How does MNK AoE compare?

[Krindor]

Monk cannot come anywhere near blm aoe unless the blm is rather bad.
In terms of mellee however it does have the highest aoe out of the 3 and i tend to lean towards Monk being higher aoe then Bard and Mach as well

If your average MNK deals the same damage as your average BLM in the fight that is consisting of 90% AoE were a BLM can basically turret, how can a BLM be so much better?

EDIT: http://www.fflogs.com/statistics/7#boss=19
Here is how all the DPS did in A2S.

[StouterTaru]

It really depends on how the AoE is set up.

If you're talking dungeon trash that allows for down time between pulls for TP regen, and dies fast because the whole party is doing good AoE, MNK is near the top. If it's large pack of dungeon trash that lives for 45+ seconds because the party sucks at AoE, a MNK can't carry the party through that like a BLM/SMN/BRD/MCH.

In the parts of A2S where there are more than 4 mobs in a cluster, BLM blows MNK away. When it's 2-3 mobs, MNK is basically getting bonus damage on their AoE oGCDs while BLM would end up doing about the same or less by going into AoE mode.

[RiisWolf]

In a nutshell: MNK is best melee AoE. Ranged Attackers are always better.

[Morzy]

I also have MNK and I will say I think it really does not need a AoE buff, not because I agree with others who said the AoE on it is as good as BLM (which I do not think is true unless the BLM is bad) but because it's single target DPS is high enough to compensate for any lacking potential AoE damage. If MNK got a AoE buff then I think all the other physical DPS should get single target damage buffs to match MNK single target damage output...which of course would annoy a vast amount of other MNKS who take such pride in being one of the highest single target damage classes in the game.

You really dont understand why monks even want or got a buff.

I dont have a issue with my current DPS frankly our last mnk buff was a surprise. What i have a issue with is our lack in utility and frankly thus far all SE has done is increased our DPS to compensate(or so i believe).

But sure. We dont need a buff, ur right, we need utility.

[StouterTaru]

But sure. We dont need a buff, ur right, we need utility.

You got Dragon Kick, that's a 10% boost to melee damage from the mages in your group. Aint that utility enough?

[Rawrz]

You got Dragon Kick, that's a 10% boost to melee damage from the mages in your group. Aint that utility enough?

xD I think AST is slashing damage... maybe SCH/SMN/WHM/THM are blunt? XD Oh yeah keep that up for my auto deeps!