Abbreviations

Like many online communities, the Skylords Reborn community uses a wide range of different terms and abbreviations. On this page, you can see a list of these terms and abbreviations used in chat or on the forums, along with their meaning. Capitalization may vary. This list is never complete as it is constantly changing.

• Common Expressions
• Game Exclusive
• Card Names

Common

These terms and abbreviations are common to many online games.

AA = Anti Air or Autoattack

Admin = Administrator

AFAIK = As Far As I Know

AFK = Away From Keyboard

AH = Auction House (marketplace)

AKA = Also Known As

AoE = Area of Effect APM = Actions per Minute ATM = At The Minute / At This Moment

BoT = Back on Topic

BRB = Be Right Back

BTW = By The Way

Buff = Increase in strength or usefulness caused by a spell or effect. Also refers to a power increase due to a balance patch.

Bump = Posting on a thread just to keep it in the top of the forum page.

C = Common (rarity)

CC = Crowd Control. Spells or abilities that make it impossible for units to attack and/or move.

Cheese = Any card, or a combination of cards and playstyle that is considered very hard or impossible to beat efficiently and generally easy to use.

Cya l8er = See you later

DC = Disconnect

DD = Direct Damage

Debuff = Decrease in strength or usefulness caused by a spell or effect.

Dmg = Damage. Often used to tell the damage value stated on the card.

DND = Do Not Disturb

DoT = Damage over Time (debuffs like poison that cause periodic damage)

DPS = Damage Per Second

Elo = The Elo-rating system used for PvP ranking and matchmaking.

Farming = Repeating an action for a long time to obtain something, like playing a lot of rPvE to gain a lot of gold, similar to Grinding.

F2P = Free To Play. A game that is free, or a player that has not spent any money.

Flamer = A player who is consistently rude to others, "flaming" them.

FoW = Fog of War

FTW = For The Win

G = Gold. The ingame currency.

GG = Good game

GJ = Good Job

GL = Good Luck

GLHF = Good Luck, Have Fun. (Friendly way to start a game ^_^)

Grinding = Repeating an action for a long time to obtain something, like playing a lot of rPvE to gain a lot of gold.

G2G = Got To Go

GW = Good Work

HF = Have Fun

HP = Hit Points

HRU = How are you?

IGN = In Game Name

IKR = I Know, Right?

Ily = I love you

IMHO = In My Honest Opinion

IMO = In My Opinion

JK = Just Kidding / Joking

K / KK = Okay

LF = Looking For

LFG = Looking For Group / Looking For Game

LMAO = Laughing My Ass Off

LOL = Laughing Out Loud ("Haha XD")

LTP / L2P = Learn To Play

M8 = Mate

Mod = Moderator

MVP = Most Valuable Person/Player/Poster

Nerf = A power decrease due to a balance patch.

NFS = Not For Sale.

Ninja'd = When somebody posts something right before you while you are typing the message.

Ninja looting = When the host takes all the upgrades in an assign game without the other players' consent.

Noob = Newbie, a new player. It is also used as an insult.

NP = No Problem

Ofc = Of Course

OP = Overpowered, Overpriced, Original Poster / Opening Post

OMG = Oh my God

OT = Off-Topic

Plz / Pls = Please

PM = Private/Personal Mail or Private Message

PvE = Player versus Environment

PvP = Player versus Player

QFT = Quoted For Truth

QQ = Crying

R = Rare (rarity)

r / Rdy = Ready

ROFL = Rolling On the Floor Laughing

Spam = Repeating the same message many times.

Splash = When a deck has mainly cards of one color with a few cards of another color. For example a Shadow deck with Frost splash.

Sry = Sorry

TBH = To be honest

Thread Necro = Posting in an old forum thread (often 1 year old or older), bumping it back to the front page.

TY / Thx = Thanks, thank you.

Tldr / TL;DR = Too long, didn't read

Troll = Person who posts inappropriate or offensive messages to gain a response or start an argument.

Tyvm = Thank you very much

U2 = You too

UC = Uncommon (rarity)

UR = Ultra Rare (rarity)

UP = Underpowered or Under priced

W8 = Wait

W81m = Wait a minute.

Wb = Welcome back

WBU = What about you?

WP = Well Played

WTB = Want to buy

WTS = Want to sell

WTT = Want to trade

YW = You're Welcome

BattleForge

These abbreviations are used for BattleForge specific terms.

2x mix = A deck consisting of 2 colours.

3x mix = A deck consisting of 3 colours.

BG = Battlegrounds (random PvE)

BF / BaFo = BattleForge (BF can also refer to the games Battlefield or Battlefront.)

BFP = BattleForge Points

Blue = Frost (can also refer to the blessed affinity.)

Cliffing = Attacking with (long) range units over a cliff, to make counterplay difficult.

CRD = Crusade

DPTS / DP20S = Damage Per Twenty Seconds (the damage value displayed on a card.)

F / Fi / Fr = Fire and Frost

Full = A deck consisting of all 4 colors.

Gold Run = Collecting all gold chests in a map and disenchanting all upgrade rewards into gold.

Green = Nature (can also refer to the gifted affinity.)

IPD = Indirect Power Disadvantage

KOTG = King of the Giants

LS = Lost Souls

MTFBWY = "May the force be with you", a quote from the Star Wars films. It basically means "Good Luck". In BattleForge they often talk about "May the forge be with you".

PPD = Permanent Power Disadvantage

Promo = Promo Cards

Pure = A deck consisting of cards in only one color.

Purple = Shadow (can also refer to the tainted affinity.)

Red = Fire (can also refer to the infused affinity.)

rPvE = Random PvE

Spam = A strategy that involves playing lots of the same unit. (e.g. Master Archers spam)

SR = Skylords Reborn

T1 / T2 / T3 / T4 = Tier 1-4, a way of telling how many orbs you have.

U0 / U1 / U2 / U3 = Upgrade level of a card, where U0 stands for no upgrades and U3 to a completely upgraded card.

Card Names

These abbreviations refer to specific BattleForge cards, occasionally one abbreviation could refer to multiple cards depending on the context.

AIS = Area Ice Shield

AoC = Aura of Corruption / Altar of Chaos

AoF = Avatar of Frost

BG = Breeding Grounds

CS / Snap = Coldsnap

DE / Dis = Disenchant

DO = Deep One

Dread = Dreadcharger / Dreadnought

EP = Energy Parasite

ES = Earthshaker

Enli / Enlighten = Enlightenment

Equi = Equilibrium

FoF = Furnace of Flesh

FM = Frost Mage

GS = Gravity Surge

Harv / Harvy / Harvey = Harvester

HS = Home Soil

IG = Ice Guardian

IST = Ice Shield Tower

Jugg / Juggy / Jugger = Juggernaut

KoC = Knight of Chaos

LB = Lightblade

LF = Lava Field

LK = Lyrish Knight

LS = Lost Shade

LW = Life Weaving

MA = Master Archers

Maddie = Rogan Kayle

Mauly = Mauler

MotK = Mark of the Keeper

Mounty = Mountaineer

Nasty = Nasty Surprise

NC = Nightcrawler

NG = Nightguard

Nox = Nox Trooper

Oink = Curse of Oink

PS = Parasite Swarm

RB = Resource Booster

Roots = Ensnaring Roots

Shammy = Shaman

SM = Shadow Mage

SoG = Shrine of Greed

SoL = Surge of Light

SoM = Shrine of Memory / Shrine of Martyrs

SoT = Stone of Torment

SoW = Shrine of War

SS = Soulshatter

UA = Undead Army

Unholy / UP / UH = Unholy Power / Unholy Hero

WBG = Worldbreaker Gun

Wings = Mana Wing

WoG = Wheel of Gifts

WotN = Ward of the North

WW = Windweavers