The main problem is that since the range for melee is actually a little longer than it seems, and the AI for Egi's only makes them move barely in range, Ifrit will never actually be in the middle of the mobs unless you manually place him there so that he can hit everyone with his AoE. Alternatively, him standing away from cluster of mobs actually puts him in perfect position to use his ult, which is a cone AoE. Changing Flaming Crush to be a cone AoE instead of a sphere around him AoE would actually be a nice QoL change.


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Burning Strike is 20 potency more than Wind Blade, but it does less damage because it's a physical attack. However, Ifrit has an actual Auto Attack + Burning Strike, so Ifrit's single target DPS generally ends up being ~20% higher than Garuda's. In a fight where it's safe to use Ifrit, that higher damage outweighs the loss of Contagion.
Yes, Ifrit himself will do significantly more damage, but how about your damage output as a whole? Garuda's Contagion is more powerful than what most people think. An extra 15 seconds adds 5 more tics to each of your DoT's, so let's do the math here:

Bio I: DoT potency 40 x 5 = 200
Bio II: DoT potency 35 x 5 = 175
Miasma I: DoT potency 35 x 5 = 175
Miasma II: DoT potency 10 x 5 = 50
Total potency done from Contagion alone: 200 + 175 + 175 + 50 = 600

That's a whopping 600 potency move on a 1 min CD for Garuda, throw in the extra Ruins you can get in because of your elongated DoT's, your overall DPS output is exceptionally higher in prolonged fights when using Garuda. The only time where using Ifrit would be better would be fights where the boss consistently becomes invulnerable from jumping out of the field and performing special moves (First phase of T9, Levi EX, Titan EX?, etc).