Level 50 through 90 step by step, including Openers at 60, 70 and 80 along the way!
In this guide, I continue my walk through all of the weaponskills and abilities the Monk learns from level 50 to 90. The summary details both an Opener and general rotation tips to make you ready for max level content! I also go over stat priorities!
If you find some things are going a bit fast or a bit slow, I invite you to speed up, or slow down or even pause the video for your convenience! I will admit there are some parts of the video that have relatively large blocks of text that not everyone will be able to read while also listening, before I move on to the next subject.
If you have not seen my Endwalker Level 1-50 Guide for Monk, it may help you understand some things in this video more easily if you do:
https://youtu.be/_U0H6KVh82I
If you want to learn more about GCDs, oGCDs, weaving, Animation locking and more, my guide on this is here:
https://youtu.be/4jZ9j7ti0Nw
Music used:
Neath Dark Waters: An extended version of this song can be found here: https://youtu.be/7Dv5Ps1ehF4 , but be aware that it may contain spoilers for Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers specifically.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:34 Level 51-60 Masterful Blitz
03:11 Level 60 Summary
04:19 Level 61-70 Damage buffs
06:02 Level 70 Summary
06:41 Level 71-80 Greased Lightning and Finishers
09:01 Level 80 Summary
09:22 Level 81-90 Potency Increases
11:39 Summary Table of Contents
11:50 Opener Details
12:15 Opener Demonstration
13:17 General Rotation
15:46 AoE Adjustments
16:23 Stat Priorities
17:28 Fun Fact
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Ah, perfect timing! Just reached lvl 50 MNK!..
Small question: i had practiced more monk and the issue i am coming across is during boss mechanics where im just sitting on my buffs i cant optimally do 100% uptime on my general drift rotation like as an example i have leaden fist up but the boss moved and so i have to delay it and by doing so have to also re apply demolish and twinsnakes which throws off my pairing for dragonkick/twinsnakes and bootshine/true strike
In your opinion is it better to unoptimally "reset" the general drift rotation (if i already have leaden fist and do dragon kick anyway) or should i take the time to learn how to do the combos in reverse order for optimal damage. Or should i even do something like use formless fist to reapply buffs, its definitely a lot to juggle when mechanics are happening and i have to pay attention to see if leaden fist is up/demolish is up/ twin snakes is up etc
Thanks in advance! Sorry for the wall of text