Quote Originally Posted by Nyghtmarerobu View Post
I don't know where this notion that monk isn't suited for raid is coming from. Monk is still the highest preforming melee dps in the game, that has not changed. They may lack some raid utility that the other 2 bring to the table, but that's at the cost of their own personal dps, where monk is still king, even if it is only by a small margin.
Their personal dps does not make up for the loss of party buffs, if you had to pick between drg and mnk drg will bring more party dps, if you had to pick between nin and mnk nin will bring more party dps.

Dragon kick is not needed if the party has a DRK, and mantra is as much needed as cure III in current content (it's not). They are not as bad as to say you won't clear if you have a monk, but they are as bad as to say you will have a much easier time if you take any other melee other than monk.