MNK Tornado Kick

[SpeckledBurd]

Can you offer any thoughts, and I know there will be a lot of people out there saying "Omg GL should never drop off!" But why offer Tornado Kick with a 10 sec cooldown if you never use it.

You shouldn't be doing that.

Like flat out, Greased Lightning's 30% damage boost and 15% haste is the most potent buff in the game, and 330 potency from using Tornado Kick is not strong enough to make up for dropping it. Greased Lightning is such a potent buff that it's still just debatable as to whether using it at the end of Riddle of Fire is an overall DPS gain.

The only time to use it is still the last half 1% of a fight, when the boss jumps and loss of Greased Lightning is unavoidable, or when you're on the razors edge off a DPS check and it looks like you're going to die without a quick burst of damage

But why offer Tornado Kick with a 10 sec cooldown if you never use it.

Excellent question. We're still not sure. When you look at it in the context of Tackle Mastery and Riddle of Earth existing, Perfect Balance still having a 3 minute cooldown, and Riddle of Fire removing Monk's trademark haste, the best answer we have been able to come up with is "Nobody on the dev team actually plays Monk".

[stanrir]

the best answer we have been able to come up with is "Nobody on the dev team actually plays Monk".

this is the best thing I have read on the forums in a long time XD
The only time i pop off Tornado kick is when i have to run away for mechs a lot of endgame fights force you to drop greased lighting like hot potatoes