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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4 of 304 words for “Fear”
Fear
WoWCrowd control that makes the target run in random directions: warlocks, priests, warriors' Intimidating Shout.
“Feared into a second group, classic.”
See also: CC, Diminishing returns
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
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
Peel
PvPTo get an enemy off a teammate: stun, snare, fear or just hit them until they switch.
“Peel for the healer, she's got two rogues on her.”
See also: Flag carrier, CC
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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