Warden bear - taunt?

cr4mf157

Is the Warden bear supposed to taunt and hold aggro? I've yet to see him grab any aggro, even when using his active execute ability. I assume that either I'm doing something wrong, my bear is broken, or he's just a pure DPS pet.

idk

No

subtlezeroub17_ESO

No, he's not a tank pet like the clanfear. Now, from what I've seen, he can take a hit though.

Rygonix

cr4mf157 wrote: »

he's just a pure DPS pet.

Seems to be that way. If they were to tank effectively there would have to be a nerf on the bear elsewhere. Granted I would like it to be a tank, since in most of my plays of other Elder Scrolls games I had a summonable meat shield to hold the enemy's attention while I melt them from range.

DocFrost72

If you are on PC, try holding Y and then left clicking while targeting the mob you want dealt with. Bear starts the fight with aggro, and it should die long before it loses it.

The bear doesn't have the same mechanics as the clanfear, if you know how that works. Mostly for DPS, but also seems to be 2x as chunky and hard to kill as even the clanfear is.

cr4mf157

DocFrost72 wrote: »

If you are on PC, try holding Y and then left clicking while targeting the mob you want dealt with. Bear starts the fight with aggro, and it should die long before it loses it.

Yeah, I have tried sending in the bear first. Generally what happens is as soon as I sick the bear, the whole pack of mobs turns and charges me (well before the bear gets anywhere near them). Then when I reposition, he misses a few attacks.

I'm beginning to think the bear would be awesome for a melee stamina character, but he's a bit lackluster for a mobile, squishy caster type.

Drachenfier

I use bear as a melee dps warden and he takes aggro all the time. Maybe it's just that my dps is terrible.