Challenging Roar

Challenging Roar
	Challenging Roar; Level 28 druid ability; 15 Rage; 3 min cooldown; Instant; Requires Bear Form; Forces all nearby enemies to focus attacks on you for 6 sec.;
Properties
Class	Druid
School	Physical
Cooldown	3 minutes
Radius	10 yd
Other information
Level learned	28
Related debuff
	; Challenging Roar ; Taunted. ; Duration: 6 seconds ;

Challenging Roar is an emergency ability that causes nearby enemies to attack you. It is learned at level 28 for 75.

Glyphs

Glyph of Challenging Roar
Minor Glyph
Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.

Reduces the cooldown of your Challenging Roar ability by 30 sec.
Classes: Druid
Requires Level 28
Sell Price: 1

Tips and tactics

This ability is best used to save a group from a wipe when aggro gets out of hand or there are adds that must be quickly and surely drawn to you. After the 6 seconds time, aggro will switch back to its original holder unless enough fresh threat was generated during that time. Good options to generate aggro on the multiple mobs attracted are: [Thorns], [Demoralizing Roar], and [Swipe]. Besides those, when grouped up, paladin [Retribution Aura] can be a good help.

This skill is similar to the warrior's [Challenging Shout].

Patch changes

Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Removed.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Now has a 3 minute cooldown, reduced from 10 minutes.
Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): The chance for this ability to land successfully on its targets is now increased by hit rating.
Patch 0.12 (2004-10-11): Now usable against targets that are immune to physical attacks