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    As a tank who mastered garuda ex I don't see this triangle method providing any advantage over the 'traditional' way...
    of course the workload on tanks is lightened, but it falls onto dps and healer instead...
    I'd rather they do their jobs properly which is to heal and dps, while I do mine which is to dodge/mitigate damage from slipstream/double wicked wheels
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lanceton View Post
    As a tank who mastered garuda ex I don't see this triangle method providing any advantage over the 'traditional' way...
    of course the workload on tanks is lightened, but it falls onto dps and healer instead...
    I'd rather they do their jobs properly which is to heal and dps, while I do mine which is to dodge/mitigate damage from slipstream/double wicked wheels
    please stop, there no such thing as "traditional" way.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seirra_Lanzce View Post
    please stop, there no such thing as "traditional" way.
    Yes there is a "traditional way" its the way the majority of the community does it, so its "traditional".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Provoke View Post
    Yes there is a "traditional way" its the way the majority of the community does it, so its "traditional".
    Then both are traditional way since you forget, eastern side of the worlds use Triangle method way more then.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seirra_Lanzce View Post
    Then both are traditional way since you forget, eastern side of the worlds use Triangle method way more then.
    Yes because the OP of that post was talking about the overall of both western and easterns preffered methods when he was referring to "traditional", wasnt he? Oh wait he wasnt.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lanceton View Post
    As a tank who mastered garuda ex I don't see this triangle method providing any advantage over the 'traditional' way...
    of course the workload on tanks is lightened, but it falls onto dps and healer instead...
    I'd rather they do their jobs properly which is to heal and dps, while I do mine which is to dodge/mitigate damage from slipstream/double wicked wheels
    What the triangle method does is ensure that it's easier for the tanks to survive. Without having to tank both Garuda and Sup, the MT and OT already have a lot on their plates. Watching for spiny stacks, making sure he's in the the right position to ensure minimum stacks on sisters and be in range of heals etc. This method just gives them one less thing to worry about. Kudos to you if you're able to manage all of this while watching for sisters frictions to mitigate wicked wheel. A lot of tanks, frankly, just aren't that good.

    By letting DPS tank chirada instead and spreading garuda and suparna out between MT and OT, we give the tank an extra chance of surviving. It helps that Chirada auto attacks for practically nothing even on a DPS. The only attacks to worry about when they tank her are downburst and slipstream. Downburst damage can be easily dealt with by 1) having DPS stack together and 2) having a WHM cure III them right after it's done. Really simple. Slipstream has a long ass cast bar which is also easily avoidable by dps that notices. With really good dps, Chirada goes down really really fast without the use of LB and we don't even have to worry about downburst at all.

    And to address people calling this method slow, I usually clear Garuda Ex these days in DF within 10-12 mins max of starting the fight. My quickest clear was in under 7 mins with the use of LB3 on Garuda at the end of the first vortex phase.
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