Monk

Monk
Job Base:			Acolyte
Job Type:			2-2
Changes At:			St.Capitolina Abby
Number of Skills:			15
Total Skill Points:			82
Total Quest Skills:			2
Job Bonuses
STR	AGI	VIT	INT	DEX	LUK
+8	+7	+6	+2	+4	+3

Overview

Monks are a versatile class that can deal damage in several ways unique to themselves. They are most known for the powerful Asura Strike skill, which has uses in MVP, PVP, and WoE scenarios. Most builds are damage-dealers, focusing on maximizing damage via skills such as Investigate and their Combo abilities. Specialized Monks can be very efficient for MVP and WoE purposes.

Jobchange Guide

See Monk Job Change Guide for detailed information.

Changing into a Monk from an Acolyte requires the player to complete a number of tasks:

• Item Collection Test
• Memory Test
• Mushroom Collecting or Marathon Running
• Maze Test

After completing these tests, the player will be transformed into a Monk. All of this takes place at Monk Abbey (prt_monk).

Class Data

Skills

See Acolyte Skills for first class skills.

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Dodge (Skill)	Adds 1~15 Flee.	10	Passive
Explosion Spirits	Increases critical rate of attacks by 10~20, also enables use of Asura Strike.	5	Supportive
Asura Strike	Deals a single attack consuming all of the caster's SP to deal massive damage.	5	Offensive
Iron Hand	Increases damage done with Knuckle class weapons by 3~30.	10	Passive
Steel Body	For 30~150 seconds, sets the user's defense and magical defense to 90.	5	Supportive
Investigate	Consumes a single spirit sphere to attack a single target, damage is higher based on the target's DEF.	5	Offensive
Chain Combo	Deals 4 hits rapidly to a single target, this skill is only usable in the combo delay after Triple Attack.	5	Offensive
Combo Finish	Perform a brutal, finishing strike to a single target, this skill is only usable in the delay after Chain Combo.	5	Offensive
Triple Attack	Enables regular melee attacks to hit a target three times instead of once by a 30% chance.	10	Passive
Blade Stop	Catch an enemy's sword mid-attack in 0.5~1.3 seconds, locking the Monk and the attacker in place for 20~60 seconds.	5	Active
Body Relocation	Instantly transports the Monk to a targeted cell as long as a direct path to that cell exists.	1	Active
Spirits Recovery	Enables the Monk to regenerate HP and SP by sitting even if over 70% weight.	5	Passive
Absorb Spirits	Allows the Monk to recover SP by absorbing previously summoned spirit spheres.	1	Supportive
Call Spirits	Allows the Monk to summon 1~5 spirit spheres which enable their powerful attacks.	5	Supportive
Finger Offensive	Throw up to 5 spirit spheres at a single target dealing damage for each sphere thrown.	5	Offensive

Quest Skills

Skill	Description	Levels	Type	Job Level Requirement	Quest
Ki Translation	Transfers one of the Monk's spirit spheres to another party member.	1	Supportive	None	Ki Translation Quest
Ki Explosion	Hit a single target for 300% damage, and all nearby targets are knocked back, possibly stunned.	1	Offensive	None	Excruciating Palm Quest

Soul Link

See Monk Spirit.

Combos

Monks are known for their combo skills; a row of attacks that occur in a sequence.

The general pattern of combos as a Monk is the following: Triple Attack -> Chain Combo -> Combo Finish -> Asura Strike.

After each combo skill, there is a delay period of 0.2 seconds. During this period, the user can trigger the next skill in the sequence. Make sure the right hotkey is hit at the right time, and the next combo will trigger. For Chain Combo and Combo Finish, as they can't be triggered in any other method aside from a combo (or Blade Stop), the user can simply spam the hotkey once the previous skill triggers.

If a Monk would like to use Asura Strike at the end of a combo, they must be in a Fury condition and have 5 spirit spheres, before starting the combo sequence. While Asura Strike usually needs 5 spheres, through the combo it is possible to use even with the 4 left after Combo Finish. In this style, Asura Strike is used without a cast time, removing that weakness of the skill. However, since a small amount of SP is used to trigger the combo skills as well, the damage will be lower than a direct cast.

Tip: when chaining Asura Strike in a combo, it is only necessary press the hotkey once. Since it is usually a single-target skill, if it is pressed multiple times, the Asura Strike will cancel and nothing will happen. For this reason, it is needed to concentrate and it cannot be spammed like with Chain Combo and Combo Finish. Remember, the delay starts after the Combo Finish animation is complete. Try pressing the hotkey immediately after seeing the damage from Combo Finish appear.

Later, as a Champion, there will be many more possible combo sequences available.

Job Bonuses

Stat\Amount	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6	+7	+8
STR	1	2	12	13	26	27	49	50
AGI	5	10	18	23	35	44
VIT	7	20	25	33	41	46
INT	16	38
DEX	4	22	30	43
LUK	15	32	40