noun Gaming Slang

uptime

· noun · gaming

The window when the boss is actually hittable — make it count.

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The phase where you can land damage on the boss. Maximising uptime, staying on the target as much as possible, is the whole game for DPS.

“Great uptime that pull, nobody dropped their rotation.”
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Also covers your own time on target. Losing uptime to dodge a mechanic badly tanks your damage.

“I lost a ton of uptime running from that cleave.”
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uptime In A Sentence

Great uptime that pull, nobody dropped their rotation.
I lost a ton of uptime running from that cleave.

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