Monk

Lore

"Though now under Garlean rule, the city-state of Ala Mhigo once boasted the greatest military might of all Eorzea. Among its standing armies were the monks—ascetic warriors as dreaded by foes on the field of battle as the city-state's great pikemen.
The monks comprised an order known as the Fist of Rhalgr, and it was to this god—the Destroyer—that they devoted their lives of worship. By mastering seats of power within the body known as chakra, they are capable of performing extraordinary physical feats." — Game Description

General Information

Monk is a job that specializes in hand-to-hand combat. Monk evolves from the class pugilist. It is a melee damage dealing class specializing in sustained single-target dps. Monks have all the abilities and traits of Pugilists. The most important stat for the monk is strength, which increases attack power. The level of your monk is equivalent to that of your Pugilist.

Requirements

• Level 30 Pugilist
• Completion of Main Scenario quest: Sylph-management

Trainer Locations

NPC	Location	Description
Gagaruna	Ul'dah - Steps of Nald (x9,y10)	Job Start for ARR
Erik	Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (x10,y13)	Job Trainer for 30-50
Erik	Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (x10,y13)	Job Start for Heavensward
Widargelt	Mor Dhona (x21,y7)	Job Trainer for 52-60
Erik	Ul'dah - Steps of Thal (x10.6,y13.1)	Job Start for Stormblood

Actions

As of Final Fantasy XIV's 4.0 expansion Stormblood. There are changes in the skill set available for Monk/Pugilist, the list of abilities lost are as follows:

• Featherfoot
• Haymaker
• Second Wind is part of the Role Actions.
• Touch of Death

Action	Icon	Level	TP Cost	Cast Time	Cooldown	Range	Radius	Description
Rockbreaker		30	120	Instant	2.5s	5y	5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 130 to all enemies in a cone before you. Can only be used when in coeurl form. Additional Effect: Changes form to opo-opo for 10s. Additional Effect: Grants Greased Lightning for 14s. Greased Lightning Bonus: Increases damage dealt by 10% and attack speed by 5%.
Shoulder Tackle		35	0	Instant	30s	20y	0y	Rushes to target and delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Additional Effect: Stun for 2s. Cannot be executed while bound.
Fists of Fire		40	0	Instant	3s	0y	0y	Increases damage dealt by 5%. Cannot be used with Fists of Earth or Fists of Wind and shares cooldown with both. Effect ends upon reuse.
One Ilm Punch		45	120	Instant	2.5s	3y	0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 120. Can only be used when in raptor form. Additional Effect: Removes one beneficial status from target. Additional Effect: Changes form to coeurl for 10s.
Dragon Kick		50	60	Instant	2.5s	3y	0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. 150 when delivered from a target's flank. Opo-opo Form Bonus: Reduces target's blunt resistance and Intelligence by 10% for 15s. Additional Effect: Changes form to raptor for 10s.
Form Shift		52	0	Instant	2.5s	0y	0y	Shifts your current form to the next in the sequence. If no form is being used when executed, you will move into the Opo-Opo form.
Meditation		54	0	Instant	1.2s	0y	0y	Opens a chakra. Up to five chakra can be opened at once. Shares a recast timer with all other weaponskills.
Forbidden Chakra		54	0	Instant	5s	3y	0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 320. Can only be used when under the effect of Fifth Chakra. Consumes all Chakra upon activation.
Elixir Field		56	0	Instant	30s	0y	5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 220 to all nearby enemies.
Purification		58	0	Instant	120s	0y	0y	Restores 300 TP. Can only be used when under the effect of Fifth Chakra. Consumes all Chakra upon activation.
Tornado Kick		60	0	Instant	40s	0y	0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 330. Can only be used when under the effect of Greased Lightning III. All stacks of Greased Lightning are consumed upon execution.

Role Actions

Melee
Action	Icon	Level	Description
Second Wind		8	Instantly restores HP with a base potency of 450, modified by attack power.
Arms Length	-NA-	12	Creates a barrier delivering Slow +30% to any attackers.
Leg Sweep		16	Attack that stuns the target.
Diversion	-NA-	20	Reduces enmity generation.
Invigorate		24	Instantly restores 400 TP.
Bloodbath		32	Converts 25% of physical dealt into HP.
Goad		36	Refreshes TP of a single party member.
Feint		40	Attack that adds Slow +20% to the target.
Crutch	-NA-	44	Removes Bind and Heavy from a party member.
True North	-NA-	48	Nullifies direction requirements.

PvP Actions

Action	Icon	Description	Upgrade 1	Upgrade 2	Upgrade 3
Axe Kick		Delivers an attack with a potency of 160 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Pacification for 4s Additional Effect: Grants Greased Lightning III for 12s (24s in PvP)	Enhanced Axe Kick: Shortens recast time to 150 seconds.	Enhanced Axe Kick II: Increases potency to 190.	Enhanced Axe Kick III: Increases duration to 6 seconds.
Somersault		Delivers an attack with a potency of 160. Additional Effect: Decreases spell speed of target by 30% for 10s	Enhanced Somersault: Shortens recast time to 60 seconds.	Enhanced Somersault II: Extends duration to 15 seconds.	Enhanced Somersault III: Increases spell speed reduction to 50%.
Fetter Ward		Grants immunity to stun, sleep, bind, heavy, and disease for 9 seconds.	Enhanced Fetter Ward: Shortens recast time to 120 seconds.	Enhanced Fetter Ward II: Extends duration to 12 seconds.
Enliven		Instantly restores 50% TP.	Enhanced Enliven: Shortens recast time to 180 seconds.	Enhanced Enliven II: Increases TP recovery to 75%.
Purify		Removes all detrimental effects. Can be used regardless of status affliction.	Enhanced Purify: Shortens recast time to 150 seconds.

Quests

Quest	Level	NPC	Zone	Coordinates	EXP	Reward
Brother from Another Mother	30	Gagaruna	Ul'dah - Steps of Nald	(x9,y10)	7410	,
Insulted Intelligence	35	Erik	Ul'dah - Steps of Thal	(x10,y13)	9020
A Slave to the Aether	40	Erik	Ul'dah - Steps of Thal	(x10,y13)	11270
The Pursuit of Power	45	Erik	Ul'dah - Steps of Thal	(x10,y13)	12420
Good Vibrations	45	Erik	Ul'dah - Steps of Thal	(x10,y13)	12420	, , ,
Five Easy Pieces	50	Erik	Ul'dah - Steps of Thal	(x10,y13)	0	,
A Relic Reborn (Sphairai)	50	Gerolt	North Shroud	(x30,y20)	0
The Legend Continues	50	Erik	Ul'dah - Steps of Thal	(x10,y13)	24000
Let's Talk about Sects	52	Widargelt	Mor Dhona	(x21,y7)	26400
Against the Shadow	54	Widargelt	Mor Dhona	(x21,y7)	31200
Fight the Battle to Win	56	Widargelt	Mor Dhona	(x21,y7)	36000
Stop the Senseless Killing	58	Widargelt	Mor Dhona	(x21,y7)	40800
Appetite for Destruction	60	Widargelt	Mor Dhona	(x21,y7)	0
A Fistful of Resolve	60	Erik	Ul'dah - Steps of Thal	(x10.6,y13.1)	0	-NA-

Job Gauge

Official Lodestone Job Guide (Always up-to-date)

Chakra Gauge

When you learn the action   Steeled Meditation (level 15), the Chakra Gauge will be displayed. Accumulating the maximum amount of Chakra will allow you to execute several actions such as   Steel Peak,   Howling Fist (acquired at level 40),   The Forbidden Chakra (acquired at level 54), and   Enlightenment (acquired at level 74).

The action   Brotherhood (level 70) grants the effect Meditative Brotherhood to you and nearby party members, increasing the frequency with which you open chakra. Moreover, you can open up to ten chakra so long as you are under this effect.

Beast Chakra Gauge

The actions   Twin Snakes,   Demolish (acquired at level 30), and   Dragon Kick (acquired at level 50) will grant stacks of Opo-opo Fury, Raptor Fury, or Coeurl Fury. The fury granted is commensurate with the form required for their execution. Other weaponskills that require these forms will consume stacks of fury to deal increased damage.

Upon learning   Masterful Blitz at level 60, executing certain weaponskills under the effect of   Perfect Balance will open Beast Chakra─Opo-opo Chakra, Coeurl Chakra, or Raptor Chakra─in accordance with the form normally required to execute them. After opening three, you will be able to execute one of several powerful actions. Three distinct Beast Chakra allow the execution of   Flint Strike, three of the same allow the execution of   Elixir Field, and two distinct chakra with a third repeating one allow the execution of   Celestial Revolution. It is also possible to open the Lunar Nadi and Solar Nadi by executing Elixir Field and Flint Strike respectively. Opening three Beast Chakra and both nadi allows the execution of   Tornado Kick.

Simple Mode

Meditation

Meditative Brotherhood

Fury Stacks

Beast Chakras and Nadi

Monk Guide

A Monk's damage output depends on her ability to keep all her DoTs up on the target and herself, positioning herself appropriately at all times, and making the most of every application of Dragon Kick and Twin Snakes without re-applying them early or allowing them to fall off.

Endgame Rotations

Opener:

--> Precast x3 --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> -->

Priority:

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Use when you are in the appropriate form for Dragon Kick, Twin Snakes, or Demolish; the timer for it is at 4-6 seconds remaining; and when Touch of Death doesn't need to be reapplied. This ensures that the re-application of those three skills will be "staggered" so that you benefit from their full duration without missing ticks/GCDs, as Fracture is higher potency than any other non-DoT weaponskill. Do not upkeep Fracture, as this will lead to dropping your buffs/DoTs and running dry on TP quickly.

Explanation: This opener involves using Perfect Balance to set up all your DoTs right away at their full potency. By Form Shifting into raptor form and using Demolish first, you will perform your opener while a weak Demolish ticks away, reach Greased Lightning III quickly and will have Dragon Kick, Blood for Blood, Internal Release, and Twin Snakes applied to you for every oGCD attack as well as Touch of Death. Your first re-application of Demolish should coincide perfectly with the expiration of the weak Demolish applied at the beginning of the opener as well as still being applied during the duration of Blood for Blood, Internal Release, and your potion in order to squeeze out as much damage as possible.

Images

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  Monk Concept Art 2.0

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  Monk CG Artifact Armor 3

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  Monk wearing 2.0 Artifact Armor

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  Monk wearing 2.0 Artifact Armor

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