Monk DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Dawntrail 7.1
On this page, you will find the best gear and best-in-slot items for your Monk DPS in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail (Patch 7.1).
Monk Gear Sets (BiS)
This section covers the endgame best-in-slot gear options for Monk in various different endgame encounters.
Monk has three ideal GCD tiers it can play at; 2.00, 1.94 and 1.93. 955 Skill
Speed is required to reach 1.94 GCD, with 1083 being the number for a 1.93 GCD.
The reason we aim for these is so that our rotation can flow as cleanly as possible
with minimal 
Riddle of Fire or 
Brotherhood drift.
Having a 2.00 GCD is only attainable if a given raid tier offers us the correct
gear choices - which is to say 0 skillspeed on any of our pieces. Where this is
not attainable, we are aiming for 1.94/1.93 instead. Keep in mind that when
playing a 2.00 GCD, it is considerably harder to hit 11 GCDs in Riddle of Fire.
It is also important to know that because 2.00 is reliant on the gear available
in a given patch, there will not always be a 2.00 BiS set.
If you are currently gearing up your Monk, you can find more information about the stat priorities and effects in our guide's melding section.
It is possible that the BiS sets for past Ultimate encounters will have changed slightly in Dawntrail - these sets will be updated as and when we find the new optimal gearsets.
Best in Slot by Encounter
Savage — 1.94 GCD
Savage (Samurai Compatible) — 1.94 GCD
Pre-savage Crafted — 1.94 GCD
Keep in mind that while this pre-savage crafted set is a good starting point, the moment you get even a single raid drop / tome piece of gear the optimal melds on each piece will change.
You can either re-calculate your BiS and remeld everything, or simply leave it as is until you reach full BiS.
Even if you choose not to remeld most pieces, if the pieces you gain end up giving you/costing you skillspeed and your GCD tier changes, it is recommended to at least remeld enough to attain either a 1.94/1.93 GCD tier.
Manderville Weapon
The substats on the relic weapon are capped in this fight, so you can use either the version of the Manderville weapon listed or any further upgraded iterations and achieve the same results.
Manderville Weapon - DSR Compatible
The substats on the relic weapon are capped in this fight, so you can use either the version of the Manderville weapon listed or any further upgraded iterations and achieve the same results.
Ultimate Weapon - 1.94
Ultimate Weapon - 1.93
Abyssos Bagnakhs - 1.94
Abyssos Bagnakhs - 1.93
Ultimate Weapon — 22 Strength Races
Ultimate Weapon — Other Races
Manderville Weapon
The substats on the relic weapon are capped in this fight, so you can use either the version of the Manderville weapon listed or any further upgraded iterations and achieve the same results.
Manderville Weapon
The substats on the relic weapon are capped in this fight, so you can use either the version of the Manderville weapon listed or any further upgraded iterations and achieve the same results.
Relic
Non—Relic
Minimal Investment
Relic — 23 Str Races
Due to the way gear syncing works in low-level content, any piece of gear of i500 or higher will cap both substats when synced down to this fight. Where a specific piece of gear is not listed, you can use anything that is above i500 so long as it has the listed stats.
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Weapon — Blade's Serenity — 136 DH, 135 Crit, 134 Det, 63 Sks
Head — Alliance Visor — 1x Det, 1x DH
Body — Crit/Det
Gloves — Diamond Gauntlets — 1x Crit, 1x DH
Legs — Crit/Det
Feet — Alliance Shoes — 1x Det, 1x DH
Accessories — All Crit/DH
Food — Carrot Pudding
Relic — Other Races
Due to the way gear syncing works in low-level content, any piece of gear of i500 or higher will cap both substats when synced down to this fight. Where a specific piece of gear is not listed, you can use anything that is above i500 so long as it has the listed stats.
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Weapon — Blade's Serenity — 136 DH, 136 Crit, 136 Det, 60 Sks
Head — Alliance Visor — 1x Det, 1x DH
Body — Crit/DH
Gloves — Crit/Det
Legs — Crit/DH
Feet — Alliance Shoes — 1x Det, 1x DH
Accessories — 1x Crit/DH, 4x Crit/Det
Food — Carrot Pudding
Non—Relic
Due to the way gear syncing works in low-level content, any piece of gear of i500 or higher will cap both substats when synced down to this fight. Where a specific piece of gear is not listed, you can use anything that is above i500 so long as it has the listed stats.
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Weapon — Crit/Det
Head — Alliance Visor — 1x Det, 1x DH
Body — Crit/DH
Gloves — Crit/Det
Legs — Crit/DH
Feet — Alliance Shoes — 1x Det, 1x DH
Accessories — 1x Crit/DH, 4x Crit/Det
Food — Carrot Pudding
Minimal Investment
Due to the way gear syncing works in low-level content, any piece of gear of i500 or higher will cap both substats when synced down to this fight. Where a specific piece of gear is not listed, you can use anything that is above i500 so long as it has the listed stats.
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Weapon — Crit/Det
Head — Crit/Det
Body — Crit/DH
Gloves — Crit/Det
Legs — Crit/Det
Feet — Crit/Det
Accessories — 3x Crit/DH, 2x Crit/Det
Food — Carrot Pudding
Relic — 23 Str Races
Due to the way gear syncing works in low-level content, any piece of gear of i470 or higher will cap both substats when synced down to this fight. Where a specific piece of gear is not listed, you can use anything that is above i470 so long as it has the listed stats.
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Weapon — Blade's Serenity — 127 DH, 125 Crit, 126 Det, 90 Sks
Head — Pacifist's Circlet +2 — 1x Crit, 1xDH
Body — Crit/Det
Gloves — Augmented Lost Allagan Gloves — 2x Det
Legs — Crit/DH
Feet — Crit/Det
Accessories — 2x Crit/DH, 3x Crit/Det
Food — Carrot Pudding
Relic — Other Races
Due to the way gear syncing works in low-level content, any piece of gear of i470 or higher will cap both substats when synced down to this fight. Where a specific piece of gear is not listed, you can use anything that is above i470 so long as it has the listed stats.
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Weapon — Blade's Serenity — 127 DH, 125 Crit, 126 Det, 90 Sks
Head — Pacifist's Circlet +2 — 1x Crit, 1x DH
Body — Crit/Det
Gloves — Augmented Lost Allagan Gloves — 2x Det
Legs — Crit/DH
Feet — Augmented Lost Allagan Thighboots — 1x DH, 1x Det
Accessories — 2x Crit/DH, 3x Crit/Det
Food — Carrot Pudding
Non—Relic
Due to the way gear syncing works in low-level content, any piece of gear of i470 or higher will cap both substats when synced down to this fight. Where a specific piece of gear is not listed, you can use anything that is above i470 so long as it has the listed stats.
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Weapon — Crit/DH
Head — Pacifist's Circlet +2 — 1x Crit, 1x DH
Body — Crit/Det
Gloves — Crit/Det
Legs — Crit/Det
Feet — Crit/Det
Accessories — 3x Crit/DH, 2x Crit/Det
Food — Carrot Pudding
Minimal Investment
Due to the way gear syncing works in low-level content, any piece of gear of i470 or higher will cap both substats when synced down to this fight. Where a specific piece of gear is not listed, you can use anything that is above i470 so long as it has the listed stats.
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Weapon — Crit/Det
Head — Crit/Det
Body — Crit/Det
Gloves — Crit/Det
Legs — Crit/Det
Feet — Crit/Det
Accessories — 3x Crit/DH, 2x Crit/Det
Food — Carrot Pudding
Changelog
- 31 Jul. 2024: Updated for patch 7.05 savage.
- 12 Jul. 2024: Updated BiS for 7.0 launch.
- 30 Jan. 2024: Updated BIS for 6.5 Relic.
- 19 Jul. 2023: Updated TOP and DSR for 6.45 Relic.
- 24 May 2023: Updated for 6.4 BiS.
- 13 Jan. 2023: Updated for all Ultimate Encounter BiSes.
- 07 Jun. 2022: Updated for Dragonsong War (Ultimate) weapons.
- 20 Apr. 2022: Updated for Patch 6.1
- 08 Jan. 2022: Added a Samurai Compatible 1.94 GCD option.
- 07 Jan. 2022: Added a 1.93 GCD option.
- 05 Jan. 2022: Gear updated for Patch 6.05.
- 31 Dec. 2021: Guide added.
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