Monk is counterintuitive

[silverdragontyr]

In today's patch they fixed an apparent issue where enlightenment wasn't applying the extra damage. They have indeed fixed this now, but as an ability it is counter intuitive.

The way Enlightenment works is it adds a debuff "Pressure Point". If the enemy takes a hit from you either a weapon skill or LB they take an additional 12k damage. However the issue is how this is applied.

Its an effect damage, not stack so it can't be stacked with Rising Phoenix. In addition its attached to a large knockback, and pressure point only lasts 3 seconds. What this means is you HAVE to use thunderclap to chase your opponent down or the effect will fade and you won't get the extra damage. Further if you are stunned, bound, silenced, polymorphed slept or even some lag you won't be able to weapon skill them before the effect falls off and again the damage is lost. This also gives the opponent time to guard and/or heal before you can get the full effect off.

This is counterintuitive. Having to WS to gain the extra damage off an effect that has a large knockback is an odd choice and requires a movement ability that is also your shields and damage haste. This means to get the extra 12k damage, you need three different abilities and also reduce your resources for other combat.

The only time this is really effective is when you combo it with Meteodrive which luckily does have a large range.

In my opinion, Enlightenment should be a straight damage buff so it can be be used in tandem with Rising Phoenix and do the base 12k if Pressure Point ends without a WS.

To compare to other DPS, Enlightenment is a 20s cooldown. Samurai has a 20s cooldown that is 8k damage aoe that gives an 8k shield. Drg has a 15s cooldown that does 8k damage and gives 100% damage heal.

Enlightenment needs some adjustment to be a more intuitive ability.