Access
1. Complete the quest "Primal Nature" (Western Thanalan (X:11, Y:13), Urianger)
2. Initiate and complete the quest "Gale-force Warning" (New Gridania (X:9, Y:11), Vorsaile Heuloix)

Phase 1
Skill Set
1. Vortex
2. AoE Feather attack
3. Mistral
4. Plume summons
Behavior and Patterns
Vortex around edge of the arena. AoE feather attack from her initial position. Mistral from the same position (Short recast; must LoS before this move occurs). Summon plumes and feathers.

Phase 2
Skill Set
1. Chirada and Suparna summon
2. Aerial Blast
Behavior and Patterns
Garuda summons Chirada and Suparna. Unlike hard mode, only the red line initially appears (Refer to this add as "red"). Soon after, the green line appears and connects Chirada and Suparna (Refer to this add as "green"). As the distance between red and green decreases, the damage they take decreases as well. After roughly 30s, Garuda and red teleport to each other's positions. After roughly 30, remaining mobs (Including adds) gather at the center for Aerial blast.

Phase 3
Skill Set
1. Mistral
2. Green plume summon
3. Plume bakuhatsu
4. Chirada and Suparna summon
5. Vortex
Behavior and Patterns
After Aerial blast, Garuda summons a green plume. When players defeat this plume, the plume does an AoE damage attack and leaves a plot of sacred soil. When Garuda readies mistral, players must use this sacred soil to mitigate the damage. Shortly after, Garuda summons another green plume, Chirada, and Suparna. In addition, she spawns vortexes with an X formation.

Phase 4
Skill Set
1. Mistral
2. Green plume summon
3. Plume explosions
4. Chirada and Suparna summon
5. Vortex
Behavior and Patterns
After Aerial blast, Garuda summons a green plume. When players defeat this plume, the plume does an AoE damage attack and leaves a plot of sacred soil. When Garuda readies mistral, players must use this sacred soil to mitigate the damage. Shortly after, Garuda summons another green plume, Chirada, and Suparna. In addition, she spawns vortexes with an X formation. Typically, groups have main tank NW, healers NE, ranged DPS SW, and Off-Tank SE during the vortex phase. At this point, you have two options: Defeat Suparna > Garuda or defeat Chirada > Suparna > Garuda. The benefit of the former is that you can quickly resume damage on Garuda. The detriment is that Mistral will significantly more damage. However, if PT members have 4k+ HP, they can withstand this damage (Use Sacred Soil, Succor, and Stoneskin for extra HP). The benefit of the latter is that you take less damage from Mistral. However, you start damaging Garuda later, so you may require more rounds to defeat Garuda. After the last Mistral, this phase repeats.

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