Final Fantasy 14 - Complete Guide To Playing Monk
The Monk job is one of Final Fantasy 14’s original job classes, giving players the chance to use their fists as a weapon and embrace their inner strength. As one of the fastest DPS classes, the monk job also offers some of the most consistent damage output in the game when played properly.
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Although Monk is easy to learn, it can be difficult to master and has a skill ceiling that allows players to tinker and optimize their ability rotation to achieve maximum damage in any situation. The class also has a unique aesthetic based on traditional martial arts and has some excellent animations that make it an exciting class to play.
As with other jobs in Final Fantasy 14, Monk functions as the level 30 evolution of the pugilist class that can be selected during character creation.
After leveling to 30 as a pugilist and completing all the pugilist job quests, you’ll be able to take on the first Monk job quest (see ‘job quests’ section below for more details) which will unlock the job and give you the job stone item to equip, boosting your stats dramatically and allowing you to equip armour and weapons with the MNK requirement.
As a Monk, your duty within group content such as dungeons or trials is to deal as much damage as possible. Generally speaking, this involves managing your rotation to ensure that skills are used in the right order for maximum damage and occasionally providing other utility such as the buffs granted by skills such as Brotherhood or Mantra.
Playing the monk effectively in the current patch revolves around careful management of a few resources known as Chakra and Beast Chakra, in addition to correctly navigating the job's few positional
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