garuda hm farming questionFollow

whats the party setup, gear expectancy to farm/speedrun garuda?

With SCH you can actually run 6 DPS and single tank. You should kill her before or just as the second set of sisters are spawned. This is a pretty hard setup though, the dual healers and 5 dps is the norm. Generally burn whatever sister spawns closest and it should be down before the other is even in melee range.

I take it you don't play White Mage.

I've seen GOOD WHM solo heal Garuda and Titan, and Good SCH's solo heal Garuda and exceptional SCHs solo heal Titan. Hell I've solo healed Garuda on SCH "out the gate" of your tank doesn't eat every god damn slopstream under the sun like some tanks decide to. As well as every DPS ho decides they want to try to play with Garuda's boobs instead of fighting her. The only reason people would forget AoE heals exist is because in DF healers tend to get yelled at for using it even if it's appropriate, i.e don't spam Medica II and you're fine. >.>

Though I usually play by the rule if you act stupid or get yourself killed I don't heal you >.>. But yes..Most Primal Farming is 1 tank 1 healer rest DPS, Ifrit varies but usually can stun it np as DRG.

Titan requires people who just...don't suck as blunt as It can be said.

Edited, Dec 9th 2013 5:56am by Theonehio

So, on a side note, I'm actually up to Garuda now after taking out Ifrit this weekend... what gear level would you recommend I have before attempting Garuda HM?

So you need to have all Darklight before attempting Garuda HM?

Wow, that's insane... I guess I better start farming dungeons more.

Well I'm kind of afraid after getting killed numerous times on Ifrit in my AF...

DRG gets hit ALOT.

You can do a normal Garuda HM run in AF/WP/AK + Ifrit Weapon no problem. Just be sure to avoid the slipstreams and you should be fine.

actually I do play white mage. I don't find healing garuda solo difficult.

Edited, Dec 9th 2013 3:52pm by Keysofgaruda

Not to mention giving advice on the entirely wrong boss.

To be fair-
1) He was responding to the quote "Well I'm kind of afraid after getting killed numerous times on Ifrit in my AF..", so it was advice on the right boss and
2) He didnt really come off as an ***, all he did was say "Erm", and everything he said was true. He wasnt criticizing you particularly, if you read your post you say "DRG gets hit ALOT" like its just the way it is, he was merely pointing out that its not DRG that gets hit alot its that you are not familiar with the fight.
I think you shouldnt have called him an *** for providing useful information and doing so in a fair manner. He really didnt say anything negative about you, unless you really think the term "Erm" is that offensive.


As for Garuda, you can complete the fight with as little as AF and GC weapon, but as with everything it will mean a harder battle. It also greatly depends on how experienced and geared your fellow teammates are. The lower your gear, the less damage you will do and the more damage you will take. While it is possible for a full team of just AF and lower range 50 weapons to complete, expect a tough battle. Whether you do this through duty finder or in your server is also a factor since if you can get an experienced tank with good gear that lets you invite another damage dealer to speed things up.
I'd say the most important thing in garuda is for the tank(s) to know the rotations as so long as they move to the correct areas and keep hate on her and her sisters then it is a pretty straight forward fight for the rest: deal damage, kill the adds, and heal. If the tank(s) do not position them correctly the team can take alot of aoe damage from frontal cone attacks and the tornados.

Here is a video with a good explanation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGPVGdsNMO0



Edited, Dec 10th 2013 1:55am by aadrenry

Ifrit has other moves that constantly hit tanks and melee besides plumes and erruptions... so if your drg or mnk you should be hit a decent amount just off of Ifrits normal attacks...

Well not COMPLETELY true. Seer is more of a "spike" effect (think Blaze Spikes from XI or other mobs in XIV that uses it) not necessarily a normal attack since he can still attack while seer goes off. His only other attack is a cleave (DRG and MNK should never be hit by this) and Incinerate (again you should never be hit by this.) Iirc, MNK's main rotation is Side/Back positioning while DRGs is mostly back.

So if you get hit with cleaves or incinerate...you're doing something terribly wrong if you're not a tank. Mobs with Cleaves has a nice angle on it that's true but you can still be safe from the side, the only exception is ADS and Caduceus.