Summon (Final Fantasy XIV)

Summon was an and ability from Final Fantasy XIV that summoned Emerald Carbuncle or Garuda-Egi. It was removed in Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker.
==Mechanics==
 	Summon Arcanist/Summoner 4	AbilityClass action
Effects 	
*Summoned Emerald Carbuncle or Garuda-Egi
*Emerald Carbuncle auto-attacked with 
*Garuda-Egi auto-attacked with 
*Summoner could use their pet commands to control the pet's behavior	
*Summoned Emerald Carbuncle or Garuda-Egi
*Emerald Carbuncle auto-attacked with 
*Garuda-Egi auto-attacked with 
*Summoner could use their pet commands to control the pet's behavior
Interactions	
*: Shared recast timer; replaced active pet
*: Shared recast timer; replaced active pet
*: Ordered Emerald Carbuncle to execute ; ordered Garuda-Egi to execute 
*: Ordered Emerald Carbuncle to execute ; ordered Garuda-Egi to execute 
*: Ordered Garuda-Egi to execute 
*: Temporarily replaced active pet with Demi-Bahamut; Summon could not be used while Demi-Bahamut was active
*: Temporarily replaced active pet with Demi-Phoenix with ; Summon could not be used while Demi-Phoenix was active	
*: Shared recast timer; replaced active pet
*: Shared recast timer; replaced active pet
*: Ordered Emerald Carbuncle to execute ; ordered Garuda-Egi to execute 
*: Ordered Emerald Carbuncle to execute ; ordered Garuda-Egi to execute 
*: Ordered Garuda-Egi to execute 
*: Temporarily replaced active pet with Demi-Bahamut; Summon could not be used while Demi-Bahamut was active
*: Temporarily replaced active pet with Demi-Phoenix with ; Summon could not be used while Demi-Phoenix was active
Once a Summoner had completed the quest battle in the level 45 quest , Garuda-Egi would replace Emerald Carbuncle. Summon and Summon II were unique in that once Summoners upgraded their Carbuncles to Egis, these upgrades were permanent and applied when level synced. Even should a Summoner have been synced below level 45, so long as they had completed the quest Summon would continue calling Garuda-Egi, complete with the increased potency of its actions. Egi Glamours aside, the only way to truly summon Emerald Carbuncle again was to unequip the and revert to an Arcanist, which had no purpose beyond self-induced challenges.
Summoner pets had mostly the same attributes as their owner, but did not benefit from their owner's racial modifiers or the party bonus, and their job Intelligence modifier was 100 rather than the Arcanist's 105 or Summoner's 115. While they benefited from their owner's Maim and Mend traits, they also had a hidden trait that lowered their damage by 20%.
==Use==
Emerald Carbuncle and Garuda-Egi specialized in area of effect damage. For Arcanists, Emerald Carbuncle was their only source of area of effect damage until they reached level 30, and was also their best single-target damage summon as their only other option was the defense-oriented Topaz Carbuncle. For Summoners, Garuda-Egi was best used when facing 3 or more targets, as Ifrit-Egi provided better output against one or two targets.
Summon was an instant cast ability that was off the global cooldown. This allowed players to weave it between global cooldowns after using instant cast spells such as or . It did however share its 3 second recast with and . While in most situations players would call upon their summon of choice before battle and not need to change it, the ability to switch summons on the fly could prove useful in certain situations, such as switching to Garuda-Egi during the add phase of a boss encounter and switching back to Ifrit-Egi once the phase was complete. During AoE encounters Summoners may also have wished to swap out Garuda-Egi for Titan-Egi for , as Titan-Egi's provided superior DPS to Garuda-Egi's , before rapidly switching back to Garuda-Egi for its better overall DPS.
== Patch history ==
Version 	Changes
A Realm Reborn	Added as a spell with a 6s cast time, 2.5s recast, and 20% base MP cost.Gust was single-target with 90 potency.Was also available to s. Scholar version summoned Eos.
Stormblood 	No longer available in PvP. New PvP exclusive Scholar version added. See below for its patch history.
Patch 4.1 	Cast time reduced to 3s.MP cost reduced to 10% base MP.
Shadowbringers	Action type changed to ability.Cast time reduced to instant.MP cost removed.Recast time increased to 10s.Recast time shared with and .No longer available to Scholars. Eos was now summoned by the ability.Gust potency reduced to 30, now dealt damage in a 5y radius around target.
Patch 5.05 	Recast time reduced to 3 seconds.
Endwalker 	Removed.
Version 	Changes
Stormblood 	Added as a Scholar exclusive ability, summoning Eos. Was instant cast with a 3 second recast.Cost 10 Faerie Gauge to use, and Eos would periodically drain the Faerie Gauge by 10 while summoned.
Shadowbringers	Removed.
== Gallery ==
Garuda-Egi.jpg|Garuda-Egi.
Fairy-Eos XIV.jpg|Summon formerly called upon Eos when used by Scholars.
Summon PvP from Final Fantasy XIV icon.png|PvP icon.
Category:Removed actions in Final Fantasy XIV