Why are disabling effects called CC?

Tesserzact·3/26/2016, 3:15:33 AM·5 votes·857 views

Crowd Control intuitively means something that can affect crowds... AOE effects possibly. Why is Ryze's snare referred to as CC if it only affects a single unit?

10 Comments

Deep Terror Nami3/26/2016, 3:17:56 AM8 votes

Taking even one person out of the fight reduces the enemies in play, and can dramatically influence how the entire opposing force performs.

Mokkun3/26/2016, 3:45:49 AM5 votes

I was always under the impression that crowd control was an MMORPG term. I think it pre-dates Dota.

Pandemic Punch3/26/2016, 3:51:21 AM1 votes

Masterful observation. Up voted good sire.

YumaS2Astral3/26/2016, 5:25:47 AM1 votes

so that us brazilians can make puns with it