When to pop buffs (monk)

[Chokee]

you can pop buffs as soon as they are ready so they come off cooldown sooner as well, so you get to buff more the whole fight.
one thing to check is if youre going to pop ir, make sure the next skill youre going to use is not bootshine. bootshine crits 100% when in flank with form bonus, so youd just end up wasting 1 gcd cycle of ir.

off topic i think, but what i do is:

st > frac > (wait til gcd is halfway) > pb > demo > snap > snap > bfb > dk > ir > ts > xpot > boot > peak > true > howl > demo > tod > frac > flank combo, etc.

you get gl3 and ts on yourself, dk debuff + fully buffed dots (demo, tod, frac) on target.

i wait til half gcd before popping pb so i don't end up short with just 4 skills in pb by accident.

i use frac instead of tod after shoulder tackle because i would just apply a fully buffed one after pb ends. if i did use tod there i would just end up clipping it.

i use 2nd frac after pb opener with all my buffs active because fracture is worth it if you have buffs (specially ir) up, instead of using dk on that part.