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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

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5 of 304 words for “Stamina”

  1. Stamina

    WoW

    Also: Sta

    The stat that gives health: 10 HP per point past the first few. The survival stat.

    “More stamina, more HP, more time for the healer to reach you.”

    “Twinks stack stamina and agility.”

    See also: Twink, Balance

  2. Balance

    WoW

    How you split survival against damage: more stamina and armor, or more crit and attack power. The line PvP players argue about. This site's gear planner has a knob for it.

    “Balance for PvP: enough stamina to survive an opener, the rest into crit.”

    See also: Stamina, Equivalence points, Twink

  3. Equivalence points

    WoW

    Also: EP, Stat weights

    Stat weights: how much each stat is worth in one currency (attack power, spell power, healing, stamina) so items can be compared with one number. What this site's ratings are built on.

    “By equivalence points that ring is worth 40 AP, the other one 52.”

    See also: Theorycraft, BiS, Hit cap

  4. Resilience

    PvP

    A PvP stat from later expansions that reduces damage from players and crit chance against you. Not in vanilla; Forever may add its own version.

    “No resilience here — stamina is the PvP stat.”

    See also: Stamina

  5. Tanky

    Gaming slang

    Hard to kill. The opposite of squishy.

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

    See also: Squishy, Tank

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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