verb Gaming Slang

flank

· verb · gaming

Going round the side to hit the squishy backline instead of the meat shields up front.

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Definitions

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To bypass the enemy frontline and attack from the side or behind, straight onto their carries and casters. Frontline can't peel for what they can't reach.

“Don't fight into their tanks, flank through the trees and delete the mid.”
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Noun: the angle or route round the side of a fight.

“I'm holding the flank, the second they group I'm collapsing on the back.”
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flank In A Sentence

Don't fight into their tanks, flank through the trees and delete the mid.
I'm holding the flank, the second they group I'm collapsing on the back.

Origin & Usage

Borrowed from military tactics; a flanking maneuver hits the enemy's side rather than head-on.

Variants flankingflanked

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