RDPS advice on Garuda (EX) needed

[Jitenshazuki]

Hello.

A couple of days ago we went to Garuda (EX) with 2 bards and 2 blms. I'm sure that all dps were ilvl 80-85.

We repeated vortex phase 4 times and Garuda never had less than 30% HP. When we do it with a DRG or MNK we have no problems and it goes much faster (even when lb is wasted to save grp).

I wonder if melee is a must there or our RDPS were doing something wrong.

I don't play any DPS class so I'm completely clueless here.

[Lemon8or]

Melee DPS is not a must in Garuda. Some groups even go as far as excluded them since most melees and off-tank don't know the fight well and often die to avoidable things. Garuda is not healed by Chirada neither so her health should go down. What probably happen is your DPS was not fast enough to kill Suparna and Chirada before Garuda jumps and probably did not stack up on Garuda during eye phase to Flare and kill all feathers so you didn't damage Garuda. All I'm saying is gotta kill those things (Suparna, Chirada, feathers) fast so you can burn Garuda down or the fight would just go on and on till she enrages. Technically, you don't have to kill Chirada, can just kill Suparna, burn Garuda, top everyone up, use Sacred Soil and Succor before Garuda and Chirada do Minstral Shriek.
PS: at that ilevel, 1 or 2 Flare will kill all feathers affected so stack up on Garuda during eye phase, let OT pulls Spiny away and Flare then burn.

[Ehayte]

Your DPS was under-preforming, unless healers were letting them die/Tanks were losing enmity on adds all over the place.

4 ranged dps should smoke that encounter, not to say a good MNK or DRG couldn't do better, but there is always some down-time with a mDPS (moving across, waiting for Supurna to get provoked across, dodging WW) where as with rDPS, all you have to do is switch targets and everything is A-OK.

Speaking from experience as MT, OT, MNK and BLM.

[Jitenshazuki]

I see. I'm not sure about OT but Suprana never leaved my side and dps were alive.

Sisters were dispatched right before the jump and feathers were killed around the time they explode naturally so I see the problem now.

Thanks for your responses.