Definitions
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- noun gaming An effect that makes a game character weaker; a
status effect .
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Examples
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Aimed Shot now has a Mortal Strike like debuff, meaning that a warrior is not the only option when needing to cut down the utility of an opposing teams healer.
歪酷博客 Ycool Blog 2008
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He just turned the damage to magic weapons and the like into a temporary “debuff”, basically.
Mike Mearls Strangles Realism In D&D Like It’s An Unruly Hooker « Geek Related 2009
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Skills are the SMT equivalent of spells and run the gambit of elemental attacks, to debuff skills and even instant kill skills.
Archive 2009-01-01 Josh Bycer 2009
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It confers no bonus on the owner beyond possible investment increase and actually gives a "-1 enjoyment" debuff to the Audience Guild.
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People opening the crates were afflicted by a 10-minute debuff during which they could be cured by a Paladin, else they would turn into a zombie.
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Speaking of zombies 2008
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People opening the crates were afflicted by a 10-minute debuff during which they could be cured by a Paladin, else they would turn into a zombie.
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Representatives of the Argent Dawn, the in-game NPC faction responsible for combatting "the Scourge" the Undead quickly established "healers" in capital cities who destroyed proximal zombies and cured proximal players and NPCs afflicted with the 10-min countdown debuff.
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Speaking of zombies 2008
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People opening the crates were afflicted by a 10-minute debuff during which they could be cured by a Paladin, else they would turn into a zombie.
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: More on the World of Warcraft zombie plague 2008
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Any player who interacts with these vermin becomes infected by the 2-minute debuff countdown.
Information, Culture, Policy, Education: Speaking of zombies 2008
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“Some people playing WoW find it funny to watch noobies of their own faction die in the hallways as a result of an overly-strong debuff.”
Computational Social Science and the Problem With Hakkar’s Blood 2007
bilby commented on the word debuff
To have one's buffalo stolen.
August 22, 2022