Monk Guide for Ifrit

[Estellios]

Maybe this is common knowledge, but I gotta ask...... Is there any way to tell which is the front and back sides on the nails? I couldn't get the 3rd part off for the Pummel combo or get a back combo going either.

If you have your chat log set to show your attack damage, it will tell you what side of the nail you are hitting when you use a WS (might also tell you on regular hits... not sure). If it doesn't work on regular hits use a quick-cooldown WS to test what side you are on (Fists of Wind helps out even more in this regard), it should only take 2 WS's to figure out its orientation.

It may feel like you wont have enough time if you do this but once you can combo it you can murder a nail really quickly all by yourself.

[Relic]

If you have your chat log set to show your attack damage, it will tell you what side of the nail you are hitting when you use a WS (might also tell you on regular hits... not sure). If it doesn't work on regular hits use a quick-cooldown WS to test what side you are on (Fists of Wind helps out even more in this regard), it should only take 2 WS's to figure out its orientation.

It may feel like you wont have enough time if you do this but once you can combo it you can murder a nail really quickly all by yourself.

Darn...I was hoping there would be some visual indicator on the nail that would mean the front/back, but I guess it's random?