Monk (ffxi)  

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Job Description

Galkan Monk
Galkan Monk
Martial Artists whose bodies are deadly weapons, these fighters excel at Hand-to-Hand combat. Capable of turning even the weakest of weapons into a destructive force, Monks do especially well against enemies weak to blunt damage.








Spells and Abilities

Job Abilities

Job Abilities are activated abilities unique to a specific job that enhance job performance in some way. This can include, but is not limited to, increasing armor or damage for a short time, initiating a special attack or triggering a party buff.

Name Level Duration Recast Description
Hundred Fists 1 00:00:45 02:00:00 Speeds up attacks.
Boost 5 00:03:00 00:00:15 Enhances the power of your next attack.
Dodge 15 00:02:00 00:05:00 Enhances evasion.
Focus 25 00:02:00 00:05:00 Enhances accuracy.
Chakra 35 Instant 00:05:00 Restores a small amount of HP.
Chi Blast 41 Instant 00:03:00 Releases chi to attack an enemy.
Counterstance 45 00:05:00 00:05:00 Greatly weakens defense but increases your chances of counterattacking.
Mantra Merit 00:03:00 00:10:00 Increases the maximum HP of party members within area of effect.
Formless Strikes Merit 00:03:00 00:10:00 While in effect, melee attacks will not be considered physical damage. No effect on weapon skills.
Perfect Counter 79 00:00:30 00:01:00 Allows you to counter the next attack directed at you.
Impetus 88 00:03:00 00:05:00 Enhances attack and critical hit rate with each successive melee attack you land.

Job Traits

Job Traits are passive abilities that are always active for your job. Job Traits often boost stats, increase mp regeneration, or add resistances to status effects.

Name Level Description
Martial Arts I 1 Increases speed of hand-to-hand attacks
Subtle Blow I 5 Reduces amount of TP gained by enemies when striking them.
Counter 10 May cancel target's attack with an attack of your own.
Max HP Boost I 15 Increases your maximum HP.
Martial Arts II 16 Increases speed of hand-to-hand attacks
Subtle Blow II 20 Reduces amount of TP gained by enemies when striking them.
Martial Arts III 31 Increases speed of hand-to-hand attacks
Max HP Boost II 35 Increases your maximum HP.
Subtle Blow III 40 Reduces amount of TP gained by enemies when striking them.
Martial Arts IV 46 Increases speed of hand-to-hand attacks
Kick Attacks 51 Occasionally delivers kick attacks when using hand-to-hand weapons.
Max HP Boost III 55 Increases your maximum HP.
Martial Arts V 61 Increases speed of hand-to-hand attacks
Subtle Blow IV 65 Reduces amount of TP gained by enemies when striking them.
Max HP Boost IV 70 Increases your maximum HP.
Kick Attacks II 71 Occasionally delivers kick attacks when using hand-to-hand weapons.
Martial Arts VI 75 Increases speed of hand-to-hand attacks.
Invigorate Merit Adds a regen effect when using Chakra.
Penance Merit Adds an effect to Chi Blast that inhibits an enemy's TP accumulation.
Tactical Guard 77 Grants bonus TP when guarding against an attack.
Martial Arts VII 82 Increases speed of hand-to-hand attacks.
Skillchain Bonus 85 Improves skillchain damage.
Max HP Boost V 88 Increases your maximum HP.

Two-Hour Ability

Two-Hour Abilities are job-specific active abilities with a cool down timer of two hours. These are often incredibly powerful abilities, but often have adverse effects as well such as depleting an MP pool or dealing physical damage to the player.

Despite what the name "Hundred Fists" implies, this ability can be used with any type of weapon.

Level Name Recast Duration Effect
1 Hundred Fists 02:00:00 00:45:00 Greatly increases attack speed.

Weaponskills

Weapon skills are abilities that become available when a player has gained 100+ TP while damaging a mob with their weapon. All weapons, with the exception of Thrown and Instruments have their own set of weaponskills. Weaponskill availability is dependent on a player's skill level with the weapon as well as the weapon itself.

The following weapon skills are available to Monks:

Combat Skill Skill Rating Level 37 Level 60 Level 75
Hand-to-Hand A+ 114 203 276
Staff B 109 196 250
Club C+ 105 190 230
Evasion B+ 109 196 256
Guard A- 114 203 269
Parrying E 94 171 200
Throwing E 94 171 200

Sub-job Combinations

Merits

When you reach level 75 in any job you can begin to "Merit" that job along with attributes that will carry over to all your other jobs making it possible to make yourself even more versatile through new spells abilities and upgrades on other attributes, abilities, and spells.

Group 1

Name Description
Focus Recast Reduces recast timer by 10 seconds per upgrade.
Dodge Recast Reduces recast timer by 10 seconds per upgrade.
Chakra Recast Reduces recast timer by 10 seconds per upgrade.
Counter Rate Increases rate by 1% per upgrade.
Kick Attack Rate Increases rate by 1% per upgrade.
Group 2
Name Description
Mantra Increases HP of party members within area of effect by 4% for 3 minutes. Each additional upgrade increases this by 4%, but caps at 12%.
Formless Strikes Turns melee attacks into non-physical damage. Additional upgrades to this ability increase its effectiveness by 5%.
Invigorate Adds a 10 HP/tick regen effect when Chakra is used. Additional upgrades to this ability add 24 seconds to its duration.
Penance Adds a Chi Blast effect that causes enemies to gain less TP. Additional upgrades to this ability increase its duration by 20 seconds.

Artifact, Relic, and Empyrean sets

Artifact Artifact +1 Relic Relic +1 Empyrean Empyrean +1 Empyrean +2
Temple Crown Temple Crown +1 Melee Crown Melee Crown +1 Tantra Crown Tantra Crown +1 Tantra Crown +2
Temple Cyclas Temple Cyclas +1 Melee Cyclas Melee Cyclas +1 Tantra Cyclas Tantra Cyclas +1 Tantra Cyclas +2
Temple Gloves Temple Gloves +1 Melee Gloves Melee Gloves +1 Tantra Gloves Tantra Gloves +1 Tantra Gloves +2
Temple Hose Temple Hose +1 Melee Hose Melee Hose +1 Tantra Hose Tantra Hose +1 Tantra Hose +2
Temple Gaiters Temple Gaiters +1 Melee Gaiters Melee Gaiters +1 Tantra Gaiters Tantra Gaiters +1 Tantra Gaiters +2
Beat Cesti Melee Cape Tantra Necklace
Tantra Tathlum
Tantra Earring

Other Info

This page last modified 2011-03-28 14:12:00.