Taunt (warrior ability)
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- For other uses see Taunt.
| Taunt | |
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| Class | Warrior |
| Properties | |
| Type | Utility |
| School | Physical |
| Cooldown | 8 seconds |
| Talents | |
| Improvement talents | Improved Taunt |
| Other information | |
| Requirements | Defensive Stance |
| Related debuff | |
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- "Your mother was a furbolg and your father smells of elekk turd!" - Blaine RobertsTCG #?
Taunt is a single target debuff which forces the mob to attack the warrior for 3 seconds and also generates enough threat so that the warrior matches the current top entry in the mob's aggro list. Taunt is instant-cast, does not trigger the global cooldown, costs no rage and has an 8 second cooldown. Warriors learn it from the Defensive Stance quest at level 10.
Some mobs (most Bosses in particular) are immune to taunt. Non-immune mobs must be hit by the Taunt using standard melee hit mechanics. Taunt has no effect on enemy players in PvP and does not have any effect when the Warrior already has aggro on the mob (except the mob is still forced to target the Warrior for 3 seconds).
Available in Defensive Stance only.
Notes
Taunt is one of the signature moves of a tanking warrior. It may help aggro buildup greatly, and it may be a life-save in certain situations. On the other side it has a rather long cooldown, so it must be used with care and a good grasp of the overall situation (in multi-mob pulls in particular). It should also be well understood that after 3 seconds, the mob may immediately turn to another target, if the tanks aggro buildup was lower than that of the other player(s).
- Example
A melee damage dealer has 1000 points of threat on a mob. A warrior taunts the mob, thereby immediately gaining a threat value of 1000, and forcing the mob to attack the warrior for three seconds. After that time, threat works normally for the mob, and if no one is at 130%/110% (ranged/melee) of the tank's threat, the warrior remains the mob's target.
- Pulling
Normally, Hunters can help a tanks initial aggro buildup with Misdirection. If that's on cooldown, it's possible to use a combination of Taunt and Feign Death to achieve the same effect. The hunter pulls, using his most aggro intensive abilities. When the mob is about to hit the hunter, the warrior Taunts and the hunter Feigns. Misdirection is the safer method though, as both the Taunt and Feign Death can be resisted by the mob.
Patch changes
- Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Range increased to 30 yards, from 20 yards.
- Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Range increased to 20 yards, from 5 yards.
- Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): The chance for this ability to land successfully on its target is now increased by hit rating.
- However, Taunt remained classified as a spell for the purposes of determining miss rate versus mobs. That means that against a mob 3 levels higher than the player, Taunt has a base chance of 17% to be resisted (a miss).[citation needed] There is also a 1% chance to be resisted that cannot be overcome with gear.
- However, Taunt remained classified as a spell for the purposes of determining miss rate versus mobs. That means that against a mob 3 levels higher than the player, Taunt has a base chance of 17% to be resisted (a miss).[citation needed] There is also a 1% chance to be resisted that cannot be overcome with gear.
- Vanilla WoW: on release, Taunt did not create extra aggro for the warrior, it only forced the mob to attack the warrior for 3 seconds.
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