Glossary
Overview
This is an alphabetical list of terms used in Dx2 or the community with a brief explanation.
Glossary
- Anti Pierce: A team consisting of either Alilat or Rama and corresponding demons that utilize Repel Pierce or Drain Pierce, respectively. Used to counter Pierce on the enemy team.
- AoE: Area of Effect ; A Skill that does Damage to multiple or all enemies.
- BB: Barrier Break.
- BF: Black Frost.
- BoS: Brand of Sin ; often also used as "BoS10" or "BoS11", indicating the stage.
- DfM/D4M: Die for Me! ; A skill used by Alice.
- Fusion: merging (fusing) two or more demons to create a new one. It's one of the most iconic features of Megami Tensei. In Dx2, it becomes less important over time, as gacha demons have, usually, a lot more powerful skills.
- Gacha: 1. summoned demons (as opposed of fused demons), usually of colored Archetypes; 2. the act of summoning demons, trying to get that very needed, very desired one that will be the best for your almost perfect party, at least until SEGA/Atlus introduces another one that thoroughly nullifies its skills two weeks later... Gatcha!
- Hell Gongen: A team consisting of Hell Biker and Zaou-Gongen, used to ignore Phys NDR. Further Information: Hell Gongen
- HL: Huang Long.
- Mama: Mother Harlot.
- Megami Tensei: the short version of the original Japanese game's name, デジタル・デビル物語 女神転生 (DIGITAL DEVIL Monogatari Megami Tensei = Digital Devil Story Goddess Reincarnation), released in 1986/1987, also known as DDS.
- Meta: Metatron OR also used as a way to describe the common tactics used in PvP.
- Mortal: Instant Kill Skill. Only ones are Die for Me!, Occult Flash and God's Bow
- NDR: Referring to an element that gets Nulled, Drained or Repelled.
- Nuker: A demon that uses a (or multiple) ST Skill(s).
- Nergbog:A team consisting of Nergal and Chernobog, used to chain Plague of Babylon and Fog of Death.
- PvE: Player vs. Environment
- PvP: Player vs. Player
- ST: Single Target ; A skill that does damage to a single enemy.
- Sweeper: A demon that uses a (or multiple) AoE Skill(s), often with great damage to quickly kill the enemy team.
- Tag Bros: (Also referred to as Jack Bros) Referring to the two demons that have the Tag Skill in the protector archetype, Jack Frost and Pyro Jack.
