Barbs and monks were weak in era 11 (patch 2.6.6). See:
Also, I completely agree that the 4 man meta has been to stagnant for too long where 2 classes (barbs and monks are obligatory zDPS. See here:
Do we really need to do this? Crusaders were buffed (overbuffed in fact) and monks were buffed too without all the shenanigans. We should just make solid suggestions.