Marvel: Avengers Alliance Terminology

There are terms in Marvel: Avengers Alliance that are used inside and outside the game, with various terms being used for faster communication on the game's community. Some terms are official to the game while others are unofficial. This is a list of all the terms and abbreviations in Marvel: Avengers Alliance and their corresponding definitions.

The list is arranged in alphabetical order. There are also existing terms specific to the Marvel: Avengers Alliance Wikia, and as such may or may not be official to the game.

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For example,  QS  will result to: QS

#.#

 * -Chapter Number-.-Mission Number- - refers to the Chapter and Mission in the game.
 * i.e. 1.4 means Chapter 1 Mission 4.
 * See also C#M#.


 * -Spec Ops Number-.-Mission Number- - refers to the Spec Ops and Mission in the game.
 * i.e. 9.2 means Spec Ops 9 Mission 2.

#.#.#

 * -Season Number-.-Chapter Number-.-Mission Number- - refers to the Story Mission's Season, Chapter and Mission in the game.
 * i.e. 2.1.6 means Season 2 Chapter 1 Premium Mission.

1HKO

 * One Hit Knock Out - refers to defeating opponents with only one hit.

A.R.

 * Official Abbreviation for Assault Rifle.

ACC

 * Accuracy - refers to the Accuracy attribute of Characters.

Ada

 * Adamantium League.png Adamantium League

AISO

 * Augmented Isotope-8 - used to enhance a hero's move set. Unlike the original Isotope-8, Augmented Iso-8 is similar to Empowered Isotope-8 and adds special effects when equipped.

AXL

 * Adhesive X Launcher

AFK

 * Away From Keyboard - may refer to Defensive Teams in PVP.

Agent Parking

 * The method to deliberately slow the Level growth of the player's Agent in order to play in a lower Level bracket in PVP with a higher handicap and consequently have a better chance to win. This is done by participating in Low XP Battles and letting the Agent die to get the minimum amount of XP possible.
 * Also known as Parking or Sandbagging.

AI

 * Artificial Intelligence - refers to everything computer-controlled including but not limited to Enemies, PVP Opponents and a player's Defensive team in PVP.

Alts

 * Alternate Uniform

AOE

 * Area of Effect - an action by characters in the game that targets All Enemies or All.
 * The Official Term for this in the game is All and All Enemies.

AoO

 * Army of One

Arc Reactor

 * Arc Reactor Charge

ATK

 * Attack - refers to the Attack attribute of Characters.
 * May refer to the Offensive boost given by Items transformed into Armory Bonus for PVP.
 * May refer to an Attacking Team in PVP.

Avoidance Effect

 * Avoidance Effect - effects that has a chance to avoid attacks, regardless of character's evasion and hit by a character's accuracy.

BB

 * Black Bolt Icon 1.png Black Bolt
 * Bashenga's Blade

BC

 * Black Cat Icon 1.png Black Cat

BK

 * Black Knight Icon 1.png Black Knight

Bologna Scroll

 * Scroll of Angolob

BotG

 * Blade of the Guardian/Gear

BSQS

 * Quicksilver Icon 2.png Blue Suit Quicksilver

BP

 * Black Panther Icon 1.png Black Panther

BW

 * Black Widow Icon 1.png Black Widow

C#M#

 * Chapter # Mission # - refers to a specific Mission in a Story Mission.
 * i.e. C7M3 means Chapter 7 Mission 3.

C&D

 * Cloak and Dagger

Cap A

 * Captain America Icon 1.png Captain America

CAP

 * Captain America Icon 1.png Captain America
 * Captain Britain Icon 1.png Captain Britain
 * Combat Acceleration Program

CB

 * Captain Britain Icon 1.png Captain Britain

CO

 * Chrono Overdrive/Gear

Colo

 * Colossus Icon 1.png Colossus

CP

 * Command Point. (See also Potkettleblack's blog about CP farming)
 * Cosmic Power

CQC

 * Close Quarters Combat

CR

 * Coulson's Revenge

CRB

 * Cosmic Ray Bomb

Crits

 * Critical Hit - refers to hits that deal more damage with the help of the Accuracy stat.

CSR

 * Captain America Icon 4.png Captain Steve Rogers

CT

 * Covert Task

CVE

 * Combat Validation Error - a kind of Error Message in the game that is used as a countermeasure for cheating players and hackers.

Cyke

 * Cyclops Icon 1.png Cyclops

D&R

 * Death and Rebirth

DD

 * Daredevil Icon 1.png Daredevil
 * Digital Decoy
 * Doctor Doom Icon 1.png Doctor Doom

DEB

 * Dark Energy Blade

DEF

 * Defense - refers to the Defense attribute of Characters.
 * May refer to the Defensive boost given by Items transformed into Armory Bonus for PVP.
 * May refer to a Defending Team in PVP.

Deep Fried Chicken

 * Deep-Field Cannon

DH

 * Daimon Hellstrom Icon 1.png Daimon Hellstrom

Doom

 * Doctor Doom Icon 1.png Doctor Doom

DOT

 * Damage Over Time - refers to Effects that cause damage over time.
 * The Official Term for this in the game is Damage Over Time Effects.

DP

 * Deadpool Icon 1.png Deadpool

DPS

 * Damage Per Second - refers to Effects that cause damage over time.
 * The Official Term for this in the game is Damage Over Time Effects.

Drop

 * Items that are dropped by opponents in the game.
 * The Reward Item in the Deploy, Incursion, Heroic Battle, Boss, or Epic Boss Rewards.

DS

 * Dark Sigil
 * Dr. Strange Icon 1.png Dr. Strange

EF

 * Emma Frost Icon 1.png Emma Frost

EISO

 * Empowered Isotope-8 - used to enhance the agent or a hero. Unlike the original Isotope-8, Empowered Iso-8 adds special effects when equipped.

EVA

 * Evasion - refers to the Evasion attribute of Characters.

Farming

 * Refers to the process of repeating Battles and Missions in order to accumulate more Items and Resources that are found on that Mission.

FF

 * Fantastic Four
 * Future Foundation

GBF

 * Girl's Best Friend

GBW

 * Black Widow Icon 2.png Grey Suit Black Widow

Gear Bonus

 * Gear Bonus - has a chance to provide a temporary boost to stats when attacking or attacked per amount of hits, only if an Agent or Hero has at least one Isotope-8 socketed.

Gen

 * Generalist

GG

 * Goblin Glider
 * Custom Goblin Glider

Ghost Tanking

 * Refers to an Agent serving as a Tank in a battle with the use of Effects that grant Phased or any similar effect to the Agent. This makes attacks miss the Agent, and becoming untouchable like a Ghost. The most popular Gear used when Ghost Tanking is Sinister Scepter and  Hoarfrost Mace.
 * As of the October 1, 2013 update, Phased characters can no longer protect, making this strategy obsolete.

GOTG

 * Guardians of the Galaxy

GR

 * General release
 * Ghost Rider Icon 1.png Ghost Rider

GSE

 * Golden Screaming Eagle

GTB

 * Golden Tyrant Blade

Haif

 * Iron Fist Icon 2.png Heroic Age Iron Fist

Herc

 * Hercules Icon 1.png Hercules

HM

 * Hoarfrost Mace

HIB

 * Heavy Ion Beam

HP

 * Health Points or Hit Points
 * Health - refers to the Health attribute of Characters.

HT

 * Human Torch Icon 1.png Human Torch

IF

 * Iron Fist Icon 1.png Iron Fist

IM

 * Iron Man Icon 1.png Iron Man

Imba

 * Imba
 * Imbalanced - refers to Imbalanced characters.

Inf

 * Infiltrator

Initiative

 * Increases the character's ability to take the first turn. This does not appear in-game but can be indicated.

IP

 * War Machine Icon 2.png Iron Patriot

IW

 * Invisible Woman Icon 1.png Invisible Woman

Juggy

 * Juggernaut Icon 1.png Juggernaut

KP

 * Kitty Pryde Icon 1.png Kitty Pryde

L1

 * Level 1 - refers to the Hero's Level 1 Ability. It is unlocked by default and is usually the first Ability.

L2

 * Level 2 - refers to the Hero's Level 2 Ability, unlocked at Level 2. It is usually the second Ability.

L6

 * Level 6 - refers to the Hero's Level 6 Ability, unlocked at Level 6. It is usually the third Ability.

L9

 * Level 9 - refers to the Hero's Level 9 Ability, unlocked at Level 9. It is usually the fourth Ability.

LC

 * Luke Cage Icon 1.png Luke Cage

Lewis

 * Lewis Automatic Machine Gun
 * Restored Lewis Automatic Machine Gun

MAA

 * Official Abbreviations for Marvel: Avengers Alliance

Maggie

 * Magneto Icon 1.png Magneto

MB

 * Mockingbird Icon 1.png Mockingbird

Metagame

 * A term used for most video games in which particular strategies are the most common. To go against the meta would be to use strategies that, while possibly effective, are not considered to be the best.

MF

 * Mr. Fantastic Icon 1.png Mr. Fantastic

MFG

 * Magnetic Field Generator
 * Custom Magnetic Field Generator

Momen

 * Momentum Generator

MM

 * Ms. Marvel Icon 1.png Ms. Marvel

NC

 * Nightcrawler Icon 1.png Nightcrawler

Nerfed

 * Nerfed
 * A term referring to the change in a character or a feature in the game, for reasons mostly partaining to how the character or feature have broken the game's balance. It is called a nerf as the change made to the feature or character has left a negative impact to the players that frequently use them.

NIN

 * Nanite Inductive Nailgun

Nix

 * Phoenix Icon 1.png Phoenix

OFK

 * Only For Killing
 * Custom Only For Killing

OHKO

 * One Hit Knock Out - refers to defeating opponents with only one hit.

OP

 * OP
 * Overpowered - refers to an Overpowered character.

OS

 * Omega Sentinel Icon 1.png Omega Sentinel

P.E.W.

 * Official Abbreviation for Personal Energy Weapon.

PestiBeast

 * Horseman of Pestilence (Alternate Uniform of Beast)

Pepsi

 * Iron Patriot (Alternate Uniform of War Machine)

PO4

 * Power of Four/Gear

P5

 * Phoenix Five

Parking

 * The method to deliberately slow the Level growth of the player's Agent in order to play in a lower Level bracket in PVP with a higher handicap and consequently have a better chance to win. This is done by participating in Low XP Battles and letting the Agent die to get the minimum amount of XP possible.
 * Also known as Agent Parking or Sandbagging.

PD

 * Playdom

PF

 * Phoenix Flare

Pinion

 * Phoenix Pinion

PP

 * Phoenix Pinion
 * Possessed Pistol

Proc Rate

 * Process Rate - refers to how often an effect activates in battle.
 * Proc is a Term Officially used in the game.

PVE

 * Player versus Environment
 * The Official Term for this is Story Missions.

PVP

 * Official abbreviation for Player versus Player.

QJ

 * Quantum Jumper

QS

 * Quicksilver Icon 1.png Quicksilver

Rulk

 * Red Hulk Icon 1.png Red Hulk

Rouge

 * Players who deliberately misspell Rogue's name. Apparently they like cosmetics.

RR

 * Rocket Raccoon Icon 1.png Rocket Raccoon

Ruta

 * Scroll of Rutamarroth

S.A.

 * Official Abbreviation for Side Arm.

SA

 * Second Amendment

Sandbagging

 * The method to deliberately slow the Level growth of the player's Agent in order to play in a lower Level bracket in PVP with a higher handicap and consequently have a better chance to win. This is done by participating in Low XP Battles and letting the Agent die to get the minimum amount of XP possible.
 * Also known as Agent Parking or Parking.

Santana

 * A misspell of Satana's name. Apparently they are hardcore fans of.

SB
Super Blade Punch

ST (Very Rare)

 * Sabretooth Icon 1.png Sabretooth

SG

 * Squirrel Girl Icon 1.png Squirrel Girl
 * Spider-Girl Icon 1.png Spider-Girl
 * Spider-Gwen Icon 1.png Spider-Gwen

SIIC

 * Stark Industries Isotope Cannon

Spidey

 * Spider-Man Icon 1.png Spider-Man

SOA

 * Scroll of Angolob

SOON

 * Scroll of Ocirebi Nomaj
 * A term very incorrectly used by Playdom to indicate that their content is upcoming.
 * i.e. Soon, Very Soon, Super Duper Soon, Extremely Soon.

SP

 * Stamina Points
 * S.H.I.E.L.D. Point.
 * Stamina - refers to the Stamina attribute of Characters.

SO

 * Special Operations

SpW

 * Spider-Woman Icon 1.png Spider-Woman

SS

 * Shatterstar Icon 1.png Shatterstar
 * Shepherd's Staff
 * Sudden Support/Gear
 * Sudden Support/Gear

Stam

 * Stamina - refers to the Stamina attribute of Characters.

Support

 * Characters whose specialty is to support the performance of their Allies in a Team.

SW

 * Scarlet Witch Icon 1.png Scarlet Witch
 * Spider-Woman Icon 1.png Spider-Woman (Sometimes SpW to distinguish from Wanda)

Tact

 * Tactician

Tank

 * A character designed to take high amounts of damage. These characters are usually distinguished by their high Health or Defense stats and usually have moderate-low damage output. Most tanks require Protect Effects to serve better as a Tank.

TCS

 * Transcranial Stimulator

Three Birding

 * refers to the method of fighting two Mini-Bosses and the Boss together in one battle.

TM

 * Taskmaster Icon 1.png Taskmaster( T ony M asters)

TOES

 * Techno-Organic Endoskeleton

ToT

 * Taste of Thunder

Trenches

 * Trenches - refers to the Tier 5 Agent Uniforms.

Two Birding

 * refers to the method of fighting the Mini-Boss and the Boss together in one battle.

UISO8

 * Unstable Isotope-8

UJ

 * Union Jack Icon 1.png Union Jack

UP

 * Underpowered

Valk

 * Valkyrie Icon 1.png Valkyrie

Vibra

 * Vibranium League.png Vibranium League

VvD

 * Doctor Doom Icon 1.png Doctor Doom

War Axe

 * Warbringer Axe

WCD

 * Weather Control Device

WCP

 * Phoenix Icon 2.png White Crown Phoenix

Whine

 * Complaining about things in the game. Mostly caused by the Nerf of a character or a feature.

WM

 * War Machine Icon 1.png War Machine

WNC

 * War Never Changes
 * Wonder Man Icon 1.png Wonder Man's Level 9 attack, Wonders Never Cease

Wolvie

 * Wolverine Icon 1.png Wolverine

WoM (to distinguish from War Machine)

 * Wonder Man Icon 1.png Wonder Man

Woods

 * Justin Woods - one of the publicly active Producers of Marvel: Avengers Alliance.

XAI

 * Xanthine Alkaloid Injector

MAA Wikia Terms
Terms that are mainly or exclusively used in the Marvel: Avengers Alliance Wikia.

5ele

 * User:The5elements - MAA Wikia Staff Member.

AGT

 * Template name shortcut for Ability and Gear Type.

AWC

 * A Wikia Contributor - Formerly Users writing on this wiki without being logged in

Beta

 * User:Betalille - Administrator of the MAA Wikia.

CoC

 * Code of Conduct

Cyrus

 * User:Cyrus Annihilator - Administrator of the MAA Wikia.

Dark

 * User:Dark M clowN - Bureaucrat and Administrator of the MAA Wikia.

Digo

 * User:Digopazdm - MAA Wikia Staff Member.

Bob

 * User:Docbobm - Administrator of the MAA Wikia.

EI

 * Template name shortcut for Effect Icons.

IIRC

 * If I Remember Correctly

IMHO

 * In my honest opinion

ISK

 * User:IronspeedKnight - MAA Wikia Staff Member.

JP

 * User:Jeripengu - Administrator of the MAA Wikia.

LH

 * Refers to a bunch of Losers

Ly

 * User:Lycentia - Founding Bureaucrat and Administrator of the MAA Wikia.

Kitten

 * User:Mckrongs - Founding Administrator of the MAA Wikia

Necro

 * The revival of a Forum thread that has been left without a message for long periods of time. In the MAA Wikia, a topic that has been left for more than a month is considered a Necro and results to a shutdown of said topic.

OP

 * Original Poster - refers to the Original Poster in a Forum Thread, a User blog or a User blog Comment.

PEBKAC

 * Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair (Operator / Human Error)

Pot

 * User:Potkettleblack - one of the first Bureaucrats and Administrators of the MAA Wikia

Reg

 * User:Regulus22 - MAA Wikia Staff Member.

Sam

 * Don't ask.
 * If someone asks you if you're Sam, it means that they suspect that you are a troll.

Shadow

 * User:Shadowhopeful - MAA Wikia Staff Member.

Shiz

 * User:Shizoida - MAA Wikia Staff Member.

TBD

 * To Be Determined

TOS

 * Terms of Service

TUB

 * Template name shortcut for Team-Up Bonuses.