Changes: Taunt

Revision as of 17:37, 31 July 2018

"Limits maximum damage taken even more and taunts all defensive buildings within range, forcing them to shoot at the hero for a time."

Taunt is an ability that can be used by Pvt. Bullit.
While this ability is active, Pvt. Bullit's damage limit greatly decreases, and all defensive buildings near him will target him.
Each use costs 2 more Energy than the previous one, with a starting cost of 3 Energy.

Taunt is very useful to protect your troops from high-damage defenses. Not only will the defensive buildings' damage be redirected away from the troops, said damage will also be greatly reduced.
You can use the Taunt ability with Smokey Warriors; the ability can soak up damage from defenses behind the Warriors, which can save the need for Shock Bombs against those defenses.
Be very careful when using Taunt in the vicinity of area damage buildings. These defensive buildings' splash effects can hit other troops along with Bullit. This is especially important whenever using Smokey Warriors or Zookas with Bullit.
If you place Pvt. Bullit into the blind spot of a defense (that has one) and then use the ability, the defense will still be affected by the taunt and appear to aim at Bullit, but will not be able to fire. This can be useful in stopping Rocket Launchers from firing on Zookas in a Heavy-Zooka attack.
Keep in mind that long-range defenses like the Rocket Launcher, even if they can attack Pvt. Bullit, can be out of range of Bullit's taunt and so it will be unaffected by the taunt as a consequence, thus attacking troops normally. In these cases you cannot use Bullit to force these defenses to attack him unless you move him closer.

To defend against this ability, avoid placing many high damage single-target buildings (such as Cannons and/or Boom Cannons) together. If all high damage single target buildings are placed together, the ability can affect all of the buildings at once, rendering them much less effective.

Duration	Area of Effect Radius
8.0s	6 Tiles

Level	Damage Limit	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Instant (Time Only)	Hero Level Required
1	300	N/A	N/A	N/A	1
2	250	8	8h	119	3
3	200	16	16h	202	4
4	150	32	1d 8h	339	5
5	100	64	2d 16h	572	6

Offense
Troops	Rifleman • Heavy • Zooka • Warrior • Tank • Medic • Grenadier • Scorcher • Laser Ranger • Cryoneer • Bombardier • Mech
Prototype Troops	Lazortron • Rain Maker • Critter Cannon • Seeker • Rocket Choppa • Heavy Choppa • Turret Engineer • Critter Engineer • Cryobombardier • Protector • Dr. Vitamin • Clone Rifleman • Incinerator • Melon Bombardier • Shockaneer • Vampire Zooka • CryoTank • Stunner • Hidden Warrior
Gunboat Weaponry	Artillery • Flare • Medkit • Shock Bomb • Barrage • Smoke Screen • Critters • Temporary Gunboat Abilities
Heroes and their Hero Abilities	Sgt. Brick - Cluster Grenade • Iron Will • Battle Orders Dr. Kavan - Crystal Critters • Ice Shields • Second Wind Cpt. Everspark - Critter Swarm • Explosive Charges • Universal Remote Pvt. Bullit - Taunt • Energy Drink • Shock Knuckles

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 *You can use the Taunt ability with Smokey [[Warrior]]s; the ability can soak up damage from defenses behind the Warriors, which can save the need for [[Shock Bomb]]s against those defenses.
 *Be very careful when using Taunt in the vicinity of area damage buildings. These defensive buildings' splash effects can hit other troops along with Bullit. This is especially important whenever using Smokey Warriors or [[Zooka]]s with Bullit.
-*If you place Pvt. Bullit into the blind spot of a defense and then use the ability, the defense will still be affected by the taunt and attempt to aim at Bullit anyway, but will not be able to fire. This can be useful in stopping Rocket Launchers from firing on Zookas in a Heavy-Zooka attack
+*If you place Pvt. Bullit into the blind spot of a defense (that has one) and then use the ability, the defense will still be affected by the taunt and appear to aim at Bullit, but will not be able to fire. This can be useful in stopping Rocket Launchers from firing on Zookas in a Heavy-Zooka attack.
 *Keep in mind that long-range defenses like the [[Rocket Launcher]], even if they can attack Pvt. Bullit, can be out of range of Bullit's taunt and so it will be unaffected by the taunt as a consequence, thus attacking troops normally. In these cases you cannot use Bullit to force these defenses to attack him unless you move him closer.