Is Mantra 5 or 10%?

[Hundred]

The tooltip says 5%....but other sources say 10% and well it seems odd for the PUG's Enhanced to be 4x more potent.

I mean hell 5% is pitiful.

[Uliq]

The tooltip says 5%....but other sources say 10% and well it seems odd for the PUG's Enhanced to be 4x more potent.

I mean hell 5% is pitiful.

Mantra is 5% by game text and it makes perfect sense for PUG/MNK to have x4 on it considering its the only melee class that has no defense. ARC has a higher static then MNK/PUG does because it can get away with stating all dex.

[SpookyGhost]

No point in cross classing Mantra, if that's why you're asking.

[Tang]

Mantra is 5% by game text and it makes perfect sense for PUG/MNK to have x4 on it considering its the only melee class that has no defense. ARC has a higher static then MNK/PUG does because it can get away with stating all dex.

I....I don't really see the relevance with what you posted with what he asked.

Anyway, Mantra is originally a PUG/MNK skill and with all cross skills the class that it originated from will have a stronger upgraded form of it that they get from leveling up via trait. In this case as a cross skill Mantra is 5% and for PUGs its 20%. Work in the same way with fracture for Marauders. As a cross skill it lasts 15 sec, for Marauders its 30 sec thanks to trait.

[nijian]

Keep in mind, these cross class abilities are always more powerfl on their originating class due to the TRAITS they acquire every few levels. A MAR's dot initially is only 15 seconds, but becomes 30 in the lvl40s.

However, Mantra does strike me as being overly WEAK for a Tanking skill.

[Purplecannon]

The paladin healing increase is 20% to self only while mantra is 5% to everyone in the party, so if you do not have a monk in your composition, this ability could be very useful to a Tank. In turn 4, I off-tank as a warrior and use mantra for periods where there is high damage to both tanks and during the end of phase 6 for the pulsing pillar AoE. If you do have a monk in your composition then it is probably better to grab some other cool-down as a tank.

[Hundred]

Well with Fracture while the DoT is increased. That's not actually doubling the damage. Since it's 15s + 100 potency at the start. At 20 potency a tick and a tick being every 3s, the trait only adds 100 potency. Thats a 50% improvement.
I thought maybe because there are other sources saying that its 10% it may just be that the in-game text might be false so wanted to see if anyone confirmed. Since well 5-20% is like 4x better and most traits don't make a skill 4x better which is why I wondered if it was a mistake.

[Purplecannon]

The other monk traits are also pretty big increases. The 15% avoidance cooldown becomes 25%. I think the 5% just seems underwhelming to a tank because the ability doesn't just affect you it affects everyone in the party. As an off-tank who may not be tanking mobs the entire duration of a fight (there aren't many fights like that currently Turn 2 is all that comes to mind) the 5% applied to everyone including the other Tank during times of high raid damage seems like some good utility.

[Tang]

Well with Fracture while the DoT is increased. That's not actually doubling the damage. Since it's 15s + 100 potency at the start. At 20 potency a tick and a tick being every 3s, the trait only adds 100 potency. Thats a 50% improvement.
I thought maybe because there are other sources saying that its 10% it may just be that the in-game text might be false so wanted to see if anyone confirmed. Since well 5-20% is like 4x better and most traits don't make a skill 4x better which is why I wondered if it was a mistake.

Some cross skills are better then others and some traits can make a move radically different from how it started. Thats all I can say.

I speculate it was done to make Monks/pugilists more appealing to take to raids.