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In [[Real Life]], taunting your opponent is likely to do little more than [[I Shall Taunt You|irritate them]]. However, in games, they often do just a little bit more.
[[Taunt Button|"Taunt"]] is a very common debuff or utility attack in games. Its most common effect is forcing enemies to target the taunter, but it can vary. Often used by a [[Stone Wall]], since there's often little benefit to high defense on its own if the enemy just ignores them and attacks everyone else instead.
Compare [[Status Buff]].
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== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* In "James Ernest's Totally Renamed Spy Game", taunting a captured spy raises his point value.▼
* The ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' card [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=39890 Taunting Elf] causes all of the defending opponent's creatures to block it when it attacks.▼
* In Celtic folklore, being satirized by a bard is pretty much the same as being cursed; it could give you boils, affect your abilities as a warrior, or even kill you.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* In all manner of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' games, both video games and tabletop, Taunt is a skill that has some debuff effects on enemies. In addition, player characters often have the dialog option to taunt particularly arrogant creatures (such as Demons and Dragons) to get so mad they do something really stupid, such as ignore the fact that their hoard is being looted in the background, or the demons to get [[Unstoppable Rage|so furious]] to blurt out their [[Weaksauce Weakness|True Names]], which ends up giving the Player Character [[Slave Mooks|limited control over them]].
▲* In
▲* The ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' card [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=39890 "Taunting Elf"] causes all of the defending opponent's creatures to block it when it attacks.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Mortal Kombat
* In ''[[Diablo]] 2'', the Barbarian has the taunt ability, which lowers an enemy's defenses, and more importantly, provokes ranged attackers into fighting up close.
* In ''[[Street Fighter III]]'', each character's Personal Action (read: "taunt") has its own individual [[Status Buff]]. For example, Q (already something of a [[Mighty Glacier]]/[[Stone Wall]]) can bolster his defense with each taunt, for a maximum of three times.
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* In ''[[Tatsunoko vs. Capcom]]'', Polimar can charge up his attack power by taunting. This is represented by three Polimar emblems on the bottom of the screen; one lights up each time he taunts.
** Also, the emblems allow him to cancel any of his ground specials with another special (one cancel per emblem). Having three emblems is also the only way Polimar is able to use his Level 3 Hyper Combo.
* ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'': all classes have at least one taunt that can be used as an attack, such as the Scout's [[Batter Up|Home Run]], the Soldier's [[Taking You with Me|Kamikaze (and Lumbricus Lid)]], the Pyro's [[Kamehame Hadoken|Hadoken]], the Demoman's [[Off with His Head|Decapitation]], the Heavy's [[Finger Gun|Showdown]], the Engineer's [[Instrument of Murder|Dischord]] and [[Power Fist|Organ Grinder]], the Medic's Spinal Tap (has the additional bonus of bringing you up to 100% Über charge), the Sniper's Skewer, and the Spy's Fencing.
** When the Medic taunts with the Krtizkrieg, he regains 10HP. If he taunts with the Amputator, all nearby allies regain health.
* ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'': Deadpool's taunt, a speech bubble, can also be [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZJRDtNFLxI used as an attack].
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* ''[[Pokémon]]'':
** The move Taunt is used to make the target only use offensive moves.
** Encore forces the target to use the same move repeatedly. Most often used to lock an enemy into non-attacking moves, or into moves that you can put something that resists or negates in front of.
** Torment prevents the target from using the same move twice in a row. When paired with Encore (or Taunt on something with no offensive moves) the target will be forced to use the nigh useless and self harming [[Desperation Attack|Struggle]] or switch out.
** Growl, Leer, and Screech reduce the opponent's stats.
** Flatter and Swagger make the opponent's attack stats raise, but confuses them. This makes it hurt them more if they attack themselves from the confusion, and the two are far more accessible than other forms of confusion.
* Mogul Khan, The Axe, a hero in ''[[Defense of the Ancients]]'', has this as one of his spells. While buffing himself up with tons of extra armor, he taunts his enemies magically such that all nearby enemies are forced to attack him, preventing them from attacking anyone else for a few seconds.
* In ''Super Dodgeball'' for Neo Geo, characters from both teams can charge a meter to unleash an unavoidable, highly damaging team attack. The only way to prevent it is to lower the enemy's meter by taunting him.
* Tidus's Provoke skill in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', if successful, makes an enemy attack him only, or even drive down the enemy's accuracy. It sounds like a spell, but it's performed through a rude gesture and sometimes a verbal taunt. "Hey hey hey!"
** ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' has this as an ability for the Sentinel role. The default tank, Snow, just waves the enemy forward and says something like 'Come on!' or 'I can take it'!
* In ''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]'', Taunt is a generic Warrior class skill used to instantly boost all nearby enemies' aggro, making them attack the tank instead of weaker party members. In ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', it is part of the Warmonger talent tree and has an even better effect, transferring ''all'' aggro towards other party members to the tank.
* Lee Chaolan from ''[[Tekken]]'' has one where he leans back and [[Bring It|wags his finger at his opponent, beckoning them to come at him]]. The thing is, while this may look like a taunt, it also has the more prominent utility of being an [[Stance System|alternate stance]] that gives him access to moves that are great at countering a reckless charge, [[Schmuck Bait|which is the likely reaction for someone who falls for the taunt]]. A second one has him lean in and say "Come on!" to the opponent, but if they try to punch him during the taunt, he flips behind them, landing in a perfect position to attack.
* In ''[[League of Legends]]'', Rammus, Shen and Galio have taunt abilities. Taunts make their target incapable of performing any action but autoattacking, and will interrupt a
** Rammus' taunt reduces enemy armor. He has another ability that increases his defense and hurts people who hit him, with obvious synergy.
** Shen has a dash ability that taunts all the units that he passes through, which can be handy for directed them away from a fleeing ally.
** Galio's ultimate unleashes a powerful explosion, but he has to channel to do it. But because it also taunts everyone nearby, it prevents them from running out of range, and makes it much harder to interrupt the channel. The explosion also increases in strength based on how many times he's hit while
* Every tank spec in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has a taunt, which boosts the tank's threat level to that of their target's current target and forces the target to attack them for a few seconds no matter what.
** For a while the paladin's Hand of Reckoning taunt used to deal damage, although the amount wasn't significant.
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* Taunting in ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]'' boosts the Overlimit gauge by a significant amount, but multiple abilities give it additional effects, such as restoring HP/TP and making enemies target or not target you.
** Raven has another practical use for it in that it causes enemies struck by a particular arte of his to explode when he does it.
* The primary powersets of Scrappers, Tankers and Brutes in ''[[City of Heroes]]''/''[[City of Villains]]'' usually include a Taunt power which causes enemies to focus on the user. Many other powers include an "auto-taunt" effect which causes enemies to focus on those using them; this is often a ''good'' thing, as in the case of defenses that improved with the number of enemies attacking their user.
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