Titan (Hard Mode) Tactics and Strategy - PLD

[Lucke]

I'm at the point where I have to fight Titan as PLD. Does anyone have any tips or tricks for tanking him that would help. I'm going in with my FC so they can handle a wipe while I learn. They will teach me as well, but I want as much info as I can get before we start =D

I mainly wanna know positioning. Where do I tank Titan that makes it easier on the healers/DDs?

[Tanaya]

Short version:

1 - Pull Titan to the edge of the arena, facing to the outside.
2 - Solidify threat.
3 - Pray your party doesn't suck.

Long Version:

Titan is actually much harder on your healers and DDs than it is for the tank. Tanks have it extremely easy until the Post-Heart phase. You'll literally not get targeted by any attacks unless you're the only man left standing. As a tank, there's only two critical moments you have to worry about, Mountain Buster and Bombs. Most bombs are pretty easy to dodge (get as close to the edge as you can and stay in the center, you'll avoid the blast radius), but one bomb formation (it'll be a circle formation) is very very easy to screw up on and it's usually better to use a CD just take one bomb to the face.

Mountain Buster is the ability you'll have to look out for and he'll only do it after the Heart phase. It'll be the first very ability he does and it can do up to 3.3k in damage without any mitigation. Party members will instantly die to this and only a tank can sustain the damage. Rotate your cooldowns to ensure you'll always mitigate the damage (I used Sentinel > Bulwark > Rampart). Using Flash's blind effect also helps since it'll give you the chance to dodge MB.

Otherwise, the rest relies on your other members, which you have no control over. The hardest part about Titan is getting a good party.

[James1213]

Pretty much what the guy above me said. You have it pretty much mindless till phase 5 because now you have things you have to worry about such as mountain busters, and bombs. If you get up to phase 5. You will have seen two of the three patterns he does. The last pattern he does he will always lead with it during phase 5. Is the 3 lines as a tank you run around the edge with the boss to the side that spawned last. The middle bombs will explode you run there and hit a cd for the incoming mountain buster.

[Rikh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KrW2ppJ3_0

Stand there and you'll never have to move him(after the heart phase)

[James1213]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KrW2ppJ3_0

Stand there and you'll never have to move him(after the heart phase)

That's interesting didn't know that. Takes some of the fun out of it tho the fight is already dreadfully boring for a tank

[Alwryn]

One more thing to add.

Put Stoneskin on your bar, cast it pre mountain buster.