this more a like a "waste of time"?

Since they don't stay up long enough for the DoTs to tick off, using DoTs on fast conflags would be a reduction in DPS. Therefore no, I do not. In fact, I never use a single DoT skill on any conflag.

[KuroganeAre]

Can anyone tell me what the stat caps are for MNK?

[Arkista]

Crit does not increase the damage of your crits. it increases the likelihood of landing a crit.

One point of determination weighs higher than one point of crit.

Any point of accuracy above cap is a completely useless.

Ok thanks for the info. Just not sure why my highest crits have went down by almost 40 DMG points.