Monk Needs a Complete Rework

[Shurrikhan]

"Riddle" effects are instead baseline Fist buffs that apply from using them. You balance the need to maintain Fist Elemental buffs with the need to input a certain string for your Blitz command.

As per the questions directed at TK, Perfect Balance, Stances, and the like... are the multiple choices of playstyles in any given moment in pursuit of this balance (between longer-term maintenance and the Blitz command most effective at the moment) an acceptable point of potential confusion along the path to mastering the job?
How does it avoid the fundamental issues faced by, say, making use of GL as anything more than maintenance or having choice in one's Stance (if ever balanced)?

Just asking as a means of probing, to be clear. I really like the idea, especially as anything that feels more like "maintenance" puts more emphasis on the penalties of loss than the benefits of reaching the given effect, and I feel your suggested system puts emphasis far more on the positives than any negatives, so long as the different Elemental buffs don't end up as just a checklist of 'keep up A, B, and C'.