Garuda Extreme final phase melee question

[BlackThought]

I'm happy this seems to work for you, but it's a terrible strategy.

This is how I always do it, sans the eating. I dodge it and gap close (usually a Spineshatter) and it seems to work well for us. Suparna generally doesn't live long after this, but it has an added benefit for us as I'm often targeted with the Spiny plume and it makes the exchange much simpler.