Garuda EX

[Pooky_Pasha]

ive noticed alot of groups have specifically asked me as the OT to not pull Suparna off to the NW after the initial sister drop. I was confused by this at first, but it looks like groups now tend to prefer to AOE Garuda and Suparna before her first jump..... they still expect the OT to aggro Suparna, but not to drag her to the side...

Been in 3 of the last 4 groups that expected this.... so yea, I guess thats new

This confuses me. Garuda gets a double stoneskin from Suparna, so what's the point of AoE both of them together? Or am I missing something?

Anyway, how my group does this is I pull Garuda and Suparna as MT, the OT pulls Chirada, the Spiney goes to whoever it goes to. We bring one melee along to LB Suparna as soon as she drops, then that melee switches to Chirada. The ranged finish off Suparna, sometimes before I eat a double WW, then switch to Chirada who is usually @ 75-80% health by then. For us, this accomplishes a few things: 1) Garuda's double stoneskin isn't a big factor. It's more damage on Garuda. 2) It greatly reduces the threat of double WW or even a 2nd double WW if dps is slow. 3) We never have to worry about the Garuda/Suparna jump and subsequent windburn. This also helps get more dps on both Garuda and Suparna. 4) We have no need for any Spiney/Sister swaps between tanks. All that is required is one provoke to get the Spiney off whoever it's on initially (If it's on the MT, the OT takes it. Otherwise, the MT will take it after Garuda's slipstream. Whenever the next person gets 2 stacks, Garuda will do another Slipstream shortly and jump to initiate the phase shift, so the Spiney dies-no need for another swap).

Sometimes we can clear in the second vortex phase, but we almost always clear it at least during the third center plume phase (unless we derp up with the spiney shield).