summoner. sic or obey?

[Underdog2204]

I was consistently getting a difference of about 15DPS or so in (Ilv173) gear, letting him melee for about 10 minutes each time.

187 vs 202 was the rounda-bout average of the tests. Was on dummy's though, I'll try it out on a dungeon scenario (though I can imagine it getting wider since his AoE will be hitting more than 1 mob).

But isn't Garuda still far more effective for multi mobs?

With Contagian (with Bane) + Aerial Slash + Aerial Blast it seems like that would far outdo a Flaming Crush from Ifrit... Not to mention Inferno is far harder to line up properly for AoE.

If that is the case, wouldn't it make what you are suggesting mute since he is just much less effective in that situation and you should really use Garuda on Obey?