PLEASE stop telling summoners to use Ifrit!!!

[Hachiko]

Hey all, it looks like the standard damage output from both pets is pretty close, even if garuda is ~2 dps higher than ifrit just on auto mode.

Then it looks like there are 2 things, Contagion and Enkindle. Contagion which gives Garuda a significant advantage, and enkindle which gives Ifrit a slight advantage but doesn't overtake contagion.

If that's the case, wouldn't it be worth it to start with Garuda, use Contagion for your raging strikes dots, then use Swiftcast to swap to Ifrit, so you can utilize his enkindle? Particularly if you have the dragon kick debuff?

Or is this not a strategy that is worth thinking about.

P.S. I don't play summoner, so tell me why this would or wouldn't be worth it or work.

P.P.S. I have a feeling Flaming Stikes from Ifrit would benefit from Foes requiem. But that's just a guess.

[azethoth]

Hey all, it looks like the standard damage output from both pets is pretty close, even if garuda is ~2 dps higher than ifrit just on auto mode.

Then it looks like there are 2 things, Contagion and Enkindle. Contagion which gives Garuda a significant advantage, and enkindle which gives Ifrit a slight advantage but doesn't overtake contagion.

If that's the case, wouldn't it be worth it to start with Garuda, use Contagion for your raging strikes dots, then use Swiftcast to swap to Ifrit, so you can utilize his enkindle? Particularly if you have the dragon kick debuff?

Or is this not a strategy that is worth thinking about.

P.S. I don't play summoner, so tell me why this would or wouldn't be worth it or work.

P.P.S. I have a feeling Flaming Stikes from Ifrit would benefit from Foes requiem. But that's just a guess.

Inferno is elemental based so would not benefit off of dragon kick. Burning strike is melee, no element attached for some reason so foes does not effect that but it should effect Inferno(Enkindle).
They both have their uses honestly. Defaulting to Garuda all the time may be better and work for some, but I personally hate micromanaging garuda for trash so I like Ifrit for that.

The only reason I could see why this wouldn't work is because summing ifrit just for that blows a GCD.