Quote Originally Posted by Sanguisio View Post
Ifrit is good at times, but if you are lining your skills up the benefit contagion brings outweighs him situations where extra DOT time is allowed.
-Considering the MP you save by using contagion there is no reason not to use her unless it is trash you are dealing with, then his slightly higher potencies help.

Are you fully taking advantage of contagion ?
-PPPs
-Xpot
-RS
-All target DOTs
Contagion by itself essentially just amounts to casting 3 more Ruins each minute, and if coupled with Miasma 2, actually does not save MP. You should be using less Ruin IIs with Ifrit, so consumption is more even than it seems.

Contagion + Buffs is a considerable damage increase without a doubt, but how often are you getting that boost? If a fight is 9 minutes long, that's twice you'll get to use Raging + X-Pot + PPP + Contagion and once without the X-Pot. That's 45s of extra damage in a 9 minute fight. Using Ifrit instead of Garuda is 9 minutes of extra damage in a 9 minute fight.

Unlike Garuda, however, Ifrit is not safe for every fight. Any encounter where the boss has a knockback or circle AOE that would lower its uptime or potentially kill it, it would be better to use Garuda. Also, fights where the pet needs to be at a specific location to help split damage. For example, I use Ifrit on T10-13 (Though I use Garuda on the physical resist trash in T11 >.>), but I wouldn't use it on T7 or T9.