people are generally misinformed about melee in speed runs, because a lot of them don't know how to aoe properly. i've done 5 to 6 min myth runs as a drg and monk, and 9-10 for full runs. i hear a lot of crap on monks especially. they don't have the best aoe, but certainly its not terrible.

one thing i do is get my stacks up as we pull the enemys in brayflox, to the bridge. if you smack each enemy once on the way up, you wont pull aggro and could possibly have GL3 when you get to the end, then begin to spam rockbreaker with perfect balance.