verb Gaming Slang

damage boosting

· verb · gaming

Taking a hit on purpose to ride the knockback or abuse invincibility frames.

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Eating damage deliberately because the knockback launches you in the direction you want to go, or because the i-frames let you blast through a hazard unharmed. Trading health for distance.

“He damage boosts off the spike here to clear the gap he couldn't jump.”
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Often the only way past an obstacle — you tank a hit to phase through something that would otherwise stop you cold.

“Marathon runners hate this damage boost because mistiming it just kills you.”
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damage boosting In A Sentence

He damage boosts off the spike here to clear the gap he couldn't jump.
Marathon runners hate this damage boost because mistiming it just kills you.

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