How to see incoming aoes?

I've gone to garuda hard now for about 3 times.

What seems to kill me always is the incoming slipstream that I fail to see.

I know garuda has faint vertical lines around her when it happens but unlike everyone else I seem to miss those.

Any tips on how to suck less?

Slipstream is a Spell Cast ability. If you look at your target bar, you can see she is casting Slipstream. Move behind her before it finishes casting to avoid it.

Look for the cast bar which is included in the target bar. Slipstream has a cast time of about 1-2 seconds so it's totally avoidable.

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Originally Posted by SirTaint

Focus Target her so you can always see what she is doing even when you are tanking an add. She also does it at set intervals that you will get used to over time.

ex. She does slip stream 10 seconds after adds pop before twisters, just about when you get her to her spot she'll start using slipstream followed by Suprana's slip stream. You run through them both to avoid Garuda's and then run back through them to avoid Suprana's.

Another time is during the big twister when you are in the middle of the field with Spiney she will do Slip stream right after the spiney gives the other tank 2 stacks. I run through slip stream and then voke the spiney.

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Dude, he's asking about Garuda Hard, not Extreme.

Focus Target her so you can always see what she is doing even when you are tanking an add. She also does it at set intervals that you will get used to over time.

ex. She does slip stream 10 seconds after adds pop before twisters, just about when you get her to her spot she'll start using slipstream followed by Suprana's slip stream. You run through them both to avoid Garuda's and then run back through them to avoid Suprana's.

Another time is during the big twister when you are in the middle of the field with Spiney she will do Slip stream right after the spiney gives the other tank 2 stacks. I run through slip stream and then voke the spiney.

Uhh thanks guys...

Tbh I've never heard of a mob cast bar. I play on ps4 does it appear next to it's hp or on the left in the list of mobs?
Anyway I guess if I see ANY bar counting down that must be it. I haven't disabled anything from the hud so it must be there.

Thanks again I feel dumb for missing something so obvious.

It should appear in close proximity to the enemy's HP Bar.

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Originally Posted by Seif

What seems to kill me always is the incoming slipstream that I fail to see.

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Slipstream doesn't have a ground effect (not all AoEs do). The only way to tell its coming is to see her casting it. It's a cone, as you just strafe or run through/behind her and you'll dodge it.

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Originally Posted by Kitru

Slipstream doesn't have a ground effect (not all AoEs do). The only way to tell its coming is to see her casting it. It's a cone, as you just strafe or run through/behind her and you'll dodge it.

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She tenses up and gets a red hue, its not as obvious as lines on the ground but after killing her a 100 times its easy to see.

Saif get used to using Focus Target, most endgame fights you will need to have the focus target on a mob or your cotank.

I hate focus target because it makes you a sitting duck when it's time to move.
I guess I better get used to switching it on and off at regular intervals.

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Originally Posted by Seif

I hate focus target because it makes you a sitting duck when it's time to move.
I guess I better get used to switching it on and off at regular intervals.

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what?
all focus target does is give u a mobs target bar on your screen, has nothing to do with making u a sitting duck
you can see your current targets health/tp moves and your focus targets health/tp moves at the same time

talking about the same thing? its shift+f on the keyboard

Seif is referring to the "Lock on" focus. There's another function which is defaulted to shift-f on computer, and.... I'm not sure what it is on the controller, but I'm sure you can do it. This adds another target health bar to your screen and allows you to have stats on two monsters at once. Very useful for fights like Garuda.

I actually quite like lock on, it makes strafing around AoEs quite easy, but it's situation at best. But that is neither here nor there. As long as you are targetting Garuda, you should be able to see her cast bar, which is just above and to the right side of her big HP bar.

no what we are talking about is click on garuda, push square, and on the bottom of the list is focus target, you can then deselect garuda and she will have her own separate bar which you can watch that is separate from your actual target

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Originally Posted by Hulan

Seif is referring to the "Lock on" focus. There's another function which is defaulted to shift-f on computer, and.... I'm not sure what it is on the controller, but I'm sure you can do it. This adds another target health bar to your screen and allows you to have stats on two monsters at once. Very useful for fights like Garuda.

I actually quite like lock on, it makes strafing around AoEs quite easy, but it's situation at best. But that is neither here nor there. As long as you are targetting Garuda, you should be able to see her cast bar, which is just above and to the right side of her big HP bar.

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Ok so locking on is not needed? Just normal targeting without the diamond cursor.
Lock on happens by l3 button and it makes movement away from enemy superslow. So any round ground aoe is almost unavoidable. That's what I mean because I accidentally press it on all the time.

yes that's lock on, that will get you killed XD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqi2WsGL32Y

Right above Garuda's HP bar, it's orange and slowly fills up with a white line. When you see that, move behind her. Make sure she's casting Slipstream, though - she also casts Friction (slightly faster bar).

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Originally Posted by Seif

Ok so locking on is not needed? Just normal targeting without the diamond cursor.
Lock on happens by l3 button and it makes movement away from enemy superslow. So any round ground aoe is almost unavoidable. That's what I mean because I accidentally press it on all the time.

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I've had that happen to me on PS3. A good way to handle it is settings > controller configuration and then assign l3 to do something else or nothing at all.

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Originally Posted by subteraneanbird

I've had that happen to me on PS3. A good way to handle it is settings > controller configuration and then assign l3 to do something else or nothing at all.

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^ This should be advice for every controller user. I turned mine off after locking onto Titan EX and dieing. For the extremely rare situation you need to lock on just use the number pad 5 key.

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Originally Posted by Seif

Ok so locking on is not needed? Just normal targeting without the diamond cursor.
Lock on happens by l3 button and it makes movement away from enemy superslow. So any round ground aoe is almost unavoidable. That's what I mean because I accidentally press it on all the time.

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No lock on needed. To focus target you have to your target selected, press square, then select Focus Target. You can also set a macro to do it and put it on your hotbar.

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Originally Posted by SirTaint

^ This should be advice for every controller user. I turned mine off after locking onto Titan EX and dieing. For the extremely rare situation you need to lock on just use the number pad 5 key.

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Finally turned that thing off. Good riddance. Should have found that toggle ages ago.