Need advice: Titan HM

[Jaminos]

So I have been putting it off for a while now but I know I need to kill Titan HM if I ever want to move forward on my relic quest.

So I have looked around and have not found any recent posts about what I need gear wise for Titan HM. I know DL is needed. However I don't know how much. Full or partial.

I currently have a DL chest and belt with hoplite boots, gloves and pants. I have DL earrings and choker of fending. The rest is HQ amber until I can afford the rest of my jewelry.

I have Garuda's Gaze for my sword and a ilvl 47 shield. I have had zero luck with WP dropping my shield so far.

So do I just need to keep grinding to get my stones until I have a full DL set or can I fudge some of my gear?

Also any detailed info about what to do when tanking Titan would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
Jam

[Leiron]

I'd recommend replacing the Amber rings and belt before going into Titan.
The shield could be better but the armor is more important, and you'll probably get the shield fro grinding WP often.

[Jaminos]

I forgot to mention I already had my DL belt and added it to my list. Also, I have heard you can only have one type of DL ring on at a time. Is there any truth to this or can I have two DL rings of fending?

[Paikis]

Darksteel armour (crafted) is better than Darklight (except the belt) and the chest and legs are actually cheaper (1150 tomes versus 1320). Darklight legs do have a butt-load of accuracy though.

Anyway, I would consider darklight/darksteel armour in all slots as well as Ifrit/Garuda's weapon a minimum. Jewellery should be HQ Amber at a minimum, but darklight is preferred.

[Zoomie]

Darksteel armour (crafted) is better than Darklight (except the belt) and the chest and legs are actually cheaper (1150 tomes versus 1320). Darklight legs do have a butt-load of accuracy though.

Anyway, I would consider darklight/darksteel armour in all slots as well as Ifrit/Garuda's weapon a minimum. Jewellery should be HQ Amber at a minimum, but darklight is preferred.

Darksteel is a huge waste of gil imho. If you really want to spend millions of Gil on HQ darksteel go for it but DL is more than enough to start Coil with.

@ the OP: I would say farm AK for a couple days and replace your accessories with DL then go kill Titan. You want ~5150hp minimum. Pro heals can deal with less but if you don't have healers you know or are using the DF you'll want to be as beast as possible.

[Leiron]

I forgot to mention I already had my DL belt and added it to my list. Also, I have heard you can only have one type of DL ring on at a time. Is there any truth to this or can I have two DL rings of fending?

Amdapour Keep drops a tanking ring you can utilize.

@Paikis: Darksteel is rather expensive to obtain though.

[Thagyr]

Thankfully past the gear side of things Titan is rather simple to tank.

There is a spot you can stand which avoids needing to move more than a few steps to dodge bombs.

http://youtu.be/_KrW2ppJ3_0 - This video demonstrates.

Apart from that you need to know when he does Mountain Buster AKA 'table flip' during Phase 5 (after the heart is killed), as that is likely what is going to kill you as a tank if you or the healers aren't prepared for it. It is also why Titan is a gear check for tanks more than anything as this ability hits like a train and the more HP you have the better.

Mountain buster is the the first thing he does out of heart phase, it presents the most threat as the transitions involves Titan doing his big BOOM move, so if they healers haven't topped you up this will kill you unless you blow some heavy cooldown. That said, using a cooldown for each buster is useful as there is a lot of stuff going on for the healers to worry about.

Phase 5:
Mountain Buster -> Stomp -> Plume -> Bombs With Landslide -> Mountain Buster -> Plume -> Rock -> Landslide. (Repeat)

[Jaminos]

Dark steel is not an option for me right now. I don't have a crafter who can make it for me cheaply. I will top out my jewelry here this weekend since it is just 4 CM runs a piece and I can. Run that in my sleep. Pants/boots are the part I am not looking forward to.

Thanks to everyone for the info! I am currently sitting at 5041 in health outside of a group. I will wait until i a a wee bit higher.

[Raminax]

If you're still lacking the Darklight Kite Shield, I honestly suggest you do Wandering Palace instead of Castrum Meridianum. Same amount of Tomestones (for likely less work) and a shot at getting the next best (though likely best, Darksteel Scutum is a 2star craft too) shield prior to Titan.

I do feel your pain, though. Took me 32 runs to get my Darklight Kite Shield, was like 400 tomestones short of full Darklight by that point.

[Jaminos]

If you're still lacking the Darklight Kite Shield, I honestly suggest you do Wandering Palace instead of Castrum Meridianum. Same amount of Tomestones (for likely less work) and a shot at getting the next best (though likely best, Darksteel Scutum is a 2star craft too) shield prior to Titan.

I do feel your pain, though. Took me 32 runs to get my Darklight Kite Shield, was like 400 tomestones short of full Darklight by that point.

I would but I always seem to find it hard to pug usually because DPS usually fail at the second boss, easy as he is. Last boss has also seemed to land me with DPS that can't keep up with the adds.

Sadly my FC has only a few 50's right now and of those, one is a WAR. SK grouping up with them is not an option.