Talk:Garuda/@comment-93.34.221.197-20181124201739/@comment-67.11.161.251-20181127152224

I'll tell you the best build strategies for Garuda right off. Ditch HP mods. Take Steel Fiber, Quick Thinking, Primed Flow as your core survivability mods. These will also allow you to stay at minimal HP all day long for optimal use of that sweet passive ability damage boost.

Max efficiency is almost a must, since it scales three different ways on Garuda (her DreadHeart nuke channel, regular casting efficiency, and energy regen from her 3.  You can go with 160% efficiency to save a mod slot, though.

If you don't have close to max energy and you have more than 30 hp, just do yourself a favor and cast 3, anytime, everytime. That energy is worth several times more EHP than the amount of HP it takes to generate it. It's like free EHP and energy at the same time. If you're getting low on both HP and energy cast a Blood Altar and tap 3 a couple of times while standing next to it for full energy.

Garuda doesn't really need much in the way of duration. You might put in a Primed Continuity to offset Fleeting Expertise, but you don't really NEED to.

Range on the other hand, you want a lot of range. Maybe even more than you want power strength (which you have a sort-of softcap at 200% on, since that's when it stops scaling the bleed proc chance on her 4). All of your nukes and DPS are hugely reliant on range.

The one thing Garuda lacks is good hard multi target wide area long CC, so positioning is everything if you don't want to burn through that couple thousand energy EHP in a jiffy. It's especially important when you consider that Dread Mirror is your only real damage reduction ability, and it only protects your face, so keep you back to walls as much as you possibly can. Garuda is only semi-tanky, so act like you realize that.