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Jargon, decoded

The glossary

304 words from World of Warcraft, MMOs, esports and every game chat you have ever been flamed in — what each one means, and how people actually say it. Every entry has its own link, so you can send it to the friend who just asked what a twink is.

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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

All words

6 of 304 words for “Caster”

  1. Caster

    Esports

    Also: Shoutcaster

    The commentator on a broadcast. Play-by-play or colour.

    “The caster called the reverse sweep before it happened.”

    See also: POV, VOD

  2. +Healing

    WoW

    Spell power that only works on heals. Healers stack it; DPS casters can't use it at all.

    “That chest is +healing, useless for a shadow priest.”

    See also: Spell power, Healer

  3. Line of sight

    PvP

    Also: LoS

    Whether a caster can see you. Breaking LoS behind a pillar or wall stops casts and pulls enemies to you.

    “LoS the mage behind the tree.”

    “Pull the caster pack around the corner, make them come to us.”

    See also: Kite, Pull

  4. Mana

    WoW

    The blue bar: casters' resource. Regenerates from spirit outside the five-second rule.

    “Drink after every pull to keep mana up.”

    See also: OOM, Five-second rule

  5. Hit cap

    WoW

    The amount of +hit after which extra hit does nothing. 9% against raid bosses (16% for spells) in vanilla-style games; 5% against players.

    “Don't stack past the hit cap, swap that ring for crit.”

    “Casters need 16% to be capped on bosses.”

    See also: Crit, Equivalence points

  6. Sheep

    WoW

    Polymorph, the mage's crowd control that turns a target into a sheep (or a pig, or a turtle). Damage breaks it.

    “Sheep the caster, tank the rest.”

    “Don't hit the sheep!”

    See also: CC, Sap

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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