Glossary

XIV TLDR often uses abbreviations or simplified terminology to denote recurring attack patterns, marked by a flair. These are described on this page.

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A

Acceleration Bomb

An attack which requires players to stop moving and attacking (including auto-attacks), often with a countdown or indicated by a debuff.

Add

Also known as: Adds

Additional enemies, often summoned by a boss. Some boss fights have add phases, where all adds need to be killed before the fight resumes.

Akh Morn

AoE attack which hits multiple times and often requires the party to stack.

Area of Eeffect

AoE. Damage can either hit everyone in vicinity, or anyone standing in areas marked by AoE patterns.

B

Breath

Also known as: Darkness

A damage type. Some buffs and debuffs can influence damage taken or given based on damage types. Only skills that can mitigate all damage can reduce Breath damage taken.

Buff

Status with positive effects applied to a player character.

C

Cardinal

Also known as: Cardinals

The four main compass directions. N/E/S/W.

Chandelier

Also known as: Sequential

An attack pattern that covers the entire arena in multiple AoEs, which explode in the order they appeared. This is often solved by standing next to the first AoE and moving into it after it detonates.

Charge

Also known as: Dash

An attack that often has bosses charging through the arena, hitting everything in their path.

Chariot

Also known as: Out

AoE pattern shaped like a circle, centered on the boss. Usually requires getting to the edge or out of melee range.

Cleave

Also known as: cleave

Attack that hits multiple targets, often in an area directly in front of the boss.

Conal

Also known as: Cone

A fan- or wedge-shaped area of attack, often originating from adds or players hit with a marker.

D

Darkness

Also known as: Breath

A damage type. Some buffs and debuffs can influence damage taken or given based on damage types. Only skills that can mitigate all damage can reduce Darkness damage taken.

Debuff

Status with negative effects applied to a player character. Debuffs with a blue, glowing bottom line can be removed by the healer skill Esuna.

Donut

Also known as: Dynamo, In

AoE pattern shaped like a donut. The safe spot is usually directly in the boss hitbox, or far away.

Doom

Debuff which instantly kills at the end of its duration. Often removed when a player reaches full health points or with the healer skill Esuna.

Dorito

Also known as: Kiss

A mechanic that requires players to stand close to each other. Often indicated by a red dorito-shaped marker above players' heads. Usually standing close to a single other marked player is enough to resolve this mechanic.

Down for the Count

Debuff restricting all actions and interrupting any cast. Usually applied right before cutscenes or phase transitions.

E

Esuna

Healer skill which can remove cleansable debuffs.

Exaflare

Circles traveling in a direction indicated by arrows. Often explode one after another.

G

Gaze

Also known as: Staring Contest

An attack that requires the player model to face away from the source of the gaze attack. Often indicated by a red eye above an enemy's head.

H

Half-Width

Also known as: Haircut

Half of the arena will be hit by an attack.

I

Intercardinal

Also known as: Intercardinals

Four intermediate compass points located halfway between the main cardinal directions. NW/NE, SW/SE.

Interrupt

Also known as: Interruptible

Orange, glowing cast bars can be interrupted to stop a cast from happening. Skills that can interrupt are Interject (Tanks), Head Graze (Phys Ranged DPS) as well as Flying Sardine and Bad Breath (Blue Mage).

Invuln

Also known as: Invulnerability

Tank skill which negates all damage.

K

Kiss

Also known as: Dorito

A mechanic that requires players to stand close to each other. Often indicated by a red dorito-shaped marker above players' heads. Usually standing close to a single other marked player is enough to resolve this mechanic.

Knockback

Also known as: Knockbacks, KB

An effect that physically moves the player character backwards. Often negated by skills providing knockback immunity (Arm's Length, Surecast). Opposite of Pull.

L

Limit Break

Also known as: LB, LB3

A strong special attack that builds over the course of a duty. LB3's are fully charged limit breaks. Healers can revive entire parties to full health with it, while tanks sometimes require LB3 to block otherwise lethal damage.

Line Stack

Also known as: Wild Charge

A line stack marker. The first player in the line of attack usually takes the most damage, often requiring a tank.

M

Magical

A damage type. Some buffs and debuffs can influence damage taken or given based on damage types.

Meteor

A hard-hitting attack which often requires breaking line-of-sight with the point of impact to survive.

Mitigation

Also known as: Mit

Skills which reduce damage for either the player character or the whole party.

P

Physical

A damage type. Some buffs and debuffs can influence damage taken or given based on damage types. Only physical damage can be parried.

Plus

AoE pattern which shoots out straight line AoEs in a plus shape.

Protean

AoE attack pattern targeting party members with cones, originating from the boss.

Proximity Marker

Also known as: proximity marker

Attack which requires distance from the originating point to reduce the damage taken.

Pull

Attack which physically moves the player character towards a point in the arena. Opposite of Knockback.

Pyretic

Debuff which deals damage when inflicted players move or use any action.

R

Raidwide

Also known as: RW

Attack that hits the entire party, regardless of proximity to the source. Raidwides often require mitigation, and some can drop the HP of players to exactly 1.

Repose

Healer skill which puts a target to sleep. Rarely used and enemies are often immune to it.

Rescue

Healer skill which pulls a targeted player towards the healer's position. Rarely used to save a player from being hit by an AoE attack.

S

Spread

A mechanic that requires players to spread out. Often AoE circles dropping on feet of players after the cast ends.

Stack

Also known as: Stack Marker

An attack pattern that hits proportionally to the amount of players in its area of effect. Damage is shared. Stack markers can hit multiple times, and are sometimes role-specific.

T

Tankbuster

Also known as: TB

Hard-hitting attack targeting a tank, often indicated by a red circle.

Towers

A mechanic that requires a player to be present in a given area. Sometimes requires a specific amount of players or certain roles, indicated by visuals. If a tower is missed, the party usually suffers raid-wide damage.