Quote Originally Posted by Sleigh View Post
Are you taking into account WAR + MNK debuffs? Both of them buff Ifrit's DPS, and when buffed, the DPS increase over Garuda is quite noticeable. The biggest reason against using Ifrit in a lot of fights is the increased MP usage without Contagion, not necessarily Ifrit's mobility or the DPS loss from no Contagion.
And Garuda can take advantage if there is a Bard using Foe... We aren't really talking about those certain situation though, just baseline without any buffs from other classes or jobs.