Monk has too many Positionals

[Ariel_Valmont]

Monk is hot topic...

Removing GL is like like BLM crying about how it’s too hard to keep enochian up and they constantly lose it to cut scenes.

Any BLM knows it is integral, GL was integral, and was as easy to keep up as enochian.

[wereotter]

Removing GL is like like BLM crying about how it’s too hard to keep enochian up and they constantly lose it to cut scenes.

Any BLM knows it is integral, GL was integral, and was as easy to keep up as enochian.

It's close, but this isn't entirely accurate. Enochian has a duration of 30 seconds, making it closer to Blood of the Dragon than Greased Lightning. Greased Lightning had a duration of only 16 seconds and until a recent patch, prior to its transition to a trait, couldn't be maintained with Form Shift, making Enochian not only much more likely to be maintained through boss transitions or cutscenes, but also has for several years been able to be maintained through Transpose and Umbral Soul.

Additionally the punishment for losing Enochian wasn't as severe as the punishment for losing Greased Lightning. They both dropped you 15% damage, but the monk also lost 20% attack speed, and while Enochian could be reapplied with the press of a single button, the best option a monk had for recovering Greased Lightning was using Perfect Balance, and if that was on cooldown for any reason, it would take 10-12 GCDs in order to get it back up to full again.