Quote Originally Posted by AutumnsHollow View Post
Does Dragon Kick really make that much of a difference?
It does, but I've seen kills without a monk in the party. The damage taken by the party is significantly less with a monk in the party.

Also how much MP do you guys usually have by the end of first, second, and third phase? I'd love to draw some comparisons to see how I'm doing on MP management. I can't remember off the top off my head how much MP I personally have during the end of first, and third phase, but by the end of second I have around 1.8k MP - 2.2k MP.
One of my best runs had me sitting at max MP going into Phase 2, and about 4.6k MP near the end of phase 2 when we wiped. But that's very optimal timings. Generally I'll see myself at ~4k MP at the end of P1 and about 3k at the end of P2.

My Max MP is 5.1k with food on, which is really low by WHM standards. Haven't gotten any healer drops since we started :<

I know it's possible to enter P3 and P4 without any mana song with full/near full MP.

One last thing, I promise! Do you guys aid in DPS? If so, when? I turn on cleric stance as megaflare is being casted in phase 1 and 2, and I have enough time for a aero 2, aero, and stone 2. I turn it on after the third flare breath in phase 1, and turn it off right as the markers above the chosen people for earth shaker dissapear. I also turn it on for when our paladin hollow grounds a flatten/3 flare breaths. I'm considering holying for the adds in phase 3, but I'm not sure yet.
I more or less solo heal with lustrates for P1 so I generally don't have the time to dps

WHM MP's pretty important too, and Holy eats a lot of that. Use with caution is my guesstimate.