Ideal Gearing for Titan HM (WHM)

[Exphryl]

I'm curious what is the ideal gearing for Titan HM? My main is WHM with about Half Darklight and the other half the iLvl60 Strategos gear from AK.

I'm not one to want to gimp the raid so grinding the rest of the Darklight pieces isn't a big deal (even if stat wise it's not a huge jump).

HP is at 3.2k with this gear.

Is it possible to do Titan with that or should I wait until I flesh out the rest of my darklight?

[FinagleABagel]

3k hp is the threshold. 3.2k is widely considered the "safe" threshold. It's not really a throughput check as much as it is survive this one really big hit!

I did it on my scholar with similar stats. Darklight belt/gloves/boots/2 acc, balance Strategos.

[Vid]

What weapon do you have? If your Cure 1 is doing 800-850 on average, then you should be fine. At 3200 HP (without the party buff) you'll be fine survival wise. The key thing in that fight is getting the mechanics down, and avoiding everything thrown at you aside from the Tumults (AE stomps he does). Not to mention keeping the tank topped off during phase 3, and where possible throw a stone-skin on before he starts his flipping-tables move.

Eventually it comes down to muscle memory. Having been through it about 40+ times myself, you just get a feel for things as they happen, and moving as little as possible so you can get that next heal out.

[Exphryl]

THanks for Input!

Just did a few attempts through the Duty Finder (lulz). Other than people being terrible at avoiding things, as well as knowing where to run on bomb placement. It feels like it's actually a pretty easy fight to heal.

One question though, when I heal up the group after his Jump, i seem to grab his aggro (While the first time I have Shroud up so it's not an issue, second time it can be a little hairy). Any suggestions from my end?

[Vid]

Before the first jump, he will only do Tumult and Landslide. A simple Regen on the tank at all times should keep him full health in between Landslides, so you don't take too much healing aggro. When the first 2-3 tumults happen, try to let the Scholar AE heal everyone, instead of yourself.

When he jumps the first time, everyone should stack, and you should toss out a Medica 1. Again refresh Regen as needed on the tank, but the fight is still pretty much the same. If people avoid the things they are supposed to, your enmity should be minimal.

By the 2nd time he jumps, start using Medica 2, and help out on Tumults, as the scholar will need some help with the AE heals at this time. Again Regen the tank, and use Cure 1's as needed. Rinse repeat this up to and through the Heart Phase.

When you get to phase 3 let us know.

[FinagleABagel]

THanks for Input!

Just did a few attempts through the Duty Finder (lulz). Other than people being terrible at avoiding things, as well as knowing where to run on bomb placement. It feels like it's actually a pretty easy fight to heal.

One question though, when I heal up the group after his Jump, i seem to grab his aggro (While the first time I have Shroud up so it's not an issue, second time it can be a little hairy). Any suggestions from my end?

Yeah, it's really not that hard until after the heart phase.

You are pulling because each phase change resets all aggro, so when you cast Medica II to heal everyone you are gaining aggro on a target the tank can't hit yet. You have 2 options:

1) Make the scholar double succor and you AoE heal after the tank regains aggro.
2) Have the scholar Aldo you, and you take the aggro - eat the shield and trust the tank to take it back quickly.

Either method works.

[Raminax]

It depends on what Class/Job you're co-healing with, but what I usually do regardless is use plain Medicas for the first few Tumults before the Geocrush/jumps begin happening, where he usually begins stomping 3-4 times in a row. Medica II will very likely overheal early on and thus generate more enmity than necessary. Of course, it might also honestly just depend on the tank. Gods forbid, some Paladins seem incapable of doing their 123 combo for maximum enmity. Stupid tank buddy I usually queue with is a wimp and lets the other one main tank if they have so much as 2 extra HP over him. x_x

That said, still haven't killed him. Got fairly late into Phase 3, but then either I or the other healer would mess up to Weight of the Land. Can imagine how I felt.

Edit: Are you really sure that there's an enmity reset during each Geocrush/Earthen Fury? Because I'm genuinely surprised I haven't died a single time yet during those, despite spamming souped up Medica IIs.

[Thatispookins]

3,500HP is a good number. I've seen plenty of WHM (*drumroll* Duty Finder) with 3800 - 4000HP die to bombs/plumes because they don't know how to dodge. Or, resurrecting players and getting punted off the platform from Landslide.

You don't need exceptional gear for this fight. Either primal weapons from Garuda or Ifrit should do just fine. Instead, what should be exceptional is the knowing of Titan's rotation.

[Sziadan]

You are pulling because each phase change resets all aggro, so when you cast Medica II to heal everyone you are gaining aggro on a target the tank can't hit yet.

Wrong, each phase does NOT reset the aggro.
Medica II just does tons of enmity, so if the tank isn't building enmity fast enough, you are likely to get aggro if you are spamming Medica II too much.

Tip, only use Medica II after stomps and after he lands when he does the jump. You don't need to use Medica II for the first couple of stomps, a normal Medica is enough for that. Tell everyone to gather up during stomps to get the heal and then move out after that (later on there will be "weight of the land" straight after stomps).

With a good tank and depending on the damage your group is taking, you might get aggro once during the fight. Usually around the second or third jump, just try to calm down on the healing and not over-healing. If you get aggro, use Shroud of Saints (you can use it when you get to orange if you think the tank wont have enough time to get more enmity).

[CalvatE]

I had someone in my team who said it was 'impossible to do Titan HM with only 3k HP', please don't believe these falsities. I was on 3k HP when I beat it. The more the merrier but I survived the entire fight, it's about getting heals off in time when it comes to the stomps - not the amount of HP you have.