Threat
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Threat (also known as "aggro", short for aggression) is the value that describes how dangerous you are to a creature or Mob. Attacking a mob will generate threat, as will healing an ally who is being attacked by a mob (twice the value of healing up to full morale, one time for over-healing). Tanks want to generate lots of threat to prevent mobs from attacking other characters that might not be able to survive the attack. Non-tank classes want to reduce the amount of threat they generate as they damage the mobs or heal their allies.
Threat should not be confused with a taunt. A taunt is a debuff that forces a MOB to attack the user, provides threat, and copies a multiple of the highest aggro that MOB had for tank traited classes. This is good for tanks to grab mobs in the area or immediately pull mobs off others. This allows the tank to put themselves highest on the threat table if there was prior aggro to copy. (Note: using taunts before a fight has begun copies no threat, it only provides the amount bestowed by the skill.)
Threat-reducing items
- Lute Strings of Minor Subtlety - Minstrel consumable
Threat-reducing skills
- Ebbing Ire - Reduces threat generation
- Beneath Notice - Reduces perceived threat, but does not affect actual threat
- Distracting Flame - Reduces threat over time
Threat-removal skills
Threat-generating items
- Pot of Crude Honey and Oats - Bear pet consumable
Threat-generating skills
- Threatening Shout
- Noble Mark at Rank 5.
- Rising Ire - Transfers threat from target fellowship member to the Champion
- Raging Blade
- Sundering Blow
- Bash
- Litany of Defiance
- Shield-blow
- Shield-smash
- Shield-swipe
- Shield-taunt
- Sweeping Cut
- Vexing Blow
- War-chant
- Driving Slash
- Offensive Strike
- Combination Strike
- Maddening Strike - Transfers a bit of threat from every fellowship member to the Warden
- Dance of War - Transfers a bit of threat from every fellowship member to the Warden
- Conviction - Chance of all monsters attacking the Warden
- Goad
- Precise Blow
- War-cry
- Piercing Strike
- Surety of Death
- Spear of Virtue
- Exultation of Battle
- Defiant Challenge
- Assault of the Eorlingas
- Roar of the Eorlingas
- Call of the Cavalry
- Strike with Power
- Menacing Assault (Beorning Trait)
Skills that force an enemy to attack the user
- Grave Wound - Only if four or more traits in the Leader of Men line are equipped
- Oppressive Blow
- Champion's Challenge
- Challenge
- Engage
- Fray the Edge
- Clash of Arms
- Roaring Challenge - Bear pet skill
- Defiant Challenge
- Vigilant Roar (Beorning Skill)
- Opposing Presence (Beorning Trait) at rank 5.