When to pop buffs (monk)

[kukurumei]

I personally don't like such streamlined bad-in-practice responses. Mostly due to the bad culture of parsing without a brain.

While it makes you look good in parses, 90% of fights are not dps but dps control. The best thing for a dps is to be flexible with the content and the party.

Squeezing a little out of buffs is just...no... I don't care if you're ubering, if it's not ubering at the right moment.

Holding back is just as important as going all out. Many fights you will want to hold back for burst situations or what is now known as "push" phases.

It really scales with party, rng, and content.

Mnks have below average burst rates and moderate burn rates, so IR/PB/BfB can make a difference sometimes.

If you know the content on hand and know your party, you would naturally know when to apply your buffs, because you are "seeing the future"