Monk Potential

[JokingCat]

can you post your rotation so i can see maybe i am doing something wrong

[Cynric]

Rotation wise, there's nothing strict that I do, everything I do depends on the encounter. I just make sure I have my priorities checked. How much health does the monster have? Is it low? Is it high? Is an AoE coming? How many monsters are there? Are my DoTs up ? Were they buffed? Is it worth going behind the enemy? How big is the enemy? Will an add phase start within the next 12 seconds? Where do they spawn? Are my buffs up? Is perfect balance on CD? Are any adds healers/ casters? Are my off GCD skills on CD? How are the enemies aligned if multiple? Will an invulnerable phase start?

Answer these questions and you'll start seeing how an encounter will shape your DPS

[Gooner_iBluAirJGR]

monk's potency is lower because their GCD is 21% lower than every other class' GCD, and their autoattacks come out the fastest. every attack you throw down is going to be followed immediately by an autoattack, which is pretty strong. they get around 50% more autoattacks in than DRG/BRD due to weapon speed and greased lightning.

The skill speed bonus is 15% the damage bonus is 21% but like i said that's only after 3 full rotations of attacks. Most trash fights don't last long enough for this power to have much meaning. Skill speed from greased lightning doesn't effect auto attacks from what I've noticed. If there was a skill to give me 3 stacks of greased lightning (with a decent cool down) I would understand the lacking potency but there isn't.

[Gooner_iBluAirJGR]

@ Cynric about the "burst combo "
Monks have no burst damage. There's no way to drastically increase our damage its pretty consistent all the time.

[Cynric]

@ Cynric about the "burst combo "
Monks have no burst damage. There's no way to drastically increase our damage its pretty consistent all the time.

Perfect Balance > Snaps while buffed or ID spam while buffed either way its a lot more burst than anything we consistently do and its only able to be done for a very short time.

[JokingCat]

i dont like the gl dmg boost at all, the speed boost is actualy the best. i wish our overal dmg would be higher i would sacrifice the gl dmg boost for it

[Cynric]

Gl does boost our overall damage....

[JokingCat]

i know. thats what i mean, example - all skills and auto attack deals more dmg- Gl only boost your speed. Thats what i like to see

[Cynric]

If GL only boosted speed then we'd be worse than we are now.