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Gaming Slang
draft
· noun · gaming
The pre-game phase where teams pick their characters and ban the scary ones.
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The phase before the match where teams take turns picking champions and banning ones they don't want to face. Games can be won or lost here before anyone even spawns.
“We got out-drafted hard — they banned all my comfort picks and counter-picked our carry.”
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Used as a verb for the act of building your team through that phase.
“Draft a frontline first this time, we keep picking five squishies.”
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draft In A Sentence
We got out-drafted hard — they banned all my comfort picks and counter-picked our carry.
Draft a frontline first this time, we keep picking five squishies.
Origin & Usage
Borrows from sports drafting. The picks-and-bans format is core to competitive MOBAs like League and Dota.
People Also Ask
What are picks and bans?
Two halves of the draft. You ban characters to remove them from the game entirely, and you pick the ones your team will actually play.
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