All Terms

The critical 99% moment in KOTH/Flashpoint where a single contest call can force overtime and reset the win.

Two or more players take turns drawing aggro, scattering enemy aim and burning support cooldowns.

Holding a fixed frontline position as the formation's axis, letting teammates move freely around a stable reference point.

Landing Ana's Biotic Grenade or similar anti-heal on a key enemy to zero out their healing economy.

A composition built around peel — Brig, Lucio, etc. — that turns the enemy's dive into a one-way trip.

One player slipping behind enemy lines to touch or cap an objective while they focus on the fight.

A light pressure move to draw out enemy defensive cooldowns (Suzu / Lamp / Immo) before the real engage.

Forcing the enemy to spend an ultimate on empty space or a low-value target.

An engage triggered under Lúcio's Sound Barrier overhealth to nullify enemy burst damage during the approach.

Using your own hitbox to block an enemy sightline or path, absorbing damage or cutting off an escape route.

Instantly destroying Baptiste's Immortality Field turret to remove the protection and kill through what would otherwise be prevented.

Baiting out Kiriko's Suzu (invulnerability + cleanse) and then bursting through the window the instant it expires.

A defensive setup that protects a high-damage dealer like Bastion behind shields and defensive cooldowns, fortifying one position.

Choosing between a single large heal to pull an ally back from the kill threshold versus a steady trickle.

The attacking sequence of investing ultimates, cooldowns, or formation changes to force open a choke the defenders have locked down.

Control of the map's bottleneck — whichever team owns the choke point dictates the terms of the round's opening.

Landing a light debuff first to drain the enemy's cleanse (Suzu, Fade, etc.), then following up with the real payload.

Multiple players converging from different angles to instantly surround and eliminate one target.

The rock-paper-scissors relationship between Dive, Poke, and Brawl that shapes drafting decisions.

Deliberately surrendering the current point or map progress to reset at a more favorable position.

Staying on the objective under numerical disadvantage to stall the enemy's guaranteed progress or win.

Stepping onto a point the enemy controls in a Control map to halt their percentage gain and flip ownership to your side.

Tracking when key enemy defensive cooldowns (Suzu, Lamp, Fade) were used and when they come back.

Switching heroes to directly counter an enemy pick and nullify their advantage.

Using your own ultimate to directly nullify or cancel an enemy ultimate.

Two or more shooters hitting the same target from divergent angles so no single piece of cover blocks both.

The structural edge defenders hold through shorter respawn distance, known sightlines, and pre-held positions.

An ultimate used to save teammates and reset a losing fight rather than to secure kills — Transcendence, Sound Barrier, Tree of Life, and similar.

High-mobility composition that bursts down enemy supports and disengages immediately.

Tank repeatedly steps in and out to bait cooldowns and ammo without ever committing.

Initiating a fight intentionally without ultimates to force the enemy to spend one or more ults, rebalancing the economy even in defeat.

Positioning that forces the enemy to over-invest resources to secure a kill — making your death too costly to be worth pursuing.

Choosing to disengage from a stalled or losing fight in order to rebuild formation, cooldowns, and HP.

The race to reach the objective first at the start of a KOTH round or Flashpoint point opening, establishing early control.

Taking a secondary route to enter the enemy backline or blind spots.

A support pick like Ana, Zen, or Bap whose damage output, debuffs, or utility swing fights beyond healing.

Committing at least one player to touch the objective moments before time or overtime expires, buying one more fight.

Holding a defensive formation pushed into enemy territory to disrupt their regroup.

A forward respawn point that unlocks when the payload or team robot crosses a checkpoint, sharply closing the respawn gap.

Gaining damage or space uncontested because the enemy cannot fire back or use cooldowns.

A full-commitment peek that exposes the entire body to land damage — the opposite of a shoulder peek.

Tickling the enemy with damage to observe whether their supports react with heals — reading backline attention and resources.

Elevated map position offering downward sightlines, cover, and safe retreat — the foundation of most setups.

Sharing the target's remaining HP so the whole team knows the kill is one shot away — synchronizing the finishing burst.

A composition that blends elements of multiple archetypes rather than committing fully to Dive, Brawl, or Poke.

The player with final tactical authority in-game — setting the macro strategy and unifying all calls.

Separating one enemy from their team's heals and cover to force an isolated 1v1 situation.

Retreating while attacking to stay outside the enemy's effective range, whittling them down without committing to a static duel.

The final defensive stand on a Payload or Hybrid map, where the defending team's respawn advantage peaks.

Staggering defensive cooldowns across time instead of spending them simultaneously, sustaining the team through multiple burst windows.

Stepping into cover to break enemy sightlines, forcing a reset of incoming damage and lock-on abilities.

The distinction between the direct route to the objective (main lane) and the flanking or high-ground alternatives (flank lanes).

A support role — Lúcio, Mercy, Brig — focused on area healing, mobility boosts, and formation tempo rather than damage output.

Deliberately forcing a death — your own or the enemy's — to break a stalemate and reset the fight's momentum.

Controlling health pack pickups to cut off the enemy's passive recovery and force them into a sustained deficit.

Using the terrain's built-in walls, pillars, and obstacles as a base to hold position while minimizing exposure.

The stalemate phase where neither side commits, and both fight only over space, information, and cooldowns.

Outnumbering the surviving enemy (e.g. 5v4). The baseline from which all fight risk is calculated.

Solo position offset 60–120° from the main formation, enabling crossfire while taking minimal return fire.

Committing resources or position to a depth you can't retreat from, leaving no viable escape or follow-up.

Deciding whether to extend overtime with a touch or force the enemy off the objective to end it — a time-resource play.

Timing a peek to coincide with an enemy reload, spent cooldown, or diverted gaze — extracting value from the exact right moment.

Switching mid-fight focus to protect a backline ally from a diving threat.

Using the current KOTH percentage gap to decide whether to force a fight or stall — the KOTH equivalent of time-bank management.

A solo kill before or at the start of a fight that gives your team a numbers advantage going in.

Pressuring the enemy from two directions at once, splitting their sightlines and escape routes.

An attacking gimmick that places a high-damage dealer like Bastion on the payload and advances it under shield and pocket heal protection.

Concentrating heals and boosts on one ally to give them a structural advantage in their duel.

Long-range composition that whittles HP from afar, builds ult charge, and forces the enemy to commit first.

A map-specific position that combines strong cover and forward sightlines near the objective — the anchor of most setups.

Pre-aiming a known spawn point or pathing route to win the first frame of contact.

Re-entering the same fight immediately after a disengage, exploiting the window when the enemy has burned through CDs and ultimates.

A pre-engage confirmation step that verifies all five players have their cooldowns, positions, and readiness aligned before committing.

Spending a minor cooldown to force a major defensive one, netting an advantage for the real fight.

The gap between each team's respawn point and the fight zone, determining post-fight tempo and how far a winning side can push.

Team-wide movement to the next objective or power position, where arrival order and cohesion determine the edge.

Brawl composition that stacks close-range damage and sustain to overwhelm the enemy before they can respond.

Real-time verbal calls that synchronize when to engage, disengage, and align ultimates — translating information into action for the whole team.

Exposing only a shoulder for a fraction of a second to bait a shot from Widowmaker or similar, without actually getting hit.

Deliberately preventing or opening long sightlines through positioning and cover to dictate where the enemy's hitscans and snipers can operate.

Non-committal pressure designed to extract enemy reactions and cooldowns without taking a fight.

The last surviving player staying on the objective to single-handedly stall progress until teammates respawn and return.

Physical control over the favorable parts of the map — high ground, routes, sightlines.

Maintaining the distance where you can deal damage but can't be reached by enemy cooldowns — constant range management that denies engagement on the enemy's terms.

After a decisive fight win, pushing forward to the enemy respawn zone and picking off enemies as they emerge one by one.

Splitting the team into two lanes to pressure the enemy from multiple directions simultaneously, dividing their sightlines and attention.

Delaying an enemy kill so they respawn out of sync with their team for the next fight.

A chain of staggers where one team can't regroup, losing 2–3 fights in a row before recovering.

Pre-fight phase where all 5 players align positions, sightlines, and retreat routes before engaging.

A support player taking an angle away from the main formation to add a crossfire sightline while forcing the enemy to split dive attention.

A standoff where both teams' healing output exceeds incoming damage, preventing kills and prolonging the fight until the balance breaks.

A call that designates which single enemy to focus, aligning the whole team's damage.

Shifting the entire team's focus to a new target when the original call gets saved.

The initiative — who gets to choose when and on whose terms the next fight starts.

The remaining time the attacking team carries into the next round, determining how many fights both sides can afford.

Long-game management of team ult economy across fights — engineering favorable trades every round.

Using a defensive ability (not an ult) to absorb an enemy ultimate, making it score zero kills.

Whether the resource you spent — ult, cooldown, HP, or time — generated a return equal to or greater than the investment.

The core scenario through which a composition or situation wins a fight — combo, first pick, sustain, etc.

Stacking multiple ultimates within one second to bypass defensive cooldowns and wipe the team.

Using ability or ult threat to deny access to an area, narrowing the enemy's movement options without necessarily landing damage.