Ramuh Strat

[Nabian]

Saw a party using a 6 DPS 2 Heal Strategy for Ramuh Ex using Titan Egi as MT. Wanted to know thoughts on viability of this strat?

[NintenPyjak64]

It works out great if the party members know the mechanics. My FC tried this for the first time using Titan-Egi and we've made it past 2 hour but half of us were still learning mechanics

[Empressia]

well that depends on how well geared the sum is considering titan egi's stats depends on the sum's stat too

[Grotesque]

Does Titan-Egi need to collect the orbs as well to survive? Sounds like a fun strategy

[KircheAhaltZerbst]

With pets reduced damage from non-auto attacks (or is it just magic attacks?) there is no need to have titan collect orbs. He can survive everything fine. The hardest part will be not pulling agro.

[Zaft]

With pets reduced damage from non-auto attacks (or is it just magic attacks?) there is no need to have titan collect orbs. He can survive everything fine. The hardest part will be not pulling agro.

Reduces damage from AoEs. As it happens, even Ramuh's auto-attack is an AoE.

So Titan does very well.

[Staris]

Ideas to help.

Ideally you have a summoner with tank jewelry and possibly for funz,30 points in vit can help. This buffs sustain and buffer hp of pet.
100% sustain uptime gogo.
Threat could be an issue so frown on monks, and lots of summoners are good!
If you want to bring some tank with bad offspec gear, have him warrior with str accessories just to keep reduced damage debuff up (and do decent damage with defiance off).

[NintenPyjak64]

Ideas to help.

Ideally you have a summoner with tank jewelry and possibly for funz,30 points in vit can help. This buffs sustain and buffer hp of pet.
100% sustain uptime gogo.
Threat could be an issue so frown on monks, and lots of summoners are good!
If you want to bring some tank with bad offspec gear, have him warrior with str accessories just to keep reduced damage debuff up (and do decent damage with defiance off).

For the Egi having hate, having Spur and Rouse help insanely. Fully buffed Enkindle and monk's Dragon Kick also help. My FC didn't rip hate off my Egi, but came close to before adds. Once adds dropped I left my Egi on Ramuh while everybody else dealt with adds. By the point where we were back on Ramuh, hate was re solidified.

I tried with VIT accessories at first but then swapped to my normal accessories since it really didn't make much of a difference. Maybe I should try again with STR?

[Gamex]

It is very quickly turning into the only way to do this on my server XD. I think that that added component to tank swap is deterring tanks from this fight.

[Ryuko]

While I love a good 'alternative strategy', especially involving my favorite class... I really don't know how I feel about the Titan-Egi tank strategy. The fight is admittedly MUCH easier because tanks don't have to worry about the swap and orb management. Plus, your group can mindlessly clear all the orbs except the three needed for lines... so it is MUCH easier. But, I think it sort of removes the fun of the challenge. If it is a SE-sanctioned strategy, I can't exactly frown upon it, but I'd prefer not to do it that way outside of trying it once just for the fun of it. I notice that some players see this as very similar to the T2 enrage strat -- some people thought it was wrong and should be removed. Others argued that it was fun, easier, and more accessible. I didn't like the T2 enrage strat because it was way too easy and I probably won't want to do this because it oversimplifies almost all of the mechanics of the fight.