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.

BKB

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

BM

• Initialism for "bad manners"

BRB

• Initialism for "be right back"

DPS

• Initialism for "damage per second"

Carry

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

CD

• Cooldown

Creep

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

Debuff Remover

• Old name for Dispel Magic

DoT

• Status Effects that deal constant damage over time

Feed

• Intentionally or unintentionally giving the enemy team souls

Frontliner

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

Fountain

• Spawn room

Hook

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

M1

• Gun

Mid

• Mid-Boss. Sometimes used to refer to blue lane

Minion

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

Remlings

• Rem's Lil Helpers

Skillshot

• An ability that requires aiming to hit

Throw

• Giving advantage to the initially losing team

Tower

• The equivalent term to Guardian in Dota

Turret

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

Zip

• Ziplines