debuffs
Temporary ability reductions
Debuffs is the plural of debuff, a gaming term for negative status effects applied to characters—reduced speed, lowered defense, or weakened attacks.
The opposite of buffs.
Players strategize around applying debuffs to enemies while avoiding or removing them from allies: The boss debuffs your whole party with a poison aura.
Lacking in speed
Make feeble or frail
- diminishTo make smaller
- impairTo diminish or damage
- reduceMake smaller in degree
- sapPlant circulatory fluid
debilitate · attenuate · erode · deteriorate · compromise · enervate · exhaust · hamper
Reduce in-game effectiveness
- cooldownGradual intensity reduction
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- reductionMaking something smaller
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
handicap · downgrade · degradation · diminishment · hindrance · encumbrance · limitation · restriction
Active defense through offense
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
- metagameStrategy beyond stated rules
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
- rotationTurning on an axis
positioning · initiation · disengage · peel · kiting · chaining · layering · timing
slow
Lacking in speed
poison · bleed · burn · freeze · root · fear · charm · sleep · curse · hex
enfeeble
Make feeble or frail
sap · debilitate · attenuate · erode · deteriorate · compromise · enervate · exhaust · hamper · hinder
nerf
Reduce in-game effectiveness
- cooldownGradual intensity reduction
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- reductionMaking something smaller
impairment · handicap · downgrade · degradation · diminishment · hindrance · encumbrance · limitation · restriction · suppression
counterplay
Active defense through offense
- synergyCombined effect exceeding components
- metagameStrategy beyond stated rules
- optimizationMaximizing efficiency or performance
rotation · positioning · initiation · disengage · peel · kiting · chaining · layering · timing · priority
- game termslevel, score, player, win, lose
- game mechanicslevels, rules, cooldown, points, health points
- game elementsHUD, menu, level, loot, quest
- RPG mechanicsmin-maxing, level up, XP, HP, power leveling
- combat mechanicsmelee, melee attack, ranged attack, damage, combos
- strategy gameschess, strategy, checkers, go, Go
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Keen hobbyist followers
boosts · enhancements · power-ups · bonuses · augments
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Keen hobbyist followers
heals · fortifications · invincibility · shields · regeneration