How do you tank Titan Hard and keep hate the whole way as Paladin?

[cotti]

You can even use Shield Bash to get some extra damage in for more threat.

Shield Bash does not have a enmity multiplier, so it should be used only when you are safe from losing aggro. Used in the beginning, it wastes a turn that could be used in preparing another Halone combo or even Rage of Halone by itself, that even with a smaller damage should give more enmity because the multiplier in it is active even if not part of a combo. If OP is having trouble keeping aggro, be it his or his pals' fault, Shield Bash is the least useful attack for him right now.

[AdvancedWind]

How do you tank Titan Hard and keep hate the whole way as Paladin? Every time we go up against Titan, I'll either lose hate and he'll kill a healer or lose hate and have him run wild. This is the last fight I need as Paladin to get my Relic. Any rotation tips for Titan?

It most likely isn't your fault if you're doing the usual rotation correctly.

In other words:

Your white mages shouldn't be using medica II before second jump.

[xRitzx]

This is what I do to start the fight and if you have perfect timing there is no way anyone else will steal hate at the start. It looks like you're only using ifrit weapon at the lodestone, that's all I have too.

Run in, shield lob, rampart, fast blade, fight or flight, savage blade, circle of scorn, rage of halone. Then continue with rage of halone combos and your other moves.

Sometimes I lose enmity at the heart phase. To help gain enmity at the heart phase, I use fight or flight in stage 1 and 2 then save it for the heart phase. At the heart phase I will start with fight or flight and rage of halone combo. I usually gain enmity at the start of the heart but occassionally DPS are still too strong.

[Aureliami]

Shield Bash does not have a enmity multiplier, so it should be used only when you are safe from losing aggro. Used in the beginning, it wastes a turn that could be used in preparing another Halone combo or even Rage of Halone by itself, that even with a smaller damage should give more enmity because the multiplier in it is active even if not part of a combo. If OP is having trouble keeping aggro, be it his or his pals' fault, Shield Bash is the least useful attack for him right now.

I got shield bash mixed up with Spirits Within, my mistake.

[Bahram]

I've only lost threat to WHM on that fight, and only if they aren't using Shroud and like to use Medica II before the first jump.

No other class should be a problem, and if the WHM pulls threat there is a 99% chance it isn't your fault.

[Mayin]

How do you tank Titan Hard and keep hate the whole way as Paladin? Every time we go up against Titan, I'll either lose hate and he'll kill a healer or lose hate and have him run wild. This is the last fight I need as Paladin to get my Relic. Any rotation tips for Titan?

I was a full DL tank with an Ifrit blade when i did it, and never had a problem keeping hate. If you are in the same situation, its the fault of the other players, not yours.

[Mayin]

1-2-3 and shield lobs when he goes to middle. End of story, you should never need flash, and of course use your aoe and silence every so often

[Happystab]

On Pull:
Fight or Flight > Shield Lob (While running towards him) > Fast Blade + Circle Of Scorn > Savage Blade + Spirits Withen > Halone.

Repeat Halone Chain and use Spirits Within / Circle of Scorn / Fight or Flight whenever available.

Flash/Def Cooldowns on tableflip to help healer.
Convalescence if you go low; so that the AoE healing from stomps heals you to full without the healer having to pay special attention to you during or after.

Spirits Within can be used without worrying about silence DR on Titan.

Fracture for DPS if your aggro is solid as it causes barely any aggro and uses a GCD.
(If Fight or Flight is up else damage increase isn't worth it).

Possible Problems:
1. Your'e under geared.
2. Your healer is an idiot and just spamming AoE overheals non-stop.
3. Your group is taking far to much damage and healer is getting aggro AoE healing them (they should take near to 0 damage before stomps)
4. You forgot to put shield oath on.

[xRitzx]

1-2-3 and shield lobs when he goes to middle. End of story, you should never need flash, and of course use your aoe and silence every so often

I would recommend using flash before stomps and before mountain buster if you can get flash and defensive CD timing down. Flash can cause hits to miss you because of the blind effect. Hits that miss you mean the healer heals less which gives you more threat over healers and helps the group as a whole. Flash really helps IMO.

[HamHam]

A little background on how I did Titan with my FC.

I tanked Titan with Garuda's weapon and Titan shield ( I got this shield when I did my first relic for smn), everyone else in the party with the exception of a warrior, who needed this fight, had relic, some even with +1. Now, mind you, I've never had tanked Titan before and for me was very simple. I pulled with shield lob, and flash when I was behind him as I ran through him. Then, I use my combo, and spirit within, then circle of scorn. From there, I never lost hate. However, I almost lost it to the whm, but he used shroud at that moment and the hate list was back to normal.

I continued to use combo through out the fight, and flashed before mountain bustter, and the spirit within and circle of scorn whenever it was ready. Oh I almost forgot, I used skull sunder (marauder skill) after spirit within.


Hope this helps you a bit