To all of you healers that think titan HM is hard to heal

[faerieflare]

Now now, i'm not being a cocky head, nor do i want to flame the thread. All I want is to help you fellow healers out there, who think Titan HM makes u want to crap ur pants when u heal it. Personally I just cleared titan HM after my 300th try (around there), so yeah, not only I sucked, but I realize there are a lot of mistakes that I make as a healer in this encounter.

I'll summarize it in form of bullets per post, because of the thread characters limitation

1) Be selfish
You first, then tank, then others. Move out of harm's way despite of you seeing the party's hp plummets. I'll explain this in detail later
Priority: Weight of the land -> Tank's HP -> party's HP
They take damage from weight / bomb then died because of tumult? Their problem!

[faerieflare]

2) Don't panic
The only time party will be taking damage is when tumult, geo crush, or earthen fury occurs. Tumult happens every:
- phase 1: 20s
- phase 2: 30~40s
- phase 3: 40s
- phase 4: 40s
- phase 5: 60s

Do the math. How much can u heal in the gap time of these skills?

Especially on phase 5, lots of healers died eating the weight. Why? Healing! They're so scared of their PT members dying and finally have this "The cast is almost done" habit. If your Physick or Cure heals for 750 minimum, trust me, 4 aoe heals amidst Tumult (10% above) will keep every1 (above 3500 max HP) alive. You need 6 aoe heals on 10% below, since he stomped 1 more time during that HP. And keep in mind that you have 2 healers, so only do 2/3 aoe heals, then SCRAM!

[faerieflare]

3) HP, HP, HP!
You yourself as a healer will need a huge amount of HP to withstand the punishment of the aoe. Geared? What's ur HP? 3400? 3200? Lemme tell you a secret. Go buy an item named "Keeper's Hymn" from your GC quartermaster for 10k GC seals, restat, pump 30 VIT instead of 30 MND. Your healing potency decreases? Read point #2. Extending your life by 450 HP is worth it.

[faerieflare]

4) Sprint!
Remember the skill when you use it every few seconds when you still does not have chocobo? Well, this sprint right here will help you healers again on Titan HM fight. Use it when Titan is casting a skill before Weight of the Land. Aside from last phase, the skills does not require you to heal. Use sprint 2 skills before Weight on phase 5, trust me, Sprint feels like it last a lot longer than you know when it's used in the heat of battle.

Sprint has two uses. One is to position yourself in a comfortable way before weight (see #6), one is to run away from it faster. I had 600ms delay once in a fight, and I do not get hit by this since I move a lot faster.

[faerieflare]

5) Rotation, rotation, rotation
Memorize it. On the back of your head. There's a but. You healers, need not concern for anything else other than 2 skills - Mountain buster, and Tumult.
Someone make a cheat sheet right here.

6) Position
Running with pugs? They'll clump up. Go somewhere in solitude, where no one is around. If you follow the tips, you'll have sprint active already, thus making it a lot easier. When you know Tumult is coming, stand in the center, so every1 will benefit from your aoe healing.

[faerieflare]

7) Pre-casting
Once you have known the rotation, you will be able to cast heals in time
a) Cast single healing spells on tank when Mountain Buster is coming
b) Cast aoe healing spells on party when Tumult is coming

[faerieflare]

Special for White Mages (sorry, since I'm a WHM main, and no alts)
On p5, nailing the spells on the exact timing is easy. I'm gonna discuss about the exact animation of Titan, and when you should be casting. If you need to heal PT member other than main tank outside my elaboration, that means it's the personnel's problem, not your fault.

Earthen Fury + Mountain Buster + Tumult (phase change initial)
He lands, 0.5-1s after the message "Tremble before the might of the earth" pops, start casting Medica 2
KABOOM, damage lands, medica 2 is out.
Starts walking to tank, cast Cure / Cure II on tank once. Then Divine Seal away.
After Divine Seal, don't waste time, Cast Cure II again.
Rock buster, Cure/Cure II lands. Cast Cure II again.
Mountain buster, Cure II lands. Cast Sprint, then start casting Medica II
Tumult, Medica II lands. Cast Medica twice.
Stomp1, stomp2, medica lands.
Stomp3, stomp4, medica lands. SCRAM!
Weight appears.

[faerieflare]

Bomb+Landslide package + Mountain Buster + Weight
When all the bombs explode, he won't cast Mountain Buster right away, he'll cast Rock Buster first.
Landslide lands, bomb start exploding. Run, don't heal any1.
Arrive on safe spot, wait until Titan swings his first hit (not rock buster), that's your cue for start casting Cure II
Rock Buster, Cure II lands. Cast Cure II again.
Mountain Buster, Cure II lands. Regen tank, SCRAM, stop healing
Weight appears.

Gaol + Landslide + Mountain Buster + Tumult
Gaol comes, stand away from it, landslide may target you, interfering with the melee dps if you stand too close to the gaol.
Landslide lands. Same strategy, wait for the first swing from Titan, your cue to start casting Cure II.
Rock Buster, Cure II lands. Cast Cure II again.
Mountain Buster, Cure II lands. Start casting Medica II.
Tumult, Medica II lands. Cast Medica twice (or thrice if below 10% titan HP). Then SCRAM.
Weight appears.

[Aedra]

To all of you OP that think posting in forum is hard due to character limit.

Please use 'Edit'

Enough joke..

All you need to know about Titan is only 2 things as healer esp WHM..
1) Each phase rotation
2) Precast healing (watch Titan's arm & rotation)

What you need to do, though, is to tell party member when to accept raise in each phase.

Titan is hard for WHM only when you have to limit your heal and manage MP more if there is no bard.

btw.. shouldn't this suppose to be posted in Healer forum ?

[faerieflare]

To all of you OP that think posting in forum is hard due to character limit.

Please use 'Edit'

Enough joke..

Oh shoot... I never knew that Editing a post can surpass the character limit features. Pardon me for spamming the threads then.

Titan is hard for WHM only when you have to limit your heal and manage MP more if there is no bard.

It is hard when your attention is also focused on an individual's HP keep hanging by a thread and suddenly the mountain buster caught you off guard. Honestly I never raise people beyond p5, and never raise people who died twice. Since their HP falls too low and there's no use raising them.

btw.. shouldn't this suppose to be posted in Healer forum ?

Hm... ya.. maybe you're right. If the mod feels like this thread is misplaced, please feel free to move it.