Common terms

This is a list of Common terms used in Paladins. Feel free to expand upon it.

General terms

Term	Definition
Airborne	A state that occurs while a unit is falling after either jumping or being knocked up. Also, some champions have Movement Abilities that allow them to stay in the air for a long time like Androxus, Drogoz, Willo, etc.
Air Control	A special parameter that determines how much maneuverability a champion has while airborne.
Autoattack	A term generally used in MOBAs to refer to weapon basic attacks. In most MOBAs, basic attacks are auto-aimed and auto-fired after selecting a target.
B	Back, meaning return or fall back. Retreat.
Banish	An effect that locks the target at their current position, while also preventing any interaction between them and allies/enemies, however they may still contest and capture objectives. Currently exclusive to Atlas.
Burn	An effect that deals damage over a period of time to the target.
Care	Be careful. A request that someone or lane plays cautiously, generally used when an enemy is missing or unaccounted for.
Carry	To bring your own team to victory, usually by dealing large amounts of damage or ensuring the capture and delivery of objectives.
CC	Crowd Control.
CD	Cooldown. The period of time you have to wait before an effect or Ability can be activated again. Effects that reduce Cooldown will lessen that period of time.
CDR	Cooldown reduction.
Comp	Team Composition. A well-rounded composition can mean the difference between victory and loss, but communication among teammates is just as important.
Credits	Currency used to purchase Items during matches.
Cripple	An effect that prevents the target from using movement abilities, excluding ones that utilize Knockback.
Cross-Commerce	Shared pool of purchased items across gaming platforms (PC, Switch,...).
Cross-Play	Play with other players simultaneously across other gaming platforms (PC, Switch,...).
Cross-Progression	Shared achievement and trophy progress across gaming platforms (PC, Switch,...).
Crowd Control Immunity/Reduction	A buff that either reduces or negates various Crowd Control effects on a target. Can be gained by Abilities, Items, and Cards.
Curative	A Support-specific keyword that provides a Talent increased Healing.
D	Defend. Protect a place on the map, an objective, or another player.
Damage Reduction	A buff that reduces the amount of damage the target takes. Can be received via Abilities, Items, and Cards.
Def	Defend.
Deployables	Objects and creatures that can be placed via certain Abilities and can be destroyed if dealt enough damage. Countered by Bulldozer.
Disarm	An effect that prevents the target from using weapon basic attacks.
DND	Do Not Disturb status, activated by using the /dnd command. An option similar to the Busy status in some other games, players are unable to send whispers to anyone with the DND status.
DoT	Damage over Time. These are negative status effects like poison or burn that deal ticks of damage over a duration.
DPS	Damage Per Second. Refers to the amount of damage a unit is capable of dealing in a certain amount of time.
DR	Diminishing Returns / Damage Reduction
ECDR	Elimination cooldown reduction.
Elimination	Generally referred to as kills and assists in other games. Any player who dealt any damage to an enemy champion, within 3 seconds before they died, will get an "Elimination".
Ethereal	A state in which the target can’t have their Health reduced and is not affected by other effects and collisions.
Fear	An effect that forces the target to run away from the effect’s source and prevents any actions from being taken.
Feed	When a player is dying repeatedly to the enemy, "feeding" them credits 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 or player.
Gank	To attack an enemy by surprise while they are off guard in hopes of getting a kill on them.
GG	Good Game.
GL	Good Luck.
GLHF	Good Luck, Have Fun
Grip	An effect that lifts the target into the air and restricts their movement for a certain amount of time.
Headshot	A weapon shot from a hitscan weapon that hits the head area of a champion, which deals extra damage than a hit to the rest of the body.
Healing	An effect that restores Health to the target’s health total. Can be received or improved via Abilities, Items, and Cards.
Healing Reduction	An effect that reduces or nullifies healing a target would receive.
HG	High ground. When a player is above or on a higher level than an enemy. This is an advantage that forces the enemy to look up. Commonly used in Ranked matches when there is a champion with high mobility.
Hitscan	A calculation used to determine whether a projectile hit a target after being fired. Its also used to name any weapon without bullet travel time.
HP	Health points. Can be used to quickly tell someone you are low on health or have no health to fight.
HPS	Healing Per Second. Refers to the amount of healing a unit is capable of dealing in a certain amount of time.
i-Frames	Immunity Frames - short time frames where the player is immune.
Juke	Dodging enemy attacks, and getting out of their line of sight.
Killing blow	Sometimes refered to as last hit in other games. A Killing blow is the last weapon shot or skill that causes a player to die.
Kit	The set of skills/abilities a champion has.
KS	Kill steal / Kill stolen / Kill secured.
TTK	Time to kill, or the time it takes to kill an enemy.
KOTH	Short term for the King of the Hill game mode.
Knockback	An effect that forces the target to be pushed into a certain direction, either outward or upward.
Lifesteal	An effect where you gain Health based on the amount of Damage dealt. Can be received via Abilities, Items, and Cards.
LoS	Line of Sight, the area where a team can directly see a target.
Marked	An effect that reveals a target and makes them susceptible to increased damage.
Meta	Most efficient tactic available. Used to refer to strategies and tactics perceived by the community as the strongest or most effective ones at the current time.
MIA	Missing In Action. Generally used to signal that someone in the enemy team is unaccounted for.
Miss	Missing.
Multi Kill	Refered to as killing spree in some other games. They occur after getting multiple eliminations in a very short amount of time.
Nerf	Used when referring to something that has been made weaker or that has been downgraded.
OP	Overpowered, or stronger than meant to be.
Peel	Using Crowd Control and/or damage to force an enemy away from an ally.
Poison	An effect that deals damage over a period of time to the target.
Polymorph	An effect that transforms the target into a harmless creature that has lower health and can only move. Targets are returned to their previous form and status when the effect ends.
PTS	Public Test Server
Push	Pertaining to moving the payload further into the enemy base.
Re	Returned to the front line.
Remedy	A Support-specific keyword that provides a Talent slightly increased Healing and Damage.
Reveal	An effect that makes the target visible through walls to opponents, as well as through Stealth.
Roam	Roaming is the act of moving away from the main fight and walking around the map looking for opportunities to ambush vulnerable enemies.
Root	An effect that prevents the target from moving and using movement abilities.
Skillshot	An attack that must be aimed manually to fire them. Most skills and weapon basic attacks are skillshots.
Solo Kill	Eliminations caused entirely by a single player dealing all the damage.
Shields	A buff that provides additional temporary Health on top of your maximum, that once broken goes away. These also can be created as separate, physical barriers placed on the map. Improved by Guardian, countered by Wrecker.
Silence	An effect that disables all abilities outside of the target’s weapons.
Slow	An effect that reduces the target’s movement speed.
Squishy	Refers to a champion with a relatively small health pool. Most commonly seen in Flank Champions.
SS	Self Sustain / An abbreviation of Missing. Has a similar purpose to MIA.
Stealth	An effect that allows you to be invisible to the enemy team, unless within proximity. This is countered by Reveal.
Streak	Getting several eliminations without dying will start a streak.
Stun	An effect that prevents the target from taking any actions.
Surgery	A Support-specific keyword that provides a Talent increased Damage.
TDM	Short term for the Team Deathmatch game mode.
TP	Short term for Triumph Points
Ult	Ultimate skill, the strongest skill of every champion. It must be charged by dealing damage or healing allies before it can be used.
UP	Underpowered, or weaker than meant to be.
VGS	Voice Guided System
WIP	Work In Progress, a designation that classifies content as not yet finalized, such as the Test Maps.

Areas of the Map

Term	Definition
Mid	Middle.
Left	Left flank.
Right	Right flank.
Base	The area surrounding the player's spawn.
Spawn Room	The room in which you spawn. Enemies are unable to enter or fire into these safe areas.

Skill Descriptors

Term	Definition
Direct Damage	These skills and weapons will generally only damage one target, with some having damage falloff over range, where direct damage attacks will deal less damage the further the target is away from the damaging champion.
Area Damage	It describes weapons and skills that affect an area in the map rather than a single target directly. Most area damage attacks will have a damage fall off that will cause them to deal less damage the further away the target is from the center of the explosion.
Weapon Damage	Damage that originates from a champion's inhand weapon, characterized by its ability to apply Anti-Healing on the target and is affected by Armor Plating and other items that affect weapon shots.
Ability Damage	Damage that originates from a champion's skills, characterized by its inability to apply Anti-Healing on the target and is affected by Arcane Warding.
AoE	Area of Effect. Another way of calling Area damage, but it is also used to describe the radius of a skill or weapon shot's explosion.
Channeled	These are skills that must be casted for a duration before they are fired and/or must keep on casting for them to remain active. They may or may not prohibit the casting champion from using other skills or moving while channeling.
Cone	These are skills that affect an angular cone of an area n front of the champion. They are usually "tied" to the champion that casts them.
Delayed	These are skill that have a time duration before their effects take place. The time duration may occur upon casting (i.e. the skill may take time to cast) or after casting (i.e. the skill is cast and active but will take some time before it fulfills its effect).
Line	These are skills that project their effect in a straight line. They are usually "tied" to the champion that casts them.
Passive	These are skills that do not need to be cast in order for their effect to happen.

Roles

Term	Definition
Front Line	These are champions who are good at holding the line and protecting their teammates.
Damage	These are champions who are capable of consistently dealing high amounts of damage.
Support	These are high utility champions, who are helpful in both offense and defense.
Flank	These are champions who excel at flanking and taking out key targets from the opponent's rear.