noun
Gaming Slang
threat
· noun · gaming
The hidden meter deciding which player an enemy decides to attack.
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In MMOs and tab-target RPGs, every action generates threat (aggro) on an enemy. Whoever has the most gets attacked. The tank's whole job is keeping threat above everyone else's so the boss never turns on the squishies.
“Stop nuking on the pull, you're ripping threat off the tank and you'll get one-shot.”
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Managed with a threat meter or 'threat table'. DPS who climb it too fast pull aggro; healers generate it just by healing.
“Let me build threat for a few seconds before you open up, watch the meter.”
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threat In A Sentence
Stop nuking on the pull, you're ripping threat off the tank and you'll get one-shot.
Let me build threat for a few seconds before you open up, watch the meter.
Origin & Usage
Standardised by raid-based MMORPGs, notably World of Warcraft, as the underlying mechanic behind 'aggro' management.
People Also Ask
What's the difference between threat and aggro?
Threat is the underlying number you generate on an enemy; aggro is the result, i.e. having the most threat so the enemy is attacking you. Tanks manage threat to hold aggro.
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