Monks are close-combat specialists who excel at bolstering themselves.
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The Monk is an Advanced Job in Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin, and is available after unlocking the corresponding nodes in the Pugilist and Lancer Job Trees. In addition, it is available to Ash after clearing the "Audience with the Dark Elf" main mission. Leveling this job is required to unlock the Tyrant and Assassin expert jobs.
Monk is a mid-range and close-quarters combat job that focuses on powerful break damage combos and self-sustainability thanks to the knuckles and polearms in its repertoire. It serves as a more burst damage-focused job able to deal great physical damage with fast combos and ensure survivability. This job encourages the player to go full tilt with an increase on the buff durations, break damage with a full break gauge, and a discount on the use of combo abilities.
Hold to recover HP and refill your break gauge at the cost of MP. In addition, sustaining this ability long enough will also grant you a temporary increase in the amount of break damage dealt to enemies.
[Any Link] Can be set to any link ability slot.
With the Focus job action, the Monk has the ability to recover their HP and break gauges at the cost of MP.
With the job's mastery ability if you hold long enough, it will increase the break damage you deal to foes up to threefold its base power. Though powerful, it is a risky skill if used while in the enemy's range as the player will be completely still and open for attacks.
Cures status ailments, and temporarily increases your resistance to status ailments.
The Monk obtains the Chakra support ability which cleanses the character of any status ailments they may be afflicted with. This support ability is unique in that it can be used even when Silenced and is useful for tackling enemies like the Black Widows and Ahrimen that debilitate you with several status ailments, in addition to the higher levels of the Trials of the Dragon King which also afflicts the player with ailments whenever they are hit.
Strengthens attack type, bypassing enemy resistances and making weaknesses easier to exploit.
The Monk mainly makes use of the knuckles, but can also employ the use of maces, staves, and lances. these weapons are good for delivering good strike and are well rounded in terms of Strength, Stamina, Agility within their combo abilities. The ability effects thereof focus on cancelling ability animations via evading and striking true by bypassing enemy resistances.
Unlocks the Ultima Class for Monk, Black Belt . Only available in the Trials of the Dragon King DLC.
Class Trees[]
Introduced in the Trials of the Dragon King DLC, These classes are unlocked after visiting Bahamut's Cave and completing the "A Token of Courage and Strength" conversation with Bahamut and the abilities thereof can be bought by using Rat Tails which are accumulated by completing missions on the Bahamut difficulty onward and purchasing them from the Bahamut Exchange Shop via Dragon Treasures:
Most weapons and items of clothing have a certain percentage of Job Affinity for a certain job. By combining them together and raising this percentage, the character may not only gain extra EXP to that Job, but also unlock abilities and bonuses to their stats. The bonuses for the Monk Job Affinity are:
Name
Job Ability Percentages
Description
Monk's Wisdom I
20%
Increases the corresponding stat(s). Agility+1
Monk's Wisdom II
30%
Increases the corresponding stat(s). HP+25 Agility+1
Break Limit Bonus I
50%
Increases break by 60
Monk's Wisdom III
80%
Increases the corresponding stat(s). HP+25 Strength+1 Stamina+1 Agility+2
Break Limit Bonus II
120%
Increases break by 100
Monk's Wisdom IV
160%
Increases the corresponding stat(s). HP+50 Strength+2 Stamina+2 Agility+2
Deal additional non-elemental damage based on your max HP Also enhances the effects of Monk's Wisdom
Monk's Essence
800%
Enhances the effects of Monk's Wisdom, and also boosts stats based on your affinity.
Gameplay[]
The Monk is able to unleash powerful combos while also being a self-sustaining warrior. Monks can deal as much break damage in battle as other physical classes, like Warriors and Dragoons, thanks to their balance between physical Strength, Agility, and Stamina. Monk is a very high damaging, versatile job by nature of their job action, making it a good candidate as a subjob as well.
Strengths[]
Monks do very good damage versus average and low Agility bosses and extremely high damage versus Skeletons.
High HP total. One of the few jobs that can exceed 9999 HP.
Good Physical Balance. Due to the Monk's middling Strength, Agility and Stamina, it can deal heavy break damage while surviving more than a few physical attacks. This job is also adept at using the Knuckles, with each weapon ability granting a stat bonus in Agility or Stamina.
Versatile Job Action. The Focus ability being a cross-set buff ability makes Monk one of the best subjobs for any job.
Weaknesses[]
Low Spirit. When dealing with enemies that specialize in magic abilities, the Monk is rather lacking in defenses.
Damage Scaling. Within later levels, the Monk may struggle with enemies with high defenses that expert jobs such as Assassin or Tyrant may prove better jobs for.
Stats[]
The Monk gives a stat boost to Strength, Agility and Stamina, providing greater break damage and survivability against physical attacks.
The Monk can also make full use of the Tyrant's ability to imbue weapons with magic when paired with its passive ability to increase the accumulation of status ailments from attacks. The Tyrant's Enchantments help by adding elemental attributes to your attacks to easily take advantage of elemental weaknesses and gain even more critical damage.
Hunter is an excellent support job for the Monk, fitting for the Monk's Pugilist's Heart combo effects. Analyze is helpful to bolster your attacks for the Monk's powerful physical damage output by bypassing resistances. This can also aid in MP management should the Monk have the Lancet support ability at the ready.
Ninja is the most common support job for any job. Utsusemi is helpful to avoid any attack when the Monk gains the greatest enmity or in case they need to Provoke to save other party members, making it very useful when tackling higher level enemies who can kill with one attack.
[Attack Type: Slash] [Stat Bonus: Agility] Pull an enemy toward you while delivering a sweeping blow with your mace. Deals slashing damage. Greatly reduces maximum break gauge.
[Attack Type: Strike] [Stat Bonus: Agility] Adopt a combat stance before striking your enemy. Being hit while in this stance will increase the attack's power.
[Attack Type: Strike] [Stat Bonus: Stamina] Counter any incoming attacks on activation, kicking the attacker into the air and then throwing them toward the ground. *(Does not throw larger enemies and bosses.)
[Attack Type: Slash] [Stat Bonus: Agility] Unleash a series of quick slashes, performing a quick backstep after the attack finishes. Knocks enemies back.
[Attack Type: Slash/Pierce/Strike] [Stat Bonus: Stamina/Strength] A three-stage attack that hits an enemy with slash, pierce, and strike damage in quick succession.
[Attack Type: Slash/Strike] [Stat Bonus: Strength/Spirit] Assail foes with successive slashes to deal heavy damage. Hold to trigger additional attacks.
[Attack Type: Slash/Strike] [Stat Bonus: Strength/Spirit] Unleash a powerful forward slash that damages enemies in a wide area. Hold to trigger additional attacks.
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