This is a glossary of terms that the player may encounter in-game alongside other terms used by the community.
List of terms[]
- (Enemy is) 1
- Usually means that an enemy is number-one target, for example when their health is low enough.
- ADS
- Acronym of Aim(ing) Down Sights.
- AFK
- Acronym of Away From Keyboard.
- Bang
- Abbreviation of Bangalore.
- Barrels
- Caustic's
Nox Gas Traps.
- Batt
- Abbreviation of
Shield Battery.
- BH, Blood
- Abbreviation of Bloodhound.
- Bubble/Gibby Bubble
- The domed shield Gibraltar's
Dome of Protection creates.
- (Enemy) Cracked / Flesh
- Means that a player lost all their shield. Named after its sound effect of glass shattering.
- Gibby
- Abbreviation of Gibraltar.
- Ground loot
- The common loot pool found on the ground or in supply bins, as opposed to Care Package loot, Vault loot, etc.
- Heaven
- A common FPS term for the highest ground in a given area, such as Research Basin, The Reverie Lounge, the top of Crash Site, or the top of Thermal Station.
- Hot dropping
- Dropping in a popular area in the hopes of getting in an early fight.
- Jumpmaster
- The player assigned to initiate the drop sequence from the dropship at the start of the game. This is usually the player who picked their legend last.
- KP
- RP awarded for kills in Ranked Leagues.
- LL
- Abbreviation of Lifeline.
- LTM
- Acronym of Limited Time Mode.
- MNK, M&K
- Acronym of Mouse and Keyboard.
- Nade
- Abbreviation of Grenade. Sometimes used for opening Explosive Holds on Kings Canyon.
- No-reg
- A shot that does not "register" any damage even though it is clearly hitting a player.
- One-shot
- An enemy who has taken enough damage that one bullet, typically from a weapon that does low damage per shot, such as an R-99 SMG, will down them.
- Path
- Abbreviation of Pathfinder.
- PK
- Abbreviation of Peacekeeper.
- Point of Interest, POI
- A location on the map, especially one labeled on the minimap.
- Premade, 3 stack
- A full squad that queued together, with no game-assigned squadmates.
- Pubs
- Unranked gamemodes. Comes from older FPSes where it meant 'public servers'.
- Q
- The default key bind for tactical is Q. When used as a verb in a request, the player should use their tactical.
- Rat / ratting
- A player or squad of players who hide instead of taking fights, in the hopes of making it to the final rounds untouched and unseen.
- Rat spot
- A hiding spot where a player might go unnoticed for several rounds.
- Rev
- Abbreviation of Revenant.
- Rotating
- Moving to find a new position to hold, especially in anticipation of the Ring.
- Moving to find new enemies to fight, usually for players seeking conflict.
- SBMM
- Abbreviation of Skill-Based Matchmaking.
- Shield swapping
- Quickly swapping an empty Body Shield with a full-health one in a Death Box, especially during combat.
- Solo queue
- Queuing for game modes without any lobby teammates and letting matchmaking create a squad with random teammates.
- Third-partying
- Attacking a squad who is already fighting another squad. Can increase to fourth-partying, fifth-partying, etc., in larger fights.
- Thirsting
- Finishing off a downed enemy rather than going after the rest of their squad. This can either be for quickly looting their Death Box, or just to guarantee a kill in an uncertain fight.
- TT
- Acronym of Town Takeover.
- Acronym of Triple Take.
- Valk
- Abbreviation of Valkyrie.
- W keying
- To do a constant aggressive push, always looking for fights and taking them regardless of circumstance. The term is a reference to the W on a keyboard which is the most common button used to walk forward.
