AA/vAA | Aetherian Archive, one of the “Craglorn Trials” |
adds | all those jerkwads who swarm you when you’re trying to fight a boss |
altar | Blood Altar and either of its morphs, under the Undaunted skill line |
animation cancel | interrupting a skill’s animation by blocking, bashing, roll dodging, or swapping weapons |
Atk | attack |
block cancel | firing off a skill and pressing block immediately to interrupt the animation |
block casting | holding block while casting skills |
blockade | Wall of Elements morph Elemental Blockade, a Destruction skill |
BoL | Breath of Life, from the Restoring Light skill line (morph of Honor the dead) |
CL | Craglorn |
CoP | Circle of Protection and either of its morphs, from the Fighters’ Guild skill line |
CP | champion points |
Craglorn Trials | refers to the three original 12-man trials: SO, HRC, AA |
destro | Destruction; may refer to the weapon itself or the skill line |
DK | dragonknight |
dmg | damage |
DPS | dmg per second, also refers to a damage-focused toon |
DSA/vDSA | Dragonstar Arena, a 4-man raid in Craglorn |
DW | dual wield |
ele drain | Elemental Drain, a morph of Weakness to Elements under the Destruction skill line |
Feels | feelings, usually hurt ones |
gg | “git gud” refers to learning and improving skills so you can be the best, usually used in a derogatory way, but not necessarily; do not confuse with “gg” =good group lol |
HA | heavy attack; usually refers to a fully-charged heavy attack |
HM | hard mode |
HoF/vHoF | Halls of Fabrication, a 12-man raid available with Morrowind |
Horn | Aggressive Warhorn, the ultimate under the Alliance – Assault skill line |
hps | heal per second; you’ll need a damage monitoring add-on to track this |
HRC/vHRC | Hel Ra Citadel, one of the “Craglorn Trials” |
inv | invite, such as an invite to a group |
jabs | refers to Biting Jabs, a morph of Puncturing Strikes under the Aedric Spear class skill line |
jesus beam | refers to Radiant Destruction (and either of its morphs) under the Dawn’s Wrath class skill line |
LA | light attack; one quick tap of left click |
MA | medium attack; a heavy attack that is not fully charged |
magblade | magicka nightblade dps |
magden | magicka Warden dps: |
magDK | magicka Dragonknight dps |
magplar | magicka Templar dps |
meteor | Shooting Star, a morph of Meteor , the Mages’ Guild ultimate |
min/max | short for “minimizing/maximizing” refers to building toons that squeeze every last drop of math out to be the very very best, even if only ahead by a fraction of a percent |
MoL/vMoL | Maw of Lorkhaj, a 12-man raid available with Thieves’ Guild |
NB | nightblade |
nova | Refers to either morph of the ultimate under the Dawn’s Wrath class skill line |
off tank | a secondary tank used in particular situations, usually as a backup (such as vSO HM) or to take enemies that cannot be tanked at the same time as another (like Twins in vMoL). |
orbs | Energy Orb, a morph of Necrotic Orb under the Undaunted skill line |
parse | the average amount of dps or hps done over the course of combat, can also refer to a screenshot showing an add-on’s analysis of combat |
PoL | Power of the Light, from the Dawn’s Wrath skill line (morph of Backlash) |
pots | potions |
regen | “regeneration” refers to recovery of health, magicka, or stamina. |
respec | short for “re-specification,” may refer to a complete redistribution of skill/attribute points or any other major changes to your build |
resto | Restoration, may refer to the weapon itself or the skill line |
ritual | refers to Ritual of Retribution or Extended Ritual, morphs of Cleansing Ritual under the Restoring Light class skill line |
rn | “right now” |
RNG | “Random Number Generator” |
rq | “real quick” |
rune | Refers to Channeled Focus, a morph of Rune Focus from the Restoring Light class skill line |
scrub | an amateur, unskilled player |
shards | refers to Luminous Shards, a morph of Spear Shards under the Aedric Spear class skill line |
SO/vSO | Sanctum Ophidia, one of the “Craglorn Trials” |
sorc | sorcerer; usually refers to a magicka sorcerer dps “magsorc” |
spam | repeatedly press the same button |
SPC | Spell Power Cure armour set |
springs | Healing Springs, a morph of Grand Healing under the Restoration skill line |
stam | stamina |
stamblade | stamina nightblade dps |
stamden | stamina Warden dps |
stamDK | stamina Dragonknight dps |
stamplar | stamina Templar dps |
stamsorc | stamina sorcerer dps |
temp | Templar |
trap | Trap Beast and either of its morphs, from the Fighters’ Guild skill line |
ult/ulti | an ultimate skill |
uptime | amount of time a buff or debuff is active during a battle, expressed as a % |
vet/VR | veteran, refers to an old system of levels above 50 and still used to refer to the higher difficulty setting for dungeons and trials |
weave | inserting auto LA or HA between skills |
woe | Wall of Elements, a Destruction skill |
worm | worm cult armour set, not WC (water closet) |