You probably had Lustrate and Stoneskin on, assuming you get hit at the start of the battle. I just did Titan EX last night and it hit 2.7k single on my monk. There are also not 7, maybe like 5 plumes iirc. I just use that term cause you used it. I see how it can help for 2 people with a known sporadic lag spike but I guess I'm just used to playing with people that dodge well and have good connection at this point. Though a problem I could see is that there's little time to bait the weight of the land in the configuration you suggest after tumult where cure 3 is indisputably best.