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Tooltip

Gaming slang

The box that appears when you hover over an item or ability. The numbers in it are the ones that matter.

“Read the tooltip: it says 'chance on hit', not 'on every hit'.”

See also: Datamine

How to use it

  • “Read the tooltip: it says 'chance on hit', not 'on every hit'.”

Related words

  1. DatamineReading a game's data files to find changes, items and spells before they're announced. Where this site's…

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