Extreme Garuda MELEE Woes

[Estellios]

I believe the Japanese players have a tactic of using melee DPS as a third tank, to tank Chirada. The off-tank grabs Suparna, and main tank focuses on Garuda + Spiny Plume I believe.

Can be done, people simply don't deviate from the "most optimal" tactic. Just like how Coil parties refuse to not run 2 bards.

This.

It makes the fight relatively simple and it's incredibly melee-friendly as long as MT grabs Garuda back from the OT after Suparna is dead. It's also a lot less stressful on healers. Melee can use Spineshatter dive or Shoulder tackle to get by tornadoes. We usually have our BRD tank Chirada as they can grab initial aggro really quickly.

Just make sure that all the DPS stack up together so that Downburst does low damage (it splits, as someone let me know when I asked about it in a thread earlier this week) and that they move out of the way of Slipstream.

[eagledorf]

This.
Melee can use Spineshatter dive or Shoulder tackle to get by tornadoes.

Spineshatter Dive, there we go. That's how the DRG are doing it. Thank you.