The Monk Temple

[KaosPrimeZero]

Guys which is the better weapon to go with, Tidal Wave Petas or Spharai Animus? Ive noticed that the Spharai Animus has a higher AA. same dps and a slightly higher delay. With that said, which is better?

[T1M0N]

Tidal wave.both works on T6 and T7 tho but i can assure you that you'll have a hard time with your TP with Animus and since the ballad can NOT be set during too long ,you'll have to manage your PT.Still possible i think but i really hate SS on monk,to me it's just feel like i'm using way too much TP.

[KaosPrimeZero]

Tidal wave.both works on T6 and T7 tho but i can assure you that you'll have a hard time with your TP with Animus and since the ballad can NOT be set during too long ,you'll have to manage your PT.Still possible i think but i really hate SS on monk,to me it's just feel like i'm using way too much TP.

But especially on T6 and 7, is it not better to have the SkS so you attack faster thus build your stacks quicker with the eventual drop?T8 i can see it being a hinderance but is it not better to output more dps in a shorter span? In T6 and T7 ive not had any TP issues yet. I have managed to keep enough TP a float with invigorate management, though yes ill agree it has gotten kinda low at times...

[Behb]

Thanks lukey, this seems to an interesting thread!

[KaosPrimeZero]

To add to my previous post, sacrificing 25 Crit for 15 Det seems to be a good sacrifice. Especially since i prefer Det over Crit. With Animus my stats with food (HQ Buttons) would be the following:

ACC 485 ( this should be enough for T7 not sure about T8 however )
Crit 424
Det 350
SkS 407

If T8 should require more ACC then i could change the Allagan mask to Melee for the extra 15 ACC but of course lose the DET from Allagan to result in

ACC 500 ( this should be enough for T8 however will likely need more for T9 - possibly another 5-10 ACC?)
Crit 430
Det 335
SkS 407

Of course drops from t6 like the Mask, belt and ring would ease the pain on ACC much more but thats all dependant on RNG which i dont like relying on. Especially considering we got aiming 2 weeks in a row >.>

Anyone know if 485 is enough for T6-8? and what MNK requires for T-9? I seen 507 ACC floating about but nothing concrete.

Thanks in advance!

[KurotoSeijiro]

For T7 and 8 it's around 470 so 485 should be more than enough for both of those turns. For T9 i hear it's like 510 from frontal attacks (monks never want to be in the front anyway) and 493-495 from the other directions.

[KaosPrimeZero]

For T7 and 8 it's around 470 so 485 should be more than enough for both of those turns. For T9 i hear it's like 510 from frontal attacks (monks never want to be in the front anyway) and 493-495 from the other directions.

With that the case i can use Tidal Wave Petas during T6-8 as ill have around 472 ACC. For T9 ill simply have to switch to Animus depending on weather or not i get High Allagan drops. Thanks for the info!

[Loganlazaro]

I became concerned about how I played monk while I was farming leviathan yesterday with my static. I push on average 220 (233 DPS at my best) using the Allagan weapon and the dragoon in my static reaches 250 easily (with the animus).

I went to the good old striking dummy and got my rotations parsed by my dragoon friend (ps4 player), and on my best attempt I hit 391 DPS.

What should I be reaching? My gear set @ 479 accuracy currently consists of:

Allagan Baghnahks
High Allagan Mask of Striking
Weathered Gloam body
Allagan Gauntlets
Weathered belt
Weathered Legs
Weathered boots
Allagan maiming choker
Allagan earrings of maiming
Heros Bracelet
Allagan ring of maiming
Allagan ring of striking

[enil]

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You should definitely be over 391 DPS with ilvl95, regardless of gear/stat weightings. Describe your rotation/skill priority.

Are you hitting all the correct positionals? You'll lose 20-30% of the move if you don't.
Are you getting Demolish uptime up high?
Are you using the correct rotation?
Are you hitting your off-gcd abilities as soon as possible?

[Loganlazaro]

This was 1 of 2 attempts. Ill recall exactly what I did and any errors I made the best I can

Opener --> Shoulder tackle>PB>demolish>B4B>Snap>failed IR>Snap>IR>DK>(failed Twin snakes)>Bootshine>Twin snakes>demolish>ToD>DK>(HF and Steel peak were weaved somewhere here) >True>snap>Boot>Twin>Snap etc

I refresh demolish if at 4 seconds or less and ToD when I can at 3. If B4B or IR is coming back up soon I try to wait until they come back to apply, in some cases ToD had like 12 seconds left and B4B was running out so I refreshed it while buffed, same with demolish albeit not at 12 seconds. I am getting all my positionals.

I have issues getting 5 hits on PB opener consistently especially when trying to weave on oGCD, if I mash my oGCDs i get delay on my global cooldown so I try to time pressing the button a few times halfway on the GCD so as not to delay my next move. Regarding oGCDs such as HF and Steel Peak, I use them whenever its up, perhaps if B4B and IR is coming back soon I should wait a bit before using it.

What DPS should I be reaching on my current gear set? I've been told just by playing on controller I will have lower DPS compared to keyboard/mouse regardless.

Bit more background info, my friend uses app to parse.