Thread: Monk 3.0 CHAKRA UNLEASHED

Originally Posted by AlexanderThorolund

Ive just started playing Monk, got it to level 52 so far and i LOVE it!

Thats awesome. Welcome to the club. Dont dismiss form shift, its very useful.

monk indeed is fun alex. it was one of the 3 jobs that i thought i would never enjoy (along with paladin and bard) but after leveling it past 40+ the job picked up and it became my main right away

I'm level 60 monk and still need some learning, just so many skills to figure out because I power leveled it.

Originally Posted by KfLeX

I'm level 60 monk and still need some learning, just so many skills to figure out because I power leveled it.

Do you have questions?

Originally Posted by Transfinite

Oh BTW, the 230 Monk Anima just has Crit and Det which drops your 220 Sephirot or 230 Lore weapon by nearly 100 Skill Speed which can fall to the +600 zone down from 700. How does losing nearly 100 Skill speed affect your original rotation?

No different from 3.1, really. Refreshingly familiar.

Originally Posted by Transfinite

Does anyone have a optimize rotation for when Perfect Balance is on cool down? Oh BTW, the 230 Monk Anima just has Crit and Det which drops your 220 Sephirot or 230 Lore weapon by nearly 100 Skill Speed which can fall to the +600 zone down from 700. How does losing nearly 100 Skill speed affect your original rotation?

If PB is down but B4B is up and IR is up. Then I go

B4B > Demo > DK > Twin > Snap > Boot > IR > True > Snap > DK > Twin > Demo > ToD > Fracture > Bootshine

I can't remember, but I think IR drops before the second bootshine this way so you get the full benefit. But not 100% sure. Throw in your oGCD attacks wherever you like, I like to save them until after IR is up, starting with Elixir and then Forbidden (To ensure I get it with IR & B4B) and going from there.

Would it be a DPS loss to refresh ToD DURING a 1>2>3(bs>ts>sp, etc. i don't strictly mean this combination, it could be any such as DK>TRS>demo)? I'm always doing it AFTER the cycle, but sometimes I often find myself clipping ToD's timer at like 5s. So because of that, I'm starting to consider refreshing it DURING the cycle since Monk's combinations aren't like traditional combos that will be immediately interrupted upon using an unrelated skill.

Originally Posted by Phireblast

Would it be a DPS loss to refresh ToD DURING a 1>2>3(bs>ts>sp, etc. i don't strictly mean this combination, it could be any such as DK>TRS>demo)? I'm always doing it AFTER the cycle, but sometimes I often find myself clipping ToD's timer at like 5s. So because of that, I'm starting to consider refreshing it DURING the cycle since Monk's combinations aren't like traditional combos that will be immediately interrupted upon using an unrelated skill.

Yeah there's no reason you can't use ToD at any point in your rotation. Just prioritize DK, ts, and gl stacks. I also personally prioritize demo over it since demo is much stronger. So as long as it won't cause those to fall off, you can use it at any point in your rotation when it needs to be refreshed. Your bs isn't going to lose potency if you use it one gcd later