Quote Originally Posted by ADVSS View Post
i got yelled at alot by a friend over the knockback, and so ive since strictly used ifrit, because i admit i am lazy as hell but also i feel like radiant shield is a great buff in general, he seems to stun a little more smartly than garuda does her knockback on auto.
You can use Garuda on Obey and pretty much ignore her other abilities besides Contagion. The knockback and AoE aren't game-changing.

The one thing that bugs me about Ifrit is that he is melee so he has travel time to the target. If you're fighting multiple enemies and his target dies, he will scurry back to your side until you hit something else, and then he will float his way back to it your new target. Otherwise, you need to manually direct him. Garuda is a turret with good range, so it doesn't really affect her.

All that said, I prefer Ifrit's aesthetics and I wish he had an ability that was a better direct competition to Contagion and actually interacted with the Summoner.