Looking to throw out an idea I’ve been having with Greased Lightning recently. I was playing FF7R and I remember how Tifa can use an ability to build up her Chi level, increasing her damage dealt. Then at the cost of a Chi level can use a strong attack. I’ve been wondering if Monk can do something similar with Greased Lightning.

For example, they could increase the duration of Greased Lightning to 45 seconds, and when that runs out, only one stack fades and the duration resets. However, instead of Snap Punch, Demolish, or Rockbreaker building GL stacks, they could possibly use Form Shift or Anatman. Anatman can grant a GL stack upon use and Form Shift can do the same. Meanwhile, Snap Punch, Demolish and Rockbreaker can reduce the recast timer of Anatman by 5 seconds, quite like WAR’s Infuriate. With that in place, they could add a new attack that costs one GL stack with the damage it deals based on the current duration left on GL, with a lower duration dealing more damage.

While I don’t know how well this idea can work, I think it would make GL feel more like a resource to keep track of, and help MNKs recover from deaths a bit more easily.