monk vs garuda

[Arcell]

Monk is great against the Garuda but not so much the Plumes. From what I've seen, using the elemental fists drastically drops your damage on the plumes as it converts your damage to an elemental type. Not only that but we've only got one AoE on a 40 second recast.

[Soukyuu]

It's not MNK's job to kill the plumes, we'd have to turn fists of fire down for that (you don't expect BLMs to kill the plume either, them being resistant to magic). Other classes should be doing this, 1vs1 is what Monks are best at. People are just afraid of replacing one of their BLMs with a MNK because "it's less stable" "not being done that way" or "MNK is not useful in this".

[Arcell]

It's not MNK's job to kill the plumes, we'd have to turn fists of fire down for that (you don't expect BLMs to kill the plume either, them being resistant to magic). Other classes should be doing this, 1vs1 is what Monks are best at. People are just afraid of replacing one of their BLMs with a MNK because "it's less stable" "not being done that way" or "MNK is not useful in this".

I agree, that's actually the same conclusion I came to with a group of friends. We figure BLM and MNK play roughly the same role and are mostly interchangeable in that fight. Other physical DDs can handle the plumes, that's what they're best at.

[Yves]

Actually, MNK is great on her clone bc, with fists up, it damages her. It really is a nice fight for MNK ^^

[Soukyuu]

I was in hard mode, but not as MNK (WHM), I did state that in another thread but forgot to mention it here, sorry.

So yes, I saw the fight in hard mode. And I still think it's not an issue, even the teleports, mainly because you have to reposition yourself no matter if you are melee or ranged, and being closer to her is an advantage because you can move behind her faster.

As for turning, it's all about timing and predicting. I rarely miss a combo even soloing and that's harder than if a tank is present imho.

[Ragz]

One thing DRG as second phy DD is how to control Chirada. WAR, with all the vokes and collusion, can hold Chirada for long enough to keep BLMs alive, but you if DRG can't do that, 800 a hit is tough for BLM to handle.

MNK instead of BLM on Garuda is not optimal, but it can be done.

[Klefth]

One thing DRG as second phy DD is how to control Chirada. WAR, with all the vokes and collusion, can hold Chirada for long enough to keep BLMs alive, but you if DRG can't do that, 800 a hit is tough for BLM to handle.

MNK instead of BLM on Garuda is not optimal, but it can be done.

I'm still trying to make out whatever it is you said.