verb
Gaming Slang
kite
· verb · gaming
Backpedalling away from an enemy while still hitting it from range.
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Moving away from a target while attacking it so it can never close the gap and hit you. The bread and butter of ranged play: you deal damage, it deals none. Named for keeping the enemy on a string like a kite.
“Don't stand still and trade, kite him around the pillar and he'll never touch you.”
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Also 'kite back' in teamfights, peeling a diving enemy by walking backward and chipping it down as your team helps.
“Their assassin jumped me but I kited him into my team and we collapsed.”
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kite In A Sentence
Don't stand still and trade, kite him around the pillar and he'll never touch you.
Their assassin jumped me but I kited him into my team and we collapsed.
Origin & Usage
From the image of flying a kite, keeping something at the end of a string at a controlled distance.
People Also Ask
What does kite mean in gaming?
To kite means to backpedal away from an enemy while still hitting it from range, so you deal damage without taking any.
How do you use kite in a sentence?
For example: "Kite the boss around the pillar so it never catches you."
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