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Hello,
I got the quest for Garuda (for the first time) and it was quite a disaster...
I thought I was not a terrible healer until then...
I checked on internet for some gameplay of Scholar for garuda to see how to keep everyone alive and where to position but in all the videos people have part or all the AF and sacred soil.
So should I wait until later to continue the story or is it possible to beat Garuda as a 44 SCH?
I would like to have some advice from people who made it.
Thank you ^^
I completed Garuda at lvl 46, while I dont recall the encounter being hard it was a challenge when people got hit by the AOE.
its dependant on the tank mostly keeping her away from rocks and hiding when she teleports .. but healing can be tough just before last stage she does a huge power attk that requires everyone to hide behind the tallest pillar ... if u can coordinate threw till that single power attack and not lose all the rocks u can make it buddy
yeah the AoE heal of Scholar is so limited that if everybody is so low it takes forever to get people back to full HP and she keep attacking...
I think I start understanding the hide behind the rock mechanic but also hard to find where to place myself as the rock sometime cancel my heal if my target goes behind...
maybe I should wait 45 to get sacred soil and pieces of AF to be more effective...?
There are a few things to pay attention to for Garuda (story).
1: Tank her away from the pillars. no seriously you NEED them, face her toward the outside with your back to the wall.
2: you can hide from her damaging attacks behind the pillars in phase 1 (big arena)
3: kill the Plumes asap.
4: in phase 2 stay in the small part of the arena. Make sure the tank faces her outward in the arena.
5: don't stand next to the tank, some of her attacks are AoE
6: You can Healer limit break after shit from phase 1 > 2... or tank limit break before it doesn't matter.
7: Make sure you've learned relevant cross-class skills. Swiftcast & Stoneskin (I think Sch has access to both?)
Really this fight is mostly about the tank learning how to avoid beating up their party with a boss.
Did it at 44. No sacred soil, no 45 AF, no swiftcast, no stoneskin.
Fun, and hella stressful. Boiled down to using the healer LB, succor spam, and prayer during storm phase after the rocks go.
The 2 random DF pugs I was with stuck around until we got it like 4ish tries later (a friend was a dragoon), since each try was progression, and we knew what we were doing, and apparently it was 'the best normal garuda group they had', while I was guilty about doing it at 44. Ironically, the attempt we beat her, we only had a 2 stack of rocks to hide behind during the transition, and I think I had to fit in a rez/resummon during one of her one shots while behind a rock (mind you I didn't have swiftcast) in the first phase.
Anyway, it is doable at 44, and missing alot of cross class perks (pretty much anything else useful besides protect), but even at your best with this lack of tools, it will likely be close. No one will blame you if you wait till 45.
Succor before the giant AoE of the last phase is a lifesaver as well.
Yea I did it at 44 as well. The only thing that was really an issue was just getting 1shot by the big timed AoE's. It was most likely the tank positioning poorly or dps not killing the plumes in time if the healing just seemed overwhelming.
Admittedly I waited until 45 to beat this (did try at 44, and it went quite wrong), but a good tip I got from a friend was to position Eos near one of the pillars closest to where the tank was holding Garuda. She floated all round the middle of the arena and took care of the DPS while on plume duty, as well as helping to keep the tank upright. Liberal use of Succor in the last phases was also helpful. I did use Sacred Soil a few times, but I wasn't totally sure that in a fight that short the -10% was actually making much of a difference - not sure the timeline was long enough for it to pay off
I think I will wait 45.
I think Sacred soil + few pieces of equipment could help tremendously at this point.
I will try to place Aos as you said
Done at 44 with a full 44 team: help the DDs to kill the feather (spread at least one dot), it will allow the party to have at least a full rock to cover behind before switching to the last phase. At this moment top up yourself at first, the full AE healing, activate your fairy boost, all your CD .... and .... LB 2 of a dps should be sufficient.
Phase 1 place EOS near tank but out of range of AOE, if melee in group she will heal him them also.
Stay away from rocks until she goes up in the air, follow tank to rock and stand behind.
Rinse and repeat. When she switches sides of arena you will have to move fairy.
Phase 2 cast swiftcast +succor as she begins to go in the air to smash all the stones. if done in time no one will die. Everyone in group stand behind her while tank has the front.
If you get to this point it's a DPS race and as long as everyone stays behind her the healing is easy as the fairy will help also.
With this method the Limit Break is saved for the DPS.
One thing I can say for sure, melee DPS make this fight hard on the healer... Heres hoping you don't get 2 melee dps lol
I think the key to this fight that someone else has already mentioned is the idea of placing your faerie in a good spot.
The tank has to make sure they fight Garuda away from the 4 pillars because Garuda's aoe can dmg them. So this typically means basically where Garuda spawns. So I place Eos approximately in the middle of the 2 pillars that are closest to Garuda and tank - and then I more or less forget about her. ;o When Garuda disappears, she may spawn at the opposite side to do her attack, then the fight resumes. If the tank moves to her there, you can move Eos to the same spot but on the otherside - so inbetween the two pillars again. At the end when the pillars are all gone, you can probably tell Eos to follow you again, or just place her almost *on* Garuda herself. :) I've been using faerie placement/heel tactics in other boss fights and it works so well it's not funny. :) Sometimes it is still better to have her following you - it's very fight dependent.
I did this at 44 no af we did it in 3 tries was with a duty finder group.
Just to update that in the end I did beat it lv 44 as well
I think it was just the previous group I was with that did not work too well
I tried again on DF, we had few wipes but each time getting closer, i think we made it at 4th or 5th try
Only thing we had to do is to use the Tank's limit break before her big attack and after was ok I could get people back to health ;)
So it's not possible at all, don't get discouraged if you could not make it with one group ;)
I didnt think this fight was to hard to heal. The issue in all of the parties I have done was the big AoE, it is much easier if the tank uses LB3. If you are going to be healing as a SCH endgame you need to have a MO macro for your heals if you dont already. The AoE heal is terrible as a heal but very good as a preventative heal, as in, cast it before everyone gets hit to prevent damage. Using the MO heals on the party frames is much better than just casting Succor.
Did it at lvl 44 on Day 2 of Early Access, with a full lvl 44 team. Tonberry server 2nd kill. No swiftcast, stoneskin, and all that other cross class stuff. It's all about maximising every utility cd you have in your inventory, as well as throwing shields up before the damage comes. Succor should never be spammed unless in an emergency.
The main mechanic which people usually wipe to is in Phase 2 when Garuda flies far away and the tank has to act as a pillar. Shields (and Sacred Soil if you have it at lvl 45) should be up at that point. Tank LB is probably what most people would have to use to survive this.
If you're having problems at lvl 44, grind some FATEs to lvl 45 and get Sacred Soil. Best Scholar ability ever.