Quote Originally Posted by bokchoykn View Post
Not always the 2nd most hate. It actually randomly chooses someone between the 1st or 2nd on Garuda's hate list.

I usually OT this fight, and I'm rarely #2 on enmity. As a Warrior, I don't even use Defiance at all in this fight, and I generally use the Storm's Eye and Storm's Path combos more than the Butcher's Block combo when hitting Garuda. My enmity is actually pretty low. In any case, I always Provoke the Spiny Plume to start every phase. A DPS or Healer getting Spiny off the bat isn't the worst thing either. In many ways, it actually works out better.
A healer getting the spiny plume can be problematic but it rarely happens if the WHM uses Shroud whenever it's up (SCH will most probably never get it). As OT you should still make a conscious effort to be at least ahead of the healers on Garuda's hate list to make the fight smoother.