AV
PvPAlso: 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
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CC
PvPAlso: Crowd control
Crowd control: anything that takes an enemy out of the fight for a while — sheep, sap, fear, stun, root.
“CC the healer, then burst the mage.”
“That pack needs two CCs.”
See also: Diminishing returns, Sheep, Sap
Body pull
Raiding & dungeonsAlso: Face pull
Pulling by walking too close instead of using an ability. Usually an accident.
“Who body pulled the second pack?”
See also: Pull, Aggro radius
Proc
WoWA random effect that triggers off something else — a weapon's chance on hit, a trinket, a talent. Short for 'programmed random occurrence'.
“Wait for the trinket proc, then Mortal Strike.”
“Ironfoe procs extra swings.”
See also: RNG, Priority list
Smurf
Gaming slangA skilled player on a new account, playing against beginners.
“That level 19 was a smurf, nobody moves like that at 19.”
WoW
World of Warcraft, especially vanilla, Classic and Forever.
79 words
Raiding & dungeons
Group PvE: pulls, loot rules, wipes and parses.
47 words
PvP
Battlegrounds, duels, twinks and world PvP.
31 words
MMO
Words shared by every online RPG.
47 words
Esports
Competitive play, broadcasts and the meta.
21 words
Gaming slang
What people say in every chat, every game.
79 words
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