Stark Spider-Man taunt in aw

daKrackendaKracken Member Posts: 18 ★
edited January 2020 in General Discussion
So I’ve been running the all or nothing lane in alliance war tier 4 for 4-5 seasons now and have never had issues clearing it with stark spidey. Most of the time there is a thing defender and he is pretty ideal for that match up. My issue is that this war season I have yet to get any champ on that lane to throw a special with taunt. It’s got to a point last war were I spent a good 20+ seconds keeping one taunt refreshed and it still ended up with me getting an l3 to the face. I’m at a loss because I’ve not changed my play style but these nodes that I was running through with no issue before are now costing me a lots of items. Has anyone else been having issues with taunt or is just me being severely unlucky?

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  • StevieManWonderStevieManWonder Member Posts: 5,019 ★★★★★
    I think it's just RNG, I never really have an issue with Starky's Taunt, but with Mister Fantastic's Taunt, I almost never notice a difference in the frequency of the defender launching their specials. I think it's because when we place a taunt, we're expecting them to launch a special attack right away or very soon after, but it is only a percentage chance. I am not the best at the math, but I know that it is possible for the Defender to keep 'rolling' the percentage chance to not throw their special (sorry if that doesn't make the most sense, maybe someone can clarify this more).
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  • daKrackendaKracken Member Posts: 18 ★
    UmbertoDelRio said:

    Think about it this way:

    "All or nothing" makes the defender way more likely to use their third special attack and way less likely to use their other special attacks.

    Now, sparkys taunt makes the opponent 70% more likely to use a special. But we don't know how much the numbers are crunched. It could be like 90% special 3 and 5% special 1/2.

    Either way, even with a taunt the chance for them to throw a special 1/2 is probably still pretty low. So it's most likely just bad rng luck.

    I’m not new to this, I know how it works. I’ve been running this lane for almost a year and almost immediately upon placing a taunt they have always dropped a special with maybe minor baiting. But currently I can’t get anyone to drop specials even with me refreshing the taunt and actively baiting. Going from one extreme to the other is why I’m asking if anyone else is having issues.
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