Clash of Clans Guide: Complete the glossary of game terms

In Clash of Clans, there are a number of abbreviations / jargons used in the game, as you’ve seen, and players can’t find a glossary for all of these. Confused with the jargon used? Don’t worry, this article has you covered. The following list will provide you with a mini-dictionary for all terms you encounter in the game! So, be sure to find out what exactly these abbreviations / short forms convey via this Clash of Clans glossary!

Clash of Clans Glossary: ​​Contents

Check out the Clash of Clans glossary classified as follows:

General

• CC – Clan castle
• CoC – Clash of Clans
• CW – Clan warfare
• DE – Dark Elixir
• DPS – Damage per second
• IAP – In-app purchases
• IGN – It stands for ‘in-game name’, this is the name of your village
• HP – Hit points, health
• HS – Living space
• TH – city ​​Hall
• XP / Exp – Experience

Buildings

• AC – Military camp where troops remain after being trained in barracks. The army camp’s ability to hold troops increases with each update.
• Brax – Barracks where army troops are trained.
• DB – Dark Barracks, barracks for training Dark Elixir troops.
• SF – Spell Factory, building to create your own spells for troops.
• DSF – Dark Spell Factory. You can brew some dark potions here using Dark Elixir.

Defense buildings

• Arch tower / AT – Tower of the archers
• AoE – The mortars present in your village for ground defense.
• A.D – Air defense. Protect your village from air troops.
• Wiz Tower / WT / Mage / AoE – Tower of the Magicians. It protects against both air and ground attacks.
• HT – Hidden Tesla. He stays hidden until the opposing troops get close. He protects against both air and ground attacks.
• X- Bow – Crossbow. Attacks both air and ground troops. Can be selected to protect from ground troops only or from both ground and air troops. When used for ground troops only, it increases the area of ​​effect.
• IT – Tower of Hell. Filled with dark elixir, this defense effectively helps against both air and ground units. Like the X-Bow, this defense can also be used for defense only against ground or ground and air attacks.
• HOW – Air sweeper. It repels the air troops. Help slow down enemy air troops.
• IT’S AT – L’Aquila artillery. It has a very wide range that covers most of the village and is activated after a large number of troops have been deployed.

Resources

• Gold – Gold coins. Produced in the gold mines. Help upgrade the defensive buildings, town hall, clan castle and walls. Also required to find matched villages to attack.
• Elis – Elixir. Manufactured by Elixir Pumps. Used to train and upgrade troops, spells, walls, dark spell factory, etc.
• DE – Dark Elixir. Manufactured from Dark Elixir Drills. Expensive resource. Used to train dark elixir troops and upgrade heroes.
• Jewelery / Diamonds – Gems. Given by the game every two weeks and also produced by the gem mine in Builder Base. Used to kill the timer for updating all things in your village. It can also be used to purchase gold, elixir, dark elixir, and cosmetics in the game. It can also be purchased using cash as an in-game purchase.

Troops

• Arch – Archers. He attacks both ground and air troops. They are cheap troops and can be used en masse for good loot.
• Hunchback – Goblin. Fast ground troops that can attack resources with 2x damage compared to other buildings.
• Gi – Giant. Strong ground troops with high HP. It mainly attacks the defenses.
• WB – Wall Breaker. The land units you deploy break through the enemy walls.
• Loon – Balloons. Air troops attacking defense units.
• Wiz / Wiz – Magicians. They have low HP but high damage per second. Attacks both air and ground defense and the army.
• Lagna – Dragon. Extremely powerful air units with high HP and DPS (damage per second). Resource attacks and defense both.
• Pig – Tamer of wild boars. Dark Elixir ground troops with low HP but high damage. He can jump over walls and mainly attack defenses.
• Valk – Valkyrie. Dark Elixir Ground Troops Good HP and Damage. Attacks both resources and defenses.
• Wi – Witch. Dark Elixir troop that summons an army of skeletons and attacks both resources and defense. She also attacks air and ground CC troops.
• Hound – Lava Hound. Dark Elixir Air Troops which are very expensive and have extremely high HP. It mainly attacks the air defenses. After being destroyed, it breaks into many small lava pups that have low HP but high damage.

Spells

• Ls – Lightning spell. The spell damages enemy buildings in some square spaces.
• To heal – Healing spell. Used to heal your troops when they are damaged by enemy defenses or troops.
• Anger – Spell of anger. Creates a translucent purple ring on the battlefield that increases the movement speed and damage of any allied units within the ring. \
• Jump – Allows all troops and ground heroes to jump over walls.
• To freeze – It is used to temporarily disable the defenses and / or ground and air troops from the enemy Clan Castle within a small radius.
• Poison – Slows down all enemy clan troops, heroes and castle skeletons within its area of ​​effect and causes them to take damage over time.
• EQ – Deals a percentage of damage to all buildings within its area of ​​effect, except Gold Deposits, Elixir Deposits, Dark Elixir Depot.
• Rush – Tt increases the movement speed of troops in its area of ​​effect.

Technical terms

• Island – A defense such as an infernal tower, X-Bow or Scattershot, surrounded by two or sometimes three spaces and then a layer of wall in all directions.
• Lure (Defense) – A defense that appears to be an added value, but in reality is difficult to obtain and requires more investment than the defense returns.
• Backend – A defense or sometimes the Clan Castle that would be attacked at the end of an attack. They usually prove annoying if powerful and unexplained as at that point the attacker probably just has something like a freeze to destroy it.
• Garbage – Not defenses that are placed on the outside. They have no other purpose than a distraction.
• Nucleus – The center of a base. It probably contains the most important defenses, although the bases designed to defend against mass lightning attacks have more or no cores.
• Farm – A group of defenses close together, with some traps nearby. Xbow Farms can cause serious damage in no way close to danger and Tesla Farms can easily destroy most troops and heroes if partially damaged by the rest of the base.
• Troll Tesla – For lower TH only, but a Tesla in the corner, as it is hidden and unlikely to activate unless 51% of the base has been destroyed. It is recommended to use only one.

Army

• BAM– Minion race barbarian archers
• BArch– Race of the Barbarian Archer, also known as Barch
• WAG– Traditional archer-giant combination with wall breaker
• Go Ho– Golems and Pigs, usually accompanied by Mages
• Go Laloon– Golems, Lava Hounds and balloons usually accompanied by wizards
• GoWiPE– Heavy composition of Golem Wizard PEKKA
• GiWiPE– A cheaper version of GoWiPE with Golems replaced with Giants
• GoWiW i- Heavy composition Golem Wizard Witch
• GiWi Wi– A cheaper version of GoWiWi with Golems replaced with Giant
• GoVaPE– Composition of the heavy army Golem Valkyrie PEKKA
• GiWiVa– Composition of Giants, Wizards and Valkyries
• GiVaPe – a heavy composition Giant, Valkyrie, PEKKA
• Valkyrie Tornado – A heavy composition Giant, Valkyrie, Healer
• GoWiVaWiPe – Uses Golems, Witches, Wizards, Valkyrie and PEKKA – composition that Unity Sharp used in the elite of the forum.
• ArBarWitch- Archer barbarian witch composition
• GoWiVa – a heavy composition of Golem, Valkyrie, Strega
• Hot air balloon– Mass attack of balloons and Minions, also known as loonion or miniball
• GoViz– Golem, Wizard Valkyrie heavy army composition
• DRAGWiPE– Heavy attack by dragons, mages and PEKKA
• Tarragon– Dragon, Balloon and Minion air raid
• Dragoon– Dragon Balloon army composition
• Lavender onion– Lava Hounds, Balloons (abbreviated to “Loons) and Minions pushing comp
• Quatrolavaloon / Pentalavaloon– Lavaloon which includes 4/5 Lava Hounds, a heavier build.
• HoLoWiWi– Hog Riders, Balloons (abbreviated to “Loons”), composition of the heavy army of Wizards and Witches
• Super queen– a queen aided by multiple healers mainly used to cultivate the black elixir.
• Minimuro– a playful army composition consisting of servants and wall breakers popularized by dad
• Amin– Attack of the archer minion
• GARCH– Goblin Archer Farm Attack / also known as Giant Archer Attack
• BAG– Goblin Archer Barbarian Attack
• BAGi– Giant Barbarian Archer Attack
• Noah’s Ark- Using 2 of each troop except Golems and Lava Hounds where only one is used
• Giant healer combo– using a healer, many giants and other troops of the players’ choice attack. Also known as GHealer.

Clan specific

• Elder – A member with the role of Elder is the third highest title in a clan. They can promote and remove members and invite other players to join the clan.
• co – Co-leader. A member with the role of Co-Leader is the second highest title in a Clan. They can perform the same actions as a Leader except downgrade other Co-Leaders, remove other Co-Leaders from the Clan or promote other Co-Leaders to Leaders.
• Head – The clan leader. He has all the powers to demote / promote or even kick any member out of the clan.
• Hopper / jumper – A player who jumps from one clan to another hence the name.
• Soccer – ban from the clan.

Other

• DPS– Damage per second
• DPA– Damage per attack
• HP– Hit points, health
• Space– living space of a specific troop
• Tile– the in-game form of measurement similar to a square meter, used to measure the size of buildings, the range of defensive buildings, etc.

These are pretty much all the short forms of Clash of Clans you should know to become a Clash nerd!

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