Monks are the Final Fantasy XIV martial arts experts. It's a DPS class, a melee fighter who battles their way to victory by unleashing a flurry of kicks and punches. Motivated to be a Monk? In this guide, we will explain how to become a monk and some other related tips!
How to Become a Monk In Final Fantasy XIV?
1). The Monk job isn't available from the get-go – you'll first need to level up a Pugilist to 30.
2). After doing so, complete the L30 PGL class quest, "Return of the Holyfist." You'll find the quest giver, Hamon, at Ul'dah – Steps of Nald, Thanalan.
3). You also have to complete a Level 20 MSQ, "Sylph Management," which really should be completed by the time you're looking to unlock Monk.
4). Once you've finished "Return of the Holyfist, "you'll unlock the quest that allows you to unlock the Monk job, "Brother from Another Mother." Go to Gagaruna in the Pugilist's Guild at Ul'dah – Steps of Thal.
5). Upon completing the quest, equip the "Soul of the Monk" to become a Monk officially.
Final Fantasy XIV Monk Tips
Before you start your Monk journey in Final Fantasy XIV, here are a few tips to help you get the most out of your gameplay and, more importantly, be as destructive and menacing to your enemies as possible.
1). Apply Leaden Fist first
Using this buff transforms Bootshine from a mediocre opening attack to a potent hard-hitter, even more so when you deal damage from the rear. The combined skills cause you to deal with 300 potencies and a guaranteed critical hit. But that's not all! At level 74, every Monk crit also has a 70 percent chance of opening one free Chakra. This unique resource isn't super special but does let you use The Forbidden Chakra or Enlightenment whenever you generate five of them. That's free single-target or frontal AOE damage. And free damage is never a bad thing — especially when you deal even more damage to unlock it. Damage!
2). Keep on top of your Greased Lightning stacks
Greased Lightning can be stacked up to three times, or four if in Fists of Wind mode. With each stack, your cooldowns are reduced, and your damage is increased. The downside to Greased Lightning is that you lose every stack if the timer runs out. Now that Greased Lightning lasts longer than ever, there's no excuse to let this buff disappear.
3). Always keep Demolish on your main target
This ability applies a damage over time to a target, so it's essentially free chip damage while you prioritize more direct attacks.
4). Always keep your GCDs rolling
Staying on top of your global cooldowns is a large part of playing Monk effectively, ensuring you deal maximum DPS.
5). Tornado Kick is basically useless
There's a tiny bit of debate about this, but… Yeah. This skill doesn't make much sense. You can pretty safely ignore it until Square Enix almost inevitably buffs it to do something other than just 430 potencies. That might take some time, though. The FF14 team doesn't make balance changes on a whim.
6). Fists of Fire are better than Fists of Wind.
This is a little bit more debatable than the last one but look at the math. Fists of Fire provides a permanent 10 percent damage buff as long as it's active. Fists of Wind grants an extra maximum stack of Greased Lightning. This gives Monks 10 percent more damage while and reducing "weapon skill cast time and recast time, spell cast time and recast time and auto-attack delay by five percent." The trade-off is that you actually need to build up to four stacks of Greased Lightning. So technically, the Fists of Fire mode is better when you know you'll be in short battles. Against bosses and mobs that actually matter, though? Go with Fists of Wind. Just bear in mind that this only applies at level 76 and above.
7). Try to read up on encounters before attempting them
While this tip can be applied to any class in Final Fantasy XIV, it's essential for the Monk job due to its focus on positioning and cooldown management.
Understanding the basics of an encounter helps know what to expect from bosses – how they move, what abilities they use, the number of phases they have, etc.
As a result, you'll have a better idea of where to position yourself and the best rotations to use to take the boss down as quickly as possible.
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