I had first posted this under the "Ask a question" forum and afterwards thought it should actually go in this forum instead, so....

Has anyone ever used their greater hiryu against a swoop? Was it easy or difficult? Did it take any longer or shorter with the hiryu, etc.... ?

I'm asking because my hiryu is far better trained than my cu sidhe and I'd like to kill some swoops without having to bring two pets at the same time (mare/rune beetle combo).

I answered in the other forum as well. If a post is MAJORLY misplaced, an admin or lead mod will redirect it.

I have used my hiryu (commonly called greater) (see the Two Tone Hiryu Tamed thread for pic of stats) on just about everything. Swoops are easy. Slighly slower kill rate than a CU due to the 100% phys damage against the Swoops high PR, but the talon strike (lower PR by 20%) helps a bit.