Quote Originally Posted by Havenchild View Post
You can still be around 480-490 DPS with other very strong DPS in the party. Use Ifrit till the Storm shows up, then use Garuda till Terraflare. Make sure you Enkindle off the Storm. Figure out where the bulk of the party damage is going and adjust your Banes accordingly.
Now you have me thinking that I have never added in what Garuda does during the add phase. I'm using Rainbow Mage and it doesn't include when I do pet swaps.

Sounds like you are right and I haven't been as gimp as it seemed.