Common Terms

This is a list of Common Terms used in SMITE, as well ans many other MOBA games.

General terms

Term	Definition
ADC	Attack Damage Carry. A term generated from other MOBAs, generally used to speak about Hunters, gold and item dependent gods that can be quite dangerous at later stages of the game.
APAM	All Pick, All Mid.
ARAM	All Random, All Mid.
B	Back, meaning return or move back to the base. Retreat.
Care	Be careful. A request that someone or lane plays cautiously, generally used when an enemy is in the jungle or missing.
Carry	To bring your own team to victory, usually by dealing large amounts of damage and acquiring many kills. Some also use it as a substitute for Hunter or ADC.
CC	Crowd Control.
CD	Cooldown, usually in reference to a skill being on cooldown. Abilities cannot be used while they are on cooldown.
Creeps	See "Minions".
D	Defend. Protect a place on the map, an objective or another player.
Def	Defend.
DoT	Damage over Time. These are negative effects that deal deal ticks of damge over a duration.
Farm	Farming is the act of eliminating minions to gain 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 "fed" means that one or more enemy players are giving you a lot of (generally easy) kills, giving you a greater advantage over them.
Focus	Direct all attacks to a single target.
Gank	To attack an enemy by surprise while they are off guard in hopes of getting a kill on them. Typically pertains to gods from other lanes or the jungler.
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.
HoG	Wrath (previously Hand of the Gods, a Relic used to damage neutral monsters and enemy minions.
HP	Health points. Can be used to quickly tell someone you are low on health or have no health to fight.
Invade	To attempt to enter the enemy side of the jungle to contest an objective that the enemy team is currently trying to get.
Juke	Dodging enemy attacks, and getting out of their line of sight.
KS	Kill steal / Kill stolen / Kill secured.
LoS	Line of Sight, the area that a team can see.
MIA	Missing In Action. Generally used to signal that someone in the enemy team is unaccounted for.
Minions	Monsters not controlled by players that are spawned near the Phoenixes.
Miss	Missing from lane.
OOM	Out of mana.
OP	Overpowered, or stronger than meant to be.
Peel	Using Crowd Control and/or damage to force an enemy away from an ally.
Poke	See "Harass".
Push	Pertaining to moving down a lane and attacking/destroying buildings.
Re	Returned to lane.
SS	An abbreviation of Missing. Has a similar purpose to MIA.
Ult	Ultimate ability, the 4th ability that is usually unlocked at level 5.
UP	Underpowered, or weaker than meant to be.

Stats

Term	Definition
AD	Attack Damage, a term used in other MOBAs that represents a stat that does not exist in SMITE. The closest alternative in Smite is Physical Power.
AP	Ability Power, a term used in other MOBAs that represents a stat that does not exist in SMITE. The closest alternative in Smite is Magical Power.
PP	Physical Power, the main stat of Physical Gods.
MP	Magical Power, the main stat of Magical Gods.
Health	This stat defines a god's maximum Hit Points. At 0 Health they will die.
Mana	Mana is a resource used to cast abilities. Abilities can't be cast without enough mana.

Areas of the Map

Term	Definition
Mid	Middle Lane.
Left	Left Lane.
Right	Right Lane.
Short Or Solo Lane	Lane with enemy and allied towers closest to each other.
Long Or Duo Lane	Lane with enemy and allied towers furthest from each other.
Jungle	Area in between lanes that contains neutral monsters which grant buffs.
Base	Generally defined as the area that surrounds the Titants.
Fountain	Area in which you spawn. Enemies standing in them will take heavy damage, while allies will have their health and mana restored.

Ability Descriptors

Term	Definition
Active	These are abilities that must be cast for an effect to happen.
AoE / Area of Effect	These are abilities that will affect the chosen area. They do not have to be "tied" to the God that cast them.
Channeled	These are abilities that a god must keep on casting for them to remain active and may or may not prohibit the casting God from using other abilities while channeling.
Cone	These are abilities that affect an angular cone of an area. They are usually "tied" to the God that casts them.
Delayed	These are abilities that have a time duration before their effects take place. The time duration may occur upon casting (i.e. the ability may take time to cast) or after casting (i.e. the ability is cast and active but will take some time before it fulfills its effect).
Line	These are abilities that project their effect in a straight line. They are usually "tied" to the God that casts them.
Passive	These are abilities that do not need to be cast in order for their effect to happen. Passive abilities are the first slot in a God's ability set but may also appear inside of other abilities and/or interact with other abilities.

Roles

Term	Definition
Mid	Player who generally stays in the middle lane (see above). Usually played by a Mage. Also known as "mid laner."
Solo	Player who generally stays in the short lane (see above). Usually played by a Mage, an Assassin or a Warrior. Also known as "solo laner."
ADC	Player who generally stays in the long/duo lane (see Long Lane) together with the Support (see Support). Usually played by a Hunter.
Support	Player who generally goes to the long/duo lane (see Long Lane) together with the Hunter (see ADC). Usually played by a Guardian or a Warrior. Also known as "supp."
Jungler	Player who supports their team by occasionally performing ganks (see Gank) and generally stays in the Jungle. Usually played by an Assassin.