How to play guide for Apex Legends/Game terms

This is a glossary of terms that the player may encounter in-game alongside other terms used by the community.

List of terms

ADS(ing)

Aim(ing) Down Sights; using the weapon's sights to increase accuracy.

AFK

Away From Keyboard; someone who has the game running but is not present to perform actions.

armor

Evo Shield, Body Shield.

bang

Bangalore.

barrel

Caustic's Nox Gas Traps.

batt

Shield Battery.

BH, blood

Bloodhound.

bubble

Gibraltar's Dome of Protection.

camp(ing)

Someone holding a position without moving much.

cat

Catalyst.

comm(s)

Communication(s).

CR

Either Charge Rifle or "cracked".

crack(ed)

Enemy lost his Shield health following an attack.

crafter

Replicator.

down(ed)

Bleeding Out, when referring to someone.

duo manning, 2-manning

Group of two players that queued together by joining the same party in the Lobby.

duo stack(ing), 2-stack(ing)

Group of two players that queued together by joining the same party in the Lobby.

DMG

Damage.

DPS

Damage per second.

flank(ing)

Attacking an enemy or enemy team from the opposite direction they're looking at.

flesh

Enemy lost his Shield health for some reason, or was cracked and received additional damage.

gibby

Gibraltar.

god spot

Either "heaven" or "rat spot".

god tier loot

• Very good loot.

ground loot

Loot that spawns normally and that is not in Replicators or Care Packages (like Supply Drop Weapons).

hard-focus(ing)

Someone whose current objective is eliminating a specific player no matter what.

heaven

Location that is normally unreachable without the use of Legends whose abilities can provide vertical direction, such as Horizon, Pathfinder, or Valkyrie.

high ground

Location located higher than another location. What players should look for every time a fight starts.

hori

Horizon.

hotdrop(ping)

Dropping in a highly-contested area of the map.

JM

Jumpmaster; someone assigned to initiate the drop sequence from the dropship at the start of the match.

knock(ed)

Entered the Bleeding Out state.

KP

Kill Point/s; refers to the number of kills and assists scored in a Ranked match, which impact the number of Ranked Points given at the end of the match.

krab

Kraber .50-Cal Sniper.

LL

Lifeline.

loot pool

The list of items a loot source can spawn.

low

The enemy is close to dying.

LTM

Limited Time Mode.

LTT

Limited Time Takeover.

MnK, M&K

Mouse and Keyboard; a type of video game input device.

MRB

Mobile Respawn Beacon.

nade

Grenade.

NC

Newcastle.

nofill(ing)

Turning "Fill Teammates" off, preventing matchmaking from adding randoms to the player's team.

noreg(ging)

Shots that visibly hit the target, but dealt no damage due to lag compensation.

oneshot, one, 1

Enemy is one punch (30 HP or less) away from getting downed/killed. Depending on certain weapon loadouts, enemy health may be higher (50 HP or less).

peter

30-30 Repeater.

PF, path

Pathfinder.

pill

Supply Bin.

pity match

Match granted by SBMM where enemies can be killed easily.

PK

Peacekeeper.

POI

Point of Interest; a named area of a map.

pred

• Apex Predator.

premade

Group of players that queued together by joining the same party in the Lobby.

pubs

Game modes that aren't Ranked.

push(ing)

Aggressively approaching the enemy team in order to quickly eliminate them.

q

A Legend's Tactical.

random

Someone joining the player's party because they were automatically added through matchmaking, due to the "Fill Teammates" option being turned on.

rat(ting)

Someone choosing the path of non-violence, hiding from visibility to get to the later rounds.

rat spot

Hiding spot of a rat, sometimes not intended by the developers to exist.

rev

Revenant.

roller

Controller; a type of video game input device.

rotating

Moving from the current location to another.

RP

Ranked Points; the number of points received at the end of a Ranked match, which contribute to increasing or decreasing a player's Rank.

RPM

Rounds per minute; a weapon's fire rate.

RPS

Rounds per second; a weapon's fire rate.

SBMM

Skill-based Matchmaking; a behavior added into Apex's matchmaking system in order to attempt to put together in the same server players whose performance in their most recent matches was similar.

swap(ing)

Replacing a Evo Shield / Body Shield with another one.

solo queue, soloq

Queuing for a game mode without any Lobby teammates, letting matchmaking create a squad with randoms.

tag(ged)

Someone under the effect of Sniper's Mark debuff.

third-party(ing), 3p

Attacking a squad who is already fighting another squad. The number increases (fourth, fifth, etc.) the more teams join the fight.

thirst(ing)

Finishing off a downed enemy rather than going after the rest of their squad.

trio manning, 3-manning

Group of three players that queued together by joining the same party in the Lobby.

trio stack(ing), 3-stack(ing)

Group of three players that queued together by joining the same party in the Lobby.

TT

Either Triple Take or Town Takeover.

TTK

Time to kill; how fast a weapon renders an enemy harmless, usually expressed in seconds.

ult

A Legend's Ultimate.

valk

Valkyrie.

watt

Wattson.

w-key(ing)

Aggressively approaching every enemy team in sight no matter what.