Do Relic, Mythic, and Empyrean staves lack utility?

Enhances Avatar Attack and Defense is much better than Enhances Favor. Karura > Horn.

Useless buff is not much better than useless buff. Karurua !> Horn.

+2 refresh > -2 perp cost.

Your avatar has never taken a hit for you?

Defense bonus is virtually meaningless?

If I'm concerned about my avatar's ability to take hits, I'd be using PDT atmas and/or gear, not a crappy headpiece with pet defense +.

Not at all, it's just that the only SMN who bothered with a defensive build was me. Fortunately, I have 2 easy demonstrations that avatar defense is important:

First, solo agressor antlion in Attowah with DG/Mounted Champion/Minikin with Karuna (I'm assuming no Hverg, VV will work fine as well). My latest 5 fights show that Garuda can almost survive the whole fight. Wait for the next antlion:

Demo 1) Remove Karuna. Garuda will die before the Antlion is half-dead. Resummon.
Demo 2) Use Favor. Garuda will be pummelled into oblivion. Resummon until you are convinced that avatar defense works.

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Not at all, it's just that the only SMN who bothered with a defensive build was me.

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Absolute guarantee: The Defense Bonus on that headgear is responsible for about 0.001% of the total reduction in damage taken by the avatar in a proper defensive setup. Take it off. You will see no difference. Guaranteed.

Calling TOTAL bulls**t on that defense bonus changing "survives whole fight" to "doesn't las half the fight".

Post video proof showing same behavior, same atmas and same gear except for hachigane in two fights of NM we don't care about if we have all this stuff already. Til then, you're blowing smoke just like with every other case of you dodging requests to post your gear.

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Originally Posted by Dallas

Not if you are DDing or tanking. So yah, for you.

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insignificant boost ot def/atk during avatar auot attack< +1mp per tick

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Originally Posted by Dallas

Enhances Avatar Attack and Defense is much better than Enhances Favor. Karura > Horn.

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Each post proves how little you know about SMN

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Originally Posted by Dallas

Not at all, it's just that the only SMN who bothered with a defensive build was me. Fortunately, I have 2 easy demonstrations that avatar defense is important:

First, solo agressor antlion in Attowah with DG/Mounted Champion/Minikin with Karuna (I'm assuming no Hverg, VV will work fine as well). My latest 5 fights show that Garuda can almost survive the whole fight. Wait for the next antlion:

Demo 1) Remove Karuna. Garuda will die before the Antlion is half-dead. Resummon.
Demo 2) Use Favor. Garuda will be pummelled into oblivion. Resummon until you are convinced that avatar defense works.

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The defense is like +10 DG and Mounted champion are whats keeping that Garuda alive

People use avatar's favor?