Quote Originally Posted by Osmond View Post
I have no problem doing garuda. Set up pet macros on placements that can make it easier for me to manage. Looking at the overall situation, ifrit still trumps by it's attack potency even if radiant shield got nerfed. Now if garuda's potency on it's attacks increase then maybe it might be better to use in overall fights.....unless the nxt expansion says it otherwise.
Looking at pet potency alone is one of the worst ways to look about it due to the fact that Ifrit/Titan vs Garuda do not scale the same. Ifrit's potency is ~60% of Garuda's - Burning Strike + Attack + his ogcds are more damage than Garuda's Wind Blade + oGCDs in a vacuum. But when you throw Contagion against the full rotation the balance tips in favour of Garuda.

Good garuda over good Obey Ifrit is about ~1.3-1.4%ish. Good garuda over yolo Sicfrit is more like ~2.6-2.7%ish when you account for clipping etc.

That's for personal dps before you look at raid dps and buff synergy windows, which will depend on comp for total value. Before with Radiant having damage reflects it tipped the total package in favour of Ifrit in physical comps. The removal of that tipped it to Garuda in effectively all situations when looking at good play.