noun
Gaming Slang
meat shield
· noun · gaming
A beefy character whose whole job is to soak damage for the squad.
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Definitions
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A tough, expendable-feeling unit or player who stands at the front and eats the damage so the squishies behind them survive.
“Send the warrior in first as a meat shield, then the casters open up from the back.”
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Sometimes a slightly mocking term — a tank used as nothing more than a wall of HP with no finesse.
“I'm not tanking, I'm just the meat shield while you lot pad your damage.”
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meat shield In A Sentence
Send the warrior in first as a meat shield, then the casters open up from the back.
I'm not tanking, I'm just the meat shield while you lot pad your damage.
Origin & Usage
Tabletop and RPG term for a durable front-line body used to absorb hits; carried over into MMOs and shooters.
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