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|'''farm''' || Pertaining to how quickly someone earns gold. "High farm" would refer to earning gold at a higher rate than other players. |
|'''farm''' || Pertaining to how quickly someone earns gold. "High farm" would refer to earning gold at a higher rate than other players. |
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| + | |'''feed''' || When you die repeatedly to enemy players, "feeding" them gold and experience and giving them the upper hand. Getting "feed" means that one or more enemy players are giving you a lot of (generally easy) kills, giving you a great advantage over the rest. |
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| − | |'''Feeding''' || Gaining XP from stuff dying. Used in both positive and negative contexts. Positive: weakening things so that teammates get kill XP. Negative: a teammate who dies too much will be accused of intentionally getting killed to level the enemy team. |
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|'''HoG''' || [[Hand of the Gods]], ability used to damage neutral monsters and enemy minions. |
|'''HoG''' || [[Hand of the Gods]], ability used to damage neutral monsters and enemy minions. |
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Revision as of 10:32, 19 April 2014
This is a list of terms used in most MOBA games, including Smite.
Smite Glossary of Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| APAM | All Pick All Mid |
| ARAM | All Random All Mid |
| b | Back, meaning return or move back to the base. Retreat. |
| Care | A request that someone or lane plays cautiously, usually when an enemy is in the jungle or missing. |
| Creeps | Monsters that are not controlled by players. Normally refers to ones spawned at the Phoenix. |
| CC | Crowd Control |
| cd | Cooldown, usually in reference to a skill being on cooldown. |
| def | Defend. |
| d | Defend. |
| farm | Pertaining to how quickly someone earns gold. "High farm" would refer to earning gold at a higher rate than other players. |
| feed | When you die repeatedly to enemy players, "feeding" them gold and experience and giving them the upper hand. Getting "feed" means that one or more enemy players are giving you a lot of (generally easy) kills, giving you a great advantage over the rest. |
| HoG | Hand of the Gods, ability used to damage neutral monsters and enemy minions. |
| KS | Kill steal / Kill stolen / Kill secured |
| LoS | Line of Sight, the area that others can see. |
| MIA | Missing In Action. |
| Miss | Missing from lane. |
| OOM | Out of mana. |
| HP | Health points. can be used to tell someone you are low on health or have no health to fight. |
| OP | Overpowered, or stronger than meant to be. |
| push | Pertaining to moving down a lane and attacking/destroying buildings. |
| SS/MIA | An abbreviation of Missing. (From the ss in miSSing.) It can also mean "Stay Safe. An enemy is missing". MIA means "Missing in Action". |
| re | Returned to lane. |
| ult | Ultimate skill, 4th skill that is earned at level 5. |
| UP | Underpowered, or weaker than meant to be. |
Stats
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| PP/AD | Physical Power or Attack Damage, it's the main stat of Physical Gods. |
| MP/AP | Magical Power or Ability Power, it's the main stat of Magical Gods. |
Basics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Focus | Direct all attacks to a single target. |
| Harass | Attacking enemy gods while in laning phase, in order to bring their health down to set up a kill or force them out of the lane. |
| Juke | Dodging enemy attacks, and getting out of line of sight. |
| Gank | To unexpectedly attack an enemy while they are off guard in hopes of getting a kill on them. Typically pertains to gods from other lanes or the jungler. |
Areas of the Map
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mid | Middle Lane |
| Left | Left Lane |
| Right | Right Lane |
| Short Lane | Lane with enemy and allied towers closest to each other |
| Long Lane | Lane with enemy and allied towers furthest from each other |
| Jungle | Area in between lanes that contains neutral monsters which grant buffs |