![]() They also play like The Regenerator Tank with "Riddle of Earth", storing up the damage they take before healing it back up while damaging nearby enemies. But they're uniquely capable of being able to take a squishier target from full health to zero without any chance of retaliation with a well-timed combo. ![]() While they can harry foes with their basic attack combo, Monks lack the raw AOE pressure of a Dragoon or the tricky play potential of a Ninja. These can be spent to perform incredibly strong finisher attacks that hit in a small AOE around the target. "Perfect Balance" also grants special Beast Chakra and Nadi depending on the combination used while under Perfect Balance's effects. This encourages them to constantly keep their fists flying to build up their Chakra Gauge for extra damage with "The Forbidden Chakra" and "Enlightenment". ![]() Monks have the shortest global cooldown of all melee DPS jobs thanks to their Greased Lightning trait. It is not until the Warrior of Light, who trained as a Pugilist first and is thus the child of mixed schools, teaches the surviving Monks how to cover their weaknesses that they finally defeat the Corpse Brigade. The Brigade thus razed the temple and all but exterminated the order from the face of Eorzea. Achilles' Heel: In lore, the Mad King Theodoric created the Corpse Brigade specifically to counter and assassinate Monks.Unlocking Requirements: Level up Pugilist to 30 Power Fist: The weapons of a Pugilist, from the more simple knuckledusters/cesti, the bladed bagh nakh ("tiger claw"), a few katars as well.This also applies to the Pugilist themselves, so a solo PGL in peril can use this and follow up with Second Wind and Bloodbath to stay alive. The skill "Mantra" provides a 10% buff to any healing ability, skill, or spell, to all allies in range.Keeping this buff active most of the time is crucial for the Pugilists/Monks damage output. The "Twin Snakes" weaponskill applies a 15 % damage buff for 15 seconds.Prior to Patch 5.4, each Greased Lightning stack increased the damage and attack speed of the Pugilist by 10 % and 5 % respectively.Until Endwalker removed them, Pugilists and Monks also had access to a more traditional stance system with three stances: "Fists of Earth" (improved defenses), "Fists of Wind" (increased movement speed and an extra stack of Greased Lightning in Shadowbringers), and "Fists of Fire" (increased attack power).The Pugilist can only execute certain attacks if they are in a certain stance.Shockwave Stomp: "Arm of the Destroyer" is one that does AoE damage to enemies nearby as does "Rockbreaker".Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer: Characters of this class rarely appeared for the action sequences in the CG battles until the release of the Stormblood expansion teaser trailer, where this class made not just an appearance but is the main focus of both the trailer and expansion theme.The damage-over-time skill Demolish comboes into one as well as a whip kick. Roundhouse Kick: The pugilists basic attack is one.Pressure Point: Prior to its removal in Stormblood, the " Touch of Death" skill.It's been since reclassified as a Role Skill, but they were the origin of it. Fragile Speedster: They attack quickly and relentlessly and can lay on a ton of damage and have a flexible teleport with several charges, but this is balanced out by low health and defense even among damage dealers.Although this has no impact on the actual gameplay and the cesti are treated as a single weapon as with any other class. Dual Wielding: Pugilist and Monks fight with a matching pair of Power Fist weapons in both hands."Featherfoot", another defunct skill, would temporarily increases the user's evasion rate to aid in this process. Counter-Attack: Previously had one in "Haymaker", which could only be used immediately after evading an attack.Close-Range Combatant: Most other melee classes have at least one throwing weapon, generally used for pulling purposes.Bare-Fisted Monk: Not quite, since they must equip a cestus to be the class, but the look can be achieved by equipping or glamouring the appearance of The Emperor's New Fists, which is completely invisible, or the Makai Fists, which take the form of fingerless gloves.Badass Back: Enforced with "Steel Peak" which actually strikes the enemy with your back.Animal-Themed Fighting Style: The Pugilist's Stance System is modeled after Animal Kung Fu having Opo-Opo Form, Raptor Form and Coeurl Form.Unlocking Requirements: Available at the start of the story
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