verb Gaming Slang

poke

· verb · gaming

Chipping the enemy down from range without committing to a real fight.

0

Definitions

1

Whittle the enemy's HP from a safe distance with abilities or auto-attacks, then back off before they can hit back. Do it enough and they can't fight or take the objective without dying.

“Just poke them off Baron, we don't need to engage — they'll have to back.”
by community
0
2

A whole comp can be built around it. A 'poke comp' wins by death-by-a-thous-cuts rather than one big teamfight.

“Their poke comp will melt us if we walk up — wait for them to use spells.”
by community
0

poke In A Sentence

Just poke them off Baron, we don't need to engage — they'll have to back.
Their poke comp will melt us if we walk up — wait for them to use spells.

Origin & Usage

Variants pokingpoked

Comments 0