D2 Abbreviations.

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This is going to be a quick write up of some of the D2 abbreviations. If you post anything I don't know that would be great. Also, if you could post possible categories things should go in to make it an easier read. Thatd also be good.

So if I miss one tell me all possible abbreviations and the item itself fully. Things I would like an opinion on, should I tell what type (unique, rare, etc) and what the basic item is than that would be good too to get an opinion on.

This list won't include that if its name is the item itself minus a word. Like Lycanders.

Set
Trangs - Trang-Ouls Avatar
Tals - Tal Rasha's Wrappings
Mavs - M'avina's Battle Hymn
IK - Immortal King

Armor
COH - Chains of Honor
TMight - Tyraels Might
Fort - Fortitude
Arm - Armor

Belt
Arachs - Arachnids Mesh

Glove
Dracs - Draculas Grasp
Chancies - Chance Guards
Mages - Magefists
Rends - Steelrends

Boot
Travs - War Travelers
Marrows - Marrowalk
Gores - Gore Riders
WW - Waterwalks
SK - Sandstorm Treks

Jewelry
SOJ - Stone of Jordan
BK - Bul - Kathos (rings, usually not set)

Shield
SS - StormShield
Homun - Homunculus
HOZ - Herald of Zakarum

Weapon
HOTO - Heart of the Oak
Jav - Javelin
HOJ - Hand of Justice
(E)BOTD - (Ethereal) Breath of the Dieing.
CTA - Call To Arms
Wizzy - Wizardspike
FOH - Fist of the Heaves
Occy - Oculus

Helm
Andies - Andariels Visage
Shako - Harlequin Crest
CAO - Crown of Ages
NW - Night Wing

Misc Item
jube = full rejuvenation potion (I called em juvs)
*** - potion (mana/health)
TP - townportal
HR - High Rune
MR - Mid Rune
LR - Low Rune
SC - Small Charm
LC - Large Charm
GC - Grand Charm
Anni -Annihilus
MP - Mage Plate
AP - Archon Plate
LP - Light Plate

Skill or Effect or Stat
DEF - Defense
PnB - Poison and Bone
WC - War Cries
KB - Knockback
IAS - Increased Attack Speed
PB - Poison Bone
MF - Magic Find
RES - Resist
AR - Attack Rating
UNID - Unidentified
Tele - Teleport
FRW - Faster Run Walk
DR - Damaged Reduce
FCR - Faster Cast Rate
FHR - Faster Hit Recover
ED - Enhanced Damage or Enhanced Defense
Ele - Elemental
IB- Ice Blast/Ice Bolt
Blizz - Blizzard
FB- Fireball/Firebolt
CB - Charged Bolt
Static - Static Field
Tstorm - Thunder Storm
ES - Energy Shield
Hammers - Blessed Hammers
HS - Holy Shield
Nado - Tornado
Oak - Oak Sage
Skellys - Skeletons

Non Item
NPC - Non Playable Characters
GG / GD - Good Game or Good Duel
PVP - Player vs. Person
PVM - Player vs. Monster
NK - naked kill
GD - Good Duel
PVE - Player vs. Enviroment (I guess a trapped soul might count)
DClone - Uber Diablo from selling Sojs
Ubers - Tougher versions of monsters found by doing something special
PK - Player Kill
TPPK - Town Portal Player Kill
L - Ladder (sometimes followed by a number to indicate the season)
Grush - Glitch Rush
PP- Party Please
Top2 - used in baal runs, when the top 2 levels make their own party and kill baal alone for more experience.
ATM - At The Moment
N1 - Nice One
NP- No Problem

Trade Associated.
FG - D2jsp Forum gold(common trading currency)
WUW - What You Want
WUG - What You Got
ISO - In Search Of
FT - For Trade

Character Names
Assn/A/Sin - Assassin
Barb/B - Barbarian
Sorce/S - Sorceress
D - Druid
DuDu - Druid
Pally/P - Paladin
Zon/Z - Amazon
Necro/N - Necromancer
Merc - Mercenary

Enemy
King - Cow King
Big D - Diablo
Andy - Andariel
Meph - Mephisto
Izzy - Izual
Durry - Duriel
Nith- Nihlathak

Areas
WP - Way Point
Trist - Tristram
Cows - Secret Cow Level/Or the act of killing them
Cat - Catacombs
CS - Chaos Sanctuary
WSK - Worldstone Keep
Trav - Travincal
A1 - Act 1
A2 - Act 2
A3 - Act 3
A4 - Act 4
A5 - Act 5

Took these from the front page of d2sector.net

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TERMINOLOGY LIST
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All terms are listed alphabetically. In the descriptions I often refer to
other terms in the list. Those have been marked in CAPS.
ACCOUNT SCAM
An attempt to steal somebody's account password on Battlenet, usually with
the intention of relieving him of his items. Popular methods include web
sites which promise free items or other advantages, and require you to enter
your account name and password, or private messages sent on Battlenet
chatrooms, pretending to be system messages requiring you to give out your
password for one reason or another. An attempted account scam reported to
Blizzard staff with proof (such as a chat screenshot) usually results in a
MUTING for the scammer.
AR
This can refer either to Attack Rating, a statistic in the game determining
your chance to hit, or the popular Diablo 2 mod Ancestral Recall. This mod
changes many aspects of the game for an entirely new Diablo 2 experience in
single player mode, or multiplayer over TCP/IP. Ancestral Recall can be
downloaded at http://www.planetdiablo.com/teknokyo/
ARREAT SUMMIT
Apart from being the area in Act 5 where you fight the Ancients, Arreat
Summit is the name of the official Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction FAQ.
Statistics, item lists and other useful information on the game can be found
here, and this is definitely a site that should be in any Diablo 2 fan's
bookmarks. It can be found at http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp
AVENGER
A Paladin build relying on the skills Vengeance, Conviction and sometimes
Fanaticism. This is a popular Paladin build for playing in Hell mode,
because Vengeance is an excellent source of elemental damage, giving the
Paladin a much better chance to deal with physically resistant or immune
monsters than, for instance, a ZEALOT or MARTYR could. One drawback of
the Avenger build is that massive mana supplies are required to keep using
the spell. For this reason, many Paladins are hybrids between the Avenger
and the ZEALOT, using the latter skill build mostly to recover mana.
BAAL RUN
A game with the specific intention to kill Baal, the expansion set's master
villain at the end of Act 5. These runs, while lengthy and more difficult than
MEPH RUNS, are popular because they yield far more experience, and Baal
generally drops the best items in the game.
BALLISTA
A certain type of crossbow. When people talk about "the Ballista", they are
usually referring to the unique Ballista known as Buriza Do-Kyanon. Apparently
this name is difficult enough that people keep forgetting it, hence "the
Ballista". See also BURIZA.
BARB
Short for Barbarian, one of the game's character classes. Typically used in
combination with another term to describe a specific build, such as FRENZY
BARB, WW BARB, THROWING BARB or SINGING BARB.
BARD
A somewhat popular term for a SINGING BARB.
BF
Short for Bloody Foothills, the first area of act 5. This area is notorious for
having large collections of puny monsters which are nevertheless worth a lot
of experience. In addition, these monsters have no resistance to fire (not even
on Hell mode) and due to the layout of the area, tend to line up and just stand
there, waiting to be slaughtered. The combination of these properties makes the
Bloody Foothills an excellent level building area, particularly for FW SORCS.
See also BLOODRUN.
BO
Battle Orders, a lvl 24 Barbarian skill from the Warcries skill tree that
temporarily increases maximum life, mana and stamina for the Barbarian and
any nearby allies. This is a very party-friendly skill, and makes Barbarians
very popular in party games. If you get enchanted with Battle Orders, it will
look like your life and your mana drop, because the maximums are increased but
the current totals remain the same. Don't panic, you're still as sturdy as you
were, except you can now use a well or leeching to get your life up to a higher
total than normal (easily twice what you normally have if the Barbarian has
maxed out Battle Orders, and most do), and mana will now regenerate faster.
If you are enchanted with a second Battle Orders while the first is still in
effect, and it has the same level as the first, the duration is reset. If it
is of a different level, however, the first Battle Orders is cancelled, life
and mana return to normal, and THEN the second one takes effect. This can
be a needless waste of life and mana, so if a party has multiple Barbarians
it is best if only one of them uses Battle Orders.
BS
This refers to either of the Necromancer's two most powerful ranged attacks,
the Bone Spear and the Bone Spirit. Since the latter skill is more popular, the
abbreviation usually applies to that one.
BLOODRUN
A game with the specific intention to clear out the Bloody Foothills area. This
is the most popular level building technique in the online Diablo 2 community,
particularly among FW SORCS. Typically, a Bloodrun is done within a few minutes,
after which a new game is started to do it all over again. See also BF.
UPDATE: Bloodruns have lost popularity in favor of COW RUNS, which generate
experience more quickly and also have a better chance for item drops. The
downside of cow runs is that they are more risky, but particularly JAVAZONS
excel at them. At any rate, the Bloodrun is not nearly as popular anymore as
it once was.
BOS
Burst of Speed, an Assassin skill which boosts both her walking, running and
attack speed.
BOWAZON
An Amazon build using a bow as her main weapon. This build has become incredibly
popular in the expansion due to the existence of the BURIZA.
BUGGED ITEM
An item with mods that it shouldn't have, created by a server glitch or a hack.
These items typically have impossible mods, and can be quite powerful as a
result. One particularly popular mod on bugged items was decreasing dexterity,
because of the SKILL BUG.
By now the exploit to create bugged items has been fixed and Blizzard is
deleting existing bugged items. Hopefully this will mean the skill bug and
bugged items in general aren't going to be coming back, although if DUPING is
any indication, Blizzard seems to have trouble coming up with permanent solutions
to cheating.
BURIZA
Short for Buriza Do-Kyanon, the unique Ballista. It is widely considered to be
one of the most powerful bows in the game, and unlike its competitors the
Eaglehorn and the Windforce, it is relatively easy to acquire. Since the Buriza
was introduced in the expansion set, the BOWAZON has become the most popular
character build on most realms. The power of the Buriza lies both in the high
damage it does, and in the fact that it adds the effect of the skill Pierce,
enabling an Amazon to exploit the GA/PIERCE BUG without having to actually
invest in the Pierce skill.
BURIZON
A somewhat mocking term for a Bowazon using the BURIZA. Nearly every Bowazon in
the expansion uses this weapon, and they are now common enough that they get
their own name.
CB
Charged Bolt. Initially thought to be a fairly mundane skill for the Sorceress,
its popularity increased immensely when it was discovered this skill can do
massive damage at high levels, when combined with the skill Lightning Mastery.
This has resulted in the rise of a new Sorceress build, the CB SORC.
Note: CB can also stand for Colossus Blade, see CCB.
CB SORC
A Sorceress build that relies on the skills Charged Bolt and Lightning Mastery.
The idea of this build is to either spread lightning damage over a large field,
hitting many monsters at once, or hitting one big enemy like a boss point
blank, causing him to take damage from 20 or more bolts at once. CB Sorcs
typically have Energy Shield and a fairly high Vitality to protect them from
harm, as the effective use of their skill forces them to get pretty close to
theiropponents. CB Sorcs usually have a powerful backup skill in either Fire or
Cold as well to help them deal with lightning resistant or immune monsters.
CCB
Cruel Colossus Blade, one of the most damaging weapons in the game. Colossus
Blade is simply one kind of elite two-handed sword, Cruel is the most
powerful Enhanced Damage mod that can appear on weapons. Cruel Colossus Blades
have become more common because of the CHIPPED GEM RECIPE, and are the most
popular weapons for Barbarians. Depending on the exact percentage of enhanced
damage on the sword, whether or not the sword holds sockets and what kind of
secondary mod it has (popular ones are Quickness and Evisceration), CCBs can
be very valuable.
CE
Corpse Explosion, a Necromancer skill. It was once considered the most
powerful skill in the game, but a variety of different nerfs have turned it
into a shadow of what it once was. The only reminder of what this skill could
once do lies in the boss Nihlathak, who uses this skill with considerably
more power and range than a player Necromancer could.
CHARGER (or CHARGADIN)
A Paladin build which relies on a powerful two-handed weapon and the skill
Charge to cause as much damage as possible with a single attack. The
damage of the Charge is normally boosted with Fanaticism. While extremely
powerful, this build is not very effective against groups of monsters,
and therefore usually reserved for PVP Paladins. These typically use
Holy Freeze to slow their target, and/or Vigor to increase the speed of
their Charge (switching to Fanaticism just before the Charge impacts),
and aim for one hit kills.
CHIPPED GEM ECONOMY
An alternative to the familiar SOJ ECONOMY, introduced in v1.09 when the
CHIPPED GEM RECIPE was added to the game. Since many people use this
recipe to try and create powerful swords, and the chances of getting one
are so low that they need a lot of chipped gems, these common items have
actually gained some trading value. Ideally, low level players find a lot
of chipped gems early in the game and can trade those for the many unique
items experienced players come across in their item runs. Originally the
chipped gem and SoJ economies were apart, but SOJ INFLATION has caused the
two to touch. Many people consider 40 chipped gems (the maximum that can
fit in a trade window) to be equivalent in value to one Stone of Jordan,
and trading one for the other is common.
CHIPPED GEM RECIPE
Introduced in v1.09, this is a Horadric Cube recipe that gives chipped
gems a new use. By putting 3 chipped gems (any kind, including skulls) and
one magical (blue) sword of any kind in the cube, a new magical sword of
the same type is created, guaranteed to have two mods (both a prefix and
a suffix) as well as 3 sockets. With a few of the elite swords in the game,
this recipe has the potential of giving the Cruel mod which greatly
enhances the weapon's damage. The most popular kind of sword to use for
this recipe is the Colossus Blade (see CCB).
The existence of the chipped gem recipe has created the CHIPPED GEM ECONOMY.
CLEAN
Refers to a socketed item which has not yet been stuffed with any gems,
runes or jewels. This is important in trading, as clean items tend to be
worth more than those which have already been filled up. In some cases,
items are also no longer considered clean if they have been PERSONALIZED.
CLOSED
Refers to the Diablo II Battlenet REALMs. The main difference with playing
on OPEN is that on closed, characters and their equipment are stored on the
server rather than on the user's computer. This makes the use of item and
character editors impossible. As a result, while open battle.net is
literally swamped with hacked characters and items, the realms are free of
this kind of cheating - although certain hacks exist that even work on
closed, so calling it cheat-proof would go a little too far.
CONC
Can refer to either Concentrate (a Barbarian attack skill) or
Concentration (a Paladin aura). Neither is seen very often: Concentrate is
a mid level Barbarian attack that is not used by the Barbarian mercenaries
(they are limited to Bash and Stun) and usually not by players either (they
normally stick with Whirlwind, Frenzy and Berserk). The Paladin's
Concentration aura is usually skipped because most Paladins aim for
Fanaticism instead. Nevertheless Concentration has its merits: it affects
party members fully (Fanaticism only gives full damage to the Paladin, and
half to his allies), and has a far longer range. In parties with two
Paladins, where one is already using Fanaticism, Concentration is a great
backup aura which will help increase damage even more. Add in a Desert
Guard mercenary with the Might aura and players will start causing damage
like never before.
COOKIE CUTTER
A generic term referring to a character that uses a specific powerful skill,
item and/or bug exploit to gain power very quickly. Examples from previous
versions of Diablo 2 are the Blood Golem/Iron maiden Necromancer and the WW
BARB (neither of which is as powerful as they once were). Current examples
include the BURIZON and the FW SORC.
CORPSE POPPING
The loss of currently equipped items upon dying, due to the fact that you
already have a corpse on the ground. This game mechanic is sometimes used by
malicious players to attempt to steal your items - they kill you, drop a
collection of mundane items on and around your corpse, then distract you with
attacks while you make a run for your corpse. The risk here is that you
accidentally pick up and auto-equip one of the mundane items just before
getting your corpse, in which case not all items from your corpse are
retrieved and it stays on the ground. If you are then killed, the items that
you did get from your corpse "pop" and can be stolen by the other player.
A simple way to prevent corpse popping is never to retrieve your corpse
"under fire". Make sure the other player is gone, or exit the game so you
can retrieve your corpse in peace.
CORRUPTION RIFT
The most famous hacked item on OPEN Battlenet, the Corruption Rift is a small
charm that adds 100% to MF and +7 to all skill levels. This is of course an
outrageous addition, especially since many players pack 20 or more of these
items and reach levels of power that are completely off the chart. The
Corruption Rift can only be created using an item editor - it is not part of
the actual game and can never be found legitimately. No charm in the actual
game, not even the largest ones, can add even +1 to all skills (the closest
thing is +1 to a particular skill tree).
COW RUN
A game with the specific intent to clear the not-so-secret Cow Level. This is
usually done in Hell mode, where the cows are worth a lot of experience and are
about the only monsters found without any kind of resistance. Cow runs are
especially easy to pull off for JAVAZONS, who can use the skill Lightning Fury
to kill off the tightly packed cows very quickly. Cow runs are to Javazons what
BLOODRUNs are to FW SORCS.
UPDATE: Bloodruns have lost popularity in favor of cow runs, and now virtually
every character class is seen fighting in the cow level rather than the bloody
foothills to gain experience. Javazons remain the true experts though.
CS
Short for Chaos Sanctuary, the final area of act 4, and the one where you will
fight Diablo. This is generally considered to be the toughest area in the game.
Even high level characters will think twice about going in here in Hell mode
without backup.
DEX
Short for Dexterity, one of the four primary statistics of any character. It
is particularly important to Amazons, whose bow and javelin damage is increased
by it, and Assassins, whose damage relies on both Dexterity and Strength.
DIMINISHING RETURNS
This refers to certain mods in the game making less and less of a difference
if you pile on more of it. Two examples are MF and IAS. The system of
diminishing returns also applies to nearly every skill in the game - the first
few points you put in a skill make more of a difference than the last few before
maxing it out.
DR
Damage Reduction, a modifier found on items that directly reduces physical
damage taken in combat. DR is generally much more effective than a high defense
rating, which merely reduces the chance to be hit and needs to be very high to
be of any use late in the game.
DUPE DELETION
The process of deleting duplicated items, as well as the original items that
were used to create dupes from. Blizzard has employed various methods to
delete dupes on the realms, with varying success. Currently (April 2002),
a method seems to be used that is very effective in detecting and deleting
dupes, even on characters that aren't actually being played at the time.
However, it seems that the Stone of Jordan is mostly immune to being deleted
because most originate from classic Diablo 2.
DUPING
Short for duplicating, duping is the practice of creating exact duplicates
of existing items through illegal means: by exploiting a bug or using a hack,
often a combination of both. Duping has always been around on a small scale,
however in January and February 2002 there have been two massive duping sprees
where easy and reliable methods to dupe items became common knowledge. The
end result was that many previously rare items were now very commonly found
in trades. Trading for a duplicated item is very risky because Blizzard uses
DUPE DELETION methods to track down and erase any duplicated items.
Unfortunately, there's no sure way to tell if an item is duped or not until
it actually disappears on you. The risk of an item being duped is infinitely
higher if it's a popular unique from v1.08 (such as Arkaine's Valor or the
Harlequin Crest) or a very rare and powerful item from v1.09 (such as the
Grandfather or Windforce).
Duping in any way on the realms is a violation of Blizzard's Terms of
Service and doing so may cause your account to be wiped or possibly even
your CD key to be banned. Blizzard first announced taking such measures in
March 2002, much to the relief of all legit players who grew tired of
seeing so many people around them show off their duped equipment.
ED
Enhanced Damage, a modifier on many weapons in the game. It is particularly
popular if found on Jewels, as socketing ED Jewels in a powerful weapon can
result in massive damage boosts.
ED can also mean Enhanced Defense (found on armor). This is not quite as
sought after as Enhanced Damage, though, since the difference a high defense
makes for your chances of being hit is quite ting, particularly
in Hell difficulty.
ETH BUG
This refers to a bug with the Eth rune. When socketed in a weapon, Eth is
supposed to lower enemy defense with 25%. What it does, however, is create
the 'Ignore Target Defense' attack, both against monsters and other players.
For this reason, many CCBs have an Eth rune in one of their sockets, allowing
their owners to hit opponents much more easily. It's certainly a lot cheaper
than using the rune which is *supposed* to give ITD, Jah.
The Eth bug has been around for many months, but has not been fixed so far.
FA
The Amazon skill Fire Arrow. A rather mundane and low-level skill which would
be of very little interest were it not for the FA BUG.
FA BUG
Fire Arrow is supposed to add a small amount of fire damage to a bow attack,
which is normally physical. Due to a bug, however, Fire Arrow also converts all
of the physical damage to fire damage. This means that if this skill is used
with a powerful bow, an Amazon can do massive loads of raw elemental damage,
making Fire Arrow a very popular skill to use against physically immune
monsters. Blizzard has confirmed this is a bug, however, and will likely
remove it in a future patch.
FLASHING
Commonly described in Paladin strategy guides, this refers to benefiting
from two auras simultaneously by switching at the right time. This
technique depends on the fact that an aura that affects the Paladin works
immediately (and is gone as soon as he changes it), but an aura used
against enemies takes a few seconds to activate, but also lingers for a
few seconds after the Paladin takes another aura. During those last few
seconds, the Paladin can take an aura that affects him and use it while
the enemy is still weakened. The most common auras to use this technique
with are Conviction (affects enemy) and Fanaticism (affects Paladin).
The Paladin can now hit the enemy with Vengeance, using the increased
attack speed Fanaticism gives, while still doing a lot of extra elemental
damage due to the resistance reduction effect of Conviction.
FO
Frozen Orb, the most popular cold spell used by Sorceresses. Some use it at
a low level to slow enemies down, then hit them with another spell such as
Nova, Firewall or Meteor. Others invest heavily in Frozen Orb and Cold
Mastery and use it as a primary attack spell. Either way, this is a skill
nearly every Sorceress has in her arsenal.
FOH/FOTH
Fist of the Heavens, the Paladin's primary ranged attack. Its relatively
low damage makes it somewhat ting as a PvM skill, but in duels,
Paladins specializing in Fist of the Heavens (sometimes jokingly called
fistadins) and Conviction can be powerful opponents.
FRENZY BARB
A Barbarian build relying on the skill Frenzy, which causes him to land
blow after blow very quickly. This is what most Barbarians wielding two
different weapons do (although some are WW BARBS instead). Nearly every
Frenzy Barb also has the skill Berserk to deal with physically immune
monsters.
FW
Firewall, the most damaging skill in the entire game. At a high level it
can span a large area and do massive damage to monsters foolish enough
not to run out of it. This skill is particularly popular in the Bloody
Foothills (so much that a specific build around this skill, the FW SORC,
exists). Outside this area the spell is less effective, but can still be
highly useful in party situations, where melee fighters keep the monsters
in one place.
FW SORC
A Sorceress build focused around the skills Firewall and Fire Mastery,
often with either Thunderstorm or Frozen Orb as a backup. These
Sorceresses are particularly effective in the Bloody Foothills and are
often found doing little else than BLOODRUNs. Some Firewall Sorcs,
however, have become quite creative at using their skill in other areas
as well.
GA
Guided Arrow, an Amazon skill which causes an arrow to hit an enemy
automatically. While powerful on its own, it becomes murderous in combination
with PIERCE due to the GA/PIERCE BUG. See also BURIZA.
GA/PIERCE BUG
Guided Arrow causes an arrow to automatically home in on and hit a monster,
while Pierce allows an arrow to pass through a monster, possibly hitting one
or more other opponents. These two skills are not supposed to work together,
but they do. This creates the bizarre effect of an arrow hitting a monster,
passing through, turning around 180 degrees, passing through again, and
so forth. Needless to say this is an extremely damaging move which results
in BURIZONs being the absolute masters of PVP, and doing very well in PVM
as well. Blizzard has confirmed that GA and PIERCE working together is a bug,
and will likely remove it in a future patch.
GC
Grand charm. Traders are lazy typers.
GF
The Grandfather, the most powerful unique sword in the game. It was never
a common weapon to begin with (at least not before the massive DUPING), and
still isn't the most popular sword around because CCBs have the potential to
be even more powerful than this unique, and are a little easier to come by.
HC
Hardcore, a game mode in which the death of a character means he or she is
gone permanently. This forces a player to be far more careful, invest more
points in Vitality, and cooperate with other players in situations where
a specific character type is not very effective. Some players consider
Hardcore to be a very thrilling and challenging way to play Diablo 2, others
think of it as masochism as characters can be lost just as easily to the
dubious efforts of a PK or due to internet latency. To them, the idea of
losing hours of work due to a fluke is not a very appealing idea.
HF
Holy Freeze, a Paladin skill which automatically freezes and slows down
enemies that come near, even those that are immune to cold or have the
"can't be frozen" mod (in the case of hostile players). This aura is
commonly used by Paladins in PVP. It is also used by some of the MERCs
hired in act 2 Nightmare, as well as the act boss in the second act,
Duriel.
HOW
Heart of Wolverine, a Druid minion that increases the damage of the
Druid and any nearby allies. Along with Oak Sage, another Druid minion
that increases everybody's life, HoW is the most party friendly skill
the Druid has. Which of the two is better (the Druid can only use one
at a time) is a subject of constant debate, although it is generally
agreed that Oak Sage is the preferable choice in hardcore games. The
third spirit minion of the druid, the Spirit of Barbs, is rarely used
at all.
HYBRIDZON
Amazon players soon discovered that JAVAZONs sometimes get into spots
where a bow would be handy, and BOWAZONs frequently miss the comfort of
the Javazon's Lightning Fury skill. Neither build requires a whole lot
of skill points, and so veteran Amazon players often make a build that
has the skills of both builds, creating the Hybridzon. The typical
Hybridzon is armed with a Buriza Do-Kyanon with which she uses Multishot
and Guided Arrow, and a Titan's Revenge on her secondary weapon tab for
Lightning Fury.
IAS
Increased Attack Speed, a mod found on many items that causes a character
to strike more quickly. Both for BOWAZONS and all kinds of melee characters,
this is a very important mod. Quicker attacking allows you get more damage
in over a certain timespan, reduces the chance that your attacks are
interrupted by monsters attacking you, and allows you to stunlock opponents,
preventing them from striking back. It is important to note that IAS suffers
from DIMINISHING RETURNS, so the difference between 0% and 30% IAS is greater
than between 60% and 90%.
IK
The Immortal King. This is usually used to refer to pieces of the Immortal
King's set, as in "I have IK Maul for trade".
IM
Iron Maiden, a nasty Necromancer curse that causes anybody who deals physical
damage to take physical damage in return. Players get to deal with this
headache when duelling Necromancers in PVP, or when cursed by the Oblivion
Knights in act 4. Iron Maiden can kill high damage melee characters like
Paladins and Barbarians very quickly. One way to counter it is to use ranged
attacks, which are not affected by IM - for the Barbarian it is important to
note that Leap Attack is considered to be a ranged attack.
ITD
Ignore Target Defense. This is a modifier found on certain weapons which
effectively sets an enemy's defense to 0, upping your chance to hit them to 95%
under normal circumstances. However, this is still subject to decrease as a
result of a monster having a higher level than you, and it does not work on
enemy bosses of any kind. Some enemies, such as the Minions of Destruction,
also use ITD.
ITH ITEMS
The rage among less scrupulous players in v1.09, Ith items are essentially
hacked equipment on the closed realms. They are created by making a runeword
in an item, then using a third party hack to take the runes out again (not
normally possible). The end result is that the bonuses of the individual
runes are gone, but the other runeword bonuses remain, and the sockets are
free to be used a second time. After putting in powerful (usually duped)
runes and jewels again, this would create items much more powerful than
normally possible. The 'Ith' name is a result of the game being confused
about what runeword is being used here, it's sort of a default string.
The loophole used to remove runes has been fixed, and Ith items are
getting deleted gradually. They are still around, but not nearly as common
as they were at one point. Do not trade for one if offered, it's going
to disappear on you.
ITEM GRABBER
A hack that automatically picks up any magical, rare, set or unique items
dropped, before they even hit the ground. Variants of this hack apparently
still work even in the latest version of Diablo 2, and are sometimes used on
the supposedly hack-free online realms. Needlees to say the use of such a hack
is cheating, and highly annoying to party members who only want a fair shot at
getting part of the loot. Use of an item grabber is against Blizzard's terms
of service and if found out, may result in reprimands.
JAVAZON
An Amazon build using Javelins as her main weapon, usually in combination with
the skills Plague Javelin and Lightning Fury.Previously, Javazons were an
underdog used only by advanced players looking for a new build. However, the
expansion has introduced the highly powerful unique Titan's Revenge, which has
made the Javazon far more viable. Nearly every Javazon found online uses this
awesome weapon.
LAGSTER
A mocking name for Lister the Tormentor, the boss of the Minions of
Destruction, because his appearance causes a massive lag burst.
LC
Large charm. Traders are lazy typers.
LEB
Lightning Enchanted Boss. Lightning Enchanted is a nasty mod found on some
bosses which causes them to releaselightning bolts whenever they take damage.
This can be devastating to melee characters who have to stand right next to
them to hit them. Lightning Enchanted is nastyenough on its own, but in
combination with Multi Shot it turns into the killer MSLEB.
LL (or LS)
Life Leech, or Life Steal. Both terms refer to the same thing: a mod found
on many items which heals lost hit points based on how much physical damage
you deal in combat. For instance, with 5% life leech you regain 5 lost hit
points for every 100 points of damage you do. It is important to note that
this does not work on all monsters (skeletons, for instance, can not be leeched
from) and that it only applies to physical damage.
LOD
Lord of Destruction, the Diablo 2 expansion set.
LOH
Laying of Hands, the most popular pair of gloves in the game. Among some other
useful mods, it massivelyincreases the damage done against Demon type monsters,
which includes all the act bosses. This makes the Laying of Hands particularly
useful for MEPH and BAAL RUNS. Laying of Hands is part of the "Disciple" set.
MAPHACK
A hack which reveals the entire map to the player and also adds extra
information such as the location of monsters, other players and items. In
addition it gives maximum light radius and removes all weather effects.
Unlike most hacks, this one even works on closed realms and is often used by
MEPH RUNNERs to make things easier and quicker. Many players feel that Maphack
bestows an unfair advantage, however, and consider the use of it to be
cheating. Whether or not that is true, using it is certainly not condoned by
Blizzard, and involves another risk at well: many of the versions of Maphack
downloadable on the Internet have had keyloggers added which will help the
hacker who added it to steal your account.
NOTE: since I do not condone the use of maphack, any E-mails requesting for
a safe link to download it will be ignored. You will likely find a similar
attitude on the GameFAQs Lord of Destruction board, so I wouldn't ask there
either.
MARTYR
A somewhat rare Paladin build which relies on the use of Sacrifice, a skill
that greatly boosts damage, but deals a bit of damage to the Paladin as well.
When used in combination with Fanaticism, Sacrifice can deal massive damage
comparable to that of Charge, but much quicker. The downside of this build
is that it deals physical damage only, and that massive life leech is needed
to prevent the Paladin from killing hims 8% on Normal, and 16% on
Nightmare and Hell. Generally the Martyr is just not as effective as either
the ZEALOT or the AVENGER, and is only played by Paladin experts who want to
try something different.
MEPH RUN
A game with the goal to kill Mephisto, usually on Nightmare or Hell. These
runs are popular because Mephisto drops good items, is relatively easy to
kill, and can be reached very quickly. Most characters can do Nightmare Meph
runs in mere minutes. Hell Meph runs are more hazardous because there are many
powerful monsters in the area around him, but can still be done very quickly
by Sorceresses using Teleport or Barbarians using Leap Attack (either skill
can be used to get past groups of monsters without a fight). Many MEPH RUNNERS
make use of MAPHACK to be able to do their Meph Runs even quicker.
MEPH RUNNER
A character specifically intended to do (usually Hell) MEPH RUNS with. These
characters are almost always Sorceresses, using Teleport to get to Mephisto
quickly and Frozen Orb to kill him. The purpose of these characters is to
gather rare and valuable items to use on other characters, trade with other
players, or even sell on EBay for real cash.
MF
Magic Find, a mod found on many different items which increases the chance
to find magical, rare, set or unique items as opposed to normal or socketed
ones. It is often hoarded by MEPH RUNNERS to increase their chances of finding
good items. Many characters have both standard combat gear and MF equipment,
switching to the latter only when they are trying to find good items (MF gear
tends to be less effective in combat). Particularly Sorceresses and Barbarians
are popular MF characters: Sorceresses because their skills are deadly even
without any combat equipment, and Barbarians because they can dual wield
weapons with high MF values such as the Gull Dagger or the Blade of Ali Baba,
and have the skill Find Item which basically gives them a second chance at
a good drop whenever they take down a boss. Once Magic Find goes beyond 110%,
it suffers from DIMINISHING RETURNS, however more MF is always better than
less.
ML (or MS)
Mana Leech or Mana Steal. Both terms refer to the same thing: a mod found
on some items which helps recover spent mana based on how much physical damage
you deal in combat. For instance, with 5% mana leech you regain 5 mana points
for every 100 points of damage you do. It is important to note that this does
not work on all monsters (skeletons, for instance, can not be leeched from)
and that it only applies to physical damage. Many melee characters rely
exclusively on mana leech to be able to keep using their skills, and do not
invest in Energy at all.
MOD
In lowercase letters, 'mod' refers either to an enhancement on a boss or an
item, or to a patch used to modify the game in single player mode for a new
gaming experience. (AR is a popular example of the latter.) Spelled as MoD, it
refers to the Minions of Destruction, a group of very quick and powerful
monsters fought just before the final confrontation with Baal. They are feared
not only for their quick movements, ITD and high damage, but also for the
high latency their appearance tends to cause online and/or on low-end systems.
MR (or MDR)
Magic damage reduction, a mod found on many items. It reduces the damage any
magical effect deals to you by a set amount. For spells which linger for a
while, such as Firewall and Meteor, this applies every second. In previous
versions of Diablo 2 it applied to every frame, which resulted in even a few
points of MR significantly reducing or even eliminating the damage from
frame-based spells, including Diablo's lightning hose.
MS
Multi Shot, a property found on some bosses which causes them to fire whatever
projectile they might use multiple times with every ranged attack. This is
generally not such a dangerous mod, except when seen in combination with
Lightning Enchanted. The combination of these two results in the feared MSLEB.
MSLEB
Multi Shot, Lightning Enchanted Boss. A boss on Nightmare or Hell that spawns
with both of these modifiers is easily one of the worst monsters you will ever
encounter. Due to Multi Shot, the boss releases far, far more lighting bolts
than he normally would whenever he takes a hit. Furthermore the bolts are
closely stacked, which means you typically get hit by many at once,
particularly at close range. An unlucky melee character can easily be killed
at full health from only a single hit. MSLEBs tend to slaughter parties,
particularly careless ones.
MULE
A character specifically made to hold spare items in his inventory and stash,
either until a character intended to playing can put them to use, or to be used
in trading. The process of bringing items found by playing characters to mules
is known as MULING.
MULING
Bringing one or more items to a character specifically created to hold them:
a MULE. This is common practice with online players who always have less stash
space than they seem to need. There are three common muling methods:
1. Muling alone. The player creates a passworded game and stays in it for at
least five minutes, then drops the items he wishes to transfer and leaves. Due
to him having been in at least five minutes, the game will stay up for five more
minutes even without any players in it. This gives the player the time to log on
with his mule and reenter the game, picking up the items he left.
This method is somewhat risky because disconnections, time outs and other nasty
surprises can result in the game being wiped or the player being unable to log on
in time, resulting in the loss of the items.
2. Public muling. The player joins a game where other people are playing, finds
a safe spot where nobody is likely to stop by, drops his items, logs off and
quickly brings in his mule to retrieve the items. This is a very risky method of
muling, as you cannot be sure the game will still be up when you return (or,
even more frustrating, full), and if another player comes across the items you've
dropped, chances are he'll take them. This risk can be reduced by finding a good
spot to drop the items to be muled: towns are bad spots, but deep inside large
open areas (like the deserts in act 2) or optional dungeons are typically good
places. Of course the mule needs to have the proper waypoints to actually reach
the equipment you left for him!
3. Muling with a friend. This basically involves starting a game with somebody you
know and trust, giving him your items, leaving the game, coming back with your mule
and getting your items back. Needless to say doing this with a stranger is a naive
and risky move, but if you frequently play with friends you can rely on each other
for absolutely safe muling. Even if a disconnect occurs, your friend will still
hold the items he took from you so he can give them back to you in a different game.
MUTING
A commonly used reprimand by Blizzard against people attempting to scam
accounts or generally creating havoc in chat channels. When muted, a player can
no longer chat or send private messages, they can only talk in games. In
particular, this makes setting up trades next to impossible as this is
usually done outside games.

NECRO
Short for Necromancer, one of the character classes in the game. The general
impopularity of the Necro, caused by several NERFs over time, has resulted in
no particular builds having become famous.
NERF
The term commonly used for the downgrading of a skill or item in Diablo 2.
Nerfing is Blizzard's usual response to skills or items which turn out to be
overpowered. This is much to the dismay of players who have built characters
based on these skills/items, and see their hard work being destroyed overnight
because suddenly they deal only half the damage they used to. As a result,
every patch results in at least some players complaining.
NM
Short for Nightmare, the second difficulty mode out of three. Normal and Hell
are not normally abbreviated, Nightmare is. Diablo 2 players tend to be lazy
typers.
NRG
Short for Energy, one of the four primary statistics of any character. It
is particularly important to characters who use mana-eating skills regularly
and cannot leech it back in melee combat. Particularly Sorceresses and
Necromancers need to build up their Energy.
OPEN
Refers to Open Battlenet, as opposed to the CLOSED REALMs. Characters created
to be played in single player mode and/or TCP/IP can be taken to Open
Battlenet as well, and can be played there. The disadvantage of Open, however,
is that because characters and equipment are stored locally, many people use
character and item editors to create ***ly characters with hacked, overpowered
equipment. It gets a little frustrating to try and play a legitimate character
when you are surrounded by cheaters, which is why most online players choose
to play on the realms instead.
PALLY
Short for Paladin, a popular character for use in parties because his
beneficial auras help party members in addition to himself. Paladins have had
their skills strengthened and weakened a lot over the various patches.
Currently the Paladin is considered one of the more challenging classes to
play - while powerful, he is forced to engage in melee to be truly effective,
and has no good way to deal with large groups of enemies. Physically immune
enemies can be a pain for him as well, hence the AVENGER build.
PERSONALIZED
An item which has had the name of its owner added to its name, which is the
reward for one of the quests in Act 5. Personalization does nothing except
adding the name, and is therefore a rather mundane quest reward. Furthermore
personalized items may be worth less in trade to those who do not wish to have
to look at another player's name on their item. Because of this, and the fact
that a very tough opponent needs to be defeated to finish the quest, many
players skip it.
PI
Physical Immune, a boss mod which results in complete immunity to any physical
attacks. Magical damage (raw magic, poison or one of the three elements) is
needed to damage these enemies. Physically immune enemies are of no concern to
Sorceresses but can be a real pain for melee characters. Some monster types
found in act 5 spawn with physical immunity by default in Hell mode, resulting
in entire packs of these annoyances.
PIERCE
An Amazon skill which allows her arrows and javelins to pass through an enemy,
possibly hitting one or more foes behind him. This skill is great for crowd
control. It comes by default on the unique crossbow BURIZA, which is one reason
for it being as popular as it is. See also GA/PIERCE BUG.
PINCERS
Cleglaw's Pincers, a commonly found and rather mundane set item except for the
fact that one of the modifiers behaves strangely. It is supposed to slow a
target by 25% upon hitting. When used in combat against other players, however,
it first negates any faster walk/run mods and THEN slows the target even more;
some people have also reported that it stacks, causing further hits to make
you slow down to a crawl. Amazons, in particular, can exploit this to severely
slow down an opponent in PVP and get an easy kill in. For this reason Cleglaw's
Pincers are generally considered unfair to use in duels. It is unclear whether
the way the slowdown effect on Cleglaw's Pincers works is a bug.
PINDLESKIN
A super unique monster at the entrance to Nihlathak's temple in act 5. There
would be nothing particularly interesting about him, except that on Hell mode,
he is capable of dropping items in the weapon lvl 90 and armor lvl 90 classes,
something which even Baal cannot. For instance, many of the items in Griswold's
set are in these classes.
Because Pindleskin is very easy to get to after completing the third quest of
act 5 (a portal from town will lead directly to Nihlathak's temple) and
because his potential to drop unique items is a little better than normal
because he is a super unique monster, Pindleskin is a popular target for item
runs, particularly for players who are after one of the select few items that
Baal cannot drop.
Pindleskin is not the only one capable of dropping items that Baal can't.
Three other super uniques in act 5, namely Thresh Socket, Snapchip Shatter
and Frozenstein, have the exact same drop odds that Pindleskin has. However,
since Pindleskin is only a stone's throw from Harrogath using Anya's portal,
he can be killed quickest of all. His odds of coming up with set or unique
items are far worse than those of act bosses. Above all, Pindleskin runs
take a lot of patience.
PK
Player Killer (the person), or Player Killing (the action). This refers to the
act of seeking out and killing other players in regular games, as opposed to
PVP, which is mutually consenting duelling. Particularly in hardcore PK'ers
are considered a menace. Nevertheless Blizzard has willingly included the
option to kill other players as a design feature and has so far been unwilling
to add any protection in the form of hostility needing to be mutual to allow
players to attack each other, or placing a "no PK" option on a game when you
create it.
PLAYERS X
A powerful command available in single player mode, that allows a player to
simulate having more players in a game. That means more items are dropped and
monsters give more experience, but they also have more hit points. This command
can be used to create a more challenging game, but it also allows a player to
do more level building than usually possible on single player, which is
especially useful late in the game.
To active the command, simply type the chatline 'players X', without the quotes,
where X may be any number between 2 and 8. For instance, to simulate 8 players
you would type:
players 8
The game gives no confirmation of any kind that the effect has taken place,
however you'll soon notice the difference if you come out of town. Note that
using the players X command in the middle of a game works, but it does not
affect the monsters already on screen or close to you.
PVM
Player vs Monster, the way most people play the game. This is done either
solitarily or in parties with other players.
PVP
Player vs Player, aka duelling. This refers to two (or more) players fighting
each other. This is different from PK in the sense that both players agree to
the duel in this case. Duels generally follow a set of rules, which include
no potion using, no running into town, and sometimes, no use of certain items
like the PINCERS and no use of mercs. Many players build characters
specifically intended for duelling. The BURIZON is probably the most powerful
duelling build currently in existence, followed closely by certain types of
Sorceress and Barbarian.
RANGER
An interesting Paladin build using a bow. Some of the Paladin's skills, most
notably Fanaticism and Holy Shock, work remarkably well with bows, making
this build somewhat viable. They are not as powerful as BOWAZONS or more
classic Paladin builds like the ZEALOT or the AVENGER, but for an alternative
build, they are surprisingly capable.
REALM
Any of the servers on closed Battle.net, where characters and items are stored
on the server and cheating is far less common than on OPEN. Currently there
are six realms in existence: USWest, USEast, Europe, Asia 1, Asia 2 and Asia 3.
Interestingly Asia 3 has only existed as long as the expansion has, and as a
result no SOJ ECONOMY exists there. Rather, runes are the currency on that
realm.
RES
Resistance, a mod found on many items. Resistances help to reduce the damage
taken from fire, cold, lightning and/or poison attacks. This is particularly
important in Nightmare and Hell mode, where the innate resistances of your
character are reduced well below zero and elemental attacks can cause massive
damage if you do not find the right equipment to counter this.
ROLLBACK
This is restoring a database to the state it was in at an earlier time. For
Diablo 2, this can mean that several hours or even days of realm play are
"reset" and everythins is returned to what it was like before. This is an
extreme measure that has been taken in the past to fix severe realm bugs or
duping. Since a rollback cancels everything that happened in the meantime,
there is always somebody who found a great item or levelled up their
characters a lot, and will not be amused when all that progress is gone.
Hence, rollbacks are rare.
SC
Small charm. Traders are lazy typers.
SCAM
A generic term referring to tricking other players. Most commonly seen in the
online community are ACCOUNT SCAMs and TRADE SCAMs.
SHAKO
A certain type of elite helmet. When people mention "the Shako", they
typically refer to the highly powerful (and rare) unique Shako known as
Harlequin Crest. This is widely acknowledged to be the best helm in the game,
but few players actually have one.
SILKS
Silks of the Victor, a powerful but affordable suit of armor that, among other
things, improves a character's mana leeching. Not many suits or armor exist
that have this mod. It is a particularly popular armor for AVENGERs who need
all the mana leeching they can get.
SINGING BARB
An alternative kind of Barbarian who does not use his weapon in combat, but
relies exclusively on various War Cries. Unlike other Barbarian builds,
singing Barbs (also known as BARDs) require a vast supply of mana. If that
can be provided, they are surprisingly effective.
SKILL BUG
A bug exploit that flared up in February/March 2002. It involved using a
BUGGED ITEM to decrease your dexterity stat below zero, after which it was
possible to boost your skills up indefinitely. The result was people with
ridiculous skill levels (up in the thousand rather than the normal maximum
of 20) running around creating havoc in Hell games: Sorceresses with Charged
Bolts filling the entire screen, Paladins with a Holy Fire that clears out
the entire Cow level within three seconds of him entering the portal,
Barbarians with a Battle Orders giving you six digit hit points, et cetera.
The exploit has been fixed by Blizzard and as bugged items are getting
deleted, the skill bug is fading again.
SMITER (or SMITADIN)
An interesting Paladin build based on the skill Smite, which uses the Paladin's
shield to attack. While normally low in damage, Smite can be powerful if used
with the right shield (the class-specific Paladin-only shields in the expansion
can do good damage) in combination with the skill Holy Shield which boosts
Smite damage. The true power of Smite, however, lies in the fact that it
automatically hits and stuns the target. Smitadins are sometimes seen in PVM
as well as PVP, and while they are rare, the players who use them claim they
are highly effective.
SOJ
Stone of Jordan, the most famous unique from classic Diablo 2 which continues
to have a great impact on the expansion. Back in previous versions, it was
possible for a high level player to use a gambling trick to collect these
useful rings at a steady pace.
SOJ ECONOMY
This refers to the Stone of Jordan being the currency in many high-level
trades in Diablo 2 and the expansion. Previously, when they could still
be obtained easily in gambling, many high level players had a good stock of
these. Now, however, they are much harder to come by, and the stock decreases
for various reasons while unique and set items become more and more plentiful.
The unfortunate result is that there is massive deflation and many items
previously worth X SoJs don't even fetch a single one anymore. Nevertheless
many players persist in using the SoJ as currency, even though it has already
become one of the most valuable items in the game. This has made trading
harder than ever.
UPDATE: massive DUPING in January and February 2002 has increased the number
of SoJs on the realms immensely. Furthermore, it seems that because most
SoJs originate from classic Diablo 2, they are immune to the DUPE DELETION
methods Blizzard employs to fight duping. As a result SoJs have become much
more common than before, and inflation was the direct result. After the two
duping sprees, the SoJ's value was back at where it was when LoD just came
out, and many items have gone up in SoJ value.
SORC
Short for Sorceress, one of the game's character classes. In the early days
of the expansion this was the single most commonly seen character, but when
people started to discover the potential of the Buriza Do-Kyanon, the BURIZON
became very common as well.
SP
Single Player. Refers to playing alone with a locally stored character, as
opposed to a character stored on a closed realm. Single player mode means you
will not be able to party up (except on Open Battlenet or in TCP/IP games) and
makes trading non-existent, but it eliminates the issue of lag and gives you
access to the powerful PLAYERS X command.
SPEARAZON
An Amazon relying on the use of spears in melee combat. This was once a
popular build due to the skill Jab being bugged - it allowed them to use even
the slowest of weapons at an awesome pace, stunlocking single opponents and
leeching life by the bucketful to survive against enemy groups. When Jab's
speed bug was fixed, the Spearazon sort of faded away, and is now rarely
seen. Nearly every Amazon in existence is either a BOWAZON or a JAVAZON.
SPEEDZON
One variation of the BOWAZON, the Speedzon strives to achieve the fastest
attack speed possible with her bow. This is done by using one of the fastest
bows in the game (ideally Windforce, though most have to settle for cheaper
ones) and a lot of equipment with Increased Attack Speed mods. The ultimate
goal is to achieve the maximum possible bow fire rate, which allows one arrow
to be fired every 7 frames. Once every 8 frames is more common, though.
Speedzons avoid using the BURIZA, which is powerful but much slower. Many of
them have become Speedzons because they feel using the Buriza is cheap,
and want to try something different.
STR
Short for Strength, one of the four primary statistics of any character. It
is particularly important to characters who use melee weapons. Normally it
is built up to match the requirements for whatever equipment the character
intends to use at a high level. For Paladins and Barbarians this tends to be
far higher than for Necromancers and Sorceresses.
TANKAZON
An interesting Amazon build meant specifically to perform TANKING for
another character. These Amazons typically have damage reduction gear and
invest heavily in the three passive dodging skills (Dodge, Evade and Avoid)
to allow them to survive close encounters. Some of them even use one handed
melee weapons and shields, which is of course against the default nature of
the Amazon.
TANKING
Getting up close to a monster, keeping it in place so that long distance
attackers can strike it safely. For instance, in COW RUNs, it is common
for tough Paladins or Barbarians to get up close and keep the cows from
overrunning the Sorceresses and Javazons that fight from a distance. A
character used for tanking is also referred to as a tank.
Tanks are often mentioned in Sorceress guides, since a Sorceress is much
more effective if she doesn't have to back off all the time. With a good
tank (for instance, a Barbarian mercenary or a tough party member), she
is much more effective because she can spend all of her time casting
spells rather than running to create more distance.
TCP/IP
An online game session in which one player hosts and other players join his
IP address. This allows players to play together online without using
Battlenet. Locally stored characters can be used to play on TCP/IP, and as
such it is not cheatproof per sé: however TCP/IP games are usually played
among trusted friends. This is the preferred mode of play for players who
wish to be able to play with their friends, but also want to be able to
play the same characters offline.
THROWING BARB
A Barbarian build using Double Throw and Throwing Mastery to cause as much
damage as possible from a distance. This was perhaps inspired by the Ancients
in act 5, as one of them uses Double Throw and actually does a lot of damage.
Nevertheless, throwing barbs used by players can only deal physical damage and
typically do not last in late Nightmare and Hell. They are somewhat effective
in PVP, though.
TRADE HACK
An old hack which has recently become more popular. It allows a malicious
player to pretend he's

[Nex]

What about
PVP
PVM
PVE
GG
ect...

[Blue]

PVE? Remember, I need you to tell me what it means. I may not remember everything.

[SilverTears]

PvE means Player vs. Environment, mostly used with games like WoW or Everquest... etc

Just to add on, according to wiki, PvE is basically the same thing as PvM; it doesn't necessarily mean it has to do literally with the Enviroment, but it is basically like the storyline of the game/the aspect of the game that doesn't have a player pitted against another player. ~jedi

[The Mob]

i think SS is used mainly for stormshield, and not spirit shield
jube = full rejuvenation potion
*** = potion (mana/health)
NK = naked kill
TP = townportal (lol.. i dont think people are that dumb and dont know this)

ill think of some more later

[Shift]

tppk
gd
pk

[BewarethePhoenix]

I thought Tmight was in reference to Templar's Might. I could be mistaken.

[FraterPerdurabo]

Well, you should categorize them into certain criteria, i.e. game mechanics, items, trade, monsters, etc. Right now it's just a jumble of words. But good work thus far : )

[Jammer74]

What about when someone says they have GG hammerdin,or GG pally gear?
Whats gg mean?

[Bent]

ty soo much for posting this, helps alot

[SilverTears]

What about when someone says they have GG hammerdin,or GG pally gear?
Whats gg mean?

gg means good game, normally when people say stuff like that it usually means they have a godly char

[Exorcise]

I interpret GG and GFG differently.
GG = god's gift
GFG = gift from god

[Blue]

Updated. Added some sections to put them under, added some in general, changed others.

Is there anything else I should add or modify?

And can someone verify this

I thought Tmight was in reference to Templar's Might. I could be mistaken.

[Pamela]

Very nice Blue! You have put some effort into this and made it not only informative in categorizing terms.But also in asking for suggestions and revisions,thus making your efforts interactive.Very smart on your part and I will add to your rep.

As for TP,in my FFXI game it mean Total Power you accumulate for getting off a powerful WS (weapon Skill)

[Tap]

i went ahead and added
Fg

[Blue]

i went ahead and added
Fg

Thanks Tap and Pamela.

To make it more readable I added two more categories. Trade Associated and Characters.

[Ares]

If your going to make a guide, do it right. Go back in and add all of the items. After that I think its done.


P.S
Gloves: Mages
add those :)

MISC, RINGS: Bk

add that too.

[Arc]

missing dungos for belts and tgods as well as tstrokes and titans

[FraterPerdurabo]

Areas:
CS
WSK

Oh and add "Dudu" for Druid : )

There are loads of abbreviations missing from that link, just work on this thread for a little longer.

[Blue]

Areas:
CS
WSK

Oh and add "Dudu" for Druid : )

There are loads of abbreviations missing from that link, just work on this thread for a little longer.

No idea what CS and WSK are, but I went and added them, along with some of my own.

I also recently added enemies.