aggro

Noun

• (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression
  • "I skipped it because it was too much aggro"
• Aggravation; bother.
• Aggressive behaviour; loud, intimidating behaviour that convincingly threatens violence without necessarily actually becoming violent.
• A measure of how belligerent a player is – a high value may inspire either avoidance or preemptive hostile action from enemies.
• Hostile attention from an enemy that should target players with better defenses.
• pl. -GROS a rivalry or grievance

Adj

• Angry.
• Liable to attack without being attacked first (said of monsters).
• Designed for aggressive play that seeks to defeat the opponent in the early stages of the game. (of a player) Favoring such decks.
• Hardcore, aggressive.

Verb

• To become aggressive towards the player's character.
• To cause (a non-player character) to become aggressive towards the player's character.

Examples

• "I aggroed the dragon by stealing from its hoard, and it killed me."
• "Move along, lads; we don't want any aggro."
• "They'll aggro on you if you get too close."
• "You just pulled aggro off the tank and wiped the raid."

Antonyms

deaggro