Glossary

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This page has a glossary of gameplay terms commonly used by the Deadlock community. Most of these terms have been adopted from other MOBA games.

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AOE

• Initialism for "area of effect"

Backdoor

• Attacking an objective without the attacker's troopers reaching it first.

Baron

• The equivalent term to Mid-Boss in League of Legends

BKB

• Initialism for Black King Bar, Dota's equivalent of Unstoppable

BM

• Initialism for "bad manners"

BRB

• Initialism for "be right back"

Burst

• Dealing a massive amount of damage in a very short window of time

Carry

• A type of hero who scales well with Souls and therefore is able to overpower most threats in the late game

CC

• Initialism for "Crowd Control", referring to Status Effects that limit a hero's ability to act or move (e.g., Stuns, Silences, Slows, and Roots)

CD

• Cooldown

Creep

• The equivalent term to Trooper in Dota. Rarely used to refer to Denizen

CS

• Initialism for Counterspell. May also refer for "Creep Score." Borrowed from Dota and League of Legends, heavily used to refer to the number of Troopers and Denizens a player has killed.

Debuff Remover

• Old name for Dispel Magic

Deny

• The act of shooting the soul orb of a dying enemy Trooper before the enemy can, stealing the souls for yourself

DoT

• Status Effects that deal constant damage over time

DPS

• Initialism for "damage per second"

Feed

• Intentionally or unintentionally giving the enemy team souls

Fountain

• Spawn room

Frontliner

• A type of hero who is relatively durable and seeks to disrupt enemy players

Gank

• Ambushing one or more enemies, usually by rotating out of your assigned lane to create a numbers advantage

Hook

• Bebop's Grapple Arm. Rarely used to refer to Yamato's Flying Slash

Jungle

• The area of the map between lanes, or the act of farming Denizens (neutral camps) within those areas

M1

• Gun

Mid

• Mid-Boss Sometimes used to refer to blue lane

Minion

• The equivalent term to Trooper in League of Legends and Smite

Patron

• The final core objective inside the enemy base. Equivalent to the "Ancient" in Dota or "Nexus" in League of Legends

Power Spike

• A point in the game where a hero becomes significantly stronger, due to unlocking a specific ability upgrade, item, or bonus points in their build

Remlings

• Rem's Lil Helpers

Skillshot

• An ability that requires aiming to hit

Snowball

• Using an early-game advantage to gain exponential momentum, becoming highly over-leveled and dominating the rest of the match

Squishy

• A hero with low maximum health and physical/spirit resistance, making them very easy to kill quickly

T1 / T2

• Shorthand for objective tiers. T1 refers to Guardians and T2 refers to Walkers

Throw

• Giving advantage to the initially losing team

Tower

• The equivalent term to Guardian in Dota

TP

• Initialism for "Teleport", commonly used to refer to the Teleporters scattered across the map and Mirage's Traveler

Turret

• McGinnis' Mini Turret. Also the equivalent term to Guardian in League of Legends

Ult

• Short for "Ultimate", referring to a hero's fourth ability

Urn / Spirit Urn

• The objective that periodically spawns and must be carried to a drop-off point on the opposite side of the map to grant souls to the carrier.

Zip

• Ziplines