Developed by Riot Games, League of Legends is an online MOBA game that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Players try to defeat the opponent with their team by choosing among summoners with different abilities. There are important terms to learn in the game, especially for players who have just started playing LoL. In this content, we have explained the meanings of League of Legends (LoL) terms for you.
League of Legends (LoL) terms!
Although the terms may seem confusing, they are very important both to benefit the team and to have more information about the game. Among these terms, Ace, AP, AD and Diff are the most curious. So let’s move on to League of Legends (LoL) terms.
- Ace: Kill all champions of the opposing team by making 5 out of 5.
- AD: Attack power.
- AD Carry: Attack power carrier, often used for marksmen.
- AFK: Leaving the computer. It means “away from keyboard”.
- AoE: Attacks that deal damage to a large area.
- AP: Ability power.
- AS: Attack speed.
- Assassin: Assassin summoners are called. For example; Akali, Zed, Kha’Zix.
- B: Shortcut to return to base.
- Bait: To bait, to trap.
- Ban: Ban.
- Baron/Nashor/Nash: Huge purple monster. Provides power to the team when killed.
- BG: Abbreviation for bad game.
- Blue: Blue colored power-up monster in the forest.
- Bot: The name given to the bottom lane in Summoner’s Rift.
- Buff: Buff. Usually used when a champion becomes stronger.
- Build: Champions’ item build.
- Burst: Dealing high damage at once.
- Bush/brush: the bushes in Summoner’s Rift
- Care: A call to be careful.
- Carry: Good players carry the game.
- CD: Cooldown / cooldown. The time it takes for abilities to be used again.
- Counter jungle: Steal the opposing jungle’s camps and knock the opposing jungler back in level gold.
- Crit: Acronym for Critical.
- CS: Creep Score or minion score in Turkish. Indicates how many minions you have killed.
- DC: Disconnected / dropped from the game.
- Debuff: Buffs that limit a champion’s abilities.
- Dive: Attacking the opponent while they are under the tower.
- Diff: To lag behind in terms of power. These players contribute less to the team than others.
- DPS: Damage per second.
- Drag/Drake: Dragon, dragon. It strengthens the team.
- Duo: Two people enter the game together.
- Facecheck: Entering the invisible bush.
- Farm: Get stronger by killing minions. Champions like Nasus get stronger by farming.
- FB: First blood. When the first score is taken, the first blood is drawn.
- Feed: To strengthen, feed an opponent by constantly dying.
- GA: Guardian angel / guardian angel.
- Gank: Raiding a lane unexpectedly by the opponent. Usually junglers are expected to raid.
- GG: Good game.
- GL: Good lock / good luck
- Golems: Stone monsters in the forest.
- Harass: To poke.
- Initiate: Be the first to attack in a team fight.
- Invade: Going to the forest of the opposing team at the beginning of the game, attacking the opponent in an unexpected way and getting a score.
- Jungle: Jungle.
- KS: Stealing score.
- Lane: Hallway.
- Lifesteal: Lifesteal.
- Mia/Miss: Missing / missing. It is used to notify that there are lost opponents in the corridor.
- Mid/middle: Mid lane.
- MS: Movement speed.
- Nerf: A champion or item weakened as a result of the update.
- Np: No problem / no problem.
- OOM: Out of mana
- OP: Strong champions are called.
- Passive: The champion’s passive abilities are called.
- Poke: Poke.
- Push: Pushing the corridor.
- Red: The red-colored monster in the forest.
- River: The river.
- Shop: Item shop.
- Silence: To prevent the opponent from using their abilities by silencing them.
- Split push: When two teams are fighting each other, a player leaves the battle and pushes the lane.
- SS: It means the opponent is not in the lane.
- Stack: Load.
- Stun: Do not stun.
- Supp: Support / support.
- Tank: Tank is used for champions. Tank champions stand in front of their team in battles, trying to block the damage. For example; Nasus, Malphite
- Tower dive: Go under the tower.
- TP: Teleport / teleport
- Trade: To trade. It is usually called when two opponents cut each other in the lane.
- Tribush/tribrush: They are called triple bushes.
- Ult: Abbreviation for Ultimate. It is the champion’s strongest ability. He is in fourth place in the ranking of talents.
- Wolves: Wolves in the forest.
- WP: Well played.
In this content, we have brought together League of Legends (LoL) terms and their meanings for you. So what do you guys think about this issue? You can share your views with us in the Comments section below.