The glossary

37 of 304 words for “AV”

1. AV

   PvP

   Also: Alterac Valley

   Alterac Valley: 40 v 40 across a whole zone, ends when a faction boss dies. Can last hours or minutes depending on the era.

   “AV weekend, honor is doubled, everyone's queueing.”

   See also: Battleground, Honor

2. Cleave

   WoW

   Damage that hits a few targets near your main one, as opposed to a full AoE. Also the warrior ability.

   “Cleave the two adds while tanking the boss.”

   See also: AoE, Single target

3. Clip it

   Gaming slang

   Save that moment from the stream.

   “Clip it, five combo Eviscerate crit.”

   See also: VOD, POV

4. Corpse run

   Raiding & dungeons

   Running your ghost back to your body from the graveyard after dying.

   “Long corpse run from the graveyard to Blackrock Mountain.”

   See also: Wipe, Spirit healer, Ghost

5. Debuff

   WoW

   A harmful effect on an enemy or you: Sunder Armor, Curse of Recklessness, Faerie Fire. Vanilla bosses have limited debuff slots, so raids plan which ones go on.

   “Sixteen debuff slots, warlocks don't put Corruption on.”

   See also: Buff, Uptime

6. DPS check

   Raiding & dungeons

   A fight, or phase, that is mostly about having enough damage.

   “Patchwerk is a pure DPS check.”

   See also: Enrage, Parse

7. 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

8. Ghost

   WoW

   You, after dying, walking back from the graveyard.

   “I'm a ghost, two minutes.”

   See also: Corpse run

9. GL HF

   Gaming slang

   Good luck, have fun. Said at the start.

   “glhf — gates open in 30.”

   See also: GG

10. Lockout

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: Raid ID

    Once you kill a raid boss, you're saved to that raid's instance until it resets: a week for the big raids, three days for Zul'Gurub and Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj.

    “I'm locked to MC this week, can't come.”

    See also: Raid, Reset

11. Meta

    Gaming slang

    What's strongest right now, and what everyone plays because of it. 'Most effective tactics available', by folk etymology.

    “The meta is fury warriors and rogues.”

    “Off-meta picks are fine if you know why.”

    See also: OP, Tier list, Theorycraft

12. Meta-gaming

    Gaming slang

    Using knowledge your character wouldn't have. In MMOs it mostly means playing what's strong because it's strong.

    “Rolling warrior because it's meta is meta-gaming, and that's fine.”

    See also: Meta

13. Pre-raid BiS

    Raiding & dungeons

    The best gear available before you set foot in a raid: dungeons, crafting, reputation, PvP and the auction house.

    “Farm pre-raid BiS before you apply to a guild.”

    See also: BiS, Dungeon

14. Priority list

    WoW

    A rotation written as 'use the first thing on this list that is available'. Handles procs and cooldowns better than a fixed sequence.

    “Priority list: keep Slice and Dice up, Eviscerate at 5 points, otherwise Sinister Strike.”

    See also: Rotation, Proc

15. Progression

    Raiding & dungeons

    Fighting bosses you haven't killed yet, as opposed to farming ones you have.

    “We're on progression for Nefarian, expect wipes.”

    See also: Farm, Wipe

16. Rage quit

    Gaming slang

    Leaving mid-game out of anger.

    “Rage quit the battleground at 0–2.”

    See also: Tilt, AFK

17. Reset

    Raiding & dungeons

    When an instance's lockout ends and the bosses are back. Also: leaving a dungeon and re-entering to respawn everything.

    “Reset is Tuesday morning.”

    “Everyone out, we're resetting the instance.”

    See also: Lockout, Instance

18. RP

    MMO

    Role-play: speaking and acting as your character. RP servers have naming rules and in-character chat.

    “Taverns on RP servers are actually full.”

    See also: MMORPG

19. Server

    MMO

    Also: Realm

    The world copy you play on. Also 'realm'. Your friends have to be on the same one.

    “Which server are you on? — Faerlina, Horde.”

    See also: Faction, Layer

20. Spirit healer

    WoW

    The angel at the graveyard who can resurrect you on the spot for durability damage and resurrection sickness. The alternative to a corpse run.

    “Took the spirit healer, gear's at 40%.”

    See also: Corpse run, Rez

21. Summon

    WoW

    A warlock and two helpers pulling a player to the instance with Ritual of Summoning. Saves twenty minutes.

    “Summon please, I'm in Ironforge.”

    See also: Hearth, Meeting stone

22. Toxic

    Gaming slang

    Behaviour that makes the game worse for others: flaming, griefing, quitting.

    “Toxic pug, left after the first wipe.”

    See also: Flame, Griefing

23. AFK

    Gaming slang

    Away from keyboard. Also a verb: he AFK'd out of the battleground.

    “AFK two minutes, door.”

    “Report AFK, he's been at the graveyard the whole game.”

    See also: BRB, Bio

24. Aggro radius

    WoW

    How close you can get to an enemy before it attacks. Bigger when it's higher level than you.

    “Higher-level mobs have a huge aggro radius, hug the wall.”

    See also: Body pull, Aggro

25. Attack power

    WoW

    Also: AP

    The stat behind physical damage. Strength and agility convert into it differently per class; one point of AP is roughly 1/14 of a DPS point.

    “That's 60 attack power from strength alone.”

    “AP is worth more than crit for a rogue until you have a lot of both.”

    See also: Spell power, Crit

26. Cooldown

    WoW

    How long before you can use an ability again. Also the ability itself when it is a big one: 'pop your cooldowns'.

    “Save cooldowns for the burn phase.”

    “Death Wish is a three-minute cooldown, use it every pull.”

    See also: GCD, Burst

27. Diminishing returns

    PvP

    Also: DR

    Each repeated stun, fear or root on the same target within a short window lasts less, and the fourth doesn't land at all.

    “He's on full DR for stuns, save the kidney shot.”

    See also: CC

28. DKP

    Raiding & dungeons

    Dragon kill points: a guild's loot currency, earned by attending raids and spent bidding on items.

    “I've saved 400 DKP for the Ashkandi.”

    “Minus 50 DKP for standing in the fire.”

    See also: Loot council, GDKP

29. Feed

    Gaming slang

    To die a lot and make the enemy stronger for it.

    “Stop feeding the rogue honor, stay at the graveyard.”

    See also: Inting, Honor

30. Flag carrier

    PvP

    Also: FC

    The player holding the flag in Warsong Gulch. Your own is the FC, the enemy's is the EFC.

    “Peel for the flag carrier!”

    “Druid FC with speed and travel form is the classic pick.”

    See also: EFC, WSG, Peel

31. For the Horde

    WoW

    The Horde's battle cry. Alliance say 'for the Alliance', but less convincingly.

    “For the Horde! — typed by twenty people entering AV.”

    See also: Faction

32. GCD

    WoW

    Global cooldown: the 1.5 seconds (1 second for some abilities) after using almost anything before you can use anything else. Off-GCD abilities ignore it.

    “Bloodrage is off the GCD, weave it in.”

    “You're wasting GCDs on Battle Shout mid-fight.”

    See also: Cooldown, Rotation

33. Loot council

    Raiding & dungeons

    Loot handed out by a small group of officers deciding who benefits most. Fair when it's fair.

    “Loot council gave the sword to the tank, obviously.”

    See also: Master looter, DKP

34. Spawn

    Gaming slang

    Where or when an enemy, item or player appears. Respawn is the return after death.

    “The rare spawns every four hours.”

    “Spawn camping the graveyard is bad manners.”

    See also: Respawn, Camping

35. Tanky

    Gaming slang

    Hard to kill. The opposite of squishy.

    “A stamina-stacked warrior in AV is properly tanky.”

    See also: Squishy, Tank

36. Touch grass

    Gaming slang

    Go outside. Said to someone who's been online too long or is too angry.

    “Eight hours in AV, touch grass.”

    See also: Hardcore

37. Training

    Gaming slang

    Dragging a line of enemies onto other players. Verb: to train.

    “He trained the whole graveyard onto us and Vanished.”

    See also: Griefing, Aggro