Extreme Garuda MELEE Woes

[ChaozK]

I have not yet seen OTs voking suprana off. Wouldnt that possibly create problems with spiny plume and the 40s CD of provoke?
Also what happens if the spiny plume goes for the MT first?

[Naunet]

I have not yet seen OTs voking suprana off. Wouldnt that possibly create problems with spiny plume and the 40s CD of provoke?
Also what happens if the spiny plume goes for the MT first?

I really, really, really recommend having the OT tank Suparna from the start and make a dps tank Chirada, with all dps stacking for Downburst. Then you don't have to worry about wasted taunts for spiny plume, nor Wicked Wheel hitting dps (as Suparna doesn't WW once Chirada is down). This makes things so much easier. D:

[Eidolon]

I've done Garuda 3 different ways:

Pure Melee Party
We pull the Red Line add instead of the Green Line add, so that we can DPS it down quickly and eliminate Whicked Wheel from the equation. It's very easy, very simple to do, though a lot of people dislike it because it makes the fight take a bit longer (Due to Garuda's regenerated HP.)

Hybrid Melee/Ranged Party
Both melee went on the off-tank's add (Green line), and both mages went on Main Tank's add (Red line.) This allowed the two to be downed at the same time. Slightly more intensive on the healers, but still very doable

Myself as the lone melee
fought as normal. only jump in once you see Wicked Wheel. If the maintank is tanking in any extreme direction (All the way back, or all the way close to the twister), run to the opposite end in anticipation of Whicked Wheels, or just escape away when you see them casting Friction. There's enough time to get some movement going that you shouldnt' be getting hit. Mitigation CD's like Keener Flurry can help keep you alive, be ready to use them.

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The fight is just like Titan Hard Mode. You learn the cycles. You learn the rotations. You learn what skills look like and what they mean. I kind of enjoy that.

[warren-ragnarok]

Problem with Party Finder for content is everyone wants only over geared players that know the fight. It's like fail safe only.

lol geared and exp'd, i seen too many people that claim that and watch them die to the stupidest mechanics, standing in front of the dragons and behemoth in CT, even watched a bard go in front of cad on turn 1 and get hit by the cleave..........people need to learn what some of these words mean

[Ri_ri]

I have not yet seen OTs voking suprana off. Wouldnt that possibly create problems with spiny plume and the 40s CD of provoke?
Also what happens if the spiny plume goes for the MT first?

OT Provokes Spiny the moment it appears, then MT Provokes Spiny, OT Provokes Suparna.

It stresses both tanks and healers for nothing

[BlueMage]

Problem with Party Finder for content is everyone wants only over geared players that know the fight. It's like fail safe only.

People just want a quick and easy win? They don't want to gamble on the skills of strangers who don't know the fight and only meet the minimum gear requirement? What a surprise!

[Dajinii]

I have done multiple runs of Garuda EX with my Monk and its totally easy to do. If you have people that leave and argue about a melee being in a team can't beat EX, that person doesn't know how to play the game. Really, its not just 1 method to beat anything in here, there's a lot of ways.

[Illya]

Garuda EX is bad for melees but Titan EX is just awful for BLM. And reportedly Ifrit EX is murder on healers though I haven't done that one yet. So it balances out. Squenix is an equal opportunity punisher on the EX Primals.

[Lafiele]

Garuda EX is bad for melees but Titan EX is just awful for BLM. And reportedly Ifrit EX is murder on healers though I haven't done that one yet. So it balances out. Squenix is an equal opportunity punisher on the EX Primals.

Garuda EX is bad on melees, titan EX is NOT awful on BLM and ifrit EX is EASY on healers (as long as your DPS aren't eating eruptions for no reason, tanks swapping correctly and moving boss correctly and healers healing competently). On a side note, Ifrit EX is also gimped on melees as there actually is a legit reason why people make all range parties for it lol.

[Momita]

Done alot of time as monk. better than ranged lol