Let's Talk About Monk "Problems"

[Blanchimont]

Riddle of Fire isn't a bad skill, but it is a skill that doesn't suit a Monk. It feels more like something a Warrior, Dark Knight, or Samurai might have instead. It is just incredibly slow and does very little. I'd rather have the skill just add like a flat amount of potency to all attacks for the duration instead. The skills introduced this expansion, along with the others like Brotherhood and Tackle Mastery, just seems completely contradictory and do very little to actually support Monks. Monks were all about building up attack speed with Greased Lightning, but Tornado Kick completely removes all three stacks for an attack that just isn't worth it. Forbidden Chakra just doesn't work either as it is too dependent on luck to get chakras. I'd rather have it charge one every time we get a stack of Greased Lightning because then it would at least be gained reliably.The chakras are gained by critical hit chance and are too luck dependent even with Brotherhood activated. Riddle of Fire also goes against building speed.

Right now, I feel that Samurai is what Monk should have been. Samurais are more able to chain together their combos to grant attack speed and damage bonuses. They can ignore the directional requirements that Monks have. Their skills are far less conditional and their high damage skills are not tied to the buffs they get.