60 seconds preparation is too long

[Alistaire]

To you and whoever was dumb enough to like that post, if you're against a mnk in pvp that's going to use one ilm punch, you've already won.

[nickx]

To you and whoever was dumb enough to like that post, if you're against a mnk in pvp that's going to use one ilm punch, you've already won.

There are some highly experienced PvP monks out there that know when to utilize it (I found an example just for you here @0:08, he removes stoneskin almost instantly from the white mage.) Not to mention Glory Slash which also removes a beneficial buff from an enemy. If protect does nothing in PvP but still gets removed by one of these abilities over regen or stoneskin for example, it does make it useful to have on still. Just my 2 cents. No need to get upset.

[Alistaire]

Yeah I can see it being rarely useful, the timing on that is pretty clutch though considering your twin snakes buff is more important to keep up. As far as being the dumbest thing seen here in a while, that's downright laughable.

[Koltik]

So yeah, pretty dumb, sorry.

Fun fact: you can also remove Attunement with one ilm punch (if you can get it to land!) =P

[Alistaire]

Honestly, it's one of the dumbest things I've seen on these entire forums and thats no lie. I can't even begin to count the amount of times I've been borderline dead and just popped a regen into attunement, only to have a monk strip my regen so I'm restoring no hp, and basically left for dead. Likewise I've had the same scenario go in the completely opposite direction because the monk didn't bother to strip my regen away. A well timed one ilm punch can be a game changer, but according to you anyone who uses is it basically forfeiting the fight inspite of that fact that you can remove some of the most benefical buffs in the game. So yeah, pretty dumb, sorry.

You remember those times when it ends up being useful because it's so rare. Sorry.

[Koltik]

You remember those times when it ends up being useful because it's so rare. Sorry.

It's really pretty simple. You can either waste 6 GCD's to break a stoneskin on a 7k HP healer in WD, or you can remove it in one ability. Sure, sometimes it will remove protect, but even if it does then it secures your removal of critical buffs later in the fight. This includes all eos buffs, as well as WHM's POM buff. Removal of these really throw off healers and keep them at their base ability (buffless) at all times.

If you are patient, it can also be timed properly to remove an adlo right as the SCH finishes casting. If adlo is mid-cast, rather then doing a True Strike then wait for the Adlo to finish casting and do a one-ilm. You just ruined that Scholars day; they will now need to waste a Surecast or some other CD to get that adlo back up just so that they can cast again.