Shadows of Summerset

Trial Term Definitions

A guide to the really weird things people say in complete seriousness during SoS Trials.

Trial Basics:

Term	Definition
Adds	Smaller, non-boss enemies.
Aggro	To "have aggro" is to be targeted by enemies; to "pull aggro" is to get the attention (and therefore be attacked) by enemies.
AoE	Area of Effect, usually a damaging attack. Enemy AoEs are by default a red area on the ground.
Don't Stand in Stupid	"Stupid" is the enemy AoE, by default a red area on the ground. Move out of these to avoid damage. This is not an insult directed at a person.
DOT	Damage Over Time, any damaging effect that continues to damage an enemy for a period.
DPS	Damage Per Second. DPS can either refer to literal DPS, the average amount of damage a character can output over a sustained period, or the DPS role, which is a character primarily devoted to dealing damage (as opposed to healing or tanking).
Facetanking	Ignoring a mechanic and taking the damage instead. The opposite of "Don't Stand in Stupid."
Focus	The primary target for DPS
HOT	Heal Over Time, any healing effect that continues over a period of seconds.
Kite	To lead an enemy or attack by running ahead of the attack, forcing the enemy to chase.
Kite Healer	A healer who stands well back of the group in order to be targeted by "furthest person away" mechanics. They will kite the attack by being highly mobile, and keep the effect away from the group.
Leroy Jenkins	To run into a fight before the group is ready. A bad thing. See here for the original meme.
Leroy Tankins	The battle cry of the enthusiastic tank.
Main Tank	The tank taunting the primary enemy.
Off Tank	The tank taunting the secondary enemy or adds.
On Tanks	Tanks may proceed whenever they're ready. The rest of the group should wait for the tanks to grab taunt before moving in.
Proc	An item ability that is triggered by something else. For example, a set that summons a Daedroth when you light or heavy attack.
Pull	To pull (verb) is to aggro or start combat with enemies. A pull (noun) is a group of adds that are fought together.
Stack	stand as close together as possible.

SoS-Specific Terms:

Term	Definition
Aussie Antics	Trials held during Australia prime hours (late night/early morning for North America) that tend to be less serious/more chaotic.
Bonk Bonk	The necromancer Colossus ultimate. The Colossus (any morph) applies Major vulnerability to enemies hit for 12 seconds. If there are multiple necromancers with a colossus ultimate in the party, they will coordinate their ultimates to minimize overlap between applications of Major Vulnerability. To do this, they announce "Bonk Bonk" in voice chat to inform the party that they are activating the Colossus. The Turning Tide set can also provide this debuff, so occasionally a non-necromancer will join in the Bonk Bonk. Bonk Bonk is more widely referred to as "Colo" outside SoS.
Doot Doot	War Horn ultimate from Alliance War Assault line. It increases the group's max magicka and stamina. The Aggressive Horn morph also increases the group's critical damage by applying Major Force for 10 seconds. Saying "Doot doot" in voice chat allows the coordination of War Horn between party members. Outside SoS, people usually say "War horn."
Hammerwall	the tradition of /hammerwall or /hammerlow the wall leading to the last boss of Maw of Lorkhaj
Jeffery/Geoffry	Daedroths summoned by Maw of the Infernal's proc ability
Three ultimate callouts	Bonk Bonk, Doot Doot, and Wubwub are for ultimates that have a group effect over a period of time. Other ultimates do not need coordinated, and therefore do not need a callout.
Timothy	Warden bears
Wubwub	Barrier ultimate from the Alliance War Support line. It provides a massive damage shield to nearby group members for 30 seconds. Saying "Wubwub" in voice chat allows the coordination of Barrier between party members. Outside SoS, people usually say "Barrier."

Trial Mechanics:

Term	Definition
Backyard	the area in the last boss of Maw of Lorkhaj where two members of the party must quickly find and kill shadows while the rest of the party engages the boss. In normal, this mechanic is often skipped.
Big Kitty/Buff Kitty	The large four-legged Khajiit in Sunspire. They have a jump attack with a strong knockback effect.
DDR	Dance Dance Revolution, or the phase of the fight against the final boss in Sunspire where multiple damaging area of effects will appear in patterns. Players must either find a safe spot or play DDR dodging the suddenly appearing AoEs
Don't Poop in Group	Several trials have a mechanic where a character is hit with a debuff and must "drop" it using the synergy key. Dropping it in the middle of the stacked DPS group is usually a bad thing. This is a mechanic in Rockgrove and Cloudrest.
Drive-By	A line AoE that will appear in Sunspire when the bosses are airborne. It cuts roughly down the center of the arena.
Grapes	The purple orbs that stun and explode in the final boss of Cloudrest
Pizza	The cone-shaped AoE in the final boss of Cloudrest that will transport players in or out of the portal, whether or not they want to go.
Portal Group/Portal Tank	the group that goes through the portal in Cloudrest or Sunspire
Safety Bush	Specifically, the bush the DPS group stacks on when fighting Lokkestiiz the ice dragon in Sunspire, so called because it is out of the area of the dragon's wing slaps and breath weapon. More generally, any specific point the group should stack on, also sometimes the "imaginary safety bush."
Sharing is Caring	An AoE effect that deals less damage the more people that are in it. Cloudrest and Sunspire both have this mechanic. One person will be targeted by the effect, and must stack with the group or take massive damage.
Tall Kitty	The unusually large two-legged Khajiit in Sunspire and Maw of Lorkhaj. They come in several flavors.

Trial Equipment:

Term	Definition
Ebon	Ebon Armory. Provides a bonus to max health for the entire group. Worn primarily in body slots by tanks. Ebon can be inconvenient on a weapon - even if both bars are Ebon, switching bars removes the re-applies the bonus, causing the group’s health to drop and then come back up.
Olo	Vestment of Olorime. Gives Major Courage to allies when casting abilities that leave an effect on the ground. Primarily worn by healers using ground-effect heal-over-time.
Rele/Relly	Arms of Relequen. Provides a stacking boost to damage for the wearer. A popular DPS set.
Sax	Saxhleel Champion. Provides Major Force to the group when using ultimate. Primarily a tank set.
SPC	Spell Power Cure. Provides Major Courage when over-healing. Often used instead of Olo by healers.
Worm	Worm's Raiment. Provides a bonus to magicka recovery to the entire group. Worn primarily by tanks.
Yol	Claw of Yolnahkriin. Possibly the #1 trial tank set. It provides a damage bonus (Minor Courage) to the entire group when the tank applies a taunt. It is primarily worn by the main tank.