Hey guys, so I am a recent returner after a two year break to finish school. I used to be a healer main but have now decided to main summoner since they have done so many things to fix the quality of life, and we now have Bahamut! However, there is still one thing about SMN that I feel needs to be addressed, and that is the ever niche and low-key useless pet, Titan-Egi.
He only sees use during solo play, and even then, now that we have Bahamut it ruins the point of having him out because Titan will never regain aggro after he disappears to make room for Bahamut. Plus, it is simply more efficient for us the SMN to tank mobs while our Chocobos spam cure on us. (Also Chocobos don’t seem to think Titan exists either and will not heal him).
TL;DR, there is absolutely no point in ever summoning Titan-Egi.
Which leads me to propose skill and role changes for him. I want to keep his identity as a defensive pet, and feel like some Party defense skills would fit perfectly.
Skills:
Earthen Ward/Earthen Fury: This will be a stance toggle to have his attacks either draw enmity or do more damage. Earthen Ward stance will cause all attacks to draw enmity and increase his HP to that of his current amount, while Earthen Fury stance will cause all pet attacks to do 10% more damage with no enmity generation and decrease his HP to that of Ifrit/Garuda’s.
Rock Buster: Unchanged
Titan’s Heart: This will replace Landslide. Titan gives the entire party the Titan’s Heart buff which reduces incoming damage by 10% for 20s. If a party member receives damage while under the effect of the buff, they will feel a brief “Pulse of Life” increasing healing received by other players by 15% for 5 seconds. If Titan is in the Ward stance, being attacked while under the effect of this buff will increase his enmity. This ability would be useful in content with lots of AoE damage and will help amplify tank and healer abilities. I’m thinking either a 90s or 120s recast.
Mountain Buster: Now stuns all nearby enemies for 2s and deals damage with a potency of 80. Recast increased to 30s from 15s.
Anyway, these were just some thoughts I had to help make Titan-Egi relevant as I would love to be able to use him more often.