Thread: Monk 3.0 CHAKRA UNLEASHED

Thordon EX

Phase 1 Thordon alone

1. After thordan uses his heavenly heel he will do another auto attack before changing phase, make sure you use Tornado Kick before he does.

2. Pro tip: In all his dragon gaze including later phases, watch for the cast bar, once it finishes casting you can turn around and continue to dps him. You will still dodge it even when the animation goes off.

Phase 2

1.Do mechanics + Form shift + charge chakra

2. Kill add make sure to use Tornado Kick before he finishes casting.

Phase 3 - 2 knights

1. Save shoulder tackle as the knights will randomly be in shield or sword oath, use shoulder tackle when switching target.

2. If you don't have shoulder tackle for the next change and get targeted by the jump, charge chakra as you walk around the arena, form shift if you have to but I think you should have plenty of time for GL not to fall off.

3. Use forbidden chakra as soon as you hit GL3 on the add because if you are targeted by jump you can use this time to charge it up again.

4. Use Tornado kick prior to killing the last knight.

Phase 4 - Meteors

1. charge up chakra. Do mechanics. Form shift to coeurl.

2. Tornado Kick Big meteor circle prior to killing it.

Phase 5 - Knights tackling healers

1. Do what you normally do here.

Phase 6 - Pillars

1. If you don't have to do pillars stick to boss.

Phase 7-9 - Lightning storm to end

1. Do mechanics, Form shift as necessary and charge up chakra if you are doing any mechanic.

2. One particular that comes to mind is when you have to stack in the middle and get knockback + Dragon Rage is a good time to charge up your chakras again.

3. You can use Tornado Kick when you know you have to do a long mechanic and will not be able to save GL and stack that chakra.

4. I think I haven't said this enough, use that dang Tornado Kick at the end.


Alexander Midas

Alexander Midas Floor 1 Normal

1. During when the boss is big and he uses the skill "boost" you can keep dpsing up to half way of the charge and use Tornado Kick afterwards as you need to go to the purple mud to transform into a bird. You will not be able to save GL unfortunately.

2. When adds spawn, let your OT take the adds near the boss and you can use elixir field/howling fist to hit all targets.

3. Tornado Kick prior to kill.

Originally Posted by Carstien

Couple of things for the tips in the opening post. I'm sure veteran monks already know these but it isn't veterans I expect to be reading that, so...

Midas 1 - If you know your healer you can stay on the boss until the end of his cast bar and still make the puddle if it's triggered late enough into the animation. Finish on a stack refresh and transform back after 2 punches to keep stacks. Heavy damage so have an agreeable healer, but you can survive anything at this level.

note: I would not recommend this if your ilvl is low and not have a agreeable healer.

Alexander Midas Floor 2 Normal

1. Use Tornado kick before each boss dies.

2. On the last boss, if you get the shiva circle, whilst moving out of the group charge up your chakra and form shift as necessary.

Alexander Midas Floor 3 Normal

1. When the boss targets someone to be picked up, charge your chakra and form shift as necessary.

Alexander Midas Floor 4 Normal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pu6sBM_BaQ

Note: I'm trialing making a video instead of just listing it for you guys. I thought having a visual guide will make things more easier to process. This is a monk perspective on the fight with captions. There is no music because when I record in game sounds it captures the rest of my group chatting. I thought I would leave all that out xD.

Sephirot EX

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rTxpzsNfqE

Update 12/3/16: added new annotations in the video.
1. using purification during phase change 2-3
2. using shoulder tackle during first ping pong to use 2 gcd instead of 1 to save your gl.

Originally Posted by Carstien

Sephirot Ex - Feel free to burn PB for damage in phase 3 as the only time you should need it for stacks is the start of the phase. No mechanic should make you drop stacks if done right.

Midas Savage Floor 1

Update 5/4/16 - video finally uploaded: https://youtu.be/ILZ-51nIhnM

1. Use shoulder tackle at the beginning of the fight. This allows shoulder tackle be up for the prey mechanic in the opening phase.

2. Make sure to save shoulder tackle when you know Prey mechanic is coming up. If you don't have shoulder tackle up make sure to charge chakra as you run to the boss. If you get prey mechanic make sure to charge up your chakras and if need be form shift.

3. Use Tornado Kick when he is about to use Boost. If you are near the purple puddle you can get a few more gcds before using TK. Plus depends how long your group plans to have puddles up. Also make sure you have dots up on the boss. ToD and Fracture.

4. Use AOE during all add phases. Yes even on snakes + chimera. They go down pretty quickly so no need to DoT them. Chimera maybe leave a demolish otherwise AOE. (Rockbreaker)

5. Form shift/charge appropriately whilst moving to safe spot during bomb phases. You can hit the normal bombs whilst moving to position to save your GL (only do this if the bomb is on the way to the safe spot). You shouldn't really lose GL at all in the fight apart from the boost part of the fight.

6. Tornado Kick boss prior to killing.


Midas Savage Floor 2

Blaster

Update 21/4/16: Finally 1st video for blaster is up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xDun5p3GqQ

Brawler

https://youtu.be/0W9ehSbxxt8

Swindler

https://youtu.be/yXltOWGNWQI

Update 22/4/16: Swindler video up!

Vortexer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZYnVXxMxLk

Update 18/7/16: Vortexer video up!

Originally Posted by Ossom

A6s Tips, haven't been to far in the fight since my group has been having some attendance issues (a lot of RL stuff popping up for peeps). But still some things I noticed :

Blaster

• Howling Fists : Don't use it in your opener, you can hit 3 of the Blaster Mirages during the DPS check if you back up far enough. This means you get 3 Hits instead of 1 if you just wait ~40 Seconds into the fight.
• You can hit two of the Blaster Mirages with Rockbreaker if you back up far enough.
• You can hit all 5 Blaster Mirages with Elixir Field if you stack on top of the middle one.
• I wouldn't put any dots on the mirages (maybe Demo but I haven't counted the tics yet)
• Don't end up being the person doing the Mind Blast mechanic
• Since I do not think TP will be an issue, you can look into using Arm of the Destroyer instead of Bootshine to hit all 5 of the Blaster Mirages (Only worth it while all 5 are alive). 5 X 50 Potency = 250, (1 Crit ~275 Potency, 2 Crits ~300 Potency, 3 Crits ~ 325 Potency, 4 Crits ~ 350 Potency, 5 Crits ~ 375 Potency). Compared to Bootshines 225 Potency (150 * 1.5 Crit Modifier) Of course this changes a bit due to the Crit Damage Modifier added in 3.0 but this is close enough to show my point.

Brawler

• Try and end up being the person baiting the closest Stun Lock attack, so you don't need to move away from the boss.
• I suggest you just hold shoulder tackle to handle the mechanics where you do need to back away from the boss.
• This is a pretty straight forward fight until the end so there isn't much you can do but try and sneak back in early for mechanics. You don't need to actually wait for the single target missile to go off before you go back in btw, you can run back in when he starts turning and you shouldn't get one shotted. (Just don't Shoulder Tackle immediately after he starts to turn, wait like half a second or so).

Thank You Ossom for this info.

Midas Savage Floor 3

Update 25/8/16: A7S video up!

https://youtu.be/cTNZmGPIxGk

If the video was too fast for you here are the main things to worry about:

1. Ask your group not to do any of the jail mechanic to maximize your dps.

First phase

1. Use your opener, if you get targeted by the big aoe then tough luck, if you don't then continue as always. If a party member is close to you during this phase, you can move to the main tank area to avoid the big aoe circles and keep dpsing.

2. If you use shoulder tackle on your opener then it should be up for the party wide bomb mechanic. While placing your bomb, charge your chakra 3-4x and form shift as needed then shoulder tackle the boss.

3. If you are doing bomb mechanic, place it where it needs to be placed, once you have put it in place, you can either shoulder tackle or walk up to the boss and do another gcd before it flies up BUT be careful of zoom doom.

4. make sure to use forbidden chakra during these phases as you won't need purification just yet.

5. charge chakra/form shift as needed during add phases. This applies to all the add/jail phases in the fight.

Second phase

1. DPS heart and charge your chakra/form shift as needed if you need to dodge boulders or need to walk back to the boss if you don't have shoulder tackle up.

Third Phase

1. After the 2nd bomb/jail mechanic make sure to charge up as much chakra as you can then, continue dpsing. If you fully charged your chakra then you can use forbidden chakra unless you forgot to use invigorate and need TP.

2. If you are not fully charge, you can just leave it because another party bomb phase will happen, in which case is your final opportunity to fully charge your chakra and use purification.

Fourth Phase

1. Use fracture as much as possible, since this phase you will be missing alot of your positionals.

2. You can choose to use mantra after the "dance" phase to help your healers or save it for later.

Fifth Phase

1. DPS heart, charge chakra/form shift as needed. Dodge boulders.

2. mantra after the 2nd heart if you saved it.

Last Phase

1. If you need to drop the bomb, do so, but you can move back to the boss as soon as it is in a safe position to keep your gl up BUT be careful of zoom doom.

2. Tornado kick before boss dies.


NIDHOGG EX

Update 15/6/16: Nidhogg ex video up!

https://youtu.be/YmdKh0qp7Ss

SOPHIA EX

https://youtu.be/4acOtQjmIvQ

ZURVAN EX

Phase 1
Just do normal combo + dodge

Phase 2
1. If you skip soar then great! if not use Tornado Kick!

2. Charge chakra when you don't skip soar then form shift appropriately.

Phase 3 (add phase)
1. You can AOE here, you have to use purification if no NIN or not TP SONG

Phase 4
1. You can still do positionals but be careful

2. Use Tornado kick while he is charging soar

3. Charge chakra while waiting and form shift appropriately.

4. Tornado kick at the end.

ALEXANDER CREATOR NORMAL


ALEXANDER NORMAL FLOOR 9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP-rLev4oUc

ALEXANDER NORMAL FLOOR 10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e55_txEawDk


ALEXANDER NORMAL FLOOR 11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnYjIsh4ad4


ALEXANDER NORMAL FLOOR 12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siB0JYlrfds



ALEXANDER CREATOR SAVAGE


ALEXANDER SAVAGE FLOOR 9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFFkTv7vFrQ

ALEXANDER SAVAGE FLOOR 10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMuVrpvxGgU

ALEXANDER SAVAGE FLOOR 11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsQ2BfkLtOQ

Updated 27/11: Thordon EX
Updated 29/2/16: Alexander Midas Normal added.
Updated 6/3/16: Sephirot EX
Updated 12/3/16: Added new annotations in the the Sephirot EX fight.
Updated 17/3/16: Added Midas savage floor 1 + partial floor 2.
Updated 5/4/16: Added midas savage floor 1 video
Updated 21/4/16: Added midas savage floor 2 video BLASTER
Updated 22/4/16: Added midas savage floor 2 video BRAWLER + SWINDLER
Updated 15/6/16: Added Nidhogg EX
Updated 18/7/16: Added midas savage floor 2 video VORTEXER
Updated 25/8/16: Added midas savage floor 3 video + written tips
Updated 3/10/16: Added Alexander normal floor 9-12 and Alexander savage floor 9
Updated 7/10/16: Added Sophia EX
Updated 22/10/16: Added Alexander savage floor 10
Updated 30/12/16: Added Alexander savage floor 11
Updated 30/1/17: Added Zurvan EX