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* '''10 chars''' - All posts made on the [[Diii.net|Diablo.IncGamers.com]] forums need 10 characters to be able to be posted. If you see this, the poster This phrase is making up added to "yes" or "no" type replies to reach the numbersminimum length requirement.

* '''AR''' - [[Attack Rating]], a "to/hit" rating from Diablo 2. This game system did not return in Diablo 3. * '''AS''' - Arreat Summit, the Diablo 2 [[Arreat Summit|level]] or [[Battle.net]]'s official website for ''[[Diablo II]]'' at [[Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard's]] site. * '''[[AS]]''' - Attack Speed, a very popular item mod in Diablo III. A "trifecta" is an item with AS, [[CHC]], and [[CHD]]. Also called IAS (Increased Attack Speed, as it was called in Diablo 2.)

* '''Asn/asa/assy/sin''' - [[Assassin]], the Diablo 2 character.

* '''ATMA''' - [[ATMA|'''A''' '''T'''enshi '''M'''uling '''A'''pplication]], which is a single player muling utility, that for Diablo 2. It includes a very useful drop calculator.

* '''Baba'''/'''Barb''' - [[Barbarian]], Diablo 2 character who returns in Diablo III.

* '''bm''' - Bad manners. Indicating a [[PvP]] rulesetfrom Diablo 2 where such combat was ritualized and policed by players.* '''[[BoA]]''' - [[Bind on Account]]. Items such as the [[Hellfire ring]] that can be shared between different characters on an account, but can not be traded or given 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 Nothing in ''[[Diablo III]]''3 is designated as such. See also [[BoA]] and [[BoP]].

* '''[[BoP]]''' - [[Bind on Pick-up]]. Items that can not be dropped or traded once they are picked up. Only [[Quest]] No such items will be BoP are found in Diablo III. See also [[BoA]] and [[BoE]].* '''Bp''' - [[Breakpoint]]. A general mark at which statistical point when something improves further than before. Commonly seen in Diablo 2 since in the 2D game engine all actions were measured in frames per second.

* '''Bursty''' - This term refers to damage that is done in [[burst]]s, i.e. intermittent spikes of damage, rather than a steady output.

* '''CB''' - [[Charged Bolt]], a Wizard Sorc skill in from Diablo III. ({{iw|Charged_Bolt Charged Bolt}} was also {{iw|Sorceress Sorceress}} lightning tree attack skill in Diablo II, 1 and a spell in Diablo I as well2. They all worked basically The Diablo III skill [[Shock Pulse]] was originally named this before the sameskill title changed during development.)

* '''[[CC]]''' - Crowd Control. Refers to skills or effects that limit an opponent's ability to fightslow, snare, confuse, knockback, such as [[curse]]s or [[debuff]]sotherwise disable or slow targets.* '''CBFCC''' - Cannot be frozen[[Critical hit Chance]]. Also CHC.

* '''CD/CDam/CDmg''' - Cold Critical Damage, a much sought item mod in Diablo III. Also CHC, Critical Hit Damage.* '''CECD/CDam/CDmg''' - Cold EnchantedDamage in Diablo 2.

* '''[[Chain]]''' - Term for a spell or effect that leaps from or connects one enemy to another. [[Entangling Arrow]] and [[Locust Swarm]] are two typical Diablo III examples.* '''Chan?''' - Go to channel, a Battle.net 1.0 sort of chat feature.

* '''[[CHC]]''' - Critical Hit Damage. Also CC* '''[[CHD]]''' - Critical Hit Damage. Also CD.* '''chippies''' - chipped [[gems]]. These were useful in D2 for various cube recipes, but will probably be are virtually worthless very low level gems in D3Diablo III.* '''CI''' - Cold Immune. Diablo 2 term not currently relevant in Diablo 3.* '''CL''' - {{iw|Chain_Lightning Chain Lightning}}. Diablo II {{iw|Sorceress Sorceress}} lightning tree attack skill. Also used as a general term for chaining attacks.* '''Closed''' - Closed [[Battle.net]]. Online play with Diablo 2 designation for characters stored on the Battle.net-only [[character]]sservers and thus more secure.

* '''CM''' - CM has multiple meanings in regards can refer to gaming and [[Diablo game]]s:** '''A Blizzard "[[Community Manager]]''' " (like [[Bashiok]]).** , or to a "Community Member (," a Diablo player and fansite reader like you!).

* '''[[Collision]]''' -- A term that refers to objects that can not occupy the same location in a game. There is no player collision in Diablo III, which means that characters, minions, and their spells can not block each other from passing through even the narrowest hallways. Monsters do have collision though, and players can be stuck behind them, though some skills pass freely through any number of enemies.* '''[[Combo]]''' - A type of multiAn early term for the [[Spirit]]-hit generator [[Monk skillskills]], since they all hit three times in rapid succession.* '''[[Cool down]]''' -- Also "cooldown" or "CD." A short duration of time during which a skill (or other game feature) can not be used again. Using skills or other techniques to lessen or remove cooldowns is a common technique in Diablo III.

* '''CP''' - [[Checkpoint]]. The save points reached at the start of most dungeon levels in ''[[Diablo 3]]''. Players resurrect at their last checkpoint in case of non-[[Hardcore]] death.

* '''[[Crit]]''' - [[Critical hit]] or critical strike. A blow that deals double damage + other effects, depending on extra damage type. May occur with all damage types and a key/core gameplay element in ''[[Diablo 3]]''III, while it was only from triggering many [[physicalprocs]] damage . Crits in ''[[Diablo II]]''2 were always double damage and fairly uncommon.* '''CRM''' - Colour Rune Mod - Single Player utility that turns Diablo 2 runes any colourcolor to make them easier to spot when dropped during combat.

* '''Cube''' - The short-lived [[Salvage Cube]]in Diablo III. Refers Formerly referred to the {{iw|Horadric_Cube Horadric Cube}} in Diablo II.

* '''Cya''' - See you, a common casual online sign-off.

* '''D3''' - [[Diablo III]]* '''[[D3v]]''' - Diablo III vanilla; the first version of the game after launch. * '''[[D3C]]''' - Diablo III classic, the first version of the game after launch. It's not yet clear which term (or something else) will come into common usage to designate the pre-expansion version of Diablo III.

* '''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 caused by some form of very rapid character movement. Note that instant movement (such as teleport) won't do this, and will may result in fact resynch with the server[[rubber band]]ing.* '''DEX''' - Dexterity, one of the four [[attributes]] in all three Diablo games.* '''[[DfA]]''' - Death from Above. Refers to spells that drop damage from the sky, like [[Blizzard]] or [[Arcane TorrentAcid Cloud]]

* '''dii''' - , also Diii.net. [[Diabloii.net]]. Longest The longest running Diablo fansite, now covering Diablo III and located at Diablo.IncGamers.com

* '''DIS - Desperately in search of.

* '''DPS''' - [[Damage Per Second]], the common term for damage dealt in Diablo III.

* '''DS''' - Deadly Strike, a Diablo 2 double-damage effect similar to critical hit.

* '''Durry''' - Duriel, Diablo 2 Act Two boss and one of the Lesser Evils.

* '''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.

* '''ES''' (e-shield) - Energy Shield. Diablo 2 Sorceress lightning tree defensive skill.* '''ES''' - Extra Strong, Diablo 2 boss monster modifier.

* '''Eth''' - Ethereal, item type in Diablo 2.

* '''FB''' - Fireball. Sorceress fire tree attack skill.* '''FB''' - Fire Bolt. Sorceress fire tree attack skill.* '''FBR''' - Faster block rate, a Diablo 2 term.* '''FCR''' - Faster cast rate, a Diablo 2 term.

* '''FE''' - Fire enchantedEnchanted, a Diablo 2 monster modifier. Similar to [[Molten]] in Diablo 3.

* '''Flaming''' - Making a personal attack or insulting remarkin an online setting, such as a forum of comments or Battle.net chat, intended to incite anger.* '''Flavie''' - Diablo 2 Single player reporting system that uses ATMA information and reports what sets/uniques/runes/gems the player has.* '''Fpa''' - Frames per Attack.

* '''FPS''' - [[Frames Per Second]] (command needed /fpsin Diablo 2). Diablo 3 as a 3D engine does not run in frames.

* '''[[Glass cannon]]''' - A character that is very powerful (cannon) but not very durable (glass). This term most often refers to mage or archer characters who deal out huge damage but die easily.

* '''Grail''' - players attempting to find at least one of every set item and unique item in the game. Usually associated with single player Diablo 2 because of [[ATMA]] which allowed unlimited stash space..

* '''H''' -- Hell. Third and last difficulty of Diablo 1 and 2. Third of four difficulties in Diablo III.

* '''HC''' -- [[Hardcore]]. One death and game over.* '''HCMTF''' - Hit Causes Monster to FleeIntroduced in Diablo 2 and continued in Diablo 3.

* IAS - Increased Attack Speed/Initial Attack Speed. Often just "AS" in Diablo 3 terminology.

* '''Ind''' - Indestructible.Also "indy" or "indes."

* '''[[Item linking]]''' -- A system that provides stats and info about items inlong-game, enabling easy item display/discussion with other players. Hoped foranticipated[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-on-item-sharing-in-parties/] but not confirmed system that provides stats and info about items in-game, enabling easy item display/discussion with other players. Enabled in Diablo IIIthrough Battle.net chat. 

* [[LAEK]] - [[Life After Each Kill]]. An item [[modifier]] added in Diablo IIIthat awards a set amount of life for each monster killed.* [[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.

* '''[[Legacy]]''' - Legendary items found prior to v1.04. Legacy [[Legendary ]] and Set items generally have much worse stats than the current later versions.

* '''LEM''' - Lightning Enchanted monster. This A variation of this [[boss modifier]] is called [[Electrified]] in Diablo III.

* '''LoH''' - Life on Hit, an [[item]] [[modifier]] that grants [[health]] on X amount of hit points with every strike.

* '''MB''' - Mana Burn.* '''MD''' (MDam, MDmg) - Magic DamageDiablo 2 monster modifier.

* '''MiC''' - Meet in Channel (also MiP). Obsolete in B.net 2.0.

* '''ML''' - Mana Leech. Unknown in Diablo III, though many other methods exist to rapidly refuel resources.

* '''Mod''' - Modified game version of Diablo 2. (allowing varied game play There are no players mods of an old favorite)any kind allowed in Diablo 3.* '''Moron''' - Merc or [[Mercenary]]. Also Called [[follower]]s in Diablo III.

* '''MR''' - Magic Resistant.* '''MS''' - Multi -Shot. A mod available to boss monstersin Diablo 2.

* '''MSLE''' or '''MSLEB''' - Multi -Shot Lightning Enchanted. Extremely dangerous combination of boss mods in Diablo 2, prior to v1.10. No comparable creature exists in Diablo III.* '''Mules''' - characters used to store extra items. Necessary in Diablo II due to the huge variety of items and minimal stash space. Difficult in Diablo III due to the 10 character limt.* '''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).

* '''N00b''' - Newb. Nub. Newbie. Newcomer to the game. (generally Generally used as an insult).

* '''NDE''' - Near Death Experience (when a character JUST manages to escape a very dangerous situation). Diablo III may point this out with a Survival Bonus tooltip.* '''Necro''' - The [[Necromancer]]. Also "nec" and "nerco." A Diablo II character, seen in Diablo III as an NPC but often fan-requested as a new character in [[D3X]] or [[D3Y]].* '''Nerf''' - Generally refers to spells To make something in the game easier or weapons that have their effectiveness reduced in a patchless dangerous. Named from the foam-rubber toys.

* '''NM''' - Nightmare. The second level of difficulty in Diablo 1 , 2, and 23.

* '''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. See also [[Ironborn]].

* '''OW''' - Open Wounds (more used than 'wounds'). A [[DoT]] {{iw|special_modifier Special Modifier}} in Diablo II that is not found in Diablo III.

* '''Pally''' - Paladin, Diablo 2 character. Often rumored to return in D3X or D3Y.* '''Paragon''' - The [[Paragon]] level system was added to Diablo III in [[Patch 1.04]]. It added 100 Paragon levels that began after a character reached level 60. Each Paragon level provides +3% Magic and Gold find as a passive bonus, plus the normal attributes granted with a level up.* '''Parked/parking''' - having Leading a dangerous or inconvenient monster follow you to a certain point and away, then runing running away fast quickly enough to ditch it and leave it lost there, out of AI range from any players.* '''PC''' - Price Check. This means they want Players may request this to know how much something find out what their item is worth, such as in the [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?177-Trade-Value D3TVF].

* '''PDR''' - Physical Damage Reduction.* '''pdsc''' - Poison damage small charm. A Diablo 2 charm.

* '''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, as non-permed games will disappear quickly after the last player leaves. * '''PG (PGems)''' - Perfect Gems, the 5th and highest level of gem quality in Diablo II.

* '''PKK''' - Player Killer Killer. A player who kills player killers, or at least tries to.

* '''poof''' - To have an item disappear.

* '''[[Proc]]''' - "Process"/"Special Procedure. Means chance of a [[skill]] or [[item]] effect to be activated under certain circumstances, often tied to [[critical hits]] in Diablo 3.

* '''Purist''' - Characters who only use items they found themselves. No trading, transfering transferring of items from other characters, or Magic Finding. See also [[Ironborn]].

* '''[[Reagent]]''' -- An ingredient of some type required to perform an action. For instance, an [[identify scroll]] is a required reagent to identify an itemin Diablo III. Generally called [[material]]s in Diablo 3.

* '''[[remora]]''' - Remoras are weak characters who attach themselves to more powerful characters, following them around and living on their scraps.

* '''RMT''' - [[Real Money Trading]]. Selling game items for real world cash money. Prohibited by Blizzard in Diablo II and generally frowned on by gamers. Allowed and officially endorsed via the [[RMAH]] in Diablo III.

* '''script''' - descriptions, usually in trade games, e.g., "UM 4 scriptscript2" means for details read the description.* '''S/E''' - Save and exit. Usually to avoid an untimely death. Considered poor form in some circles, usually especially [[Hardcore]].

* '''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 (roughly) a single pass, rather than requiring endless [[grinding]] to reach the higher levels, as D2 did. This changed considerably with the introduction of the [[Paragon]] system.* '''[[sliver]]ing''' - taking a [[monster]] down to the bare minimum of health without killing it. Usually done to switch to a into better [[magic findMagic Find]] weapon for gear before the kill, or to let another character get the last hit.

* '''Slvl''' - Skill Level (or Spell Level). Terms of no relevance in D3v.

* '''SoJ''' - The [[Stone of Jordan]], a Unique Ring introduced in Diablo II2 and which returned in Diablo III.

* '''SS''' - Stone Skin. Early name for the [[Wizard skill]]. Now now called [[Diamond Skin]].

* '''[[Synergy]]''' - Skills that directly boost or are boosted by points in other skills. Very common in D2, especially after v1.11.

* '''TG''' - Town Guardingin Diablo 2. Hanging around outside town to kill anyone coming out. See [[PK]]. No longer an issue in Diablo III.* '''TG''' - [[Treasure Goblin]], the harmless, maddening bonus monster in Diablo III.

* '''TP''' - [[Town Portal]]. Not included in Diablo III.* '''Transferring''' - Interchanging items between characters, including activites activities referred to as muling, twinking and storing.[[File:Rare-gloves3-300x276.jpg|frame|A [[trifecta]] on these billion gold gloves.]]* '''Trifecta''' - Refers to an item with critical hit damage, critical hit chance, and attack speed. Highly desired.

* '''Untwinked''' -- Characters using only what they find. See [[twink]]. Also [[Ironborn]].* '''Uped (Up'd. Upd)''' - Diablo 2 Upgraded version of the item. Achieved with the Horadric Cube. Normal ->Exceptional ->Elite* '''USETF''' - United States East Trade Forum.

* '''Vanilla''' - Diablo 2 Single Player term means without mods* '''VIT''' - Vitality, one of the four [[attributes]] in Diablo.

* '''[[WoW]]''' - [[World of Warcraft]]. Blizzard's ''other '' RPG.* '''WoZ''' - [[Wall of Zombies]], one of the [[Witch Doctor skills]], much more popular before release than afterwards.

* '''WSM''' - Diablo 2 term for weapon speed modifier or base weapon speed.

* '''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 Cultist [[Berserker]] monster.* '''[[Zombie bears]]''' - Amusing Powerful [[runestonerune]] effect possible in the [[Witch Doctor]]'s [[Zombie Charger]] skill.