William Taggart Dialogue Challenge

The dialogue challenge with William Taggart occurs during the Finding Isaias Sandoval mission in Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Winning the challenge causes Taggart to meet with Jensen backstage to reveal Sandoval's location, unlocking The Throwdown achievement. Losing the challenge causes Taggart to refuse to help Jensen, forcing him to get the information another way.

The challenge can always be won by always picking confront unless Taggart says one of the following lines:


 * "Take your recording to the police…"
 * "If you play that recording for the police…"
 * "What do you expect to gain here today…"
 * "What is it you’re truly looking for here?"

The remainder of this page will show all of Taggart's possible responses and the result of picking each choice. Each response is identified by its first words. If Taggart's persuasion level is 0 at the end of the conversation, the challenge is still won.

First Round
Discredit: +1 Confront: +2 Redirect: -2

“I know why you came here…”
Discredit: -2 Confront: +1 Redirect: +2

“Take your recording to the police…”
Discredit: +2 Confront: -2 Redirect: +1

“My heart goes out to you…”
Discredit: +1 Confront: +2 Redirect: -2

“If you play that recording for the police…”
Discredit: +2 Confront: -2 Redirect: +1

“If you’re so certain of your evidence…”
Discredit: +1 Confront: +2 Redirect: -2

“Go play your recording for the police…”
Discredit: -2 Confront: +1 Redirect: +2

Pheromones
Appease – Win the challenge Charm – Lose the challenge Pressure – Lose the challenge

“If you could see your situation clearly…”
Discredit: +1 Confront: +2 Redirect: -2

“You’re lashing out…”
Discredit: +1 Confront: +2 Redirect: -2

“As you know, I was a practicing psychologist…”
Discredit: -2 Confront: +1 Redirect: +2

“What do you expect to gain here today…”
Discredit: +2 Confront: -2 Redirect: +1

“I saw this posture of yours…”
Discredit: -2 Confront: +1 Redirect: +2

“What is it you’re truly looking for here?”
Discredit: +2 Confront: -2 Redirect: +1

“I founded Humanity Front to make biotech companies…”
Discredit: -2 Confront: +1 Redirect: +2

“When I founded Humanity Front…”
Discredit: -2 Confront: +1 Redirect: +2

“My life has been an open book”
Discredit: +1 Confront: +2 Redirect: -2

“Look at every speech I have ever given…”
Discredit: +2 Confront: -2 Redirect: +1

“From the very day I founded Humanity Front…”
Discredit: +2 Confront: -2 Redirect: +1

“I founded Humanity front to prevent others from suffering…”
Discredit: +1 Confront: +2 Redirect: -2