Thank you for this guide! I picked up Monk recently since I wanted to try a new melee job and I've been enjoying it so far. Your guide breaks everything down really well and I appreciate all the time and effort that you put into making it.
As a Monk main I was wondering if i was doing something wrong and checked out this guide - turns out I had self-taught myself the correct rotation except for the correct buff windows! Now I know exactly when to use those Riddles and Brotherhood and I hope I'll make a real difference in my next raid.
I thought to myself why not see what the new monk guides are liker right now. 7 sec's in and grim reminder of what they took from us....... this is a great video.
This is interesting, I love how fluid Monk looks like, but Im always scare since the job looks super difficult to master and use, thank you for the guide.
Monkin’ with Beast Chakras is just endlessly satisfying. Weird that so many people have tried nouveau Summoner but still think MNK is nonstop positionals😢
Honestly, I don't like the current gauge system. The reason why we use Perfect Balance is to break free from the set-in-stone rotation and throw our biggest damage skills (used to be the Dragon Kick->Bootshine combo). But now, you have to fill a gauge by comboing 3 different stance, but since that is exactly what you have been doing without Perfect Balance, it completely defeats the purpose. I fail to see how is that a good design to waste a Perfect Balance just to do the exact same combo you have been doing 3 times in a row without it.
By the twelve this is confusing, but I think I can learn it… Just need to figure out the optimal cross bar layout. I’m thinking I might make AoE moves separate just so I don’t accidentally pull anything.
Do you think I ought to master Dragoon before I try and master Monk? Do you have a suggestion about the difficulty level of the various DPS jobs? What would be your recommendation for a starter?
@@Haaambuurger no job in this game is difficult enough that you couldn't use it as your first. Play whatever you thing you'll enjoy most. If you don't like it you can always swap later.
One thing this guide didn't tell u is that 99 percent of how well u can perform come from a good tank. I quit playing melee years ago and forgot reason why, I came back because of free trial today and realized how frustrating it was. Anyway good guide :D
You over value tanks, maybe you get fucked out of a positional or two but thats barely a percent of your damage. Most bosses are also very static in where they walk so they can’t really get dragged away from you for too long. Even that is only a few percent dps. You can still get purple or even orange parses with bad tanks.
Tbf, it may have been true for the monk before endwalker when litteraly every attack was a positional but since endwalker, you only have one positional per stance rotation, and given that you have two stacks of true north, it's very rare that you miss your positional if you anticipate your position. Still crying my beloved riddle of earth positional cancelation though
@Juliacare gotta assume you just try and jam in your 10 chakras (2 forb. Chakras) CD's while Brotherhood is proc'd as well as your bootshine / DK / etc to get your lunar and solar things.... are you trying to get tornado kick off on enemies while you are in brotherhood as well?
I think it’s because the person who recorded the rotation swapped stuff around. The burst itself should still be the same, just their approach is slightly different. I’ll make sure it’s not the case for the next video, sorry!
I am sure I am playing my MNK wrong since I am not finding the job difficult 😂 Or maybe it's because I started playing recently and MNK is my first ever job
No job in the game is overly complex, different people just struggle with different things. If juggling the different buffs, procs, and debuffs is easy for you then I see no reason why monk would be difficult.
Naw this man is fucked up to now like me, its so hard not to break the habit of going for each positional for each move. It's okay man we are free now. (unless I'm missing something and this video was before that happening, no hate just saw it and thought it was funny)
Try to separate the job into little pieces, start with the filler combos. Don’t worry about the rest. Once the basic combo idea clicks, then add on more stuff step by step.
@@Juliacare could YOU make a guide that does that?? You seem to be really knowledgeable about the job, and when I try to do exactly that I end up trying to work too much in and just get confused again. "Okay I know my Punch combo is damage and my Kick combo is buffs, and I want to make sure to start with Meditation for full chakras and Form Shift so my first Kick makes my Punch stronger, and I need to spend my chakras after the second Kick since it'll be buffed, and I need to use Riddle of Fire to increase the whole damage, and I need to throw out my Perfect Balance so I can start filling my masters, and" So you see why it's difficult for me to parse, it's like a neverending series of requisite dominos
@@chrispysaid thats just how this job and many others in this game function. It isn’t too difficult. You just have to learn it one step at a time and then internalize it. You’re trying to apply everything at once, thats a recipe for disaster. Splice it into pieces and give it a lot of practice. It’ll click eventually.
Outside of combat, pre-pull in a Boss Room/Trial/Raid, or during down time, keep pressing Mediation until it turns into Steel Peak/The Forbidden Chakra. Otherwise in combat just keep up your rotation until you hear the sound of getting all 5 chakra or see you have it.
I haven't played FFXIV so this is all gibberish to me, but I'm sure it's a good tutorial for someone familiar with the game. I find that MMOS using this outdated tab-targeting format have to overcompensate for crummy physics with an overabundance moves that just clutter up the keys needlessly. Personally, I'd like to see updated gameplay where a character has fewer moves that can be used in more imaginative ways. With actual physical effect on their environment, like in a hack & slash or 3rd person shooter, a person could use even a single move in ten different ways, much like real life martial arts. Don't get me wrong, I do like a level of complexity and variety in the spells and abilities available, but when the keyboard is cluttered up with several categories of recycled powers that basically all do the same thing (dps), then I think some trimming down needs to be done in exchange for creativity. With this old gameplay, we just spam on a target that isn't reacting to what we do and watch numbers fly up over its head. There's no sense of physical impact or innovation. We're just walking stats. It's a shame Square went this rout instead doing something a little bit more like Final Fantasy VII Remake. Even Remake didn't quite get it right, as they don't even have a jump button to account for agility, and many of the attacks don't have a physical effect on their foe, but it much further along than this.
I personally love tab targetting and the gameplay that comes with it. If you don’t then this is just not the game for you. Maybe look at something like BDO
@@Juliacare Thanks for the suggestion. I looked into it and it's not terrible. From what I can tell, it's a bit of a disorganized mess, though. The gameplay all seems to consist endless AoE spam. The action isn't hard hitting or personal enough. Absolutely no strategy or tactics. Reminds me of Diablo III, which was fun for a couple of hours, but got boring fast. Glad you're having fun with Final Fantasy the way it is. For me, I played WoW too long to enjoy outdated game mechanics anymore. I'll have to keep looking lol. UPDATE: I took a look at the website itself instead of RUclips, and combat looks a hell of a lot better. The stuff I saw on RUclips was just brainless AoE garbage, but the shows actual hard hitting combat that requires braincells to perform. Looking better. UPDATE 2: Trash... Can't even choose what species or gender you want to be. There's no point to an MMO without character creation.
Naaah, it's still way too hard of a Job, no matter the guides. Appreciate it though. Hope they rework it completely. I hate how you have to keep that short dmg buff up and the bleed. Why is DRG, RPR, NIN, SAM ez af to play. But this job is like seeing a bigfoot in the wild. It's rare in extremes and savages and there's a reason why. I open up Balance dc and just close it from misery when I see just the basics to play this shit. I just want to enjoy the game Square Enix, not do a thesis on how to play class or a job in a video game.
There are easier jobs for those that want a more comfortable experience and there are more complex jobs for those that want to put in more effort. Not every job has to be made with everyone in mind.
Sounds like you have skill issue, that's the mentality that fucked up DRK by making it a glorified DPS in disguise with boring simple rotations when it was unique back in heavensward. The game needs these kinds of jobs.
![FFXIV: Endwalker Scholar Guide [Patch 6.5]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2MNHV6qnKoY/mqdefault.jpg)
![Monk Advanced Guide for Level 51-90: Endgame Openers and Rotation included! [FFXIV 6.45+]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/SGboQaklFdo/mqdefault.jpg)
"The second form is the 'Raptor Form', which is the form of a Raptor." Me: Write that down! Write that down!
I know, it’s genius
Bro! I was dying ! 😂😂😂😂
when the assignment is 3000 words long "the 2nd form is the raptor form which is the form of a raptor"
lol
I am new to ff14 and choose monk as my main. Found this guide well made . Thank you
Well, soon the monk & job rotation will change a lot but right now this assisted me to play correctly up to Lv. 50 (the job level I'm at now).
Thank you for this guide! I picked up Monk recently since I wanted to try a new melee job and I've been enjoying it so far. Your guide breaks everything down really well and I appreciate all the time and effort that you put into making it.
Monk has always been and will always be king
I have been waiting on this one forever Juliaaaaaa
I just got into MNK and looking for any optimized openers. Thanks for making this video :)
Such a great video to get started with monk, makes it seem less overhwelming. Thanks for the help
As a Monk main I was wondering if i was doing something wrong and checked out this guide - turns out I had self-taught myself the correct rotation except for the correct buff windows! Now I know exactly when to use those Riddles and Brotherhood and I hope I'll make a real difference in my next raid.
lalafel monks are the cutest thing ever ! :D
I think Monk is the only job that's properly clicked for me tbh.
I thought to myself why not see what the new monk guides are liker right now.
7 sec's in and grim reminder of what they took from us....... this is a great video.
Great video, I needed this thanks!
This is interesting, I love how fluid Monk looks like, but Im always scare since the job looks super difficult to master and use, thank you for the guide.
Give it some practice, rewatch sections until they click, and punch those training dummies at residential areas. You can do it, I believe in you!
@@Juliacare I will give it a try!!!! thank you very much
Best monk guide on RUclips
Monkin’ with Beast Chakras is just endlessly satisfying. Weird that so many people have tried nouveau Summoner but still think MNK is nonstop positionals😢
I ended up picking up monk for the glams lol. A fun job, though I admit I have to be in the right mindset to play it, kind of like BLM for me.
Great video❤
I hate myself for always doing old positionals 😭
Old habits die hard!
Honestly, I don't like the current gauge system. The reason why we use Perfect Balance is to break free from the set-in-stone rotation and throw our biggest damage skills (used to be the Dragon Kick->Bootshine combo). But now, you have to fill a gauge by comboing 3 different stance, but since that is exactly what you have been doing without Perfect Balance, it completely defeats the purpose. I fail to see how is that a good design to waste a Perfect Balance just to do the exact same combo you have been doing 3 times in a row without it.
By the twelve this is confusing, but I think I can learn it…
Just need to figure out the optimal cross bar layout. I’m thinking I might make AoE moves separate just so I don’t accidentally pull anything.
Do you think I ought to master Dragoon before I try and master Monk?
Do you have a suggestion about the difficulty level of the various DPS jobs? What would be your recommendation for a starter?
@@Haaambuurger no job in this game is difficult enough that you couldn't use it as your first. Play whatever you thing you'll enjoy most. If you don't like it you can always swap later.
One thing this guide didn't tell u is that 99 percent of how well u can perform come from a good tank.
I quit playing melee years ago and forgot reason why, I came back because of free trial today and realized how frustrating it was.
Anyway good guide :D
You over value tanks, maybe you get fucked out of a positional or two but thats barely a percent of your damage. Most bosses are also very static in where they walk so they can’t really get dragged away from you for too long. Even that is only a few percent dps. You can still get purple or even orange parses with bad tanks.
Tbf, it may have been true for the monk before endwalker when litteraly every attack was a positional but since endwalker, you only have one positional per stance rotation, and given that you have two stacks of true north, it's very rare that you miss your positional if you anticipate your position. Still crying my beloved riddle of earth positional cancelation though
One use for celestial revolution: you fucked up and did dragon kick bootshine when you already have lunar nadi 😅
But.... but..... There is no more DoT.
Im only lvl 76 and with all the dawntrail changes I don't know what to even look at for rotations anymore.....
I’ll be updating the guide eventually. Until then i recommend icy veins
Holy crap that was a fast response @@Juliacare
@dogwiththumbs8392 lightning fast
@Juliacare gotta assume you just try and jam in your 10 chakras (2 forb. Chakras) CD's while Brotherhood is proc'd as well as your bootshine / DK / etc to get your lunar and solar things.... are you trying to get tornado kick off on enemies while you are in brotherhood as well?
You performed the even window incorrectly in your example.
The odd minute vid didn’t match the flow chart. Was that on purpose?
I think it’s because the person who recorded the rotation swapped stuff around. The burst itself should still be the same, just their approach is slightly different. I’ll make sure it’s not the case for the next video, sorry!
I am sure I am playing my MNK wrong since I am not finding the job difficult 😂
Or maybe it's because I started playing recently and MNK is my first ever job
No job in the game is overly complex, different people just struggle with different things. If juggling the different buffs, procs, and debuffs is easy for you then I see no reason why monk would be difficult.
@@Juliacareamen. 😎🫶
Naw this man is fucked up to now like me, its so hard not to break the habit of going for each positional for each move. It's okay man we are free now. (unless I'm missing something and this video was before that happening, no hate just saw it and thought it was funny)
that was all VERY confusing. either I just cannot find a non-confusing MNK guide, or MNK is just super confusing
Try to separate the job into little pieces, start with the filler combos. Don’t worry about the rest. Once the basic combo idea clicks, then add on more stuff step by step.
@@Juliacare could YOU make a guide that does that?? You seem to be really knowledgeable about the job, and when I try to do exactly that I end up trying to work too much in and just get confused again. "Okay I know my Punch combo is damage and my Kick combo is buffs, and I want to make sure to start with Meditation for full chakras and Form Shift so my first Kick makes my Punch stronger, and I need to spend my chakras after the second Kick since it'll be buffed, and I need to use Riddle of Fire to increase the whole damage, and I need to throw out my Perfect Balance so I can start filling my masters, and"
So you see why it's difficult for me to parse, it's like a neverending series of requisite dominos
@@chrispysaid thats just how this job and many others in this game function. It isn’t too difficult. You just have to learn it one step at a time and then internalize it. You’re trying to apply everything at once, thats a recipe for disaster. Splice it into pieces and give it a lot of practice. It’ll click eventually.
i dont get it lol
As soon as the infographic for the simple version of the opener/rotation popped up I was like NOPE. Sticking with Ninja lmaoo
I get it (doesn't get it at all)
Might just die actually
So if going againt a boss in trials or dungeons i shouldnt use celestial revolution for my lunar after getting my solar? Or should i be using?
you should never use celestial revolution. Only use flint stike and elixir field.
@Juliacare oka ty
Since Meditation leads into Steel Peak, is it still used the same or is there a different new flowchart?
Outside of combat, pre-pull in a Boss Room/Trial/Raid, or during down time, keep pressing Mediation until it turns into Steel Peak/The Forbidden Chakra. Otherwise in combat just keep up your rotation until you hear the sound of getting all 5 chakra or see you have it.
I haven't played FFXIV so this is all gibberish to me, but I'm sure it's a good tutorial for someone familiar with the game. I find that MMOS using this outdated tab-targeting format have to overcompensate for crummy physics with an overabundance moves that just clutter up the keys needlessly. Personally, I'd like to see updated gameplay where a character has fewer moves that can be used in more imaginative ways. With actual physical effect on their environment, like in a hack & slash or 3rd person shooter, a person could use even a single move in ten different ways, much like real life martial arts. Don't get me wrong, I do like a level of complexity and variety in the spells and abilities available, but when the keyboard is cluttered up with several categories of recycled powers that basically all do the same thing (dps), then I think some trimming down needs to be done in exchange for creativity. With this old gameplay, we just spam on a target that isn't reacting to what we do and watch numbers fly up over its head. There's no sense of physical impact or innovation. We're just walking stats. It's a shame Square went this rout instead doing something a little bit more like Final Fantasy VII Remake. Even Remake didn't quite get it right, as they don't even have a jump button to account for agility, and many of the attacks don't have a physical effect on their foe, but it much further along than this.
I personally love tab targetting and the gameplay that comes with it. If you don’t then this is just not the game for you. Maybe look at something like BDO
@@Juliacare Thanks for the suggestion. I looked into it and it's not terrible. From what I can tell, it's a bit of a disorganized mess, though. The gameplay all seems to consist endless AoE spam. The action isn't hard hitting or personal enough. Absolutely no strategy or tactics. Reminds me of Diablo III, which was fun for a couple of hours, but got boring fast.
Glad you're having fun with Final Fantasy the way it is. For me, I played WoW too long to enjoy outdated game mechanics anymore. I'll have to keep looking lol.
UPDATE: I took a look at the website itself instead of RUclips, and combat looks a hell of a lot better. The stuff I saw on RUclips was just brainless AoE garbage, but the shows actual hard hitting combat that requires braincells to perform. Looking better.
UPDATE 2: Trash... Can't even choose what species or gender you want to be. There's no point to an MMO without character creation.
Naaah, it's still way too hard of a Job, no matter the guides. Appreciate it though. Hope they rework it completely. I hate how you have to keep that short dmg buff up and the bleed. Why is DRG, RPR, NIN, SAM ez af to play. But this job is like seeing a bigfoot in the wild. It's rare in extremes and savages and there's a reason why. I open up Balance dc and just close it from misery when I see just the basics to play this shit. I just want to enjoy the game Square Enix, not do a thesis on how to play class or a job in a video game.
There are easier jobs for those that want a more comfortable experience and there are more complex jobs for those that want to put in more effort. Not every job has to be made with everyone in mind.
Sounds like you have skill issue, that's the mentality that fucked up DRK by making it a glorified DPS in disguise with boring simple rotations when it was unique back in heavensward. The game needs these kinds of jobs.