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Hi Guys
Really enjoying the game - Karma9 and generally play with Krul, though just starting to learn Petal as I fancy a range Hero for a change.

I frequent VGF quite often and really find the Hero guides to be incredibly useful. However, I was wondering if there is a jargon buster online anywhere? I've searched but can't find one. Some of the terms I'm familiar with but others I'm unclear on and I'm sure newbies would benefit.

Things like

Critical Chance
Critical Strike
Crystal power (think this is abilities?)
Life/weapon steal

Thanks

I'll only explain the basic since I don't think you need the complicated computations. If so, then just ask me and I will link you to a useful computation.

1.) Critical Strike - Simply put, it's a basic attack which deals more damage (150% of your basic attack damage). However, some items can increase Critical Strike damage like "Lucky Strike" and "Tyrant's Monocle"

2.) Critical Chance - This refers to how often you do "critical strikes" in a basic attack. For some heroes, there's a small chance of doing a "critical strike" when they do a basic attack. Levelling up skills for some heroes and equipping items will raise critical chance.
(See Glaive's skills, Taka's Passive, and Ringo's passive for examples.)

2.1.) Passive Skill - Every hero has a skill which you automatically have and which cannot be levelled up. This is the 4th "hidden" skill as you do not see it in the skills which can be activate. Since they cannot be "activated" by tapping on them, they are called "Passive" skills because they are ALWAYS in effect. You can read the hero descriptions in game for their passive skills.

3.) Crystal Power - There are 3 kinds of damage.

a.) Weapon damage - Basic attacks. Items that increase weapon damage increases your damage output from basic attacks.

b.) Crystal damage - Skills. Increasing crystal damage with weapons adds on to the damage of your skill. So let's say your skill says it will deal 320 damage. If you equip and item which increases Crystal Damage, it will MORE than 320.

However, there are some skills which are treated as basic attacks although they are abilities (example: Catherine's Merciless Pursuit)

c.) True Damage - Type of damage which ignores armor and shield. Some skills deal true damage. Towers and Kraken also deal true damage.

3.1) Armor - Decreases the damage you take from basic attacks.
3.2) Shield - Decreases the damage you take from skills.

4.) Life Steal - This is the same as weapon steal. If you equip weapons which grant life steal, then your basic attacks will heal you as you hit enemies. How much you heal per basic attack depends on the life steal rate indicated in the weapon.

Hope you found this helpful! +rep if you want to thank me! :)

This might also help. +rep wolf_hands to thank him! :D

Zaffre - many thanks. Helpful posts, rep given.

Okay I so I made this...
http://www.vaingloryfire.com/vainglory/guide/dictionary-for-beginners-terms-you-need-to-know-2082

Hahaha enjoy!