This article contains lore taken from Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne, the manuals, and/or official bonus maps.
Any monster in the game, or any non-quest-giving and non-shopkeeper NPC combatant.
Typically used on Battle.net on Warcraft III. The term Mob is more often used in World of Warcraft.
Comes from Warcraft III, where the neutral (but aggressive) packs of monsters would guard certain areas from your armies. Originally in Starcraft, creep was a layer of slime where zergs could build, similar to blight.