An Idiot's Guide to MONK | FFXIV Dawntrail



[7.01] Monk Time! I know the changes this job got kinda turned off some people to it. However I still think the job can be fun.

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Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
0:54 – Forms
1:13 – Main Combo
3:07 – Meditation and Brotherhood
5:13 – Perfect Balance and Masterful Blitz
7:12 – Other Abilities
8:29 – Outro

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33 thoughts on “An Idiot's Guide to MONK | FFXIV Dawntrail”

  1. Small thing I forgot to mention:
    – You can only get the Fury Stack from Dragonkick if you have Opo-opo Form active. Simply pressing Dragonkick without Opo-opo Form will not give you a Fury Stack. This why Form Shift is used at the start, since it allows Dragonkick to give the Fury Stack without needing to be in Opo-opo.

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  2. I don't know about the job being "ruined," but I do wonder why they changed it. Like, they already reworked the job for Endwalker, so why do it again for Dawntrail? It's not as if the job had essential flaws or anything.

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  3. I'm fine with the removal of timers personally and thanks to the devs adjusting the fury stack count in 7.01 it plays more or less like EW Monk with new and stronger abilities. I actually played and finished DT before those adjustments though so that was fun.

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  4. To those learning, it is still basically the same as EW MNK. They just added Fire/Wind GCDs and Quality of life changes like no more timers to distract you and can't cap Chakra anymore during Brotherhood.

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  5. Honestly these are the best guides out there imo. I’d rather know what everything does than just blindly try to follow whatever rotation The Balance mathed out. I feel like half the fun is trying to figure out how to optimize yourself

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  6. youre guide is great, its just too bad itll become outdated in a few months when they update the game and change monks rotation or skills again lol, I speak as monk main btw

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  7. Bless you, sir, for not being like so many other people and making a video that is all about optimal, DPS for savage, content, etc. Some of us (gasp!) are casual and will never do any of that, and are just entertained by presentations like this and the general idea of how a job works. I read online somewhere that it's just a game. If I wanted to know the optimal rotation so this job's DPS does four more points worth of damage in a minute than some other job (assuming one is coordinated enough), there are dozens of other videos I could go watch.

    The fact that you had to make a disclaimer is disheartening. Few communities gatekeep themselves into oblivion as much as this one. No one is ever casual or hardcore enough for anyone else.

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  8. The new Riddle of Wind and Riddle of Fire follow ups have me confused about when to press them. If I want both of my Blitzes to finish with in the Brotherhood/Riddle of Fire timing, I'm not able to hit Fire's Reply before it fades. Or if I hit Fire's Reply, I lose my damage boosts before I finish my second Blitz. Not sure which to prioritize…

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  9. Concise, informative, and to the point. Keep up the good work, these are fantastic videos! I love how you cover what you want to use each skill for and how they work without taking too long. Don't take this the wrong way, but it reminds me of a concise, sparknotes for lvl 100 vs the wesk alber leveling guides (which i love dearly but have a slightly different focus on rotation at each expac level cap). Keep up the good work! 😀

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  10. This might sound a bit stupid…. but do you have images of your HUDs for your combat jobs anywhere? Your button layouts make so much sense in my brain that its honestly made doing rotations way easier for me, hell its even made Dragoon finally click for me, but you of all people know you have blurred sections of your actual gameplay so I- embarrassingly must admit- that for the ones you Haven't yet made readily visible I've been recreating my layouts by matching the game icons with the blurred footage you have. It's a frankly unnecessary amount of effort and dedication on my part that I could be minimizing by… asking.

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