Beginners Phrases and Acronyms in LoL

Katarina Bot·10/7/2014, 3:20:35 AM·20 votes·10,818 views

                                  (i'm sure these wll be very helpful to those new players out there)

                                   Credit goes to EncasedShadow and DUVOIS for compiling these.

#Mechanics

|Word | Definition |- |ace | all of the enemy team is dead for the moment. Beware spawn times but now is an excellent time to push. |- |aoe | area of effect, an ability which covers an area, rather than a single character. |- |AP |Ability Power. The stat which boosts the effectiveness of abilities |- |bd | To attack the enemies towers and base without the cover of your creeps there. |- |brush |The large grass in LoL which causes your Champion to be hidden to people outside of the brush |- |buff |Typically a temporary increase to some stat(s) |- |carry |A character who, if played properly, wins late game fights for a team. Typically these Champion are weak early game and require a lot of farming. |- |CC |crowd control. Moves that interfere with the other champions actions such as stun, fear, knockbacks/ups and blind. |- |CD |Cool down, the time between using abilities. |- |champion |The particular character that you as the summoner control |- |dd |direct damage ability. Typically DDs are unavoidable: Click ability, click target, profit. For example: Annie's Q. |- |Disable |A Disable is a debuff that usually prevents some kind of action on the player. Stuns, roots, silences are all examples of disables |- |DOT |Damage over time.(Example, Ignite) |- |dps |Damage per second. Also referes to characters who job it is to deal damage (As opposed to support and tanks) |- |executed |killed by a tower with no enemy Champion receiving credit for it |- |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 Champions like Ashe and Tristana are great farmers: The first has a +gold passive, and the latter has an AOE passive. |- |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. |- |grass |see brush |- |harass |to annoy the enemy with small bursts of non lethal damage, often forcing them to go heal or be set up for a gank. |- |hero |non-canon name for a champion |- |humiliation |killed by a creep with no enemy Champion receiving credit for it |- |IAS |Increased Attack Speed |- |juke, juking |When being chased, juking is to fool your pursuers. Typically this happens in the jungle. A successful juke could range from eluding the enemy by exploiting line of sight, or could simply cause the enemy to mistarget a spell |- |jungle |to attack neutral creeps, allowing for 2 solo lanes and better ganking. |- |lane |the road like expanses that contain towers and lead to and from the bases |- |last hit |Getting the very last hit, or killing blow. |- |MR |Magic Resist. Works as armor against magic abilities, reducing the damage. |- |ms |movement speed |- |neutrals |The creep-enemies who live in the jungle |- |neuts |neutrals |- |passive |An ability which is not activated but helps a character. For example, Morgana's passive allows her to heal a small % of the damage her spells inflict. Passives usually apply only to the Champion who has them. |- |pbaoepoint |blank area of affect. The area of effect is centered around the caster such as Nunu's Ultimate or any aura. (not widely used) |- |Proc |refers to a weapon, item or ability activating with the "Chance on Hit" or "Chance on Use" effect (an ability or a spell). "Programmed Random Occurrence" |- |Rootv |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 |- |skillshot |an ability that fires a projectile that can be dodged. For example: Morgana's cage, Ashe's ultimate arrow |- |Snowball |an item that grows with kills, that can quickly become very dangerous unless kept in checked by death. |- |Stun |A debuff which prevents any action by a champion (summoner spells excluded)| |- |summoner |Your representation in the game. Essentially you are the puppet master of your selected Champion and you have your own summoner abilities along with the champion's abilities.| |- |support |Characters who job it is to support other characters: Healers, buffers, etc| |- |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.| |- |tp |summoner spell teleport used to traverse the map "I'll tp back in"| |- |ult |ultimate ability. The R Ability.| |- |unique |In LoL certain auras/passive are unique, meaning they do not stack.|

#Locations (emphasis on Summoners Rift, the most common map):

#Chat Phrases

|Word| Definition |- |gg |good game.| |- |gj |good job.| |- |gl hf |good luck, have fun, usually an encouraging sportsmanlike phrase said before a game,| |- |disc, dc |disconnect from a game| |- |ggez |Good Game Easy, is most likely used as a unsportsmanlike like phrase and is inappropriate behavior| |-

#Common Team Chat Commands and Requests:

|Word|Definition |- |b |back, fall back, they're coming for you| |- |back |fall back, they're coming for you| |- |bait |to deliberately appear in a position to be easily ganged so as to lure 1 or more players to be ganked by your team "go bait them in to the jungle"| |- |base, basing | going back to base| |- |bp, pill, pilling |blue pilling, going back to base| |- |care |be careful, they may be coming for you| |- |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"| |- |DD |don't die. Also sometimes direct damage| |- |focus |To target a player. Meaning that as a team you all will all focus on a specified Champion to kill first| |- |gank | to go (often with more than one player) to try and kill an enemy, often by surprise "lets gank bottom" . An Ambush| |- |heal |either the summoner spell, a champion ability, or the act of returning to base to regenerate HP and mana "you should heal| |- |Kite |to draw a Champion away from a comfort zone such as tower or allies and into a gank, creepwave, or other painful situation| |- |lom |low on mana| |- |miss, mia |Missing, missing in action. Commonly used to describe when a Champion is missing from a lane and may indicate to the team that a gank may happen.| |- |oom |out of mana| |- |pot |potion (sometimes elixirs too)| |- |push |to gather up a creep wave and attempt to destroy an enemy tower "I'm going to push bottom"| |- |QQ |meaning to tell some one to quit, often as a rage quit. Coincidentally depicts a set of crying eyes and has also come to mean "cry more"| |- raqequit |To quit a game in anger (Being killed, losing)|

shop,buy |To go back to base to go shopping, can mean you should shop or they are shopping|

#Forum Rank:

|Word|Definition |- |adjudicator |Either an older beta tester, or a beta tester whose skill in game or feedback out of game have been noted.| |- |Council |Very competitive players with added influence on the game's development| |- |Emissary |trusted forum member, and guide.| |- Wrenchman |Proven tech help provider| |- |Rioter |A Riot employee| |-

#Phrases And Their Meaning:

|Word| Definition |- |tl;dr |Too Long Didn't Read, as many of you may say about this post| |- |qft |quoted for truth |- |IP |Influence Points, the in game money that anyone can earn by playing| |- |RP |Riot Points, in game money purchased with U.S. Dollars/Canadian Dollars| |- |OP |Overpowered or Original Poster, the thread creator| |- |UP |underpowered, or the direction opposite down| |- |ITT |I think that” or “in this thread”| |- |QQ |meaning to tell some one to quit, often as a rage quit. Coincidentally depicts a set of crying eyes and has also come to mean "cry more"| |- |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.| |- |burst |A large volume of damage done quickly and typically then very little sustained follow up damage.| |- |deny, denies | Basically last hitting your own creep. This mechanic does not exist in LoL. In Dota this would prevent the other from earning the gold and experience for killing the creep. | |- |disc, dc |disconnect from a game.| |- |Dota |Defense of the the Ancients. A mod for War3 that virtually launched the moba genre| |- |Elo |The score a person has in the Ranking system though LoL's is heavily modified |- |leave, leaver |To quit a game before it is over. |- |mastery, masteries |The talent-tree system of LoL | |- |moba |multiplayer online battle arena| |- |raqequit |To quit a game in anger (Being killed, losing)| |- |runes |Refers to LoL's rune system, however this term is overloaded and some players also refer to sigils as runes| |- |scrim |short for scrimmage. A scrim is a practice match, usually before one of the teams go into a more serious 'ladder' match.| |- |skin |tems that give a Champion a new look (Costumes, clothes, etc)| |- |smurf |a low level account for an experienced player to face lower opponents| |- |talents |A non-canon term for masteries| |- |vent |Ventrilo. It is voice communication software used to coordinate as a team. Riot has its own vent server which it offers to players for convenience.** |- |RoA | Short for Rod Of Ages | |- |botrk/bork |Refers to Blade Of The Ruined King| |- |Ref |Refers to the Referral system |- |BT | Short for Bloodthirster
|- |WOTA | Short for Will Of The Ancient |- | Split Push | Split pushing is when four people go bot or top and either a hyper carry or tanky dps pushed the opposite lane. Forces enemy team to split up | | - | Buff | Refers to Red/Blue Buff, or a champion received a Buff | | - | LW | Short for Last Whisper |

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Elo - http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Elo_rating_system

Beginners Phrases and Acronyms in LoL

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