verb / noun
Gaming Slang
soak
· verb / noun · gaming
Standing near a clashing minion wave to hoover up the XP in HotS.
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In Heroes of the Storm the team levels together, so just being near minions when they die banks experience for everyone. You don't even need the kill, you 'soak' it.
“Someone go soak bottom, we're falling two levels behind their team.”
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Often done by grabbing the experience globes minions drop, one soaker per lane while the rest roam.
“Stop fighting and soak, the level gap is what's losing us this game.”
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soak In A Sentence
Someone go soak bottom, we're falling two levels behind their team.
Stop fighting and soak, the level gap is what's losing us this game.
Origin & Usage
Heroes of the Storm, where XP is shared team-wide so 'soaking' lanes levels the whole squad.
People Also Ask
Do you have to last-hit minions to soak XP in HotS?
No. Heroes of the Storm has no last-hitting; just being inside the soak radius when a minion dies awards the experience to your team.
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