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to aggro

to aggro

9.9
To draw enemy attention in a game so they attack you
  • verb
  • /ˈæɡroʊ/
  • Jargon
translation icon : atraer
  • Instead, we're going, my strategy is to not aggro anyone.

Examples

  • To win the battle, you need to aggro as few enemies as possible.

  • In the raid, my job was to aggro the boss while the others dealt damage.

  • I feel like a bona fide badass when I aggro one or two mobs with the veteran and still come out on top.

    Blog text (22)

  • Managing threat is key so that the boss stays "stuck" to a tank rather than aggroing on "clothies" (characters such as mages and priests who wear only cloth armor and can be "one-shotted," or instantly killed, by the boss).

    Academic text (2010)

  • The tank managed to aggro all the monsters, allowing the team to defeat them easily.

Antonyms

to distract
513 2.1

To make someone stop paying attention to what they are doing or thinking about

to evade
52 4.4

To get away from someone or something by being clever and tricky

How Provoking

to aggro
  • Jargon
9.9
to provoke
144 3.6
to annoy
246 1.0

Surface Forms

aggro infinitive
aggroed past
aggroed past participle
aggroing present participle
aggros third person singular

Etymology

Aggro as a verb grew from the noun and the roots aggression/aggravation, so to 'aggro' is to draw an enemy's 'anger' or 'attention' onto you. This explains why players say someone 'aggroed' a boss when they cause it to attack them.