hello i am new to dos i usually play as a tank i was just wondering are dots a must?

[Zamii]

There are a few exceptions that are highly debatable to keep up (Fracture on MNK for example), but for all class and job-native skills this is generally a truth.

TP issues asside, using fracture on monk has to be done carefully, you need to alternate fracture with ToD essentially in order to make sure you never lose dragon kick or twin snakes buffs, otherwise its actually a net lose in DPS

[RylaiBluecrow]

people've already said a lot. however i do want to mention that:

1. touch of death can be reapply literally whenever, however best between 1~3 seconds for tp efficiency
2. when you still have GL stack time left, demolish is around 4~5 seconds left on target,
(a).reapply touch of death
(b).use fracture
the point is to waste a 2 second gcd so that you can reapply demolish perfectly within 1~3.

wouldn't suggest focusing on fracture, it's a tp slut and it's slashing damage but not blunt, which would not be affected by dragon kick.

[CGMidlander]

people've already said a lot. however i do want to mention that:

1. touch of death can be reapply literally whenever, however best between 1~3 seconds for tp efficiency
2. when you still have GL stack time left, demolish is around 4~5 seconds left on target,
(a).reapply touch of death
(b).use fracture
the point is to waste a 2 second gcd so that you can reapply demolish perfectly within 1~3.

wouldn't suggest focusing on fracture, it's a tp slut and it's slashing damage but not blunt, which would not be affected by dragon kick.

Fracture is blunt on Monk.

[Zophar]

It surprises me how many people there are out there that think "dots aren't worth the time." I literally, when I was finishing up my zeta bow, had another brd in my light farm party, consistently in the 7th/8th enmity slot trying to tell me that VB/WB are just not worth using over Heavy Shot on a fight that only lasts 2 minutes. The idea that this person was just days away from being a zeta brd made me sad. So happy to see such a unanimous agreement on this front.

[SeraviEdalborez]

people've already said a lot. however i do want to mention that:

1. touch of death can be reapply literally whenever, however best between 1~3 seconds for tp efficiency
2. when you still have GL stack time left, demolish is around 4~5 seconds left on target,
(a).reapply touch of death
(b).use fracture
the point is to waste a 2 second gcd so that you can reapply demolish perfectly within 1~3.

wouldn't suggest focusing on fracture, it's a tp slut and it's slashing damage but not blunt, which would not be affected by dragon kick.

Even if Fracture was slashing (it isn't; damage type is determined by the weapon you're using not the job it's from), the DoT portion isn't anyways.