Soooo... Shadowbringers Monk

[Beddict]

Frankly Monk's potencies are so low and greased lightning's duration is so short that having Form Shift reset the GL timer really doesn't break anything. It just puts Monk's fight flexibility on par with Black Mage, which can do that exact same thing with Enochian/Astral Fire and Transpose. Upkeep for them is more difficult during the fight proper granted, but they aren't absolutely shafted or need 6 niche skills to keep it up. It's even something they have as soon as they get Enochian.

Black Mage is also getting Umbral Soul which will grant Umbral Ice and one Umbral Heart. If you're in a phase transition then just hit Transpose to pop over to Umbral Ice and then spend some GCDs on Umbral Soul to keep Enochian active and start off the next phase with a full stack of Umbral Hearts. It's an instant cast too so you aren't standing around like with Anantman and it doesn't require a target like Six-sided Star. It's amazing how bad the GL management tools are in comparison.

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Black Mage is also getting Umbral Soul which will grant Umbral Ice and one Umbral Heart. If you're in a phase transition then just hit Transpose to pop over to Umbral Ice and then spend some GCDs on Umbral Soul to keep Enochian active and start off the next phase with a full stack of Umbral Hearts. It's an instant cast too so you aren't standing around like with Anantman and it doesn't require a target like Six-sided Star. It's amazing how bad the GL management tools are in comparison.

Same with Dragoon, Blood of the Dragon can now be extended for 59 seconds and Life of the Dragon automatically goes to 30 when activated. Ninja doesn't have to worry about Huton either, it's duration is massive and refreshing it is simple. If you drop it it's on you.

Monk has the most buff upkeep skills of any job, but it's buff upkeep is still going to be the worst because all of the skills have some huge weakness. And the devs nerfed Monks recovery options for Greased Lightning back to having obscene lengths. It's asinine.