The Monk Temple Reborn

[Butcherboy]

Our PB opener is build around when we gain GL right after the animation of our WS refresher.

[Holicccc]

This is what I found so far pre pull make sure and have 5 stacks of chakra, go into stance for demolish. So demolish-PB-snap-blood4blood-snap-dragonkick-twinsnakes-internal release-snap-TOD-howling fist-bootshine-steal peak-true strike-elixir field-demolish-forbidden chakra. I feel like a ninja with all the pre buffing that's needed to be done

Updated opener that I use, all I'm missing is getting tornado kick which I already have an idea of were to use it

[GageRage]

Updated opener that I use, all I'm missing is getting tornado kick which I already have an idea of were to use it

Can confirm this a decent filler opener at 60 till we figure out something concrete. Got the i180 weapon and sustaining around 950dps (dummy) with weird secondary stat alocations (no choice of my own, the only gear I've got haha). All other gear is from 142-170. Mostly i145.

Stats currently are:
805 str
526 crit
368 det
602 sks (lol i know) gcd is around the 2 sec mark with gl3
avg ilvl 154

[CGMidlander]

Haaaa-DOUKEN!!! Best move in the game!

Also, spamming Meditation between pulls is getting old quick, but I can live with it. The new GL timings however...bleh. Is it me or is it impossible to retain GL3 after using LB3?

It looks more like a miniature flare breath to me.
But yeah, I love Elixir

[Sigmakan]

Thoughts on an opener and where to work in Tornado Kick/Perfect Balance:

Demolish >DK > TS > Snap (PB) >Snap (Tornado) > Snap > Snap > Demolish > DK (PB wears)

Now to work in the million other oGCD moves

[Arkenne]

is it impossible to retain GL3 after using LB3?

Yes, the animation is just way too long, use TK before LBing either for 2 or 3, it is still possible to sustain it with LB1 tho... maybe...

[RyuDragnier]

Anybody gotten a good feel going for when to use Meditation in the middle of combat?

[Reinfeld]

Anybody gotten a good feel going for when to use Meditation in the middle of combat?

Pretty much never as long as you can hit an enemy. 320 potency/5 GCD = 64 potency per GDC (+ you can only cash in on that potency if you manage to reach 5 stacks). It's meant to be used during times where you're running between enemies or you can't hit them for whatever reason. So stack up before a pull, try to add stacks if boss goes invulnerable or enemies are far apart and shoulder tackle is down.

[Kailok]

Anybody gotten a good feel going for when to use Meditation in the middle of combat?

If you can hit an enemy, continue with your rotation. If the enemy is either too far away, telegraphing (causing you to run away for a moment), invulnerable, or jumping (primals/bosses), then it is a good idea to either Meditate or Form Shift depending on what you need. The skill is made to offset the DPS lost in times of waiting, so utilize it in that way only.

[RyuDragnier]

Pretty much never as long as you can hit an enemy. 320 potency/5 GCD = 64 potency per GDC (+ you can only cash in on that potency if you manage to reach 5 stacks). It's meant to be used during times where you're running between enemies or you can't hit them for whatever reason. So stack up before a pull, try to add stacks if boss goes invulnerable or enemies are far apart and shoulder tackle is down.

Wasn't sure, I was managing to pull off several of them between each combo finisher, since it takes about 3-4 seconds to use it twice. So I end up using it 1-3 times before Demolish and Snap Punch, depending on how much time I have left before GL runs out.