How flexible is the basic Monk rotation?

[spelley]

Another really great way to setup your hotbars is to base them on what I'm calling Separation of Concerns:

- Main Bar is for GCDs I use in my main rotation, 1-6 and QERTFG (easy to reach)
- My Mouse buttons (M1-M6) are for commonly used DAMAGE oGCDs (easy to reach)
- CTRL+Mouse buttons is for CONTROLLING pets (SCH, SMN, MCH Turrets) or CONTROLLING damage (Tank Defensive CDs). For DPS, this is where my longer-cooldown offensive oGCDs live.
- ALT is for Alternative Strategies/Options. Silences/Stuns/Heavies/Sleeps live here, Elusive Jump/Second Wind/Bloodbath on DRG, etc. Used less often

Because I play multiple classes, I also make things consistent. 4 is my "buff" GCD (Heavy Thrust, Hot Shot, Straight Shot), 5 is my primary DOT (Phlebotomize, Lead Shot, Venomous Bite), M1 is my stun, etc. Obviously, I have a gaming mouse which helps IMMENSELY, but regardless you can see the basic idea. Keeping things blocked off in logical groupings really helps.

[MonkDace]

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Right now my main hotbar is 1: Touch of Death, 2: Dragon Kick, 3: Bootshine, 4: Twin Snakes, 5: True strike, 6: Snap Punch, 7: Demolish. My muscle memory before was tied to "If we are at the rear, odd numbers, if we are at the flank, even numbers" so as you can see, fixing the redundant Demolish problem is tripping me up a little bit unless I can adapt it, otherwise I may have to take your advice and rethink the arrangement.