Titan HM: Scholar Guide

[rubina]

Will this work with solo Scholar healing Titan HM?

[Superlol]

Will this work with solo Scholar healing Titan HM?

We ran 2 Scholars once, and i wiped before the heart by mistake, the geared Scholar could (pretty easily) handle the whole fight alone so its not that big of a deal.. If the whole group knows how to dodge of course :P

[FinagleABagel]

I don't think scholars have the raw throughput at the end to avoid wiping on the 8-stomps. Our WHM went down and I *almost* healed through it. If I had maybe 20 more on each succor, I had it.

We were also running a 6 man group with 2 carries....so eh. Either way, Scholars definitely throw down on Titan HM.

[Ravage]

Now to find a group that doesn't fail...

[PiedPiper]

The thing about solo healing, and this is true of whm as well as sch, on Titan, is luck plays a role. If you get rocked two to three, or even four times in row, it can be nearly impossible to catch up.

I have solo healed it as whm, I have not had a real opportunity to solo heal as sch, but from carrying on after whm deaths, I can offer a few suggtions:

A) Eos MUST be on manual control. You have to use whispering dawn on stomps and paired with rouse if you want to heal through them alone.
B) You have to be on POINT. You can't let yourself get behind on buffing the group or the tank with shields, you can't mess up your timing on soil for stomps. You also need to be pre-buffed quite a ways incase you get rocked.
C) Lustrate goes from being something you use ocasionally to your best friend.

But you knew both of those, cus you're a scholar, and thus awesome. And of course Eos is on manual right? Cus otherwise, why even.


I'm really glad so many of you have found this helpfull! Please feel free to post questions and suggestions (from more experienced scholars). I've actually only been playing a lot of scholar for a few weeks now, after having finally grown tired of how they gutted my favorite class of all its fun (RIP 1.0 PLD) and how face roll WHM feels. (Don't get me wrong, I made thyrus, I like whm, its just... after the disapointment that is pld, whm still feels disengaged from the fight. And my gripe with pld is that its 3 buttons now, not that its not effective).

The chick in SCH story was right, the more you know and plan ahead, the more powerful sch is. IMO, in this regard, it really is the most rewarding class. Its awful if you try to just be reactionary, its god-like if you are one step ahead.

[KingDolor]

We ran 2 Scholars once, and i wiped before the heart by mistake, the geared Scholar could (pretty easily) handle the whole fight alone so its not that big of a deal.. If the whole group knows how to dodge of course :P

I have handled healing solo from about 35% - 0% solo as a scholar. As you said, if people can dodge its not hard. If you get to 8 stomps the dps is bad and/or people are dead. You should never get this far into the fight unless you are 3 healing(which you should not be).

[FinagleABagel]

I have handled healing solo from about 35% - 0% solo as a scholar. As you said, if people can dodge its not hard. If you get to 8 stomps the dps is bad and/or people are dead. You should never get this far into the fight unless you are 3 healing(which you should not be).

For an average gear group, I agree. However, I'd done a 6 man Titan HM with my FC (we carried 2) and me (as SCH) and a WHM healed through the stomp cycle PAST the 8 round stomp.

HP on the party barely budged. It's definitely doable, it's not even hard. You'll need full DL to pull it off though.

My favorite part is ending Titan with a nearly full MP bar while the WHM is completely ravaged. The sustain on SCH is what makes them so good here. We can easily play conservative until we are needed and then just rip off AoEs all day long if necessary.

[KingDolor]

I was referring to solo healing. With two healers you can sit there forever.

[PiedPiper]

I have handled healing solo from about 35% - 0% solo as a scholar. As you said, if people can dodge its not hard. If you get to 8 stomps the dps is bad and/or people are dead. You should never get this far into the fight unless you are 3 healing(which you should not be).

It is more than possible to survive 8 and 9 stomps solo as sch by using eos and pre-casting with sacred soil on the group as i discussed. And, with titan, there are very few "shouldn't be" senarios that apply. The fight is very unforgiving in terms of a single mistep or bit of lag can cause even experienced players to get killed and reduce group dps.

IMO: Saying "you shouldn't ever have to do x" isn't really useful, particularly since the target audience of this guide was scholars who have never gotten a win before. Such progression groups will likely scrape by with a mixture of talent and luck for their first few wins. As such, we ought to give them recomendations for even the least optimistic of situations.

[Mamba]

Awesome read
I already cleared Titan on SCH but still found this guide very enjoyable