PROMINENT TERMS/TERMINOLOGY USED IN LEAGUE OF LEGENDS GAME

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS TERMS USED IN THE GAME

League of Legends

Know about AD – 

Attack Damage. This type of damage is reduced by Armor. 

Know about AoE – 

Area of Effect

Know about AP – 

Ability Power. This type of damage is reduced by Magic Resistance. 

Know about ARAM -  

All Random All Mid. It is a game mode where champions are randomly selected and players must fight each other in one lane. This game mode is usually played on the Howling Abyssmap. 

Know about Assassin – 

A highly mobile champion whose skill is to take down strong targets. Assassins are normally agile and dangerous. 

Know about Autoattack – 

Attack performed when right clicking an opposing target.

Know about Aura – 

A passive ability that usually applies to the champion and those around the champion.

Know about Back – 

Returning to base, more specifically the well by pressing the B key. “I’m going B.”

Know about Baron – 

short for Baron Nashor, the toughest neutral monster in the game. 

Know about Baron Buff – 

When a team defeats Baron Nashor, they earn the buff “Exalted with Baron” that grants up to 40 ability power, 40 attack damage, three percent of your maximum health in health regeneration per five seconds, and 1 percent of your maximum mana in mana regeneration per five seconds. 

Know about Buff – 

A boost acquired by killing either the Golem for blue buff, the Lizard for Red Buff or Baron. Blue Buff grants 25 flat mana regen per five seconds and .5 percent of their maximum mana, along with and increased 10 percent Cooldown Reduction on their abilities. Red Buff applies a movement speed debuff to all enemies struck by the holder’s attack. The holder’s attack will also deal bonus true damage.  

Know about Bush -  

The tall grass around the map where champions can hide.

Know about Burst – 

When a large amount of damage is dealt at one time by one champion. 

Know about Carry – 

A champion that starts off fairly weak, but then ultimately becomes incredibly powerful. They are expected to do a lot of damage and “carry” the team to victory. 

Know about Caster – 

A champion whose main damage output is his or her abilities. The damage can either be Attack Damage or Ability Power. 

Know about CC – 

Crowd Control, abilities that limit movement and actions; stuns, slows, snares.

Know about CDR – 

Cooldown Reduction. A stat that lowers the wait time on abilities.

Know about Creeps – 

Minions and neutral monsters. 

Know about Crystal Scar – 

The name of the map for Dominion game mode.

Know about CS – 

Creep Score. The amount of minions and neutral monsters a champion has killed. 

Know about Counter-pick – 

To choose a specific champion during champion selection that counters the opposing team’s pick. 

Know about Dragon – 

The second hardest neutral monster on Summoner’s Rift. Killing the dragon grants your team a good sum of gold and experience. 

Know about Dominion – 

A game mode where two teams of five battle for control of five base nodes. The less nodes your team controls, the more damage is done to your Nexus base. The team whose Nexus dies first loses.

Know about Face Check – 

The act of going into a bush to see if an enemy champion is hiding in there. This is a high risk move since it leaves you vulnerable to an unsuspecting attack.  

Know about Farm – 

The action of killing minions and neutral monsters for gold and experience. 

Know about Fed – 

When a champion becomes overpowered due to killing multiple champions. 

Know about FF – 

To forfeit or surrender.

Know about Fields of Justice – 

The arenas where champions battle each other.

Know about Feeding – 

To die repeatedly to the enemy team. 

Know about Gank – 

To ambush enemies with one or more champions. 

Know about Inhibitor – 

The structures after the lane towers and before the Nexus. These buildings prevent the enemy team from deploying Super Minions. 

Know about Howling Abyss – 

The map where the ARAM game mode is generally played. 

Know about Jungle -

The areas on the map in-between the lanes where the neutral monsters hang out. Be careful in the Jungle. No one’s watching your back in the Jungle. 

Know about Jungler – 

The role which champions can play where they level up in the jungle and try to attack unsuspecting enemies in their lanes. 

Know about KDA – 

Kill, Death, Assist. Used commonly, it refers to the ratio of kills to deaths to assists.

Know about Lane – 

Paths that minions follow to get to the enemy Nexus.

Know about Last Hit – 

Dealing the final blow to a minion or neutral monster to attain gold.

Know about Marksman – 

Also know as ADC or Attack Damage Carry. This type of champion deals ranged damage from afar and is expected to have high damage output. They are to stay behind the lines rather than in the middle of the fight because of there “squishiness.”  

Know about Minions – 

NPC units spawned from the base. They follow the lanes to try and destroy other minions, objective points and enemy champions. 

Know about Nexus – 

The primary structure on each map and main objective. Victory is earned when the enemy Nexus is destroyed. 

Know about Poke – 

The act of harassing enemy champions with long-ranged abilities and attacks.

Know about River – 

The body of water that divides the map in half. Baron Nashor and Dragon reside in the river.

Know about Snowball – 

The act of getting an advantage over the enemy team or specific enemy champion, and continuing to use the advantage to win the game. 

Know about Solo – 

Used to describe accomplishing an objective alone. 

Know about Support – 

A champion who makes plays by creating advantages and opportunities for their allies to capitalize on. Most supports offer a form of sustain, heals or crowd control. 

Know about Stealth Ward – 

A ward that is invisible and reveals all non-stealthed units in the area. 

Know about Summoner’s Rift – 

The most common Field of Justice. Name of the map for classic five-versus-five matches. 

Know about Super Minions – 

Stronger minions spawned in a lane after the enemy inhibitor is destroyed. 

Know about Tank -  

A champion designed to take high amounts of damage. Usually tanks have a lot of health, CC abilities and low damage output.

Know about Tower Hugging – 

Staying close to tower to deter an enemy from attacking you.

Know about True Damage – 

A type of attack that ignores all forms of damage reduction.

Know about Twisted Treeline – 

The name of the map where three-versus-three matches are played. 

Know about Ward – 

An item that grants vision on the map.  

Know about The Well – 

The corner of the map where allied champions get healed. The shop is also located here. 

Know about Winions – 

When super minions take down the enemy Nexus, they become “winions.”  

Know about Vision Ward – 

A ward that is not invisible and reveals all units in the area.