Glossary

This glossary is a listing of the most common Rift specific jargon. Definitions are sorted alphabetically in unabbreviated form. Use Ctrl + F to quickly navigate this page.


 * Absorb – A type of heal that protects health points from damage.
 * Add – When tanking, this refers to an additional enemy or pull.
 * Aggro – A level of importance a mob has towards a player. Tanks generally hold the most aggro. Aggro can also be used as a verb referring to an increase in itself.
 * Alternate Alt – A character a player has but doesn't play as often.
 * Ascended – the race of players in Rift. Lore.
 * Attack Point AP – Warrior gameplay mechanic that builds up during attacks, and is used up on finishers which deal heavier damage.
 * Attack Power AP – How powerful an attack is.
 * Area of Effect AoE – Skills that damage multiple targets within an area. Can also heal, buff, or apply other effects.
 * Artifact Artie Arty
 * Away from Keyboard AFK
 * Best In Slot BiS
 * Biology Bio
 * Bound
 * Bound to Account
 * Bound to Character
 * Break
 * Buff
 * Bursty
 * Channel
 * Chronicle Chron
 * Class
 * Cleanse
 * Client
 * Call of the Ascended Cota
 * Combat
 * Confuse
 * Consumable
 * Cooldown CD
 * Craft
 * Critical Crit
 * Crowd Control CC
 * Damage Dealer DD
 * Damage Per Second DPS
 * Damage over Time DoT
 * Debuff
 * Debilitate
 * Developer Dev
 * Dungeon
 * Daily Raid Rift DRR
 * Event
 * Experience Points XP
 * Expert
 * Feast
 * Focus
 * Game Manager GM
 * Global Cooldown GCD
 * Guard
 * Guild Master GM
 * Healer
 * Heal over Time HoT
 * Healing Per Second HPS
 * Hit
 * Hybrid
 * Incoming Inc
 * Instance
 * Instance Lock
 * Interrupt Int
 * Kick
 * Kill/Death Ratio KD
 * Knockout KO
 * Knockback
 * Lag
 * Level Lvl
 * Line of Sight LoS
 * Looking for Group LFG
 * Looking for Guild LFG
 * Loot
 * Loyalty
 * Main
 * Main Tank MT
 * Mastery
 * Melee
 * Meridian
 * Meter
 * Mitigate
 * Nightmare Rift NMR
 * Nuke
 * Off-GCD
 * Off Tank OT
 * Party
 * Patron
 * Pet
 * Planar Attunement PA
 * Prebuild
 * Premade
 * Profession
 * Pull
 * Push
 * Pure
 * Player versus Environment PvE
 * Player versus Player PvP
 * Que
 * Raid
 * Range
 * Rex
 * Rift
 * Resurrect Res, Rez
 * Rested Experience
 * Role
 * Roll
 * Salvage
 * Sanctum
 * Server
 * Shard
 * Shield
 * Snare
 * Soul
 * Soul Walk
 * Soulbound
 * Spell Power SP
 * Stealth
 * Storm Legion SL
 * Support
 * Tank
 * Target
 * Target of Target
 * Taunt
 * Telara
 * Tempest Bay TB
 * Threat
 * Transfer
 * Trade
 * Troll
 * Twisted
 * Want to Buy WTB
 * Want to Sell WTS
 * Want to Trade WTT
 * Wall
 * Wipe
 * Zone