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Gank

PvP

To attack someone who can't fight back: lower level, half health, mid-fight with a mob. World PvP's favourite word.

“Got ganked in STV three times on the way to the quest.”

“It's a PvP server, ganking is the game.”

See also: Corpse camping, World PvP, STV

How to use it

  • “Got ganked in STV three times on the way to the quest.”
  • “It's a PvP server, ganking is the game.”

Related words

  1. Corpse campingWaiting at someone's body to kill them again the moment they resurrect.
  2. World PvPFighting other players out in the zones rather than in battlegrounds. Anything from a duel outside Orgrimmar…
  3. STVStranglethorn Vale: the level 30–45 jungle zone where every PvP server's ganking happens.

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