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The attention of an enemy: whoever it is attacking. Built up as threat; tanks want it, everyone else wants to lose it.

Watch your aggro, the healer just pulled it off me.

Wait for the tank to get aggro before you open.

See also: Threat, Tank, Taunt

How to use it

  • Watch your aggro, the healer just pulled it off me.
  • Wait for the tank to get aggro before you open.

Related words

  1. ThreatThe invisible number every enemy keeps for each player. Damage and healing raise it; the highest threat gets…
  2. TankThe role that holds the enemy's attention and takes the hits, so everyone else can do their job. Warriors,…
  3. TauntAn ability that forces an enemy to attack the tank for a few seconds and sets their threat to the top: Taunt,…
  4. Aggro radiusHow close you can get to an enemy before it attacks. Bigger when it's higher level than you.

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