New Tank here...

[Syndication]

If a mob is going for healer or something, do I provoke it? Because I've seen people say provoke just puts you back on top of the hate list but you don't necessarily actually get aggro.

[juniglee]

If a mob is going for healer or something, do I provoke it? Because I've seen people say provoke just puts you back on top of the hate list but you don't necessarily actually get aggro.

Provoke puts you at that character's aggro +1. Basically, all they need to render Provoke useless is to use an auto-attack after you have used it. When you use Provoke, always have a skill like Shield Lob or combo'ed Savage Blade/Rage of Halone ready to immediately follow-up after using Provoke to gain back aggro.