Definitions
From Liquipedia Overwatch Wiki
This page contains a list of terms and definitions that are commonly found when discussing Overwatch.
General game-play terms[edit]
#[edit]
- 2CP
- initialism of two control points; see Assault map
A[edit]
- Anubis
- short for Temple of Anubis
- Assault map
- a map consisting of two control points in which attacking and defending teams attempt to take or defend objectives across the map
B[edit]
- Beyblade
- [to] bbong[2]
- synonym of [to] boost
- black hole
- synonym of Graviton Surge
- BM
- initialism of bad manners
- [to] boost
- to use Ana's ultimate, Nano Boost, on a teammate in order to make them temporarily deal more damage and take less damage from enemies' attacks
- Boostio
- boosting a Lucio, mistakenly or not
- BYOC
- initialism of bring your own computer
C[edit]
- C9
- To leave the point during an overtime and lose the round.
- comp
- abbreviation of composition
- control map
- a map where both teams fight to capture and control a checkpoint in a best-of-three format
D[edit]
- DPS
- a measurement of damage produced per second; Generally a hero from the damage role; also an initialism of ‘damage per second’
E[edit]
F[edit]
- FPS
- initialism of frames per second
G[edit]
- GOATs
- a composition consisting of three tanks and three supports.
H[edit]
- Harambe
- synonym of Winston
- hog
- abbreviation of Roadhog
- hook 2.0
- a community-created version to Roadhog's hook that resembles the new aspects on the hook after patch 1.7.0.2
I[edit]
J[edit]
K[edit]
- KOTH
- initialism of king of the hill; see control map
L[edit]
- Lijiang
- short for Lijiang Tower
- LOS
- initialism of line of sight
M[edit]
- Merci
- the strategy of using a composition with Widowmaker and Mercy
- monkey
- synonym of Winston
N[edit]
- Nano Blade
- the strategy of boosting a Genji in order to make its ultimate more effective
- Nano Visor
- the strategy of boosting a Soldier 76 in order to make its ultimate more effective
O[edit]
- Off-tank/OT
- Tank heroes that also do a lot of damage. Tanks currently considered off-tanks are: Dva, Roadhog and Zarya
- one-trick
- a player that only plays a single hero in ranked matches, generally low picked ones, like Torbjörn and Symmetra
P[edit]
- PMA
- initialism of Positive Mental Attitude
- PTR
- initialism of Public Test Region
- pharmercy
- the strategy of using a composition with Pharah and Mercy
Q[edit]
R[edit]
S[edit]
- Supp
- abbreviation of support
- Snowball
- when trying to immediately trying to capture the second point straight after the first point. Generally only found on assault and hybrid maps.
T[edit]
U[edit]
- Ult or ulti
- abbreviation of ultimate
V[edit]
W[edit]
X[edit]
Y[edit]
Z[edit]
- Zen
- abbreviation of Zenyatta
References[edit]
- ↑ "Winston plays Beyblade" | Overwatch Mishaps 6
- ↑ This term became viral after Kruise streamed him playing competitive games in South Korea, when he and his team were attending OGN Overwatch APEX Season 1