monk vs garuda

[Tonkra]

what about DRG vs Garuda? should work also.

[Zyph]

what about DRG vs Garuda? should work also.

That's part of the strategy, using DRG's Ring of Talons to help kill plumes.

[Arland]

what about DRG vs Garuda? should work also.

Of course, quite well in fact. I posted some of my impressions as DRG vs Garuda on this thread http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post679648 The parser Logs are from fights BEFORE i killed her for the first time, but the kill parser looked almost the same. On monday we got our firstkill inluding speedrun with a setup of: 1x WHM, 1x DRG, 2x BRD, 2x BLM, 2x WAR

I think the DRG has better AOE capabilities and longer range then MNK as, thats especially usefull on this fight. First phase i only dps'ed on Garuda, ignoring the plumes tho, as the BLMs did. Second to third phases i nuked the plumes aswell, when they spawned.

[vageta666]

what about DRG vs Garuda? should work also.

we used drg last night as well for the plumes and it worked out pretty well. i think he used leg sweep. not sure exactly.

[vageta666]

see what i did as mnk was use back attacks to trigger the combos and when those combos were on cd i quickly jumped in front of her to start the frontal combo and continued on from there. thats why isaid its non stop dd and when u get hit its not huge so second wind usually will give u full hp again. im not saying that blm arent good in this fight, im saying that its another option. plus mnks dont have to really worry about mp cept when using abilities which doesnt take very much. anyways keep the info and suggestions comming. im soaking everything up.

[Soukyuu]

plus mnks dont have to really worry about mp cept when using abilities which doesnt take very much.

With ballad of magi you don't really have to worry about mp, especially with the second rear combo giving you about 200-300mp back from sucker punch.

Not sure what you mean by "except when using abilities"

[Zyph]

we used drg last night as well for the plumes and it worked out pretty well. i think he used leg sweep. not sure exactly.

I used Ring of Talons, and I'm glad it worked well, I thought it wasn't going so good.