Talk:Garuda/@comment-2600:6C47:A200:34B:91A1:B0A2:98AA:A58B-20181208160506/@comment-142.161.60.45-20181209223949

A couple little factors in her kit put Garuda a couple rungs below the top tier frames. She still has some problems even after the buffs.

Garuda isn't self-sustainable at post-sortie levels. Garuda has a scaling nuke in the same way that Revenant has one; they technically have setups that are capable of wiping groups of level 500+ enemies, but they need too much setup and careful play compared to other alternatives. Garuda in particular needs other frames to tag along (Banshee or Equinox, as you've mentioned) to have reasonable scaling, and even then it'd ultimately be Resonance or Maim doing most of the heavy lifting.

On that note, there is pretty much always a better option than Garuda for a given mission. I think the most notable example is Equinox since her abilities are, in general, superior parallels to Garuda's. Maim outclasses both Dread Mirror's scaling damage and Seeking Talons' AoE damage potential. Rest in combination with a dagger is better single-target nuking than Dread Mirror. Mend is a heal with slower setup time, but much larger range than Blood Altar. Not to mention that Equinox has 4 other abilities beyond these 3.

Ultimately, I struggle to find scenarios where Garuda isn't completely out of her element or significantly outclassed by other frames.