Talk:Garuda/@comment-73.176.223.193-20181216000939/@comment-2600:6C47:A200:34B:60B6:827F:DA77:1143-20181220155600

Garuda has some pretty gnarly capabilities to be sure, but replacing Valkyr? Come on.

Valk may not be Queen Tank anymore, but she's still the only Warframe that can spam invulnerability in a practical fashion (Nyx's Assimiliate is too slow/loses energy to damage received; Limbo can't harm enemies while theres a disparity in the rift between Limbo and his enemies/Limbo can be harmed if enemies are in the rift with him). Valk packs some serious single-target DPS & Invunerability, not to mention Warcry's contributions to the team's TTK.

Besides which, their playstyles are pretty different as well. Valk is up-close and personal 100% of the time; Garuda may jump into the fray with her 1st, but she specializes in setting up camp with her 1st & 2nd, before opting for sustained sniping with her 3rd & 4th; amassing bleed procs with her guns while conserving her 1st's Hadoken for big mobs/hard targets.

Just because both have innate claws and were designed around a reckless warrior theme doesn't make them remotely similiar to play. At anyrate, I'd rather use the Zenistar than the claws on Garuda to improve her camp's defenses; mass procing Viral & Radiation with the Zenistar can lead to some interesting scenarios when comboed with Seeking Talons.