Reaper needs additional buffs.

[Supersnow845]

No it's really not. Pressing Twin Snakes and Demolish every 15 seconds is not hard. Neither is aligning Fire/Wind/Brotherhood. And once every 30 seconds you can use Bootshine if you want.

Furthermore at 82 with PB if you don't need 3 different Beast Chakra you can opt to just do Shadow of the Destroyer since the auto crit will be stronger then Rockbreaker.

You really just Dragonkick most of the time when your Master Blitz/Perfect Balance is on CD.

It seems complicated but in practice it really isn't. Monk is one of the most braindead classes while also toting the strongest Melee DPS breathing neck and neck with good SAMs.

Just pressing fire 4 when you have mana is not hard, just ice paradox if you have movement, just refresh your DOT in ice phase

Saying “just do the rotation” is not really a good indicator of how hard the class actually is and while the dragon kick rotation is a meme it’s not literally just press dragon kick constantly nor is it even close to SMN’s rotation

[MagiusNecros]

Just pressing fire 4 when you have mana is not hard, just ice paradox if you have movement, just refresh your DOT in ice phase

Saying “just do the rotation” is not really a good indicator of how hard the class actually is and while the dragon kick rotation is a meme it’s not literally just press dragon kick constantly nor is it even close to SMN’s rotation

Right but we've already established you don't just press Dragon Kick. But you do press it a lot and you do marginally the same DPS as the optimal rotation. And I very much enjoy seeing chunks fall off mobs because of it.

Black Mage has some nice tricks too with the Infinite Paradox rotation that does amazing DPS and makes you completely mobile forever without ever once using a single Fire 4. For Single Target.

It's worth learning how to be a Dragon Kick Monk as well as using Infinite Paradox not as a crutch but as an option. This overall improves your skill with the class.

I'm still surprised they didn't knock the potency on it down. Dragon Kick potency out the gate is obnoxious.

[Supersnow845]

Right but we've already established you don't just press Dragon Kick. But you do press it a lot and you do marginally the same DPS as the optimal rotation. And I very much enjoy seeing chunks fall off mobs because of it.

Black Mage has some nice tricks too with the Infinite Paradox rotation that does amazing DPS and makes you completely mobile forever without ever once using a single Fire 4. For Single Target.

It's worth learning how to be a Dragon Kick Monk as well as using Infinite Paradox not as a crutch but as an option. This overall improves your skill with the class.

I'm still surprised they didn't knock the potency on it down. Dragon Kick potency out the gate is obnoxious.

Totally valid point and argument sorry I misinterpreted the meaning behind your original post, my bad