FFXIV E9S Mith Strat for Brambles/Seeds
Reference (not my work): https://imgur.com/gallery/QTw4PcH
1. Allow yourself to be knocked back and drop 2 puddles at each cardinal: tanks N, healers W, melee dps S and ranged dps E. Puddles must be dropped as close to the edge as possible and side by side, or melee DPS will lose uptime during Wide Angle/AA phaser.
2. Once puddles are dropped, tanks and healers gather NW. DPS gather SE. Stand close to the boss to make it easier to break tethers. Note the location of the safe spot.
3. Once vine tethers appear, run through the boss to break them and then adjust to the safe spot. The safe spot is just barely within melee range of the boss.
This strat works for towers later on without modification. Just have DPS take the north towers and tanks/healers take the south towers (or DPS west towers and tanks/healers east towers, depending on preference).