Glossary

Term	Meaning
AoE	Area of effect: a region affected by an ability, which can have many shapes and help allies or harm enemies.
Assassin	A hero suited to ambushes and often one-on-one fights.
Backdoor	Attack an objective without allied troopers nearby, usually against its protection.
Boon	A level reward that increases a hero’s base attributes.
BRB	Be right back.
Burst	A large amount of damage or healing delivered quickly.
Camp	A fixed group of Haunts, or the act of waiting in ambush near a useful location.
Carry	A hero who scales well with souls and can become a major late-game threat.
CC	Crowd control: effects restricting actions or movement.
CD	Cooldown.
Counterbuy	Buy an item to answer an opposing hero or item.
Creep, minion	Usually a trooper; creep can also mean a Haunt.
CS	Counterspell.
Debuff Remover	Former name of Dispel Magic.
Deny	Shoot an enemy trooper’s soul orb before the enemy secures it, taking its souls.
DoT	Damage over time.
Doubles	A location, usually a camp, containing two Sinner’s Sacrifice machines.
DPS	Damage per second.
Farm	Collect resources from Haunts, troopers, crates, containers or Sinner’s Sacrifices.
Feed	Repeatedly give enemies an advantage through deaths, intentionally or otherwise.
Flex slots	Extra item slots unlocked by destroying Walkers.
Frontliner	A durable hero who engages and disrupts in front of allies.
Gank	Ambush an enemy, often by rotating out of lane to create a numbers advantage.
Haunt	A neutral camp creature that awards Haunted Souls.
Hook	Usually Bebop’s Grapple Arm; occasionally Yamato’s Flying Slash.
Int	Intentionally feed by dying to the other team.
Jungle	The area between lanes, or farming its Haunts.
M1	Mouse 1; often refers to weapon-focused heroes or builds.
Mid	The Midboss or its room; sometimes Broadway.
Missing	A warning that an enemy is unaccounted for and may ambush someone.
Pick	Kill an isolated enemy or focus a vulnerable or dangerous target to gain a numbers advantage.
Power spike	A point where an item, upgrade or other progression makes a hero substantially stronger.
Proc	An effect triggered under specified circumstances; the source expands it as “programmed random occurrence.”
Punish	Exploit an enemy’s exposed position, for example after an overextension.
Push	Advance a lane by killing enemy troopers and objectives.
Rat, ratting	Split from the team to push, often while enemies are occupied elsewhere. Rat can also mean Rat King or, occasionally, an enemy Rem.
Remlings	Rem’s Lil Helpers.
Reset	Return to spawn to heal, especially early in a match.
Skillshot	An ability that must be aimed to hit.
Snowball	Turn an early advantage into increasing power and further advantages.
Souls	Match resource used for progression and item purchases.
Squishy	A hero with low health and defenses who can be killed quickly.
Support	A hero who helps allies through healing, buffs or control.
T1/T2/T3	Ability upgrade tiers or small/medium/large Haunt tiers, depending on context.
Tank	A hero able to absorb considerable damage.
Throw	Deliberately sabotage the team’s game, including by feeding or refusing to participate.
Tower	Occasionally a Guardian.
TP	Teleport; often a map Teleporter or Mirage’s Traveler.
Turret	McGinnis’s Mini Turret.
Ult	Ultimate, a hero’s fourth ability.
Urn	Spirit Urn.
Wave	A deployment of lane troopers.
Zipline	The lane transport used to travel from base toward the front.

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