Monk - GL and Chakra

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Since we lost Riddle of Wind and getting stacks back is much harder (minus Perfect Balance but that's more for DPS optimization). However with Anantman at 78 we can place a hold on our stacks timer /form and if it's at GL3 going into GL4 increase it naturally through it. So we shouldn't have an issue losing our stacks due to phase transitions if we're standing still do to Anantman but like Meditate for SAMs if we move out of it, it's wasted. Granted Anantman is bad when you only have a couple seconds left on your timer as it doesn't reset it (unless you're not at max stacks), only holds it in place.

Brotherhood, GL4, and our aoe combos are great for getting Enlightment BUT still require dumb rng chances instead of assured chakra. That's one of MNK's biggest problems where the other jobs have control of their gauges a MNK has issues with both GL and Chakra. GL through the new skills is becoming less of an issue but RNG elements are still king, and knowing that we don't even have a 100% assured chance of getting Chakra off Bootshine (only 70%) doesn't help us. It feels amazing when we shoot off enlightments but I'd like to have some control for making that an assured deal past the prepull where I know I can have a full set of chakra.

A problem I still see in this thread is Tornado Kick. I have no idea what they were thinking removing Riddle of Wind but keeping TK as it was as the two were meant for each other. I don't have Six Sided Star but my judgement makes me think they wanted to make it the new TK with it's potency and refreshing of GL stacks, but it's a GCD that resets every other GCD to it's own longer timer. With TK eating our stacks it looks like it's still going to be delegated for the final cashout, but I'm not sure.

[Brill_]

Granted Anantman is bad when you only have a couple seconds left on your timer as it doesn't reset it (unless you're not at max stacks), only holds it in place.

Not true. It resets the timer even at full stacks. The problem with using it with only a few seconds left is it waits for a server tick. There's a chance GL wears off before the tick that resets the timer.