Taunt

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For the hunter pets ability, see Taunt (pet).

Taunt Can mean several things in World of Warcraft.

Aggro Management

Main article: Aggro

Taunt can refer to the class abilities that allow players to attract attention of a mob. They include the following:

• Death Knight's Dark Command or Death Grip.
• Druid's Growl or Challenging Roar.
• Hunter's Distracting Shot.
• Paladin's Hand of Reckoning or Righteous Defense.
• Warrior's Taunt, Mocking Blow, or Challenging Shout.

Other classes have high aggro abilities that generate set amount of threat. They include:

• Hunter pet's Growl.
• Hunter pet's Intimidation.
• Warlock Voidwalker's Torment.

Verbal Discourse

• Using /yell to call members of the enemy force Bad Names during PvP Raids.
  • Note: The enemy force only see gibberish when you do this, so it tends to be a bit lost on them, but they get the general idea.

• Using the slash command /taunt to show an animation and play a sound that would be spiteful to an enemy player. /chicken and /rude are similar.