Acronyms!!

[Greltot]

TLR – Big list of all WoW class specific acronyms that needs adding to...

So I’ve been playing WoW for 3-4 years now, been a 4-5 nights a week raider but never on the precipice of progress. I always mainly stuck to my first trusty warrior toon, however I’ve recently started levelling a DK and a Shammy. In order to better learn the classes I spend quite a bit of time browsing the class forums here, but I really struggle to understand all the abbreviations that people use which are spell specific, I’m not talking about the likes of “AFK” etc etc.

I googled WoW abbreviations and found this list from WoW.com, but to my dismay it’s from 2007 and hence no DK and only talents up to 70. So I thought I’d post it here as a compendium of knowledge and thought I’d ask you, the playerbase, to add to them. Whether you’re a DK in-the-know, or you’re a Warrior melting faces with Bladestorm it’d be great (especially for noobs like me) to get a list together!

Please add to below and I’ll edit as time goes by...

• Druid:
o FF: Faerie Fire
o FFF: Faerie Fire (Feral)
o GotW/Gift: Gift of the Wild
o HT: Healing Touch
o Inn/Innerv: Innervate
o HotW: Heart of the Wild
o LotP: Leader of the Pack
o MotW/Mark: Mark of the Wild
o NS: Nature's Swiftness
o OoC: Omen of Clarity
o Paw: Mark/Gift of the Wild
o Resto: Restoration talent tree
o Roots: Entangling Roots
o TF: Tiger's Fury
o ToL: Tree of Life

• Hunter:
o AS: Arcane Shot
o AotH: Aspect of the Hawk
o AotP: Aspect of the Pack
o AotV: Aspect of the Viper
o AotW: Aspect of the Wild
o BM: Beast Mastery talent tree
o BW: Bestial Wrath
o FD: Feign Death
o GftT: Go for the Throat
o HM: Hunter's Mark
o IAotH: Improved Aspect of the Hawk
o MM: Marksmanship talent tree
o SS: Steady Shot
o TSA: Trueshot Aura

• Mage
o AB: Arcane Brilliance/Arcane Blast
o AE: Arcane Explosion
o AI: Arcane Intellect
o AP: Arcane Power
o CS: Counterspell
o CoC: Cone of Cold
o Evo: Evocation
o FB: Firebolt/Fire Blast/Frostbolt
o PoM: Presence of Mind
o Poly/Sheep: Polymorph
o Port: Portal
o Pyro: Pyroblast
o Tele: Teleport
o TP: Teleport

• Paladin:
o BoK/Kings: Blessing of Kings
o BoL/Light: Blessing of Light
o BoM/Might: Blessing of Might
o BoP: Blessing of Protection
o BoS/Salv: Blessing of Salvation
o BoW/Wis: Blessing of Wisdom
o DI: Divine Intervention
o DS: Divine Shield
o FoL: Flash of Light
o HL: Holy Light
o HoJ: Hammer of Justice
o HoW: Hammer of Wrath
o LoH: Lay on Hands
o Pally: Paladin
o Prot: Protection talent tree
o Ret: Retribution talent tree
o SoB: Seal of Blood
o SoC: Seal of Command
o SoL: Seal of Light
o SoR: Seal of Righteousness
o SotC: Seal of the Crusader
o SoV: Seal of Vengeance
o SoW: Seal of Wisdom

• Priest:
o CoH: Circle of Healing
o Disc: Discipline talent tree
o DS: Divine Spirit
o FH/Fheal: Flash Heal
o Fort: Power Word: Fortitude/Prayer of Fortitude
o FW: Fear Ward
o GH/Gheal: Greater Heal
o HF: Holy Fire
o IDS: Improved Divine Spirit
o IF: Inner Fire
o LW: Lightwell
o MB: Mind Blast
o MC: Mind Control
o Medi: Meditation
o MF: Mind Flay
o PI: Power Infusion
o PoH: Prayer of Healing
o PoM: Prayer of Mending
o PS/Fear: Psychic Scream
o PW:F: Power Word: Fortitude
o PW:S/Shield: Power Word: Shield
o SF: Shadowform
o SoL: Surge of Light
o SoR: Spirit of Redemption
o SR: Silent Resolve
o SW: Shadow Word: Death
o SW:P: Shadow Word: Pain
o VE: Vampiric Embrace
o VT: Vampiric Touch

• Rogue:
o BF: Blade Flurry
o BS: Backstab
o Camo: Camouflage
o CB: Cold Blood
o CloS: Cloak of Shadows
o CS: Cheap Shot
o Evis: Eviscerate
o Hemo: Hemorrhage
o ISS: Improved Sinister Strike
o KS: Kidney Shot
o MoD: Master of Deception
o Premed: Premeditation
o Prep: Preparation
o SF: Seal Fate
o SnD: Slice and Dice
o SS/ShS: Shadowstep
o SS: Sinister Strike

• Shaman:
o AR: Astral Recall
o Ele: Elemental talent tree
o Enh: Enhancement talent tree
o ES: Earth Shock
o FS: Frost Shock
o GoA: Grace of Air totem
o GW: Ghost Wolf
o HW: Healing Wave
o LHW: Lesser Healing Wave
o NS: Nature's Swiftness
o Resto: Restoration talent tree
o Shammy: Shaman
o SoE: Strength of Earth totem
o SS: Stormstrike
o ToW: Totem of Wrath
o WF: Windfury (weapon or totem)

• Warlock:
o Aff/Afflic: Affliction talent tree
o Ban: Banish
o CoA: Curse of Agony
o CoD: Curse of Doom
o CoE: Curse of the Elements
o CoEx/CoX: Curse of Exhaustion
o Conflag: Conflagrate
o CoR: Curse of Recklessness
o Corr: Corruption
o CoS: Curse of Shadows
o CoT: Curse of Tongues
o CoW: Curse of Weakness
o DC: Death Coil
o Demo: Demonology talent tree
o Dest/Destro: Destruction talent tree
o DL: Drain Life
o DP: Dark Pact
o DS: Drain Soul
o HF: Hellfire
o HoT: Howl of Terror
o HS: Healthstone
o Imm/Immo: Immolate
o Incin: Incinerate
o Lock: Warlock
o LT/Tap: Life Tap
o MD: Master Demonologist
o MS: Master Summoner
o NF: Nightfall
o Sac: Demonic Sacrifice
o SB: Shadow Bolt
o SL: Siphon Life
o SL: Soul Link
o SM: Shadow Mastery
o SoC: Seed of Corruption
o SS: Soulstone
o Succy: Succubus
o UA: Unstable Affliction
o VW: Voidwalker

• Warrior:
o BS: Battle Shout/Battle Stance
o BT: Bloodthirst
o Def/DS: Defensive Stance
o Demo: Demoralizing Shout
o Deva: Devastate
o DW: Death Wish
o Exec: Execute
o HS: Heroic Strike
o LS: Last Stand
o MS: Mortal Strike
o OP: Overpower
o SB: Shield Bash/Shield Block
o SS: Sweeping Strikes/Shield Slam
o SW: Shield Wall
o TC: Thunder Clap
o TM: Tactical Mastery
o Warr: Warrior
o WW: Whirlwind
o ZS/Zerker: Berserker Stance

[lllBlackSunlll]

DUNGEONS

Reg/R = normal version (not heroic)
HC/H = Heroic Version
UK = Utgarde Keep
Nex= The Nexus
DTK= Drak'Tharon Keep
GD= Gundrak
VH= The Violet Hold
HoS= Halls of Stone
HoL= Halls of Lightning
HoR= Halls of Reflection
AN= Azjol'Nerub
OK= Ahn'Kahet: Old Kingdom
ToC/TotC(5)= Trial of the Champion
FoS= Forge of Souls
PoS= Pit of Saron
Ocu= The Oculus
UP= Utgarde Pinnacle
CoT= Caverns of Time: Culling of Stratholme

RAIDS

10= 10 man version of the raid
25= 25 man version of the raid
40= 40 man version of the raid
Uld= Ulduar
Naxx= Naxxaramas
ToC/TotC = Trial of the Crusader
ToGC/TotGC= Trial of the Grand Crusader
EoE/Eye/Maly= Eye of Eternity
OS= Obsidian Sanctum
1d= 1 drake left up (referred to OS)
2d= 2 drakes left up (referred to OS)
3d= 3 drakes left up (referred to OS)
VoA= Vault of Archivon
RS= Ruby Sanctum
Ony= Onyxia's Lair

[Aswed]

Put the general WoW acronyms in aswell. instancea and raids, etc.

[Alianthos]

Oh yes please ! If someone can put Instances acronyms, it would be much appreciated. Many people here dont play on english-speaking servers, so this could help new guys in here

[Deleted]

• Paladin:
o BoK/Kings: Blessing of Kings
o BoL/Light: Blessing of Light
o BoM/Might: Blessing of Might
o BoP: Blessing of Protection
o BoS/Salv: Blessing of Salvation
o BoW/Wis: Blessing of Wisdom
o DI: Divine Intervention
o DS: Divine Shield
o FoL: Flash of Light
o HL: Holy Light
o HoJ: Hammer of Justice
o HoW: Hammer of Wrath
o LoH: Lay on Hands
o Pally: Paladin
o Prot: Protection talent tree
o Ret: Retribution talent tree
o SoB: Seal of Blood
o SoC: Seal of Command
o SoL: Seal of Light
o SoR: Seal of Righteousness
o SotC: Seal of the Crusader
o SoV: Seal of Vengeance
o SoW: Seal of Wisdom

Im assuming you copied an outdated post from elsewhere

[Panoramixe]

o Paw: Mark/Gift of the Wild

I've played a druid for years and I've never seen that acronym used once for motw. If paw is used in anything druid-related it might refer to the way kitty druids attack ... but that's a bit far-fetched.

[Nightfallonearth]

Im assuming you copied an outdated post from elsewhere

I googled WoW abbreviations and found this list from WoW.com, but to my dismay it’s from 2007 and hence no DK and only talents up to 70. So I thought I’d post it here as a compendium of knowledge and thought I’d ask you, the playerbase, to add to them. Whether you’re a DK in-the-know, or you’re a Warrior melting faces with Bladestorm it’d be great (especially for noobs like me) to get a list together!

What gave it away?

[kassy]

o GoA: Grace of Air totem

why list abilites that aren't even in the game anymore?

[Aviney]

I've played a druid for years and I've never seen that acronym used once for motw. If paw is used in anything druid-related it might refer to the way kitty druids attack ... but that's a bit far-fetched.

Actually, on my realm, I usually see someone ask for "paws". Just like someone might ask for "fists" for might or "baby fists" for the cheap might.

[shippior]

• Warlock:
o Aff/Afflic: Affliction talent tree
o Ban: Banish
o CoA: Curse of Agony
o CoD: Curse of Doom
o CoE: Curse of the Elements
o CoEx/CoX: Curse of Exhaustion
o Conflag: Conflagrate
o CoR: Curse of Recklessness
o Corr: Corruption
o CoS: Curse of Shadows
o CoT: Curse of Tongues
o CoW: Curse of Weakness
o DC: Death Coil
o Demo: Demonology talent tree
o Dest/Destro: Destruction talent tree
o DL: Drain Life
o DP: Dark Pact
o DS: Drain Soul
o HF: Hellfire
o HoT: Howl of Terror
o HS: Healthstone
o Imm/Immo: Immolate
o Incin: Incinerate
o Lock: Warlock
o LT/Tap: Life Tap
o MD: Master Demonologist
o MS: Master Summoner
o NF: Nightfall
o Sac: Demonic Sacrifice
o SB: Shadow Bolt
o SL: Siphon Life
o SL: Soul Link
o SM: Shadow Mastery
o SoC: Seed of Corruption
o SS: Soulstone
o Succy: Succubus
o UA: Unstable Affliction
o VW: Voidwalker

CoS no longer exists, neither do SaC and CoR.

I however never used or seen any other use: Ban for Banish, Dc for Death Coil (disconnect!!), HoT for Howl of Terror (healing over time!!!), MD for master demonologist ( misdirect!)

DP is no longer used for dark pact but for Demonic Portal since noone uses Dark Pact. SS can also be Summoning Stone. RoS = Ritual of Souls (soulwell)

[tanked]

Actually, on my realm, I usually see someone ask for "paws". Just like someone might ask for "fists" for might or "baby fists" for the cheap might.

lol, if someone on my server asked for fists, 4/5 ppl would say "wtf are you into" or "giggty"

[Deleted]

RFC - Ragefire Chasm
DM - Deadmines (Also VC)
WC - Wailing Caverns
SFK - Shadowfang Keep
BFD - Blackfathom Deeps
Stocks - The Stockade
Gnome - Gnomeregan
RFK - Razorfen Kraul
RFD - Razorfen Downs
SM GY/Lib/Arms/Cat - Scarlet Monastery
Ulda - Uldaman
ZF - Zul'farrak
Mara - Maraudon
ST - Sunken Temple
BRD - Blackrock Depths
LBRS - Lower Blackrock Spire
UBRS - Upper Blackrock Spire
DM - Dire Maul. Usually followed by specific instance.
Scholo - Scholomance
Strat - Stratholme
Ramps - Ramparts
BF - Blood Furnace
SP - Slave Pens
UB - Underbog
MT - Mana Tombs
AC - Auchenai Crypts
Hillsbrad - Old Hillsbrad Foothills (Also OHB)
Seth - Sethekk Halls
SL - Shadow Labyrinth
BM - Black Morass
SV - Steamvault
SH - Shattered Halls
MGT - Magisters' Terrace
Arca - Arcatraz
Bota - Botanica
Mech - Mechanar
UK - Utgarde Keep
Nex - Nexus
AN - Azjol-Nerub
AK - Ahn'kahet (Also "Crap instance")
DTK - Drak'tharon Keep
VH - Violet Hold
Gun - Gundrak
HoS - Halls of Stone
CoS - Culling of Stratholme
TotC - Trial of the Champion
HoR - Halls of Reflection
PoS - Pit of Saron
FoS - Forge of Souls
Ocu - Oculus
HoL - Halls of Lightning
UP - Utgarde Pinnacle

AQ20 - Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj
AQ40 - Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
ZG - Zul'gurub
BWL - Blackwing Lair
MC - Molten Core
Kara - Karazhan
ZA - Zul'Aman
BT - Black Temple
MH - Mount Hyjal
SSC - Serpentshrine Cavern
Gruul - Gruul's Lair
Mag - Magtheridon's Lair
SWP - Sunwell Plateau
TK - Tempest Keep
ToC - Trial of the Crusader
ICC - Icecrown Citadel
Naxx - Naxxramas
Ony - Onyxia's Lair
EoE - Eye of Eternity
OS - Obsidian Sanctum
Uld - Ulduar
VoA - Vault of Archavon.


Happy?

[Tavin]

Not to bash your super old outdated list or anything.

But theres like 5-10 acronyms on each class that are wrong/not used/not even ingame/ or just bad/wrong Oo

[Greltot]

Thanks for pointing out the old/void ones. When I get the chance I'll edit then list. Like I said at the start the whole reason for this is because I don't know other classes!

Any DK's out there?

Edit: Those saying about how outdated the list is, please read it properly first... it's from 2007