Thread: Monk 3.0 CHAKRA UNLEASHED

Originally Posted by RocheKat

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Ugh, the Garuda EX parties when that first came out were so awful for melee. It's so annoying having to deal with the sheep mentality that only XYZ comp can be used, and only ABC strategy will work. So many people show very little effort when it comes to MMOs (maybe gaming in general...) these days it seems. I guess the general line of thinking by many is wait for the first winning strategy, and then that's it...nothing else works! If your class' playstyle doesn't fit that mold then get out!

It's also funny when the meta changes slightly (new weapons, gear, echo, etc), and then people completely abandon viable ways of doing something because the new way "faster" or whatever else without regard to the composition of the party or party familiarity with the content. Such a roller coaster we live on.

Originally Posted by Ossom

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I'll add this when i get home from work. Thanks ossom. I've just recently downed a5s and unluckily we downed it while i wasnt recording so may need to wait another week or so for the visual guide lol.

Plus to everyone if your looking for more accurate guide for a3s and a4s i wont be putting that since i never downed the fight due to raid group and latency issues by members. I dont even wana talk about it... If you want to submit your own guide here i will post it.

I know that MNK is already all about being the kings of sustained, but anyone find that sometimes you start a fight a little off some nights but then get your act back together and really get in the "zone" and suddenly you plow past everyone else where previously you were lagging behind? Minor note but always curious when it happens to me.

Is it worth it to use PB for damage after opener, or should I just save it in case I need it?
if its the first, then what would be the highest output duration during PB? (I think this was asked in a previous page, but never was answered)

The thing is there are far too few fights that allow you to simply burn off PB mid rotation without the consequence of losing stacks later on due to mechanics. Most like myself will just save it. I haven't practiced much with a set non opener PB but I would probably just go with using a modified opener rotation that replaces the initial snap punches with more crit bootshines or true strikes (note do not try to be fancy using Tornado Kick - it's not worth it). The only other times I recommend using non opener PB is for spamming rock breaker in dungeons or certain guantlet type fights.

Originally Posted by Zafran

Is it worth it to use PB for damage after opener, or should I just save it in case I need it?
if its the first, then what would be the highest output duration during PB? (I think this was asked in a previous page, but never was answered)

I don't do real raids anymore but when I did I liked to save PB. Without fail when I use PB to do extra damage I will get shafted on mechanics and lose GL...

Not worth the hassel of burning PB just to offset your buffs n stuff only so you can replace a few abilities with bootshine or true strike.

Only ever worth it in 4 mans where blowing PB for rockbreakers can shoot my dps to 3k-5k burst.

Originally Posted by monchkinz

And as you say this guide is mainly directed to new monks and being new monks I don't want to teach them to ignore mechanics as such when they get to higher level raids, they will fail. Midas normal is a raid which teaches you some of the mechanics for savage. Don't want to teach them bad habits

Thanks To be fair I mentioned more than once that your healer should be in on it, but it is a massive dps increase on the first boost. On the second you'll probably have pb back so I would rather just Tornado Kick.

As long as you don't get hit by any more dumb stuff though you can survive the unavoidable damage with 2 stacks.