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Zero Company Taunt Talent

Forces one enemy to attack this Operator, and weakens the damage it deals while taunted.

Confirmed
Confidence
Confirmed
Verified
14 August 2026
Version
pre-release (no retail build)

Quick answer

Taunts a single enemy once per turn, forcing it to attack this Operator instead of an ally. Higher ranks also reduce the damage that enemy deals.

Available to
Any Custom Operator
Cost
1 Action Point
First rank
One single-target taunt per turn.
Max rank
The taunted enemy deals 6 less damage.
Tags
taunt, mitigation, debuff

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What this Talent is actually for

The Talent that most changes squad composition, because it means a squad can redirect the one enemy that matters without spending a slot on a Heavy. It is not a replacement for one — the Heavy taunts an area and taunts passively through every shot — but against a single deadly attacker, this is the same answer at a fraction of the cost. The damage reduction is the underrated half: it turns the taunt from redirection into mitigation, so pulling the attack is strictly better than letting it land elsewhere.

Pairings

Specializations it combines with

A Talent is chosen separately from a class, so these are combinations you assemble yourself rather than anything the game groups for you.

  • Heavy

    Stacked on the Heavy itself it adds single-target control to an area taunt, and the damage reduction compounds with flat Defense.

  • Medic

    Concentrating a specific attacker onto one predictable Operator is the condition single-target healing is most efficient under.

  • Assault

    An Assault that has already charged into the open is going to be shot at; taunting the target it chose makes that exposure deliberate.

What we don't know yet

The game has not been released. These are open questions we have chosen not to guess at.

  • The Action Point cost, and whether it has a range limit.
  • Whether any enemy type resists taunt at higher difficulties.
  • How long the damage reduction lasts.

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