verb
Gaming Slang
sheep
· verb · gaming
To Polymorph an enemy into a harmless sheep so they're out of the fight.
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Definitions
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Mage crowd control: turn a target into a wandering sheep that can't attack until the spell breaks or someone hits it. Used to take a dangerous mob out of the fight.
“Don't AoE yet — I've got the caster sheeped, focus the other two first.”
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Used as a noun for the crowd-control mark itself.
“Who broke my sheep? It hit me twice before I could recast it.”
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sheep In A Sentence
Don't AoE yet — I've got the caster sheeped, focus the other two first.
Who broke my sheep? It hit me twice before I could recast it.
Origin & Usage
From the World of Warcraft Mage spell Polymorph, whose default form is a sheep — the name stuck as the verb for the whole mechanic.
People Also Ask
Why is it called sheep when it's Polymorph?
Because the default Polymorph form in WoW is a sheep. There are other forms now, but the slang never changed.
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