PSA: Garuda EX Tanking

[Roffel]

I'm from the same server as both of y'all and heard of y'all's clears. I have tried and tried again and it keeps getting to me. As OT we get wiped bc the MT isn't voking when needed or a dd is killing plumes early. As MT I get wiped by 2x wicked wheel. Do y'all pop all of your CDs at this point? Or is just rampart or sentinel sufficient? Should the whm be hitting me with Ss before this happens? Any help would be amazing. Thanks

[Traek]

Does anyone have anyone have experience pulling Supra first? For heavy melee parties I would like to have a plan ready for them.

As MT tanking Supra and Garuda I haven't had any problems eating a double WW with only Vengeance and Foresight up.

That's my million dollar question. I'm still trying to down this one, most of my attempts have been as War OT or Drg through PF mostly and a few DF, and the MT always falls. Once I started looking at strats it seems that most of those falls were due to MT eating 2 WW (I assume). Maybe it was healers slacking, or just the MT didn't know wth he was doing. But that's why I've been trying to see if OT should really pull Suprana first, so the MT doesn't get hit with 2 WW. But then you have melees needing to dodge WW, and it introduces more complications in a party of seemingly unprepared people lol

I know I've pulled Suprana first, the problem with that method is the Garuda jump. They switch places, so unless your DD is real good and kills the add before the first jump, the OT gets Garuda and the MT gets both adds (which'll take 0 damage till separated). I think this was the issue when my FC tried it this way, as we didn't have the fight down pat at the time.

I am pretty sure Garuda still does x2 Wicked Wheel with Chirada though. My memory might fail me here.. but I thought that was the case.

I'm from the same server as both of y'all and heard of y'all's clears. I have tried and tried again and it keeps getting to me. As OT we get wiped bc the MT isn't voking when needed or a dd is killing plumes early. As MT I get wiped by 2x wicked wheel. Do y'all pop all of your CDs at this point? Or is just rampart or sentinel sufficient? Should the whm be hitting me with Ss before this happens? Any help would be amazing. Thanks

Don't stack your major buffs. This thread has good information on buff timing:
Garuda Extreme as WAR MT.
It is for Warrior, but you get the idea. She is a little tricky with timing and it is something you'll have to practice. It does help with a healer throwing out stoneskin before, I wouldn't expect it however.