Offtank Garuda Ex (Warrior Help)

[LukeyP666]

When I OT this fight, I only use my Provoke to pull the Spiny Plume. When the Sisters spawn, I Butchers Block (whether combo'd or not) Chirada, then Overpower, and then get into position. We use the method where I leave the Spiny on whoever it aggros to first, until they hit two stacks. Chirada is normally dead by now, and then I Provoke, Tomahawk and Overpower the Spiny, and just stay in position after DPSing it down a bit, with my back to it with the occasional Flash. If I hit two stacks before Garuda disappears, the MT Provokes and Shield Lobs it off of me.

We use the strategy where we leave the MT with Garuda and Suparna, but we only have one melee DPS. He just needs to be aware and avoid the WW's. His record is 7 deaths in one fight :P

The phase in the eye of the storm with the Razor Plumes varies slightly depending on who the Spiny aggros first. If it is on the MT, I leave it until he hits two stacks, and go full DPS on Garuda, but if it is on one of the DPS or Healers, or in amongst a load of Razor Plumes, I Provoke and Tomahawk it to move it out of the way, to let our Black Mage AOE and our White Mage Holy down the other Plumes.

It may not be the quickest strategy in the world, but it does seem to work for our group with only the one melee DPS.

Regarding losing hate, you might need to tell your DPS to give you a bit of a chance to build some initial hate before they unload everything they have. We have a Bard who used to be very trigger happy, but he's much better now after a bit of guidance.