Engage
Initiating a fight, usually via CC or a dive skill from a tank or assassin.
Engaging is the act of starting a fight — a tank landing a stun to open a teamfight, or an assassin diving onto an isolated backline target. Good engages target the highest-value window: initiating right as the enemy's key peel skill is on cooldown turns an even fight into a clean pick. Heroes like Tigreal, Atlas, and Khufra are drafted specifically as engage tools because their CC reliably opens the fight their team needs.
Related terms
CC (Crowd Control)Any effect that limits enemy action: stuns, roots, silences, slows, knockbacks.InitiateThe hero or skill that opens a fight, usually the first CC or dive of the engage.DiveJumping past the frontline directly onto an enemy backline target.DisengageAbilities or effects that let a team break off from or avoid an ongoing fight.