The glossary

47 of 304 words for “Raid”

1. Raid

   Raiding & dungeons

   A large-group instance — 20 or 40 players in vanilla — and the group itself. Weekly lockouts, big bosses, epic loot.

   “Raid is Tuesday and Thursday, be on by seven.”

   “Molten Core was the first 40-man raid.”

   See also: Dungeon, Lockout, Tier set

2. Raid leader

   Raiding & dungeons

   Also: RL

   The person calling the pulls, the strategy and the loot. Usually the one who spent all week reading strategies.

   “Raid leader says stack on the left.”

   See also: Raid, Ready check

3. 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

4. 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

5. Attunement

   Raiding & dungeons

   A quest chain you must finish before you can enter a raid: Onyxia's is famous, Molten Core's is a short run through Blackrock Depths.

   “Get your Ony attunement done before we start clearing.”

   See also: Raid

6. Bio

   Raiding & dungeons

   Also: Bio break

   Bathroom break. 'Bio' in raid chat means wait.

   “Bio after this boss, two minutes.”

   See also: AFK, Ready check

7. BiS

   WoW

   Also: Best in slot

   Best in slot: the single best item for a slot for your class, spec and goal. 'Pre-raid BiS' is the best you can get without raiding.

   “Devilsaur set is pre-raid BiS for physical DPS.”

   “That trinket is BiS until AQ.”

   See also: Pre-raid BiS, Equivalence points, Build

8. Consumes

   Raiding & dungeons

   Also: Consumables

   Consumables: flasks, elixirs, potions, food, weapon oils. Raiders spend hundreds of gold a week on them.

   “Bring consumes or don't bother showing up.”

   “Full consumes: Mongoose, Giants, Flask of the Titans.”

   See also: Flask, World buff, Mats

9. 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

10. 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

11. Dungeon

    Raiding & dungeons

    A five-player instance. Pre-raid gear comes from here.

    “Scholomance, Stratholme and the Blackrock dungeons are the endgame dungeons at 60.”

    See also: Raid, Instance, Pre-raid BiS

12. Endgame

    MMO

    Everything after max level: raids, PvP, reputation, alts.

    “The levelling is the game; the endgame is the job.”

    See also: Raid, Max level

13. Epic

    WoW

    Purple-quality item: raid loot, world drops and top PvP gear. Above rare (blue) and below legendary (orange).

    “First epic at level 60, finally.”

    “Purple doesn't mean upgrade.”

    See also: Rare, Legendary, ilvl

14. Guild

    MMO

    A player organization with its own chat, bank and raid schedule. The social unit of an MMO.

    “Our guild cleared BWL last week.”

    “Guild drama, again.”

    See also: Raid, Raid leader

15. Hard reserve

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: HR

    An item the raid organizer keeps for themselves or a friend no matter what. Said up front, or it's a ninja.

    “HR on the Eye of Sulfuras, everything else is free roll.”

    See also: Soft reserve, Ninja

16. 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

17. Instance

    MMO

    A private copy of a dungeon or raid for your group. Nobody else's group is in your instance.

    “Everyone in the instance, we're starting.”

    See also: Dungeon, Raid, Lockout

18. Leeroy Jenkins

    WoW

    The 2005 video of a paladin charging a room of dragon whelps while his raid was still planning. Now a verb for charging in without a plan.

    “He Leeroyed the whole pack while we were still buffing.”

    See also: Pull, Wipe

19. Legendary

    WoW

    Orange-quality item: Thunderfury, Sulfuras, Atiesh. Long quest chains and raid drops, one per guild for months.

    “Guild's second Thunderfury goes to the off tank.”

    See also: Epic

20. Logs

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: WCL, Warcraft Logs

    Combat logs uploaded to a site like Warcraft Logs, where every raid's damage, healing and mistakes are ranked and public.

    “Check the logs, who died to the first breath?”

    See also: Parse, Damage meters

21. Main

    MMO

    The character you actually play and raid on.

    “My main's a warrior, alts are for the auction house.”

    See also: Alt, Reroll

22. Main spec

    WoW

    The role you actually play in the raid. First in line for the loot that fits it.

    “Main spec rolls only on the tier chest.”

    See also: Off-spec, MS > OS

23. Master looter

    Raiding & dungeons

    A loot mode where one player hands out everything. Standard in guild raids.

    “Master looter is the raid leader, whisper your rolls.”

    See also: Ninja, DKP, Loot council

24. MS > OS

    Raiding & dungeons

    Loot rule: main spec rolls before off spec. The default in most pickup raids.

    “Loot is MS > OS, one epic per person until everyone has one.”

    See also: Main spec, Off-spec, Soft reserve

25. PUG

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: Pickup group

    Pickup group: strangers found in chat rather than a guild. Pug a dungeon, pug a raid.

    “Pugging Stratholme was a mistake.”

    “Pug tanks are the hardest to find.”

    See also: LFG, LFM, Guild

26. PvE

    MMO

    Player versus environment: quests, dungeons, raids. Fighting the game, not each other.

    “PvE server, no ganking, just questing.”

    See also: PvP, Raid

27. Race to world first

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: RWF

    The streamed competition between top guilds to clear a new raid first.

    “The race to world first for Naxx lasted five days.”

    See also: World first

28. Rare

    WoW

    Blue-quality item: dungeon drops and good quest rewards. Most pre-raid gear.

    “Blues from Scholo and Strat carry you into Molten Core.”

    See also: Epic, Uncommon

29. Ready check

    Raiding & dungeons

    The raid leader's 'are you ready?' prompt before a pull.

    “Ready check, bio breaks over.”

    See also: Raid leader, Bio

30. Soft reserve

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: SR

    A pickup-raid loot rule: everyone names one item; if it drops, only those who reserved it roll.

    “SR the trinket and roll on the rest.”

    See also: Hard reserve, PUG, MS > OS

31. Split run

    Raiding & dungeons

    A guild running several raids with alts to funnel loot to the main roster.

    “Split runs are how top guilds gear so fast.”

    See also: Speedrun, Alt

32. Sustained

    WoW

    Damage you can keep doing all fight, cooldowns aside. What raid DPS is measured on.

    “Fury has better sustained than Arms, Arms has the burst.”

    See also: Burst, DPS

33. Tier set

    Raiding & dungeons

    The class armor sets that drop in each raid tier: Tier 1 in Molten Core, Tier 2 in Blackwing Lair, Tier 3 in Naxxramas.

    “Eight-piece Tier 2 and a Chromaggus trinket, he's done with BWL.”

    See also: Set bonus, Raid

34. WeakAura

    WoW

    An addon framework for custom on-screen alerts and displays. Half of raiding UI is WeakAuras.

    “Import my WeakAura for the Sunder stacks.”

    See also: Addon

35. World buff

    Raiding & dungeons

    Zone-wide buffs from events — Rallying Cry of the Dragonslayer, Warchief's Blessing, Songflower, Dire Maul tribute — that vanilla raiders collect before a raid and lose when they die.

    “Full world buffs and a flask, don't you dare die on trash.”

    See also: Buff, Consumes

36. World first

    Raiding & dungeons

    The first guild in the world to kill a boss. The race that top raiding is about.

    “World first Ragnaros went to a guild nobody expected.”

    See also: Race to world first, Progression

37. World PvP

    PvP

    Fighting other players out in the zones rather than in battlegrounds. Anything from a duel outside Orgrimmar to a 200-person Tarren Mill raid.

    “Southshore vs Tarren Mill was world PvP before battlegrounds existed.”

    See also: Gank, STV

38. Alt

    MMO

    Any character that isn't your main.

    “Levelling an alt while the raid is on farm.”

    See also: Main, Reroll

39. Casual

    Gaming slang

    A player who plays for fun and not much time. Also an insult from people who play too much.

    “Casual guild, two raids a week, no attendance rules.”

    See also: Hardcore, Tryhard

40. Damage meters

    Raiding & dungeons

    Also: Meters, Recount, Details

    Addons that show live damage and healing per player. The reason every DPS knows exactly where they stand — and the name of this site.

    “Damage meters say the rogue did 40% of the raid's damage.”

    “Post meters after the boss.”

    See also: Parse, DPS, Logs

41. Dual spec

    WoW

    Later feature that lets you keep two talent builds and swap between them. Not in vanilla; watch for it in Forever.

    “No dual spec means you're a healer on raid nights, full stop.”

    See also: Respec

42. Hardcore

    Gaming slang

    Playing a lot and seriously. Also a WoW mode where death is permanent.

    “Hardcore guild, five raids a week.”

    “Died at 47 on hardcore to a disconnect.”

    See also: Casual, Permadeath

43. Loot

    MMO

    Items that drop from enemies, and the act of taking them.

    “Loot the boss.”

    “Loot rules are in the raid description.”

    See also: Loot table, Need or greed, Ninja

44. Max level

    MMO

    The level cap. 60 in vanilla and Classic.

    “Max level in a week, then the raid grind.”

    See also: Endgame, Ding

45. Rank

    PvP

    The vanilla PvP ranking, 1 to 14, based on weekly honor against everyone else on the server. Rank 14 — Grand Marshal or High Warlord — took months of near-full-time play.

    “He hit rank 14 in 2005 and never got a job.”

    “Rank 10 weapons are pre-raid BiS for a lot of specs.”

    See also: Honor, Grand Marshal

46. Respec

    WoW

    Paying the trainer to reset your talents. The price rises each time, up to 50 gold in vanilla.

    “Respec cost is 50g now, I'm staying fury.”

    “I respec'd to tank for the raid.”

    See also: Talent, Spec, Dual spec

47. Spec

    WoW

    Also: Specialization

    Your talent specialization: the tree you spent most points in, and the way the character plays because of it.

    “What spec are you? Fury, mostly.”

    “Frost spec for PvP, fire for raids.”

    See also: Talent, Build, Hybrid