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After working your way through Hugo Kupka’s personal base, built around Dhalmekia’s Mothercrystal, Drake’s Fang, it becomes apparent thatFinal Fantasy 16is not done with the man just yet. What? You thought you’d get away without fighting Titan himself? Alas, no, you’re in for a long battle with the Eikon of Earth.
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Hugo has more tricks up his sleeve than he did in your previous clash with him, and this fight throws a lot at you. Entire boulders, at some points! It’s a war of attrition, but Clive and Ifrit have the tools to win the day.
First Phase
You’ll be inIfrit formfor this entire fight, so take a moment to reacquaint yourself with the Eikon’s moves. Key things to remember are that you have a fantastically powerful movement ability inWildfire, which often proves more useful than dodges, and that you are limited to onlysix healing items (Firelights)throughout the whole battle. Use them sparingly if you can.
The first phase of this fight is astraight-up battle against Hugo in his Titan form. He’s a massive target, but you’re far more agile, so you do have the edge.
The table below lists Titan’s attacks and how to avoid them. Largely, though,they’re very slow and well-telegraphed, so a last-second Precision Dodge or a safety-conscious Wildfire away from Titan will serve you well.
Description
Geocrush
This is not like Hugo’s version of this move. When this pops up, Titan will throw himself at you and come crashing to the ground. This attack has a large radius.
If you can time a good Precision Dodge, this is a great move to exploit for an easy Backdraft combo, as Titan will be stunned for a little bit after using this.
Two-Step
Titan makes two stomping attacks in your direction, one after another.
When you see Titan start to make very large steps at you, be ready to dodge to the sides.
Overhead Slam
Titan jumps at you slowly and then slams the ground with his fist. There is also a version of this attack without the jump - Titan simply punches the ground.
This attack is so slow that you should never get caught by it.
Voice of the Land
Titan screams, stunning you for a second. This is followed by some bursts of stone appearing underneath you.
This is only really dangerous if Titan uses it when you’re right next to him, making it hard to see the attack fully. Simply dodge out of the telegraphed stone bursts.
Kick
Exactly what it sounds like, Titan makes a kicking attack at you.
This one can be difficult to notice if the camera angle is funky, but this is still a slow-enough attack that you should have no problem avoiding it unless you’re caught in the middle of an attack of your own.
Boulder Throw
After leaping away from you, Titan will throw two boulders at you from afar, wrenched from the ground.
Using Wildfire and zooming to the side is the cleanest way to avoid this attack.
Rush
Titan makes a charging attack, often heading through or right past you if the attack misses.
This is a surprisingly quick attack for this boss, so be ready to dodge out of the way when it begins.
Earthshaker
Titan slams the ground, causing crystals to erupt in a line across the battlefield.
When this attack is used, the best way to avoid it is to stop what you’re doing and use Wildfire to dodge to the side.
Stripmine
Titan summons massive stones to erupt in a wide area in front of him.
If you’re in front of Titan when he uses this, dodge to the back. Otherwise, use this as an opportunity to get some free hits in.
It’s not a bad idea toplay very offensivelyagainst Titan. His attacks are varied but largely easily avoided, and once you have his attack patterns down to a certain extent, you should be able to handle the fight very easily. Just avoid getting too greedy for complete combos if you can see an incoming attack.
After dealing enough damage to Stagger Titan once, he willleap out of the arena to a nearby ledgeand start pelting you with consecutiveBoulder Throwattacks. Avoid them as best as you may and wait out the attack.
Eventually, a cutscene will play in which you learnBrimstone. Read the tutorial, and then immediately use Brimstone after closing it to avoid damage from the massive rock that Titan has thrown at you.
From now on,you should be using Brimstone as soon as it recharges. It will deal very high damage if you may time its charge to the right zone.
After getting Titan to a very low health level, likely after a second Stagger, another cutscene will begin. This fight isn’t close to over.
Second Phase
After the cutscene, you’ll be back outside and very far from Titan. You’ll also beon railsfor this segment, so don’t worry about heading forward, just worry aboutdodging Titan’s incoming attacks.
There are two hazards to deal with during this phase:
Move Ifritout of the path of the boulders on the road, and keep mashing theFireball buttonto take care of the boulders being thrown at you. You don’t have to worry too much about aiming; Ifrit’s fireball has decent tracking.
It is a good idea toalign yourself with the flying bouldersto help the fireballs a little.
After dealing with this road for a while, another cutscene plays, and you’ll berunning along Titan’s whiplike appendagesinstead. This is a more hectic, difficult version of the previous on-rails section. You’ll have to deal with yet more thrown boulders, along withcrystals that burst up from the groundthat don’t give you as much warning as the boulders did.
Remember that you can useevadeto quickly get some horizontal distance, which can be all you need to avoid a sudden crystal burst. Youcannot destroy these crystalswith fireballs.
After surviving this on-rails segment, another cutscene will play out that involves aCinematic Clash. Afterward, you’ll begin the third phase of the fight.
Third Phase
You’ll spend this phase on arocky platform, on the level with Titan’s head. From time to time, Titan will make one of a few attacks at you. The key to this part of the fight is toavoid these attacks but then immediately retaliate by attacking whatever Titan attacked you with.
The table below lists each type of attack Titan can make here, and how best to avoid and retaliate.
Claw
Titan grabs the rocky platform and sinks his nails into it. This will summon a burst of crystals underneath you.
Stay out of the yellow danger zone as Titan’s hand drops and then be ready to dodge the sudden burst of crystals. Then, attack Titan’s hand before it gets pulled away.
Punch
Titan makes a punching attack at one side of the platform, his arm gliding past it.
This is an easy one to dodge - just stay out of the yellow danger zone. Attack Titan’s arm as it moves past you.
Slap
Titan opens his palm and attempts to slap you.
you may dodge right through Titan’s finger to avoid this and get an easy Precision Counter in. However, this attack is the hardest to get some real damage from.
Slam
Titan slams his closed fist directly on the platform, creating a massive shockwave. He will use this attack twice in a row, targeting both edges of the platform.
Get out of the yellow danger zone, jump cleanly over the shockwave, and then dash into the fist to attack.
In addition to these attacks, Titan can also make some ranged attacks. The first involves himthrowing a handful of rocksat you, and the second is calledGranite Rain, and creates damaging zones on the platform. Despite the small area you have to work with, it should be quite easy to adapt and react to these attacks as they come out.
Every time youStaggerTitan, you’ll be faced with a cinematic sequence in which you’ll deal significant damage to him. After a few of these, you’ll progress to the next phase.
Fourth Phase
This phase begins with Ifrit hanging on to Titan and plays out like ashooter. The only goal here is toaim the targeting reticle with the left stick at the boulders being thrown at you, anddestroy them using your fireballs.
After dealing with a few of these boulders, another cinematic sequence plays out, in which you’ll need to with aCinematic Clashagainst Titan. And thus, you’ll enter the fifth and final phase of this hellish gauntlet.
Fifth Phase
You and Titan will befalling eternallyin this phase of the fight. You can still move horizontally as if you had ground to walk on, but it can be difficult to tell how far away from the boss you are.
Apart from the infrequent ranged attacks, signified byTitan scraping some rocks from the wallto throw at you, all of Titan’s attacks during this phase aresimple melee attacks. You can dodge in any direction to easily avoid these.
Be especially wary of Titan’soverhead slamming attack, which he’ll usually use after closing the gap between the pair of you. This deals a ton of damage, and avoiding it should be your top priority.
A good strategy is tostart charging up Brimstone when Titan is far away from you- that way, even if he does dash at you and use his overhead attack, you’ll be immune to damage.
After dealing enough damage, Titan will start usingEarthshaker. This will cause a row of huge crystals to erupt from the wall to your side. Try toPrecision Dodgeyour way through this if you can, using your dodge’s invincibility frames to avoid damage.
Once you lower his health enough, afinal cinematic sequencewill play out. Successfully complete the prompts, and you’ll slay Titan once and for all.
Your rewards for beating Titan and surviving this gauntlet are as follows:
2,000
300
5,000
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