TItan HM is such a stupid fight for tanks ...

[Shinkyo]

I've been in many Titan HM runs now (mostly on DF) and I just wanted to share some frustration on this fight.
Seriously I feel all I can do it sit there and pray the rest of the party makes no mistake... that's all I can contribute to in this fight...

There's barely anything to dodge (just the bombs, which a lot of people tell me I shouldn't avoid in order to keep the boss centered during Landslide), nothing to stun, and the only thing I have to do is work my rotation but even so, as a WAR it's such a small contribution. Sure, I can mitigate 2.5K-3K HP in self heal (of only 1 hit...) but It's still pointless when healers barely have time to heal me for the rest of my HP.

I haven't gotten past a full rotation in phase 5 because people just die and I just sit there waiting for heals (that don't come)...
Anyway, just saying that this fight puts an enormous stress on the Healers and DPS but tanks don't have much to do in this fight...

[Ehayte]

Different fights are going to test different players. Titan is a gear check for tanks, and a skill check for DPS/Healers.

If they made this fight high difficulty for every archetype, the success rate would plummet. I understand that you want to be able to do more for your group, but they need to learn that some mechanics will rest on them as well - the tank can't always carry everyone!

[Tugboat]

Tanks get punched in the face, few single target encounters are about anything the tank does.

[Jediman]

Trust me you can avoid the bombs, and also I get your point. Its a healer or a DPS that screws up for me also...also you can try to avoid titan mountain buster with flashing on time for blind affect.

[Lemon8or]

Warrior doesn't have Blind attached to Flash though. We do have Featherfoot to increase Dodge by 15%. But ya, I feel the same running with my FC. I'm sitting there hearing how they plan their abilities around, alternating virus and stuffs and I'm just sitting there thinking to myself "Please don't let me die". As someone already said, you can stand right in the middle of two bombs, a bit on the edge and dodge them both. With a bit of practice, you'll be able to tell the bomb's radius. I just wish Holmgang would work so I have a bit more headroom with HP.

[Yamitri]

Try not to DF if you can help it, otherwise, God help you.

[Ebon_Drake]

Your Camera is zoomed in too far. Try zooming out more so you can see more of everything. You will do better.

[Vmage]

(just the bombs, which a lot of people tell me I shouldn't avoid in order to keep the boss centered during Landslide)

those are bad tanks who got carried by their healers through titan.

do not listen to them.

if you're not dodging bombs in p5, you're taking an additional 3.5k hit right before the rock buster at 1.5k and the mountain buster at 3.5k.. not to mention his regular auto attacks throughout at ~600, potentially critting for 1k

so you're probably sitting there waiting for heals that "don't come" when you get pummeled by 10k damage in the matter of a few seconds when healers are used to keeping tanks up through a burst closer to 6k

not to say it isn't doable... but there's so little to dodge as a tank in that fight, you've got one thing to dodge and you're essentially opting out and telling your healers to deal with it...

his landslides are perfectly avoidable coming from any point and pointed in any angle during p5, any player telling you to not avoid bombs isn't someone you should take advice from

and as far as nothing to stun... that's not entirely true either...

[Tanaya]

(mostly on DF)

[Sin_Nombre]

Titan IS a terrible fight for tanks. There are spots you can stand on the rim so that the only time you ever need to move is when the arena shrinks. No bombs, no landslides, no plumes.... just mountain buster and tumult. I spend weeks just starting on the ledge looking down... wondering if I should just jump... all I could do was stand helpless as DPS and healers died around me. Wiping over, and over, and over again knowing that there was NOTHING I could be doing differently to change my fate. Watching my trust in others being obliterated day in and day out... eventually I jumped. Then I joined a guild with competent players and killed Titan on the first run with them.