b = back, fall back, they're coming for you
back = fall back, they're coming for you
care = be careful, they may be coming for you
oom = out of mana
lom = low on mana
IAS = Increased Attack Speed
focus = To target a specfic player.
top, mid, bottom = the lanes in LoL. With the flip camera option, the top and bottom may be switched for some people.
lane = the road that contain towers and lead to and from the two teams respective bases.
river = The river which cuts across the map diagonally
jungle = The mass of trees and paths that exist between the lanes
neuts = neutral creeps
neutrals = The AI controlled enemies who live in the jungle
creeps = Team spawned minions
bp, pill, pilling = blue pilling, going back to base
base, basing = going back to base
shop,buy = To go back to base to go shopping
brush = The large grass in LoL which causes your hero to be hidden to people outside of the brush
grass = brush
sigils = Temporary buffs granted to a player
by defeating the Golem and the Elder Lizard. These buffs transfer to
the killer in the event that the hero dies with the sigil.
buff = Typically a temporary increase to some stat(s)
passive = An ability which is not activated but helps a character.
aura = A 'passive' which applies not only to the hero who has it,
but also to heroes within the given range for the aura. A shareable
passive.
dd = direct damage ability. Typically DDs are unavoidable
skillshot = an ability that fires a projectile that can be dodged. For example: Ashes ultimate arrow
aoe = area of effect
pbaoe = point blank area of affect. The area of effect is centered around the caster
backdoor= To attack the enemies towers and base without the cover of your minions there
ult = ultimate ability. The R Ability.
unique = In LoL certain auras/passive are unique, meaning they do not stack.
last hit = Getting the very last hit, or killing blow.
AP = Ability Power. The stat which boosts the effectiveness of magical abilities.
miss,
mia = Missing, missing in action. Commonly used to describe when a hero
is missing from a lane and may indicate to the team that a gank may
occur.
juke, juking = When being chased, juking is to fool your pursuers.
feed = A player who dies constantly feeds the other team (via the
gold reward for killing someone). Being called a feeder is not a
compliment. A player who is fed has a lot of kills.
gg = good game.
bg = bad game, these occur too often to my liking unfortunately.
gj = good job.
ms = movement speed
baron, nashor, worm = the big worm like boss that gives a noticeable buff to the whole team when killed.
gl hf - good luck, have fun, usually an encouraging sportsmanlike phrase said before a match
push - to gather up a creep wave and attempt to destroy an enemy tower "I'm going to push top"
d,
defend - to sit at a tower and/or inhibitor and attempt to avoid
confrontation while stopping the enemy from killing the objective "I'm
gonna d mid"
gank - to go (often with more than one player) to try and kill an enemy, often by surprise "lets gank bottom"
tp - summoner spell telleport used to traverse the map "Ill tp back in"
heal
- either the summoner spell, a champion ability, or the act of
returning to base to regenerate HP and mana "you should heal"
harass - to annoy the enemy with small bursts of non lethal damage, often forcing them to go heal or be set up for a gangk.
bait
- to deliberately appear in a position to be easily killed so as to
lure 1 or more players to be gangked by your team "go bait them in to
the jungle".
Disable = A Disable is a debuff that usually
prevents some kind of action on the player. Stuns, roots, silences are
all examples of disables
Stun = A debuff which prevents any action by a champion (summoner spells excluded)
Root = A debuff which prevents any movement by a champion (summoner spells excluded)
Silence = A debuff which prevents any abilities being used by a champion (summoner spells excluded)
Farm
= Farming involves the amassing of gold for player. This is usually
best done by killing a lot of creeps and killing them very quickly.
Certain Heroes like Ashe and Tristana are great farmers: The first has a
+gold passive, and the latter has an AOE passive.
CC - Crowd control (but in this context actually means stuns)
QQ - People crying/rage quitting.
PUG - Pick-up game - randoming with other people.
vent = Ventrilo. It is voice communication software used to coordinate as a team. LoL has its own vent server:
build
= how a champion and its summoner is built. For champions this may
includes the items one buys on a champion, and the order one gets a
champion's skills. For summoners, this refers to their masteries and
rune selections.
carry = A character who, if played properly,
wins late game fights for a team. Typically these heroes are weak early
game and require a lot of farming.
tank = Character with a lot of
HP and likely armor/resistance. Whose job is to initiate battles with
the enemy players/turrets as to draw damage onto himself and protect his
fellow team mates.
dps = Damage per second. Also refers to characters who job it is to deal damage (As opposed to support and tanks)
support = Characters who job it is to support other characters: Healers, buffers, etc
runes = Refers to LoL's rune system, however this term is overloaded and some players also refer to sigils as runes
talents = A diffrent term for masteries
mastery, masteries = The talent-tree system of LoL
Dota = Defense of the the Ancients. A map in the War3 game. This map, DotA caused LoL:Clash of fates to be formed.
moba = multiplayer online battle arena
elo = The score a person has in the Ranking system.
leave, leaver = To quit a game before it is over.
raqequit = To quit a game in anger (Always gives me a chuckle)
disc, dc = disconnect from a game.
Bearon = The Ultimate League of Legend Champion. A bear of nobility from Rabilov.
adjudicator = Either an older beta tester, or a beta tester whose skill in game or feedback out of game have been noted.
skin = Items that give a Champion a new look (Costumes, clothes, etc)
champion = The particular character that you as the summoner control
hero = non-canon name for a champion
summoner = Your representation in the game.
