Monk 3.0 CHAKRA UNLEASHED

[SunnyHirose]

That's really, really strange. Looks like further investigation is needed... again

Even with that adjustment, FFLogs seems to err on the side of reporting higher damage taken than the mobs supposedly have HP. But the numbers we get are all we can go on. (yoshi pls)

[Shortie]

So I used Momo's A3S opener yesterday during raid and I was able to consistently finish the 1st phase in the high 1700s & P2 around 1600 which is way higher than my usual. Finished the fight at 1430 DPS (12 minutes) but felt like it could've been higher if I didn't Tornado Kick 5ish GCDs early :>

Which one is MoMos opener? I searched the pages and cant find it. Is it the one posted by the OP?
Sorry for dumb question.

[Ricdeau]

Which one is MoMos opener? I searched the pages and cant find it. Is it the one posted by the OP?
Sorry for dumb question.

It was in a video that was posted, but Valsemiel outlined the opener on the previous page.

[Xenon_S]

I have some questions regarding gearing my mnk alt

It's an alt so i havent invested any esoterics in yet
So far I have the thordan weapon, Void ark chest/leg/boots, 2x210 rings, the rest are protogordian 190 gear
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/S7KX
I can sustain 4min dummy parse of 1350 ish, no food pots party bonus
I havent quite worked out fracture, so its most likely not optimal, but i do believe this is appreciable dps
though admittedly elixir field and howling fists are occastionally hitting the other dummie nearby so... give or take a bit

How should I go about upgrading my gear, I have A1/2S on farm progressing through A3S
It seems the esoteric head/belt are potential BiS due to crit det, but are the VA pieces viable or should I replace them too?

[Melch]

I havent quite worked out fracture, so its most likely not optimal, but i do believe this is appreciable dps
though admittedly elixir field and howling fists are occastionally hitting the other dummie nearby so... give or take a bit

How should I go about upgrading my gear, I have A1/2S on farm progressing through A3S
It seems the esoteric head/belt are potential BiS due to crit det, but are the VA pieces viable or should I replace them too?

I personally don't use fracture anymore, but I'm pretty sure you can fit it in the opener rotation during your potion effect. After that I wouldn't recommend to use fracture.
Also esoteric body is your BiS, legs are not due to the lack of accuracy, but they are still really good.

[Butcherboy]

Quick question here since im confuse what im suppose to be going for. Do we main as much crit now due to higher stat weight? iwas hitting over 860 crit but had to drop it due to getting striking feet from AS2. its only acc and det and lost of crit. right now im lvl 204 with crit 764 and det 506 ss 605. im still using the 190 ring since it wont drop for me. i would just like to know if i should be going for as much crit as much as possible

[Ricdeau]

Quick question here since im confuse what im suppose to be going for. Do we main as much crit now due to higher stat weight? iwas hitting over 860 crit but had to drop it due to getting striking feet from AS2. its only acc and det and lost of crit. right now im lvl 204 with crit 764 and det 506 ss 605. im still using the 190 ring since it wont drop for me. i would just like to know if i should be going for as much crit as much as possible

You always go for what gives you the highest stat weight while maintaining your accuracy requirements. We don't have procs based on crit or anything. Crit is the highest weighted secondary by itself, but that's where it ends. Don't really focus on stacking anything, but look for what gives you the highest STR contribution as a whole. Sometimes that will come from getting lots of crit other times you may skip crit pieces because another piece weighs in more. Just run the math and it's as simple as that really. Monk has it pretty nice for secondaries since none of them are detrimental one way or the other. We have no SS threshold to aim for, we have no procs to worry about...you just get the stats that give you the highest STR weight overall and call it a day.

[ShadowYomi]

Does skill speed tend to come into play with the timing of fracture? Also can the use of fracture a thex weapon and only one piece of gear be the reason why a fc mate is beating me out by around 50 to 60 when I am being parsed. Him at 1470 me at around 1416.

[Ricdeau]

SS doesn't play a huge role for monk timing. It can change your timing of some oGCDs, but that's mainly it. You'd have to have a ton of it to really change your GCD rotation greatly. Mechanics+skill speed can every so often make a difference, but that's pretty rare since the change in GCD won't be that big.

Weapon ilvl is the biggest factor for DPS though. Weapon damage makes a big impact even if nothing else changes.

[ShadowYomi]

Also but with the use of fracture should my demolish be either at 1 second or about to fall off right before I apply it again?