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Since more and more newcomers are appearing on the site, it would be a good idea to familiarize ABSOLUTE beginners with the specifics of "Heroes slang"
Please provide whatever help you can, for the newcomers are our future
So:
Art — artifact (magic sword, cape, etc.)
Skill — hero or creature ability
Critter (Kricha) — creature (read: soldier in the hero's army)
Ability (Abilka) — a special ability of a hero or creature.
Spell (Spel) — a spell
Spell points — mana points
Horn-head (Rogagoloviy) — Druid
Mani — Mana
Spell (Spell/Zaklilki/Klinia) — spells and charms
Dam / Damage (Damag) — Damage
Hits (Hity) — same as damage, but in numbers and for army quantity!
Healths (Helses) — life/HP
Took healths (Helses snyal) — reduced HP
Goldy (Goldy) — gold
Necros (Nekrosy) — Necromancer
Def / Defense (Defens) — defense
Cast (Kastanut) / Throw a spell (Kinut spell) — (to cast a spell)
Crack (Kraknut) — (regarding utopias, pyramids, and mausoleums)
"Ramp" (Pandus) — (when a lot of space on a random map is simply filled with mountains)
Random (Random) — random map.
Imba / Disba (Imba/Disba) — lack of balance
Freebie-run (Khalyavnitsa) — to collect weekly income from mills, elves, and hire creatures that don't require payment.
Full set (Zachet) — all creatures in the town have been bought.
Scout (Zaslanets) — a hero running with a weak army (for reconnaissance).
BD (ChD) — Black Dragons
Archi (Arkhi) — Archangels
Rush (Rash) — a fast attack on the opponent
Guild (Gilda) — Mages Guild
Ghost (Ghost) — ghost
Negros (Negry) — see Necros (1st post)
Haven (Heaven) — "Haven" faction
Splash damage (Splash damage) — area-of-effect damage
Dark Rider / Grim Rider (Dark rider/Grim rider) — lizard rider and its upgrade
Hunter (Hunter) — bow master
Paladins (Paly) — paladins
Peasant (Pisant) — peasant
Battle Dive (Battle dive) — ability of upgraded griffins
Gating (Gating) — racial ability of the "Inferno" faction
Wait (Waitnut) — squad function in battle (Wait)
Summon Critters (Summon krichy) — "Summon Creatures" spell
Summon Magic (Summon magic) — summoning magic
Tank, Fatty (Tank, Tolstyak) — unit with a large amount of health
Caster (Kaster) — unit using spells
Minos (Minosy) — minotaurs
Implosion (Implouzhion) — "Earthquake" spell
Dungeon (Dungeon) — "Dungeon" faction
Kettle (Chainik) — "Chain Lightning" spell
Shower, Meteor (Shover, Meteor) — "Meteor Shower" spell
Poison (Poison) — poison
Buratinas, Firewood (Buratiny, Drova) — Dendroids — also known as Treants — also known as Ents
To take the Griffin Conservatory — open a can (vskryt konservu)
Attack by Ancient Behemoths — the polar bear came and said "Hello" (Prived)
Wyverns — ducks (utki)
Basilisks — Vaskas (vaski)
Earth Elementals — poops (kakashki) (sorry).
Hire a Tutor (Naymat Repetitora) — Marlette's Tower, etc.
Breeder (Plodilka) — building (e.g., +5 skeletons per week)
Tutor (Prepod) — Sphinx
Uber ability / Ultimate ability (Uber abilka/Ultimate abilka) — hero's strongest ability
Skill wheel (Skill will) — skill wheel
ATB (ATB) — initiative bar
War dancer (Wardanser) — Death Dancer
Unicorn (Unicorn) — unicorn
Monk (Monk) — monk
Imp (Imp) — imp
Nightmare (Nightmar) — nightmare
Pit Lord (Pit lord) — Pit Lord
Hero (Khero) / Cockroach (Tarakan) — hero
Raise dead (Rise dead) — "Raise Dead" spell
Resurrect (Resurrect) — "Resurrection" spell
Single (Single) — single-player game
Multi (Multik) — multiplayer game
Gargies (Gargi) — gargoyles (also known as plinths (tumby) or nightstands (tumbochki))
Control (Kontrol) (in Heroes 3) — "Town Portal" spell (portal to city, city portal)
Gems (James) — gems
Sand (Pesok) — sulfur
Beer cans (Pivnye banki) — mercury
Wood (Wood) — Wood
Deds (Dedy) — undead
Azure-ones (Lazurniki) — Azure Dragons
Bug (Bag) — Mantis (from the word bug)
Census (Perepis) — growth
Expa (Expa) — experience (forgot a vital word(!))
Pointy-ear (Ostroukh) — elf hero
Dwarf (Dwarf) — dwarf
Fire Superman (Superman ognya) — fire elemental
Grif (Grif) — griffin
Rogges (Rodges/Rogs) — Rogues (from the word rogues)
Four-eyes (Ochkarkik) — Evil Eye, Dungeon unit
Woodcutter (Drovosek) — minotaur.
Dracoshka (Drakosha) — only Black Dragons in Dungeon (like the unit will become a captain, just let it grow).
Walker (Khodunok) — hero with logistics like a specialty +5% per level.
Nag/Hacks (Klyachi) — Liches for Necromancer.
Knuckles (Kostyashki) — Skeletons for Necromancer.
Shat (Nasrat/Kaknut) — use the Explosion spell on a unit.
Cloud (Tuchka) — air elementals in Conflux.
Icy-ones (Ledyashki) — ice elementals in Conflux.
Birds (Ptichki) — Phoenixes in Conflux.
Gremies (Gremy/Gromy) — gremlins in Castle.
Galette (Galeta) — stone golem in Castle.
Gin-tonic (Dzhin-tonik) — upgraded genie in Castle.
Piggy (Porosya) — gorgons (look very much like pigs, don't know why)
Sow-mothers (Svinomatki) — mighty gorgons.
Sieve-man (Reshetochechnik) — hero in prison.
Box (Yashchik) — Grail / Tear of Asha
Doggies (Sobachki) — gnolls
Runner (Begunok) — cavalry/knight
MG (MG) — master gremlin
SG (SG) — santa gremlin
CHEBI (Cheburashka) — gremlin (in 5)
NIGHTSTAND (Tumbochka) also known as stool (taburetka) — gargoyle (in 5)
KHATABYCH (Khatabych) — mage
STYOPKA (Styopka) — titan
Level up (Level up) — level increase

Special thanks: AlexeyPank, Medvaldo, RomaShSh, , Rean and everyone who helps write the "Great Heroic Encyclopedic Explanatory Dictionary" (c) Medvaldo
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20 years ago
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Tengro
Since there are more and more newcomers on the site, it would be good to introduce ABSOLUTE beginners to the specifics of the "Heroes" language.
I ask for your help, because newcomers are our future.

Do we have any slang?:eek: I don't remember any.
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TIGRYONOK
do we have any slang?:eek: I don't remember any.
Well, not exactly slang... but you know, complete newbies might not even understand basic terms like "art" or "skill"...
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The One That...
Well, it's not exactly slang... but you know, complete beginners might not even understand basic terms like "art," "skill," etc.
Here! So, let's begin!
Art – artifact (magic sword, cloak, etc.)
Skill – hero or creature ability
Creature – a unit (read: a soldier in the hero's army)
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Excuse me, could you tell me what the word "ability" means?
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West
Sorry, but could you tell me what the word 'ability' means?
An ability is a special skill of a hero or creature.
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:) Okay, let's create a "Large Heroic Encyclopedic Dictionary" :) By the way, regarding art: it can also be interpreted as "a sketch or model" or some kind of artwork. And I'll add some more words to the dictionary: spell - a spell spell points - mana points P.S. Tengro, you could gather all the words and attach them to your first post so that everything is together.
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I've encountered these terms on a server:
Creatures or Crechi-creatures
Horned-head - Druid
Mani - Mana
Spell or Zaklinki or Klinya - spells and enchantments
Dam or Damag - Damage
Hits - same as damage, but in numbers and for a large army!
Helsy - life
Helsy snyal - reduced life
Goldy - gold
Goldany - gold
Necrosy - necromancers
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and of course, there are a bunch of various abbreviations like SoD, WoG, AB, RoE, WW, etc.
also, def (defense), cast (cast a spell), crack (refers to utopias and the like, pyramids, and mausoleums), "ramp" (when a random map has a lot of space filled with mountains)...
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RomaShSh
Health - life
Health removed = life reduced
Maybe it could also be "holsty" (that's what we call it):cool:
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"Pandus" (when a random map has a lot of empty space that is simply filled with mountains)...
And here I am, and I'm not really a newbie, but I didn't know that term :o It turns out that it's useful for not only newbies to visit here...;)
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Here! I didn't know that either!
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Useful! I learned something new myself.
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There are indeed many words related to heroes, and each player may have their own variations regarding the objects and processes that occur during the game. There are also many common terms that have become established among players. I also have a stock of words, but not all of them are used because many of them are simply used by me, and no one really knows what I mean (in some cases). ;) For example: "Khalyavnitsa" (to go around the "khalyavnitsas") - means to collect weekly income from mills, elves, and hire creatures that do not require payment. "Zachet" - all creatures in the castle have been purchased. "Zaslanets" - a hero running around with a weak army (for reconnaissance). And so on. :)
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CD - black dragons
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