Thread: New warden question - forced taunt?

So I'm going through my skills on my new(25ish)warden on E, and don't see a taunt. So I go to the wiki and look, still don't see a forced taunt(e.g. mob WILL attack you for x seconds, regardless of who's highest on the aggro table). Am I missing something or do wardens not have a forced taunt?

We have one forced taunt which is a legendary trait. I only use this skill to enhance my survivability. It gives a 5 second forced taunt, +40% mits, reflects some damage, and has a 2 minute 30 second cooldown with legs and such.

Nope wardens dont have a regular force taunt - we arent Guardians. We're proactive tanks, which means you're supposed to build threat throughout combat, not just wait until you lose aggro and taunt it back.

We have lots of tools to build and leech threat, just not any "ez button" taunt skills. DC is a force taunt, technically, but its a really weak one since it taunts for 5s and takes about 2-3 secs just to animate...

No easy button here. Wardens need to manually build threat 99% of the time. We do have one skill which comes from a Legendary Trait. Defiant Challenge. This is a forced taunt for a small period of time. People pretty much just use it for the Mitigation Bonus that it gives but it does have its place as a useful taunt sometimes. I found it quite useful during the Saruman fight in ToO when I needed to quickly grab the three mobs that I was entrusted in keeping busy. Pop DC, build some threat, and let the other tank peel the other mobs off.

If you're looking for an easy ride in terms of obtaining and keeping agro though, this is not the class for you. Holding agro is pretty simple for a practiced Warden but you will have difficulties when starting out.

Thanks for the answers. No, I'm not looking for an easy insta-threat button, I was just wondering. I want to know all my skills and options to be the best warden I can be. Because wardens are fun. I love running through a whole camp, aggroing everything, and ending with full morale. Plus all the poky things and the fighting animations are just awesome.

Originally Posted by Moejo

Thanks for the answers. No, I'm not looking for an easy insta-threat button, I was just wondering. I want to know all my skills and options to be the best warden I can be. Because wardens are fun. I love running through a whole camp, aggroing everything, and ending with full morale. Plus all the poky things and the fighting animations are just awesome.

For sure! Half the fun of a Warden is watching to animations. I love the one that Brad Pitt does in Troy. lol. That's one of my favorite animations. And the Boot? Come on... how can you not like the good ol' "300" inspired Boot?

If you need any other advice ask away! The Warden community is pretty good for answering things quickly.

Originally Posted by Elrendos

For sure! Half the fun of a Warden is watching to animations. I love the one that Brad Pitt does in Troy. lol. That's one of my favorite animations. And the Boot? Come on... how can you not like the good ol' "300" inspired Boot?

If you need any other advice ask away! The Warden community is pretty good for answering things quickly.

Lol whenever I build the boot I always think of an old-school german barbarian charging into battle and kicking an enemy in the rear, shouting "DAS BOOT!". I like to boot an enemy when it's almost dead, hoping for the daze, if it lands, I run around behind the mob, hit sp-sh mastery and boot it in the rear to finish it off, just for fun. Nothing is more kick### than actually kicking an enemy in the ###.

Originally Posted by Moejo

Lol whenever I build the boot I always think of an old-school german barbarian charging into battle and kicking an enemy in the rear, shouting "DAS BOOT!". I like to boot an enemy when it's almost dead, hoping for the daze, if it lands, I run around behind the mob, hit sp-sh mastery and boot it in the rear to finish it off, just for fun. Nothing is more kick### than actually kicking an enemy in the ###.

Hehe, also one of my favorite killing blows. Kicking something to death just seems sadistically awesome. lol.

Quick question, does fierce resolve stack? I mean, I know it stacks to 10 if I hit 10 mobs with it, but if I hit 5 mobs twice will that stack it to 10 as well?

Originally Posted by Moejo

Quick question, does fierce resolve stack? I mean, I know it stacks to 10 if I hit 10 mobs with it, but if I hit 5 mobs twice will that stack it to 10 as well?

Yep, just has a max stacks of 10.

Originally Posted by MrFreddy

Yep, just has a max stacks of 10.

Sweet, thanks. Another one, does the man +5% incoming heals racial affect self heals and/or lifetaps?

Originally Posted by Moejo

Sweet, thanks. Another one, does the man +5% incoming heals racial affect self heals and/or lifetaps?

Yep, self heals and lifetaps are all considered heals now, so Incoming Healing affects them all (lifetaps used to be different). And the Man bonus adds directly to your Incoming Healing percentage, so it's all the same stuff.

Originally Posted by Nydorewyth

Yep, self heals and lifetaps are all considered heals now, so Incoming Healing affects them all (lifetaps used to be different). And the Man bonus adds directly to your Incoming Healing percentage, so it's all the same stuff.

Thanks, good to know.