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Dota 2 Slang
Dota (Defense of the Ancients) is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game published by Valve Corporation. The original Dota was a mod for Blizzard's Warcraft III, while Dota 2 is a redesigned sequel. Dota 2 has helped bring eSports to the masses, with tournaments offering millions of dollars in prize money. Whether you play the game or just enjoy watching the pros duke it out, you'll want to know the Dota slang terms listed below.
Slang Term | Meaning | Votes |
---|---|---|
Squishy | Low base health or defense | 581 |
DOTA | Defense of the Ancients | 587 |
BO5 | Best of five | 587 |
Last hitting | Striking the final hit on a creep | 588 |
Farm | To gather supplies | 588 |
bot | Bottom lane | 590 |
Initiator | A DOTA hero that starts a team fight | 591 |
top | Top lane | 591 |
WCG | World Cyber Games | 591 |
Denying | Killing your own creeps to prevent your enemy from killing them | 592 |
CS | Creep score | 593 |
ARTS | Action real-time strategy | 593 |
Creep | A basic unit | 593 |
Micro | Unit micromanagement skill | 594 |
Jungler | A jungle killing player | 594 |
mid | Middle lane | 594 |
Fountain diving | Attacking an opposing player in his fountain | 596 |
aghs | Aghanim's Scepter | 596 |
Laning | Staying in a lane | 597 |
Lane | MOBA map path | 598 |
Bottom | Bottom lane | 599 |
Dire | The dark faction in Defense of the Ancients 2 | 599 |
Radiant | The light faction in Defense of the Ancients 2 | 599 |
Initiating | Starting a team fight | 599 |
Farming | Earning experience and items | 599 |
Zoning | Constraining enemy positions | 601 |
Juking | Using items in the environment and moving around to escape | 601 |
ss | Miss | 607 |