

Most pieces of striking armour also increase skill speed or determination in addition to which can be valuable when multiple pieces of gear give this same bonus, but don’t worry if your gear is lacking either skill speed or determination as these can be gained through materia melding.Īt key level milestones, you can receive Monk-specific Artifact Armour. When it comes to gearing your character whilst leveling, it’s best to go for gear that gives you bonuses to strength and critical hit as a priority, all of which come as standard for Monk-only gear. Monk uses Striking gear, which it shares with the job Samurai. In a scenario where you’ve already applied Demolish recently and the debuff is active, you would use Snap Punch instead. For the third attack in a basic combo, you’ll want to start using the skill Demolish, which applies an essential debuff to whatever you’re attacking.In a scenario where you’ve already used Twin Snakes recently, you can use True Strike instead.

For the second attack after Dragon Kick, you’ll want to use Twin Snakes, as this also creates a short buff window of its own by applying Disciplined Fist.Generally speaking, single target combos should alternate between beginning with Dragon Kick and Bootshine to keep Bootshine buffed with Leaden Fist. It’s advisable to open with a Dragon Kick, as this attack applies a buff known as Leaden Fist to the other possible single target opening attack, Bootshine.By alternating how these combos begin and end, however, early damage can be optimized. When attacking a single target, the monk’s initial rotation of skills is fairly simple: move through all three ‘forms’ by executing three skills.
