Dynamic Aggro System. Using lists?

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I’m currently trying to implement an aggro system at the moment but the process seems very messy, I would like to know if this is the proper approach. This is a RTS system.

In one instance:

-There are 4 different transforms under “Player” tag and 20 under “Enemy” tag. The two “parties” will attack each other.

-Every time a transform is hit, it will record the transform, be it name or objectID and add to an int called aggroLevel. This is where I feel like using objectID would come in handy since I can just make it an array of 2.

int [ ] aggro = new int{objectID,aggroLevel}

How would I approach this if I didn’t use the same type of variable in a clean way?

-I will use a List to easily check if it contains the objectID already and then add +5 to aggro[1] by iterating through a list using a standard i++ loop.

The part in red text is what I’m concerned with. The good thing is that I can run this command only when a target takes damage or at an interval if I wish, the bad is that it’s iterating everytime a target takes damage in the scene.

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It turns out I do need a transform rather than a gameObjectID since I want to set the target transform to switch to.

Here’s my current system.

public List<Transform> aggroTransform = new List<Transform>();
    public List<int> aggroLevel = new List<int>();

    public void UpdateAggroList(Transform newAggroTransform, int newAggroLevel){
        if(!aggroTransform.Contains(newAggroTransform)){
            aggroTransform.Add(newAggroTransform);
            aggroLevel.Add(newAggroLevel);
        }
        else{
            int index = aggroTransform.IndexOf(newAggroTransform);
            aggroLevel[index] = newAggroLevel + aggroLevel[index];
        }
    }