Moba Terms

What is Moba?

The term Moba is short for Multiplayer Online Battle Arena. It is known as online multiplayer battle arena in Turkish. Moba is the name given to a subgenre of strategy games in which characters with unique abilities are controlled by the players and developed throughout the game. The first game in the moba genre was released by the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis producer company in 1989 and the name of the game is Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. Later, with the development of technology, moba-type games started to attract more attention of players. League of Legends game, which is very popular around the world, was released on October 27, 2009. Dota 2 game was released on July 9, 2013. League of Legends and Dota 2 games are pioneering games that have proven their success in the world. Some of the games in the moba genre are listed below as examples.

• Awesomenauts
• Battlerite
• Dota 2
• Heroes of Newerth
• Heroes of the Storm
• League of Legends
• Paragon
• Smite

What are Moba Terms?

With the increasing popularity of moba-type games, moba terms have emerged. These terms, usually produced by players, have become part of the game. Players in the game often use these terms. People who want to progress and achieve success in moba games should be familiar with these terms. Moba terms and their explanations are given below under headings.

Zoning

The term zoning is often used in moba games. The meaning of this term is to constantly attack players who want to enter a certain area. This action can be used to secure targets or prevent opponents from gaining experience.

Wombo Combo

The combination of two or more abilities to destroy opponents is called a Wombo Combo. In team battles, awesome Wombo Combos can be created with characters' ultimates. With the combination of abilities, very high damage is done.

Ward

It is the name given to the item that should be used frequently in moba games. This item, which is Turkish totem, provides vision to the team on the map for a certain period of time. In this way, it is possible to be aware of the opposing team.

Utility

The term utility is the name given to features or abilities that provide a benefit to the team without being offensive. Examples of this are movement speed increases and healing abilities.

Ultimate

The term Ultimate is the name given to each character's strongest ability. Since they are the strongest abilities, their cooldown is also quite long.

True Damage

Term for True Damage is real damage. This damage has nothing to do with magic and attack damage. It is the name given to damage that cannot be mitigated by armor and other defensive items. It can be defined as the damage done directly to the enemy.

Tank

The term tank is the name given to the role of characters with high defense stats in moba games. Tank characters are often known as the vanguard of the war. Players with this role must withstand the attacks of the enemy team.

Steal

The term steal is often used in moba games and is to steal in Turkish. When a player from the opposing team tries to kill the neutral monster and earn money, another player gets that money. Usually in moba games, the reward from neutral monsters is determined on the last hit.

Snowball

The term snowball means using another advantage to secure an advantage. The term snowball is often used for players who have become too strong and become bigger and stronger over time, like a snowball.

Silence

The term Silence is the name given to the act of preventing enemy players from using spells or abilities for a short time.

Shop

The name given to the place where players buy items to improve their characters is known as the Shop. Players can buy items from here or earn money by selling purchased items.

Scaling

The term scaling indicates how well a character's attack or defense stats increase.

Squishy

The term squishy is often used against defenseless enemies with low health.

Skillshot

The term skillshot means manually specifying the direction of the ability to inflict damage to the target.

Root

A form of crowd control that traps enemy units for short periods of time is called Root.

Roam

A roam is an action that is often done in the early game to help out teammates in order to gain an advantage or potential gank.

Push

Push is the term given to the action of advancing minions and corridors in order to defeat a tower or another enemy target in Moba games.

Poke

The term poke is the name given to the act of harassing an enemy player with long range attacks.

Ping

The term ping has two different meanings in moba games. The first meaning is to send notifications to the map in order to communicate with teammates without writing. The second meaning is the name given to the unit of measurement of the time that occurs between the actions of the player and the facts in the game.

Minions

The term Minions is used for creatures that come out of the teams' base and move through the lanes. In some cases, the term "farm" is also used with the same meaning.

Map Control

The term Map Control is a term often used in moba games. It is the name given to all actions such as checking the views in the enemy team's area and clearing the enemy view in the friendly team's area.

Last Hit

Killing an enemy, minion, or monster with the final blow. Because in moba games, most of the prizes usually go to the player who took the last hit.

Kite

The term kite is often used more for characters with ranged attacks. It is the name given to the action of damaging the enemy from a safe distance by constantly moving away from the enemy.

Ability Power (AP)

The term Ability Power is a term more commonly used by mages. One of the damage types, AP, is heavily used by mages.

Ability Damage(AD)

The term Ability Damage is generally used more by warriors and marksmen. Also, in general, characters' flat-hit damage depends on their AD damage type.

Carry

The term carry is a concept used for a person who carries a team on his back throughout the game. Generally, the term carry is used for characters with high magic damage or marksman characters.

Bait

Actions made to lure enemy players into a disadvantaged position are called bait.

Base

The term given to the place where players must return to regenerate life and buy items is base. In most moba games, it is not necessary to walk to return to the base, instead the "b" key is used.

Backdoor

The term backdoor is the name given to the act of finishing the game by sneaking into the enemy base while the rest of the team distracts the enemy.