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An uber list of abbreviations, acronyms, and other terms specifically related to Diablo III. Some common online chat/forum usage terms are included as well, since they are frequently asked about. Many terms are linked to articles that explain them in greater detail.

This list will grow greatly once the game is released and players start to create more short hand references.

• See the Diablo Glossary for a concise list of common Diablo III game terms/concepts, with links to full pages of info.
• See the uber list of Diablo II Abbreviations and Acronyms for a similar list of Diablo 2-exclusive terms.
  • This list does not contain terms that are specific to Diablo I or Diablo II and not Diablo III.

Numbers

• 1337 -- Leet as in 'leet speak'. Also "l33t." Originally meant as elite. Now usually used ironically.
• 10 chars - All posts made on the Diii.net forums need 10 characters to be able to be posted. If you see this, the poster is making up the numbers.
• 1H - one-handed weapon.
• 2H - two-handed weapon.

A

• A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 - Acts 1-5.
• AC - Armor Class. Also Defense.
• afaic - As far as I'm concerned.
• afaics - As far as I can see.
• afaik - As far as I know
• afk - Away From keyboard
• Alvl - Affix Level or Area Level.
• Aggro - An RPG term that describes who the monsters will attack first.
• Ama/Azn/zon - Amazon.
• Amu/Ammy - Amulet
• Andy - Andariel. One of the Lesser Evils. Act Boss of Act One in Diablo II.
• AoD - Area of Denial. The usual effect of an AoE spell, since it causes players to move out of the affected area, in effect denying them that portion of the screen.
• AoE - Area of Effect. A spell that targets an large area, dealing damage (or benefits) to anything in the vicinity.
• AP - Arcane Power, the Wizard resource that replaced Instability, which replaced mana.
• AR - Attack Rating.
• AS - Arreat Summit, the level or Battle.net's official website for Diablo II at Blizzard's site.
• ASAP - As soon as possible.
• Asn/asa/assy/sin - Assassin.
• ATM - At the Moment.
• ATMA - A Tenshi Muling Application, which is a single player muling utility, that includes a very useful drop calculator.

B

• B.net/Bnet - Battle.net. Blizzard's game server for Diablo II.
• B/O - Best Offer. Used in trading items.
• Baba/Barb - Barbarian.
• BB or bb -Short for Bye Bye
• BBL - Be Back Later
• BBS - Be back soon
• Big D/Big Red - Diablo (the big Prime Evil in person).
• BIN - Buy it now. A fixed price, no negotiation.
• Blk - Block.
• Blue - Used to refer to a post or comment from a Blizzard employee, based on their company color of choice.
• bm - Bad manners. Indicating a PvP ruleset.
• BoA - Bind on Account. Items that can be shared between different characters on an account, but can not be traded away from that account. See also BoE and BoP.
• BoE - Bind on Equip. Items that can not be removed without being destroyed once they are equipped. Only in Diablo III. See also BoA and BoP.
• Boost - also rush or turbo. To use a higher level character to help a lower level one advance very quickly through the game, usually in order to gain greater rewards at a later point.
• BoP - Bind on Pick-up. Items that can not be dropped or traded once they are picked up. Only Quest items will be BoP in Diablo III. See also BoA and BoE.
• Bp - Breakpoint. A general mark at which something improves further than before.
• Brb - Be right back.
• Brt - Be right there.
• Btc - Back to channel.
• BTS - Blizzard Technical Support.
• BTW - By the way.
• BvB - Barbarian versus Barbarian dueling.
• BvC - Barbarian v Caster (PvP).

C

• CB - Charged Bolt. Sorceress lightning tree attack skill.
• CB - Crushing Blow.
• CC - Crowd Control. Refers to skills that limit an opponent's ability to fight, such as curses or debuffs.
• CBF - Cannot be frozen.
• C/O - Current Offer. Used when trading different items.
• CD/CDam/CDmg - Cold Damage
• CE - Cold Enchanted.
• Cg/grats/gz - Congratulations.
• Chain - Skills that leap from one enemy to another.
• Chan? - Go to channel.
• Char - Character.
• chippies - chipped gems. These were useful in D2 for various cube recipes, but will probably be worthless in D3.
• CI - Cold Immune.
• CL - Chain Lightning. Sorceress lightning tree attack skill.
• Closed - Closed Battle.net. Online play with Battle.net-only characters.
• Clvl - Character level.
• CM - CM has multiple meanings in regards to gaming and Diablo games:
  • Community Manager (like Bashiok).
  • Community Member (like you!).
• CO - Current Offer, related to trading.
• Combo - A type of multi-hit Monk skill.
• Cool down -- A short duration of time during which a skill (or other game feature) can not be used again.
• Coop/Co-op - Cooperative play, playing with others in PvE mode.
• CP - Checkpoint. The save points reached at the start of most dungeon levels in Diablo 3.
• CR/CRes - Cold resistance.
• Crit - Critical hit or critical strike. A blow that deals double damage + other effects, depending on damage type. May occur with all damage types in Diablo 3, while it was only from physical damage in Diablo II.
• CRM - Colour Rune Mod - Single Player utility that turns runes any colour.
• CtC - Chance to cast.
• CTH - Chance to Hit.
• Cube - The Salvage Cube. Refers to the Horadric Cube in Diablo II.
• CU - Cursed, a debuff.
• Cya - See you.

D

• D - Diablo
• D2 - Diablo II
• D2C - Diablo 2 Classic.
• D2X - Lord of Destruction Diablo 2 expansion.
• D2M - Damage to Mana
• Dam - Damage
• DC (D Clone) - Diablo Clone.
• DD - Don't die
• Def - Defense
• Desynch - refers to desynchronizing with the server. That way, you appear to be somewhere other than your actual location on the opponent's screen. It is usually done by some form of very rapid movement. Note that instant movement (such as teleport) won't do this, and will in fact resynch with the server.
• DEX - Dexterity.
• DfA - Death from Above. Refers to spells that drop damage from the sky, like Blizzard or Arcane Torrent
• DL - deadline in a trade EG DL10 = 10 hours before close
• dii - , also Diii.net. Diabloii.net. Longest running Diablo fansite.
• diii, also Diii.net. A D3 reference and forum site.
• ding - Player announcing they've just leveled. (For the sound effect that's heard.)
• ding - Sound of a ring/amulet dropping. (Mostly used in Diablo I, where that sound was very distinctive and thrilling.)
• DIS - Desperately in search of
• Dmg - Damage
• DOH - Durance of Hate
• DOT - Damage Over Time.
• DPA - Damage Per Attack.
• DPS - Damage Per Second.
• DR (DR%) - Damage Reduced. Items with this mod reduce physical damage.
• Dropping (of items) - The act of entering a game to present any player in that game with items as freely given gifts, to be distributed among the players in the game as they see fit.
• DS - Deadly Strike.
• dupe - an item which has been duplicated.
• Durry - Duriel
• Dvd - Damage versus Demons.
• Dvm - Defense versus missiles.
• Dvu - Damage versus Undead.

E

• E-Peen - Short for "e-penis." A joking term that refers to a player's desire to show off the magnitude of their game accomplishments.
• ED - Enhanced Defense. A mod that increases defense on an item.
• ED/IAS - Enhanced Damage/IAS. Typically refers to a rare combination of mods on a jewel.
• EF - Extra Fast.
• eg - exempli gratia (Latin). Used to mean 'for example'.
• EIAS - Effective Increased Attack Speed.
• ENE (ENG. ERG) - Energy.
• ES (e-shield) - Energy Shield. Sorceress lightning tree defensive skill.
• ES - Extra Strong.
• ETF - European Trade Forum.
• Eth - Ethereal.
• exp - Experience.
• Eye (EoE) - Eye of Etlitch Unique Amulet.
• EZPK - easy player kill, killing another player usually by ambushing them.

F

• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions.
• FB - Fireball. Sorceress fire tree attack skill.
• FB - Fire Bolt. Sorceress fire tree attack skill.
• FBR - Faster block rate.
• FCR - Faster cast rate.
• FD (FDam, FDmg) - Fire damage.
• FE - Fire enchanted.
• FHR - Faster Hit Recovery.
• FI - Fire Immune.
• Flaming - Making a personal attack or insulting remark, intended to incite anger.
• Flavie - Single player reporting system that uses ATMA information and reports what sets/uniques/runes/gems the player has.
• Fpa - Frames per Attack.
• FPS - First Person Shooter, a game genre like Doom or Quake.
• FPS - Frames Per Second (command needed /fps).
• FR (FRes) - Fire Resistance.
• FRW - Faster Run/Walk.
• FT - For trade or Fast Trade (BIN) depending on realm.
• FTW - for the win.
• FWIS - For what it is worth.
• FYI - For your information.

G

• gfi - Go for it.
• gg - good game. Standard response to your opponent after a PvP duel. Can also mean "good gear."
• Gj -- Good job.
• Gl -- Good luck.
• Glass cannon - A character that is very powerful (cannon) but not very durable (glass). This term most often refers to mage characters who deal out huge damage but die easily.
• gosu - godly or awesome. Very good.
• Grail - players attempting to find at least one of every set item and unique item in the game. Usually associated with single player because of ATMA.
• grind - "Grinding" is an often-derogatory term for gameplay that requires much repetition of the same boring events. Diablo II's end game was chiefly comprised of grinding, such as Baal runs.
• grush - glitched rush, where an attempt to rush a low level character has gone awry.
• GS - Ground Stomp, A Barbarian skill.
• gtg - Good to go (or Got to go)

H

• H -- Hell. Third and last difficulty of Diablo 1 and 2.
• Hack -- (v) To cheat or use exploits in a game. (n) A program that enables such cheats.
• HC -- Hardcore. One death and game over.
• HCMTF - Hit Causes Monster to Flee.
• Honey pot -- A target (pet, minion, or player) set out to draw in the monsters so others can strike them freely. See aggro.
• Hork(ing) - Using the Diablo II Barbarian skill Find Item on monster corpses can yield items, dubbed horking for onomatopoeia reasons.
• Hot -- Warning that a portal or waypoint is dangerous to enter due to monsters crowding around the other end.
• HP -- Hit Points.

I

• i.e. - That is, for example. (id est in Latin).
• IAS - Increased Attack Speed/Initial Attack Speed.
• ID - Identify.
• IIRC - If I recall correctly.
• Ilvl - Item Level.
• IMHO - In my humble/honest opinion.
• IMO - In my opinion.
• Ind - Indestructible.
• Inv - Inventory.
• Ironman - A LotL-related play style that does not allow characters to return to town or interact with NPCs in anyway, other than as required to complete quests.
• ISO - in search of.
• ITD - Ignore Target's Defense.
• Item linking -- A system that provides stats and info about items in-game, enabling easy item display/discussion with other players. Hoped for[1] but not confirmed in Diablo III.

J

• j/k -- Just kidding.

K

• k - Okay.
• kk - ok.
• KA - Kick ass (very good).
• KB - Knockback.

L

• L - Ladder. (Usually seen in trade Forums).
• l337 - Elite.
• LAEK - Life After Each Kill. An item modifier added in Diablo III.
• LCS - The Lying Character Screen. The Diablo 2 Character window was notorious for displaying incorrect information. It's hoped the Diablo 3 Character window will be more accurate.
• LD - (LDam, LDmg) - Lightning damage.
• LE - Lightning Enchanted.
• LEB - Lightning enchanted boss.
• Leech - (noun) One who leeches. (Experience or items from other, more active players. Usually a derogatory term)
• Leech - (verb) Life or Mana steal via skills or items. Expected to be very rare for characters in Diablo III, thoguh monsters may employ it regularly.
• Leeching - Gaining experience by standing around and letting others fight (rather than actually playing the game).
• legit - legitimate item, not a dupe or a hack.
• LEM - Lightning Enchanted monster. This boss modifier is called Electrified in Diablo III.
• LHC - ladder hard core.
• LI - Lightning immune.
• LL - Life Leech.
• LLD - Low level dueling. PvP dueling characters at a pre-set level to limit their equipment choices and skill options. Also vLLD (very low level dueling), and mLD (medium level dueling).
• lmao - laughing my ass off.
• LoD - Lord of Destruction. The Diablo II expansion. Also referred to as D2X.
• LOL - Laughs out loud.
• LotL - Live off the Land. A play style in which characters use only items they find themselves in that game, and do not bring in any items from outside the game. Purists do not even use items bought from NPCs.
• LR - Lightning resistance.
• LS - Locust Swarm, a Witch Doctor skill.
• LSC - ladder soft core.
• LTB - Looking to Buy.
• LTT - Looking To Trade.
• Lvl - Level.

M

• Max - Maximum.
• MB - Mana Burn.
• MD (MDam, MDmg) - Magic Damage.
• Meat shield - A character or pet that fights at melee range and takes the brunt of the enemy attack. Also tank.
• Meph - Mephisto. Brother to Baal and Diablo and one of the three Prime Evils. The Act 3 Act Boss in Diablo 2.
• Merc - Mercenary.
• MF - Magic Find.
• MI - Magic Immune.
• MiC - Meet in Channel (also MiP).
• Min - Minimum.
• ML - Mana Leech. Unknown in Diablo III.
• MLD - Mid Level Duel. Characters used for dueling at a set maximum level to limit their skill and equipment use. See also vLLD and LLD.
• mlvl - Monster Level.
• MM - Magic Missile, a Wizard skill.
• Mod - Modifier. Adds a characteristic to an item such as a weapon or charm.
• Mod - Moderator. A member responsible for moderating a forum or channel.
• Mod - Modified game version of Diablo 2. (allowing varied game play of an old favorite)
• Moron - Merc or Mercenary. Also followers in Diablo III.
• MP - Multi-Player.
• MP - Mana Points.
• MPK - Mana per kill
• MR - Magic Resistant.
• MS - Multi -Shot. A mod available to boss monsters.
• msg - message.
• MSLE or MSLEB - Multi -Shot Lightning Enchanted. Extremely dangerous combination of boss mods in Diablo 2, prior to v1.10.
• Mules - characters used to store extra items
• Muling - moving items from one character to another for storage or onto a character to be used. Either mules or ATMA (D2 single player only).

N

• N00b - Newb. Nub. Newbie. Newcomer to the game. (generally used as an insult).
• nbd - No big deal.
• NDE - Near Death Experience (when a character JUST manages to escape a very dangerous situation).
• Necro - The Necromancer. Also "nec" and "nerco." A Diablo II character.
• Nerf - Generally refers to spells or weapons that have their effectiveness reduced in a patch.
• Newb - Newbie. Newcomer to the game. (often used as an insult).
• NG - New Game/Next Game.
• nking - naked killng. IE killing someone retrieving their body.
• NL - non -ladder (also NLSC, NLHC [see HC, SC#2]).
• NM - Nightmare. The second level of difficulty in Diablo 1 and 2.
• Nm (nvm) - Never mind.
• Norm - Normal. Usually refers to the first level of difficulty in Diablo II.
• No -Twink (Untwinked) - No-twink groups and players use and equip only what they find specifically with that character, rather than bringing in items, usually much higher level items, found by others.
• NP - No Problem.
• NPC - Non-Player Character.
• Nr=Nt or NRNT - No Response means No Thanks.
• NRG - Energy.
• NTC - No Title Char for acquiring SoJs in classic CS.
• NTPP - New Traders Probationary Period. See SPTF Rules for details.
• NYI - Not Yet Implemented

O

• OMG - Oh my god.
• Open - Open Battle.net. Online play with characters saved on your computer. Diablo 2 only.
• orgset - organ set.
• os - open socket.
• OT - Off Topic.
• OTF - Off-Topic Forum.
• OTOH - On the other hand.
• OW - Open Wounds (more used than 'wounds'). A Special Modifier in Diablo II that may or may not return in Diablo III.

P

• Pally - Paladin
• Parked/parking - having a monster follow you to a certain point and then runing away fast enough to leave it there
• PC - Price Check. This means they want to know how much something is worth.
• PD (PDam, PDmg) - Poison Damage.
• PDR - Physical Damage Reduction.
• pdsc - Poison damage small charm.
• perm - A purported way of making a duped item not *poof*. (Vanish as a dupe.) These were common in Diablo II, and were almost universally nonfunctional scams.
• perm a game- holding a Diablo II game open for five minutes so that the game remains alive even if all the players in it leave. Games must be "permed" before players can safely use them to mule.
• PG (PGems) - Perfect Gems
• pi - physical or poison immune
• PK - Player killing. Usually associated with ambushing players to kill them. A form of PvP not to be confused with dueling. PKing is not possible in Diablo III, since there is no PvP option in normal games.
• PKK - Player Killer Killer. A player who kills player killers.
• PMH - Prevent Monster Heal.
• poof - have an item disappear.
• Porter - Teleporting Boss.
• Pots - Potions.
• PR (PRes, PsnRes) - Poison resistance.
• Proc - "Process"/"Special Procedure. Means chance of a skill or item effect to be activated under certain circumstances.
• Psn - Poison.
• Purist - Characters who only use items they found themselves. No trading, transfering of items from other characters, or Magic Finding.
• PvE - Player versus Environment. Also PvM.
• PvM - Player versus Monster. Also PvE.
• PvP - Player v Player combat. Dueling. Not to be confused with PKing.
• PW - Password.

Q

• QFT - Quoted For Truth; what s/he said is correct.
• qlvl - quality level.

R

• r - Ready. This is the standard signal among players in a group before triggering a monster urn/shrine or entering a treacherous area.
• R/W - Run Walk
• Raid - A boss battle or other mission in an MMORPG that requires many (more than 10) players to defeat. There are no raid events in Diablo III.
• read - usually in trade games. e.g., "UM 4 read" means for details read the description
• Reagent -- An ingredient of some type required to perform an action. For instance, an identify scroll is a required reagent to identify an item.
• Rec - Recovery.
• Regen - Regeneration.
• Rejuv - Rejuvenation Potion.
• remora - Remoras are characters who attach themselves to more powerful characters, following them around and living on their scraps.
• Req - Requirement.
• Res - Resistance.
• rl - Real life (the messy and often unpleasant world found away from the computer screen).
• Rlvl - Required Level.
• RMT - Real Money Trading. Selling game items for real world cash money. Prohibited by Blizzard and generally frowned on by gamers.
• ROFL - Rolling on the floor laughing.
• RQ -Used to refer Hellforge quest.
• RtM - Read the Manual.
• run - To repeatedly kill the monster or monsters in a certain area in order to gain items or experience.
• Rush - Also turbo or taxi. To use a high level character to assist a lower level character(s) in moving quickly through the game.
• Rushing - A low level character getting pushed through levels of the game by a much higher level character, where the lower character could not play effectively alone.

S

• SC - Soft Core. Non-Hardcore characters.
• script - descriptions, usually in trade games, e.g., "UM 4 script" means for details read the description.
• S/E - Save and exit. Usually to avoid an untimely death. Considered poor form in some circles, usually Hardcore.
• Sec - Hang on a second.
• Self-found - An item a character or player found themselves and thus knows is legit.
• Single Pass - going through the game without re-running an area. Diablo III is designed (like WoW) to let characters achieve the highest possible level (60) from a single pass, rather than requiring grinding as D2 did.
• slivering - taking a monster down to the bare minimum of health without killing it. Usually done to switch to a magic find weapon for the kill, or to let another character get the last hit.
• Slow - Slows Target. Item mod that slows enemies.
• Slvl - Skill Level (or Spell Level).
• SoJ - The Stone of Jordan, a Unique Ring in Diablo II.
• Sorc - Also Soso, Sasa. Sorceress. D2 character.
• SP - Single Player. Usually refers to single-player mode.
• spdc - small poison damage charm.
• Spec - Spectral Hit.
• SPF - Single Player Forum.
• SPTF - Single Player Trade Forum.
• SPoints - Skill Points.
• S/S - Sword/Shield.
• SS - Stone Skin. Early Wizard skill. Now Diamond Skin.
• ST - Slow Time, a Wizard skill.
• Stam - Stamina.
• Storing - Transferring items from one in-game character to a character not in game.
• STR - Strength.
• Strat - Strategy.
• Synch - refers to synchronizing with the server, thus going back to normal. Can be done through instant movements (teleportation, waypoints, portals) to defeat a desynched state.
• Synergy - Skills that directly boost or are boosted by points in other skills. Very common in D2.

T

• Tank - A character or pet that goes toe-to-toe at melee range. Used as a noun or a verb. Also meat shield.
• TC - Treasure Class. Organizational system for item spawning.
• TE (Tele) - Teleport. A Wizard skill.
• tft or t4t - thanks for that or thanks for trade
• TG - Town Guarding. Hanging around outside town to kill anyone coming out. See PK. No longer an issue in Diablo III.
• thx - Thanks.
• tking - town killing.
• T/O - Top Offer. Used in trading items.
• TP - Trading Post.
• TP - Town Portal. Not included in Diablo III.
• Transferring - Interchanging items between characters, including activites referred to as muling, twinking and storing.
• Trolling - Making provocative, controversial or offensive remarks, intended to create a confrontational response. Usually found in forums.
• ttyl - Talk to you later.
• Twink/Twinked/Twinking - To give high quality items to new characters, usually other characters on your own account. Twinking is the process of doing this. Twinked refers to a character who has been so equipped. Twinking is most often done to brand new characters to make the leveling up process easier, but the term also refers to equipping high level characters with great items they haven't found themselves.
• ty - Thank you.
• tyt - Take your time.
• tyvm - Thank you very much.

U

• Uber -- Awesome, Ultimate, Elite. Often used ironically.
• UI -- User Interface. Also GUI, Graphical User Interface.
• Unid'd or Un'ID'ed -- Unidentified item.
• Untwinked -- Characters using only what they find. See twink.
• Uped (Up'd. Upd) - Upgraded version of the item. Achieved with the Horadric Cube. Normal ->Exceptional ->Elite
• USETF - United States East Trade Forum.

V

• Vanilla - Single Player term means without mods
• VIT - Vitality.
• Vlld - Also vLLD. Very low level dueling, usually level 9 in Diablo II. This greatly limits the skills and equipment that can be used, and simplifies the dueling experience somewhat. See also LLD and MLD.

W

• W8 - Wait.
• WB - Weapon Block. An Assassin Shadow Disciplines Skills.
• wb - Welcome back
• WD - Witch Doctor.
• Weap - Weapon.
• WiP - Work in Progress.
• Wiz - Wizard.
• Woot - w00t. Yippee!
• Wounds - Open Wounds.
• WoW - World of Warcraft. Blizzard's other RPG.
• WoZ - Wall of Zombies, one of the Witch Doctor skills.
• WP - Waypoint.
• WSM - weapon speed modifier or base weapon speed
• WTF - What the F***. What was that?! Or (US)West Trading Forum.
• WUG - "What you got?". Common B.Net Trade talk meaning "What do you have to offer?"
• WUW - "What you want?". Common B.Net Trade talk meaning "What do you want for that item?"
• WW - Whirlwind. A Barbarian combat skill found in Diablo 2 and Diablo 3.

X

• Xbow - Crossbow.
• Xfer - Transfer.
• XP - Experience.

Y

• y - Yes
• yw - You're welcome.

Z

• Zanmato -Using a VERY cheap skill to kill something.
• Zerk - Abbreviation for Berserk, a D2 Barbarian skill. There is no Berserk skill in Diablo III, though earlier in D3's development there was a Barbarian Berserker Skill Tree. There is a Berserker monster.
• Zombie bears - Amusing runestone effect possible in the Witch Doctor's Zombie Charger skill.
• Zon - Amazon, a Diablo II character.