What does AA mean?

Land her 3, then trap with ult and cast 2 for body blocking and spam the aoe of your 3 on AA and watch them die
- Reddit's MANJAROWOLF

I've seen this abbreviation quite a bit, but Google isn't helping. I keep thinking "anti-air", but that's not much of a thing in Smite. I suspect that this abbreviation also exists in other DotA-like (MOBA) communities.

2 Answers

AA stands for auto-attack. Because you don't have to click once every time your character is ready to attack, it is so called auto-attack.

However, there is actually two type of AA, Active and Passive in MOBAs.

Active: You selected a target and your character attacks the target.

Passive: Character that is idle will look for the closest target within attack range, then reach and autoattack (note- there is no passive AA in Smite).

In other MOBAs, passive AA is on, but can be turn off in settings. Another fun fact is I found that more DotA 2 players prefer turning it off, while more LoL players prefer leaving it on.

AA stands for auto-attack, also called standard, normal, or basic attack.