Glossary

Ability Point: A point to assign to one of your hero’s abilities to learn or upgrade it. Each ability may be upgraded to level 4, except the Ultimate which caps at level 3.
Armor: Increases resistance to physical damage. Each point of Armor will increase your effective health against physical damage by 1%.
Attack Speed: Increases how quickly your hero uses consecutive basic attacks. Very important as it multiplies damage output by attack damage heroes.
Baldir: Neutral boss objective in the top half of the map. Defeating him will earn your entire team significant gold and experience.
Brawlers: Common soldiers of each team’s army. They spawn in waves at set intervals. Delivering the killing blow to Brawlers is the primary source of gold and experience income.
Build: A specific set of choices for your hero’s progression, usually encompassing item, ability, and playstyle decisions.
Call Missing: Communicating with your teammates that an enemy in your lane has gone missing in action. This will alert them to a potential surprise attack.
Carry: Common term used to refer to a player making extraordinary contributions toward his team’s chances of winning.
Cindara: Angelic guardian of the Sentinel Krytos. The most powerful neutral objective, defeating her will grant you control of Krytos.
Components: Basic building blocks purchased to combine into items. Components that build into an item may be customized by Crafting.
Courier: Each player has an invulnerable personal courier to automatically deliver purchased items.
Crux: The central structure of each team’s base. It has built-in attacks to defend itself. Destroy the enemy Crux to win.
DPS: Acronym for Damage Per Second, referring to a hero’s basic attack. A high DPS indicates that the hero is a large threat who utilizes physical damage.
Experience: Key progression resource that is earned by defeating enemies. It causes your hero to level up and become stronger.
Farm: Lingo for the act of collecting gold, usually pertaining to killing non-player units. Farming is very important, and key sources include Brawlers and neutral Monsters
Game of Resources: A game that revolves around the tension of collecting and exploiting resources. Video game economics.
Generators: The three eel-fueled buildings in a team’s base. Destroying a Generator will award your team massive amounts of gold and weaken the enemy Crux.
GPM: Acronym for Gold Per Minute earned during a game. It’s a gauge for your success and an indication of how strong a hero is, as gold translates into powerful items.
Health: When this reaches 0 your hero dies. Multiplies in effectiveness with Armor and Magic Armor.
Health Regeneration: The rate at which you regenerate Health. This is amplified while you’re out of combat.
Hotkey: A keyboard stroke which activates an associate ability or item. These can be customized, and are important for quickly performing desired actions.
Jungling: The practice of progressing from neutral monsters instead of lane brawlers.
Krytos: One of the Sentinels bestowed to the Keepers. Unleashed by defeating Cindara, he pushes down a lane and disables enemy defenses, opening up opportunities for engagement.
Lanes: The three paths that Brawlers traverse and each team has Towers placed upon. The three lanes are commonly referred to as Top, Middle, and Bottom.
Laning phase: The beginning period of the game during which players gain early progression in each lane.
Last Hit: Scoring the killing blow on enemy Brawlers to earn gold. A crucial skill to possess and develop.
Leveling Up: When you reach certain Experience thresholds, you will level up. The max level is 15, and levels take longer to gain the higher level you are.
Magic Armor: Increases resistance to magic damage. Each point of Armor will increase your effective health against magic damage by 1%
Mana: The capacity for you to use your abilities. Each ability will cost a certain amount of Mana, and you can not cast an ability without having the requisite Mana.
Mana Regeneration: The rate at which you recover Mana. This is amplified while you’re out of combat.
Map Objectives: Neutral objectives placed on the map that teams contest for control of. The two most important ones are Baldir and Cindara.
Neutral Monsters: Neutral units that both teams can kill for gold and experience. A great second option when lanes are exhausted or too dangerous to farm.
Observatories: Indestructible neutral watch towers which grant vision in a large radius. Temporarily gain control of one by walking next to it.
Out-of-Combat: In Strife, if you do not take or deliver damage or use abilities for a short period of time, you will be considered Out-of-Combat and receive bonus regeneration.
Power: Base attribute that increases the potency of basic attacks, abilities, and most items by 1% per point of Power. Orange text signifies a property that is enhanced by Power.
Pushing: The act of aggressively killing enemy Brawlers to force the point of engagement toward the enemy base.
Recipe: The "blueprint" for an item that combines the requisite Components and bestows the unique item effect.
RPG: Acronym for Role-Playing Game. These games typically feature a lot of progression in the form of levels or gear.
RTS: Acronym for Real Time Strategy, a genre of video games featuring top-down strategic gameplay and a lot of clicking.
Towers: Defensive structures that shoot nearby enemies. They will prioritize attacking enemy heroes who exhibit aggression towards you.
UI: Acronym for User Interface. The UI is rife with useful information to help you succeed in Strife.
Zone: The act of forcing enemies away from a key area by being imposing and threatening.
2-2-1: Shorthand description for sending 2 players top lane, 2 players middle lane, and 1 player solo bottom.