Taunting

Taunting
The Crusader (Diablo 3) using Provoke to taunt nearby creatures into attacking them.
Power/Ability to:	Force others to attack user.

"I can hear you. Your plan will fail. I am peak regal efficiency. You cannot bait me."
"Oh, sure, like anything Eggman's built is 'peak' anything. You had all this time to prep, and you're on a stage? Why not a throne? Or are you changing your name to Heavy Comedian? I mean you're already a joke. I mean, what's regal about a tiny death egg robot wearing a bed sheet? Sorry, I mean cape. Is that an Eggman hand-me-down? And what's with the light show? Mecha Sonic could at least turn 'super', and all it had was the Master Emerald. Afraid you're going to blow a royal fuse?"

― Sonic taunting Heavy King (Sonic the Hedgehog 30th Anniversary Special)

The power to force others to attack user. Opposite to Discouragement.

Also Called

• Provoke
• Dun Möch (Star Wars)

Capabilities

User can mentally manipulate others to attack them with just their words and/or actions, regardless of the intentions, interests, ability, etc., of the target. This allows them to control the attention and actions of others on a scale from a single individual to enormous hordes of enemies, preventing them from doing anything else but attack the user, possibly inciting anger/aggression in their targets as well.

Rather then just being able to et the attention of or angering an enemy, this is the result if a certain skill or ability that forcefully draws their attention and forces them to attack.

Applications

• Anger Inducement
• Combat Inducement
• Mind Control

Associations

• Action Manipulation
• Attention Manipulation
• Discouragement
• Inducement

Limitations

• May be limited by number use can taunt at once.
• May be limited by range.
• User must be able to defend against the attacks to make this effective.
• Users of Control Negation, Serenity Inducement, Psychic Shield, or Indomitable Will are resistant or immune.
• Users of Control Immunity.

Known Users

See also: Draw Aggro

• Jonathan Morris (Castlevania; Portrait of Ruin); via Taunt
• Aion (Chrono Crusade)
• Mogul Khan, the Axe (Dota 2)
• Kabbu (Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling); via Taunt Skill
• Crusader (Diablo 3)
• Suho Kim/Lloyd Frontera (The Greatest Estate Developer)
• Mesmers (Guild Wars 2)
• Rangers (Guild Wars 2)
• Revenants (Guild Wars 2)
• Spellbreakers (Guild Wars 2)
• Cards wuth Taunt (Hearthstone)
• Kan Ki (Kingdom)
• Jetstream Sam (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)
• Kiska (My Yandere Girlfriend Lurks in the Dungeon and Kills Me Over and Over Again); via Provoke
• Morte (Planescape: Torment)
• Pokémon that can use the move "Taunt"(Pokémon)
• Naofumi Iwatani (Rising of the Shield Hero)
• Abby Johnson/SCP-053 - Young Girl (SCP Foundation)
• Tankers (Solo Leveling)
• Death Knights (World of Warcraft)
• Druids (World of Warcraft)
• Monks (World of Warcraft)
• Paladins (World of Warcraft)
• Warriors (World of Warcraft)

Gallery

Aion (Chrono Crusade)

Jetstream Sam (Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance)

Videos

What taunting looks like in video games - Taunt