The Monk Temple Reborn

[Aeliott]

Tornado Kick is such a pain though...the only time I've really been able to use it optimally is in Ravana EX at the end of each Liberation. In dungeons every time I pop it the target dies before it finishes going off...if not I'm too soon. Which isn't the end of the world, but it's frustrating getting the best timing down. I don't mind the concept of the move, but it's very disappointing we didn't get anything new to the real core other than 1 new off-GCD to weave too. Form Change is probably the best we got after getting used to it, habitually getting back into Coeurl has made keeping stacks a bit smoother despite the earlier refresh time on Coeurl moves. FC is just a luxury bonus hit and Purification has only proved useful on AOE dungeon spam so far. Maybe in some long bosses if DPS is low it would've come in handy as I don't tend to think about dropping ToD any more to conserve TP, but by that point I've long-used FC and haven't had the down-time to charge it :P

[PROBOUND]

The Opener i have been using seems to work quite well for me so far with a 1400+ burst at ilvl 175 + 190 hive claws
Form Shift - Couerl - (Shoulder tackle) - Demo - (PB) - Snap - (BFB) - Snap - (Drac str pot) - Twin - (IR) - DK - (Steel peak) - Snap - (Elixer/Howling) - Tod - (Forbidden chakra) - Boot - true - Fracture - Demo

Just did 1 full run at 3mins 58 secs till i ran dry on tp and pulled 1150 i messed up abit near end so maybe i can do more?! lol

Wait a minute? You are able to use ToD right after PB falls off and still maintain GL3? Furthermore your adding a Frecture before refreshing GL3??? How much skill speed do you have? I wanna call bs on that but i'm not 60 yet so i cant comment (vid plz).

Ever since the changes made to demolish (and apparently all coeurl moves) i have not been able to do my old opener (ToD after PB) as the timing is too tight.

[Victorixvii]

Wait a minute? You are able to use ToD right after PB falls off and still maintain GL3? Furthermore your adding a Frecture before refreshing GL3??? How much skill speed do you have? I wanna call bs on that but i'm not 60 yet so i cant comment (vid plz).

Ever since the changes made to demolish (and apparently all coeurl moves) i have not been able to do my old opener (ToD after PB) as the timing is too tight.

Yes i am able to keep Greased Lightning 3 because i throw in a late Snap punch as the last move in Perfect Balance stance, at start of any pull i form shift to Couerl right at the start before Pb goes out and demo pb snap snap see where this is going?

[Altijacek]

use tornado kick as its intended and it feels amazing as is, you dont need to up the potency just because you want to use it off cooldown, its not supposed to work that way

I know, but it still feels far too weak for what it is, it's just a stupid complaint. I use it lots in Ravana ex and it does its job well. It would just be nice to have a powerful attack. Monk still doesn't have a single hard hitting move. Every other DPS can hit bigger than that, as čan tanks and healers. SURE we DPS more over time. But it'd just be beautiful to see a monk hit for 5k or some shit.

[RyuDragnier]

I know, but it still feels far too weak for what it is, it's just a stupid complaint. I use it lots in Ravana ex and it does its job well. It would just be nice to have a powerful attack. Monk still doesn't have a single hard hitting move. Every other DPS can hit bigger than that, as čan tanks and healers. SURE we DPS more over time. But it'd just be beautiful to see a monk hit for 5k or some shit.

I've seen Tornado Kick crit for just over 3K. That alone makes my existence and validates it as burst IMO.

[Chokee]

so what are you guys going to buy first this week? talking about alexander normal tokens. i'm scared i might drop below acc cap so i'm thinking of buying acc pieces first.

[Deithwen]

I have 3 ideas regarding this :
-Buy accs this week
-Get legs
-Or ring, belt + gloves/hat or feet

[dragonflie]

Here's the new gear stats:
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...&q=of+striking

[PandaPause]

I apologize if it has already been mentioned on a previous page, is SS now a priority for MNK? The reason I ask is I always aimed to stay around 400 pre 3.0 due to that being the minimum and anything over was considered a waste. With the addition of Law tomes and gear and some dungeon drops there is a ton of SS on everything in place of Det/Crit.

[Ossom]

I personally think Crit is the new go to until Dervy or someone else does some stat weigts. Looking at Drg Stat weights, it seems Det and Crit are still equal for them and SS is still a lot less. I say get enough SS to do the 5 Hit PB and be able to Keep GL when you throw in the ToD and then go full crit after that.

Mostly Minimize Accuracy to meet w/e the cap is at that specific time, make sure you meet the SS break point and then just stack Crit.