taunts

[panasun]

Do tanks get a group or raid taunt? I am a lvl 31 bruiser and find it hard to keep aggro when fighting a large group. thanks for the help here.

[DwarvesR]

<p>At level 31 you have:</p><ul><li>Slurred Insult -- Single target Taunt (got it at level 31)</li><li>Jeer -- Aoe (encounter only) Taunt (got it at level 22)</li><li>Rescue -- Single target "save the squishie" taunt (got it at level 25)</li><li>Roughhouse -- proc chance to taunt target on successful melee hit (got it at level 22)</li></ul><p>Slurred insult you can use about every 7 or 8 seconds.  Jeer is a 20 second recast.  Rescue is 1x every 15 minutes, so save it for emergencies.  And Roughhouse should always be up unless you AREN'T tanking for you group.</p><p>Obviously, with only 1 aoe taunt, and no "passive aggro" (ie, the mobs don't get taunted when they hit you like they do for the plate tanks) it's a real challenge tp keep aggro when figthing a group of mobs.  The only real way to do it is a) your group doesn't use aoe at all or b) you get to swap targets a lot so that you get a chance to use your single target taunt on multiple mobs and also get a few of the melee taunt procs off from Roughhouse.</p><p>I've heard that there are adornments you can buy that will give you a "taunt proc" when a mob swings at you and misses, and since you should have decently high avoidance, that might help too.  I don't know what they're called though.</p><p>It's kinda hard to do, but you CAN do it.  Takes cooperation between you and your group, though.</p>