noun Gaming Slang

downtime

· noun · gaming

Dead air in a fight — the boss is untargetable and you can't deal damage.

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A phase where the boss can't be hit, it's flown off, gone invulnerable, or you're dealing with adds. Smart players line up cooldowns so they don't waste them during downtime.

“Don't pop your burst before the downtime, you'll lose half of it.”
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The flip side of uptime. Less downtime in a fight means a faster, tighter kill.

“This phase has annoying downtime where you just wait for the boss to land.”
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downtime In A Sentence

Don't pop your burst before the downtime, you'll lose half of it.
This phase has annoying downtime where you just wait for the boss to land.

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