Stop telling Tanks not to use provoke there is a place to use it when pulling mobs.

[AlexiIvaniskavich]

I don't think Provoke generates any enmity, period. All it does is put you to the top of the aggro list. If I voke pull something and the healer casts Stone Skin on me before I get to follow up with a Shield Lob, the mob instantly aggros on the healer.

..Provoke does less than the standard action enmity (besides moving the tank to the top of the enmity list). A Provoke followed by a scholar using Eye for Eye or Aetherflow, for example, will result in the mobs targeting the scholar.

First and foremost, understand what the skill does exactly. One must follow up a provoke with another skill.

I’ve never provoke pulled a dungeon mob, I rarely use it at all in dungeons in fact. I do however use the hell out of it in A2S. In my static, I am the tank that is in charge of gathering the mobs up. I have found that the use of provoke as an off GCD (ranged attack <target A>, provoke <target b>, ranged attack <target b>) is really useful when I need to generate hate, but I am still at range because I had to go pick up the spider tank and get it to move first.

Touching on the OP’s initial statement, if you are the person giving advice, you MUST consider the player you are giving advice too. There are basic, intermediate and advanced strategies to tanking, and if the player is still at the basic tanking stage, advanced strategies can do them more harm than good. I wouldn’t tell a leaf to pull with provoke. I would encourage the more stable path to aggro – throw + aoe. You must learn to crawl before you can walk.