So Summoners! Someone posted this on reddit. Discuss!

[NoctisUmbra]

Yes, what is changing about Ifrit in 2.1? Or Garuda?

Oh, nothing?

Those parses were just straight Obey on the dummy.

Garuda did more.

Garuda has contagion.

Ifrit has nothing.

That sounds like a very accurate parse. Funny how parses suggesting the opposite exist. Oh, the dilemma. Perhaps your Ifrit has bad AI?

[Kevee]

That sounds like a very accurate parse. Funny how parses suggesting the opposite exist. Oh, the dilemma. Perhaps your Ifrit has bad AI?

I'm pretty sure a 2 hour parse of pets(obey) on the dummy is more valid than whatever parse you claim to have.

[BlueCoconut]

Hey All!

So the post on reddit was mine.

I did do my own parse of ifrit egi on obey vs garuda egi on obey, and it turned out in my ~5 minute test that ifrit egi won. That said, it was a quick personal verification, and since it matched my expectations, I moved on and didn't actually look at the crit %. It is very possible that the crits favored ifrit in such a small sample, and my test was wrong.

For that reason, as i stated on the reddit post, I will be testing this again as soon as I get back into the game on tuesday. Once I have a better estimate for pet damage, I'll get a better sense of the garuda vs ifrit argument.

That said, if ifrit egi fails to out dps garuda egi straight up, then yes, obviously garuda egi wins.