Is there any tank guide for T9 ?

[Dano]

any of the attacks in P3 and P4 cleaves?

there are no cleaves starting from Heaven's fall phase onwards, Darnus only does auto attack, bahamut's claw which are single target moves, as well as Chariot and Dynamo, which you should already be aware of in the first phase.

in fact, some strategies during the last phase involve everyone standing right infront of Darnus as if tanking him so to allow the person with the thunderstruck debuff to go behind darnus while Dynamo goes off, as well as stacking for Scourge buff/debuff. So yes, it's completely safe to stand infront of darnus during heaven's fall phase and last phase, you will however, need to be at accuracy cap in order to be able to hit him reliably from the front (acc cap for T9 is 515).

[Fornix]

For me, I do the last phases as follows. Starting from the return of Nael.

fast blade
savage blade
tempered will
rage of halone
fast blade
savage blade
rage of halone
fight or flight
fast blade
convalescence
savage blade
foresight
rage of halone
shield lob add
(if distant location: shield lob add again)
spirits within
circle of scorn
combo repeat till fire aoe skill

By this time the dragon is as good as dead for us and Nael is already close to P4.

Move, follow the regular tactics and do your usual tanking. As for my cooldown rotation on the following claws:

Claw 1: Rampart
Claw 2: Sentinel
Claw 3: Rampart
Claw 4: Hallowed Ground
Claw 5: Rampart
Claw 6: Sentinel

Boss dead.

Claw 1, 3 and 5 don't really hurt that much. So you might even let those CD's go there. Outside of those moments, incoming damage is low. There's little need for CD's. As there's no cleaving, there's no need to turn the boss away from group mates. Better yet, for the fire in you're going to want to have them stacked on you. Only exception is after the 2nd divebomb 1 and 2nd divebomb 3. Then you want to be standing center by yourself till Nael crashed down on you.

[Ellatrix]

Solo tank relies on pushing at certain points. If you can't push at these points with 5 dps, someone is heavy.

P1
Beak 1: Rampart
Beak 2: Sentinel
Beak 3: Rampart+Bulwark+Awareness+Convalescence (Bulwark should be used during casting bar so it's up to get the cleave timed with ascent explosion)
Beak 4: get better dps

P2
Green 2: Rampart

P3
Scourge 1: Sentinel
Scourge 2: get better dps

P4
Claw 1: Rampart
Claw 2: Bulwark+Convalescence
Claw 3: Rampart
Claw 4: Sentinel OR Hallowed, depending on current state
Claw 5: Rampart (can add Bulwark/Sentinel if close to dead)
Claw 6: Hallowed
Claw 7: fight should be over, one way or another before you get here



Relying on Hallowed in P1 for Raven's Ascent is just going to get you killed and your healers complacent when you don't have it up from a wipe.

[Cfai]

So I finally got to P3 last night with my static after hours of wipe, thanks to a whm replacement who was just having fun helping out while he's with his savage T9 static.

I was told that Scourge spawn position is random, and that shield lob might not be reactive enough to pull him (he recommended savage blade first). At the same time, I (solo tank) must be positioned already at the empty zones where the tower will not AoE. Any tips on that?

I think this is fairly similar to T8's dread spawn, where I wait for a whole second first after the add spawns and provoke then lob right away so to mitigate any casting heals or aggros on dps.