Beacon Taunt

Beacon Taunt is the C-tier aggro-redirect gadget. It places a beacon that draws zombie aggro to a fixed location, freeing the player to reposition or unload high-cooldown abilities.

Single-source caveat

FRVR rates Beacon Taunt C-tier with brief description. Specific aggro range and beacon HP are not Discord-attested. The gadget is niche — most builds prefer offensive (Black Hole) or defensive (Infinity) gadgets over aggro-redirect.

When Beacon Taunt is worth running

Multiplayer raid scenarios where the player is the heal-pet support and needs zombies pulled off a teammate. Not recommended for solo play.

Effect detail

Per frontmatter effect_text, Beacon Taunt is an aggro-pull beacon that redirects zombie attacks to the beacon location, classified as C-tier situational utility. The gadgets tier-snapshot (tier-snapshots/index.json, category gadgets, 2026-05-13) records the same role with the explicit note “Aggro pull.” docs/04-tier-list.md §2.3.3 reinforces this with “Beacon Taunt — generic IP / aggro pull / needs_check (FRVR)”. The exact aggro radius, beacon HP, and active duration are not enumerated in any tracked source — the placement is verified single-source.

Best modes

Per docs/04-tier-list.md §1.5 (Shiroo死, 2026-05-09), gadgets are split into three official rankings (Beginner / Raid / Survival+Infinity). Beacon Taunt does not appear in Foong’s Meta Build thread for any of the three modes (§1.1.1 Raid picks Rage; §1.1.2 Survival picks Black Hole / Infinity; §1.1.3 Infinite same as Survival). Its plausible home is the Raid gadget ranking in a multiplayer support role — pulling raid-boss adds off a DPS teammate — but the §1.5 OCR coverage gap means no source has yet placed Beacon Taunt on a specific mode-tier list.

Tier positioning

Sits at C tier in the gadgets snapshot with sources_supporting: 1 (FRVR only). docs/04-tier-list.md §2.3.3 labels Beacon Taunt’s credibility as needs_check (FRVR) — it is the lowest-confidence label in the gadget table aside from Medkit / Basic Shield. Above it sit B-tier control gadgets Gravity Field and Time Stop; below it the D-tier survival gadgets Medkit and Basic Shield.

Synergies & comparison

For solo play, Black Hole (cluster zombies for AoE) and Infinity (15-second impenetrable bubble per effect_text) both dominate Beacon Taunt’s slot — there is no solo scenario where redirecting aggro to a static beacon out-values offensive setup or invincibility. The niche use case is a multiplayer Raid where the player runs support: pair Beacon Taunt with a sustain ability like Saiyan (V-skill auto-revive backstop) and a defensive pet like Shield Titan (Tier 1 max Lifesteal per docs/04-tier-list.md §2.3.4) so the teammate can free-cast burst while adds pile onto the beacon.

Acquisition

Per frontmatter, Beacon Taunt has rarity rare with credibility verified_single_source (FRVR tier list). The frontmatter does not record a drop rate, and no specific unlock condition is documented in docs/04.