The Monk Temple

[Viridiana]

Demo ticks for very high. Losing Demo ticks by waiting is not worth the %buff to Demo damage you gain by waiting.

This is basically my logic for asking why we don't open with Demo. In the time it takes to go through the rotation twice and get your third stack of GL (where people say to use Demo), your first Demo could already have done more damage than Snap Punch would have.

[Allyrion]

This is basically my logic for asking why we don't open with Demo. In the time it takes to go through the rotation twice and get your third stack of GL (where people say to use Demo), your first Demo could already have done more damage than Snap Punch would have.

When you don't use a PB opener, you're definitely. I'm not sure about PB, but you're asking about non-PB starting anyway.
Using Demo for the first GL stack will be a dps increase. I wouldn't use it for the second stack though, if you somehow mess up and SP the first.
Otherwise, it'll be falling off by the time you've got 3 stacks and you're ready to refresh it again.

It shouldn't even clip unless you've got an incredible amount of Skill Speed.
So it's pretty unquestionable.