Thread: My idea for 6.0 MNK lvl 90

So I've been playing as a monk since ARR, and is by far my favorite of the melee DPS classes. With that being said we really haven't gotten anything big or exciting to use since the chakra system was introduced honestly. We have plenty of ways to maintain our GL but only 1 way to really spend it with Tornado Kick. The chakra gauge being tied to the crit is an issue as well, I personally don't have problems with gaining chakra but apparently other people seem to struggle gaining points in it so this should be addressed. So in order to try and combat this issue along with others people may or may not have, here is my list of traits and abilities we can learn as a monk between level 81-90:

Abilities:
lvl 81: Fist of Lightning - Movement, Skill Speed and Critical Hit is increased by 30%. Can only be used when at maximum Greased Lighting Stacks. Cannot be used with Fist of Fire, Fist of Earth or Fist of Wind and shares a recast timer with all three. Consumes 2 stacks of Greased Lightning when used.
Additional Bonus: If used after Fist of Wind, retains the 4th Greased Lightning stack.
Cast: Instant
lvl 83: True Harmony - Allows execution of weaponskills which require a certain form, without being in that form. Also provides maximum stacks of Greased Lightning and and opens all five chakras.
Cast: Instant
Recast: 90 seconds
Duration: 10 seconds
lvl 90: Hundred Fists - Weaponskill cast time and recast time, ability cast time and recast time, and auto-attack delay are reduced.
Fist of Lightning Bonus: Weaponskill recast time is reduced by 10% per Greased Lightning charge.
Chakra Bonus: Increases potency of all weaponskills by 50 per chakra opened.
Consumes all Greased Lightning and closes all chakras when used.
Cast: Instant
Duration: 10 seconds
Recast: 120 seconds

Traits:
lvl 83: True Harmony - Perfect Balance is upgraded to True Harmony
lvl 85: Chakra Mastery - Opens a Chakra when using a weaponskill in coeurl form.
lvl 86: Riddle of Lightning - reduces Fist of Lightning cost by 1.

Changes:
Enlightenment
No longer closes the five chakra upon execution.
No longer shares a recast timer with The Forbidden Chakra.
4.5 second recast timer
Form Shift
Only extends Greased Lightning duration to maximum when switching from coeurl form to Opo-opo form

If anyone has any other suggestions please feel free to comment.

This is what 5.0 monk should have been.

Gaining chackra is a nuisance as it's heavy RNG reliant which puts monk in the nothing but crit camp. And having high crit still is cumbersome to gain chackra. Internal release fixed this, but was ripped away. I have always thought I should get a chackra when I complete a combo, and then I could meld Direct Hit more.

Fist's of Thunder - I like the idea, but the stances quite frankly need to go. Nobody comes out of Fist's of Wind...ever. If GL is traited and the stances stay, then each stance has to have a hook attached to it. i.e. Fists of Wind is 30% skill speed, Fists of fire 30% damage, Fist's of earth no positional's required. And if this was the case then yeah I would really have a lot of fun building a monk based on what I liked. High crit, high damage, High SkS, no positional's. Fist's of earth sounds great, but give the other stances reason for being there too I suppose. (I understand my % break the game, no need to go off on a tangent to say why it would)

A way to get all GL back instantly and open all chackra instantly. And finding a balance on using GL and keeping GL. Sign me up.

I think if you make Tornado Kick oGCD I would tie a bow on this whole thing with minor suggestions added.