Tanking Titan HM

[glen7187]

My question is this, in regards to a few of the posts above: Should I or should I not attempt to find that 'sweet spot' between the bombs and tank Titan there, or go the safer route and just hold him north and eat 1 bomb (I do use my CDs to alleviate MB and such -- it was only eating those 2 bombs at the start that got me smushed). Thanks!

When I was getting my relic for my pld with my FC, I was having this problem too and we'd wipe cause I would eat either both bombs or I'd eat one bomb and then an immediate MB (healers usually caught with pants down dodging stuff). I can dodge every other bomb formation no problem so I would just pop Hallowed Ground for the circular bombs and forget about trying to find the sweet spot.

[SpookyGhost]

The sweet spot is pretty easy to find. You have all the time in the world while Titan is having a heart attack to line yourself up - basically, you just make sure your foot is right to the side of the orange piece and go as far back as you can without falling off. Bare in mind that the sweet spot does require you to eat a bomb in one of the patterns, so the trickiest part is figuring out which bomb you're going to be eating (iirc it's the circular one, but I just do it by feel now so I wouldn't know :P). Other than that, you just stand there and let the bombs explode around you, popping a cooldown for every MB, and watching your DPS go to work (or die, or both!)

[Shinkyo]

Hey, I use that orange rock too as a landmark. For the circular formation, I'd move a little bit to the right to avoid it as well.
But again, I'd rather just move from the 3 lines formation. I'm just more comfortable with this... Just a personal preference.

[Elurra]

Just stand between 2 bombs as far out on the edge as you can. You can stand out farther than you think. Had FC members come over and laugh after one fight because I was literally standing off the edge in mid air. Moved back a few pixels and fell. :P You will have to move a little bit to position for circle bombs versus line bombs. Plenty of room on X bombs, so no worry there. I also use defensive cooldowns during the first 3 phases to help out the healer(s). They're back up again by the time mountain busters start.

[LukeyP666]

Depending on what Job I'm tanking on (I main Warrior and have Paladin to 50 with full DL and Relic for Coil), I have different ways of doing it. On both Jobs I've stuggled to find that sweetspot and often ended up eating two bombs at once, on both the Row Bombs and Circle Bombs phases, so now I just tank him to the north of the Platform directly behind where he spawns, and this way you only eat one Bomb during each Row or Circle, and completely avoid X-Bombs.

When on Warrior, and the Bombs spawn, I pop Inner Beast right before it's about to explode, and if there's a Mountain Buster incoming shortly afterwards, I pop Infuriate > Inner Beast to mitigate the Mountain Buster as well. If Infuriate is on Cooldown and I don't have enough Wrath for Inner Beast, I pop Vengeance, and if all of the above are not available, I pop Thrill of Battle. And if all else fails, Holmgang.

When on my Paladin, I save all of my cooldowns for the final stage, except Rampart and Fight or Flight which I pop when available. The most useful skill that I have found for Titan HM is cross-classing Stoneskin from Conjourer. While helping FC members through Titan HM, we take a geared Scholar, who solo-heals the fight, and I solo Tank, and Stoneskin is an absolute god-send. By the end I'm using it every chance that I get while Titan isn't pumelling me into the ground (just make sure to watch the enmity bars!). I usually try and get a Stoneskin off before having to eat a Bomb and for each Mountain Buster, as well as popping Sentinel or even Hallowed Ground to give the Healer a chance to recover.

[Gamemako]

Bare in mind that the sweet spot does require you to eat a bomb in one of the patterns

You will avoid that pattern as well if you stand in the correct spot.

[Remn]

for Post-heart, circle bomb, I just eat a bomb. it not worth falling off the edge or end up eating 2 bomb. Just save Sentinal or rampart for the bomb, time it right it should last thru MB as well.

[bob13bob]

The biggest thing you can do to beat titan hm is control your group composition. Titan hm is easy for tanks. I recommend making a partyfinder with much higher gear requirement, say i73+. Put a group together with 1 tank, (massively better than 2 tank comps).

For the bomb stage, dont' bother at the end trying to stand on one pixel. Just eat one bomb. for PLD pop hallowed ground (which carries you though Mountain buster as well). The rest is up to your group.

[krazyrs]

sweet spot

[Gamemako]

You sound like a scrub.

Says the guy who needs to outgear content by 20 item levels to win.

It's pretty far from absurd, it's actually:
- THE BEST SETUP
- A waste taking two tanks intentionally (i.e. outside of DF) unless they need the clear.
- Faster DPS (duh)

No, really? You're gaming the system to make it easier, and you still need to outgear the over-loving piss out of it to win. Congratulations, you're an utter failure who cannot complete the fight as designed. You're too bad to complete anything without massively overgearing it. No Twintania for you, ever, can't overgear enough.

If that DRG wanted to come to Titan HM, he should have enough intelligence to ask the party leader to drop the iLvl to fit him in. It's not hard to send a tell to the party leader.

What do you expect ilvl73 to be? You say someone sets a limit of 73, but 72 is OK because what, they geared in i70 gear?