Hello!

So I main melee dps. Prior to 3.0 I played Monk almost exclusively, but felt competent enough to switch between Nin and Drg if necessary and I kept them fairly closely geared with Mnk.

In 3.0 I decided to switch to Drg because the rotation (initially) looked interesting and the addition of Battle Litany was some welcome utility. Fast forward to 60.. I'm 178 with my Hive weapon and I'm having some serious doubts about my longevity with DRG.

The rotation feels super janky. SE somehow made BotD even worse than Greased Lightning stacks, at least in my opinion. That said I'm willing to double down and stick with the class if it's worthwhile for my Static.

We currently run PLD/WAR/NIN/DRG/AST/SCH/SMN/BRD.

This means we have no Dragon Kick, but we do have a piercing debuff for the BRD and Battle Litany. Would it be worthwhile switching to Monk for Dragon Kick or does Battle Litany and Disembowel outweigh the damage reduction?