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The glossary is a list of terms used within the context of Granblue Fantasy that may not be readily apparent in meaning to newer players, and their definitions.

Glossary Spreadsheet

Additional glossary resource: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WI2ME_a2f7jcX8hshYtp0T16bMeMDvLxDivGMs7maBU/pubhtml#

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[#]b / [#]c / [#]s	Shorthand for number of skills ("buttons"), charge attacks, and summons used when discussing OTK or burst team setups. Summon count may be bundled together with skill count, and may be omitted entirely. For example, a 0b3c team uses no skills or summons and presses the Attack button to deal 3 charge attacks.
000 / T0	Short for Triple Zero.
6D	Abbreviation for the Six-Dragon Raids

A

Affects All Allies	Effects that affect all allies only affect the player's characters that are in combat.
Affects All Parties	Effects that affect all parties affect every player's characters that are in combat. Also referred to as 'raidwide'
Angel Halo	A special quest which drops Angel items and rarely Rusted Weapons.
AH	Acronym for Angel Halo.
Anniversary Ticket / Annitix	A Surprise Special Draw Set made available for sale during the game's anniversary in March where seasonal and Grand characters are also selectable (with some newer characters excluded).
AP	Can refer to: Action Points, which function as stamina . Ascendant Prayer, which allows a player to expend items when starting certain raids to receive a powerful buff to all characters and enable rejoining battle with a Full Elixir if their team is defeated. The player will be ineligible for any solo clear trophies for that raid instance.
Assassin	Refers to characters with a conditional damage boost, usually Assassin's Aim (Overdrive)ATK is boosted for foes in Overdrive ("Overdrive Assassin") or Assassin's Aim (Break)ATK is boosted against a foe in break mode ("Break Assassin"). "Anytime Assassin" refers to characters and effects with similar functions that do not rely on Overdrive or Break, eg. Anre's Fleeting SparkATK is boosted by Fleeting Spark (Can't be removed) Shiva (Summon)'s Path of DestructionATK is boosted "Turnwide Assassin" refers to characters and effects with similar functions that last the entire turn and are not consumed on the first damaging action. These are noted with "1 Turn" as opposed to "1 Time"
AT	Acronym for Assault Time, a crew effect active two hours a day where all crew members to begin most raids with 100% charge bar for all characters, as well as a bonus to exp and rupies. "Strike Time" in English.
Auto	Refers to a normal attack of an ally or an enemy. Can also be notated as a "one-foe" attack in-game.
Autonuke	A damaging skill that activates automatically without having to be pressed by the player.

B

Babu / Babusan	Refers to Beelzebub or sometimes Helel ben Shalem.
Backline	Refers to the sub members of a party.
Backwater	Refers to Skills or the effects of Abilities which increase the attack power of characters as they lose HP. Named after the JP term for the ability, 背水の陣, where one is fighting with their back towards the water, equivalent to "backed into a corner" in English. See Enmity.
Baha	Abbreviation for Bahamut. Can refer to the summon Bahamut, the raid Proto Bahamut or the race-boosting Bahamut Weapons.
Bar / Brick	An item such as a Gold Brick or Damascus Ingot which can be used to uncap weapons, or the act of using these items to uncap an SSR weapon.
Battery	Unofficial term for a character with the role of providing "Charge Bar" to allies.
Bead	Also known as "charge diamonds". Refers to the set of diamonds beneath an enemy's HP bar that denotes when they will perform a Charge Attack. Used both to refer to the size of the gauge, as well as current progress in the gauge.
Bingo	The act of collecting all of a certain set. Commonly used for recruiting all of The Eternals or Evokers.
Birdman	Fan nickname for Nezahualpilli, due to his appearance and hard-to-remember name.
Bluuten	Fan nickname for the Guider to the Eternal Edge MC Skin because of the change in hair color in combination with "Juuten", the Japanese name for The Eternals.
Borger	Fan nickname for Geisenborger.
Box	Fan nickname for Charlotta. Can also appear as "Box Potato" or "Boxtato".
Boxing	The act of grinding events to open event boxes.
BP	Acronym for Battle Points, the resource used to join raids. Known as "EP" in English.
BSC	Acronym for Blue Sky Crystal.
Buncle	Shorthand for "Carbuncle", a set of SR summons that improve elemental attack and defense of their element. Commonly prefixed by its element (e.g. the carbuncle obtained from the tutorial is referred to as a windbuncle).
Burst	Indicates dealing the highest amount of damage as you can in the shortest amount of time and turn.
Bubs / Bubz	Refers to Beelzebub

C

Cake	Nickname for Threo because she really likes cake.
Cav	Shorthand for Cavalier.
CCW	Abbreviation for Class Champion Weapons.
CEQ / CQ	Abbreviation for Campaign-Exclusive Quest.
Chain / Chaining	May refer to: Chain Burst, bonus damage which occurs when multiple damaging Charge Attacks are used in one turn Combo Calls, when a player calls a summon to combo (or "chain") with another player's summon that was last called. See also "Cross / Cross Summon" below. Items that modify the third skill of a Dark Opus Weapon which can be exchanged from the Shop using drops from Belial.
Charge Gauge/Bar	Can refer to a character's charge bar or an enemy's. For enemies, it is set of diamonds beneath the enemy's HP bar. Each turn, an enemy will typically fill one diamond. When the gauge is filled, the enemy will perform a Charge Attack and the gauge will empty. Various skills can halt the accumulation or even remove diamonds from the Charge Gauge during battle.
Chev	Abbreviation for Chevalier, the main Light primal beast. "Luminiera" in English.
Choco Bar	Nickname for Damascus Ingot.
Chrys	Shorthand for Chrysaor
Clicky	Team compositions or setups that require many skill activations and/or summon calls ("clicks") aside from simply pressing "Attack". May have higher damage per turn, but generally lower damage per second due to extra button presses and potentially more complex execution.
Clear, Cleanse	Refers to any skill that removes one or more debuffs from allies. The former is named after the Cleric job's "Clear All" skill in Japanese ("Clarity" in English). See also Clear.
Colo	Shorthand for Colossus.
CR	Abbreviation for Chaos Ruler.
Crit	Shorthand for Critical Hit. Certain buffs or passive skills allow a character to deal extra damage when attacking with a strong element. Some field effects also allow critical hits regardless of element. This is denoted by the attack specifying "Critical!" instead of "Weakpoint!" above the damage dealt. The likelihood of the Critical effect, as well as the amount of increased damage, vary depending on the source of the Critical effect.
Cross / Cross Summon	Alternate term for Combo Calls, which let you gain the effect of a summon called by another player in the same raid.
CT	Abbreviation for "Charge Turn", the Japanese term for Charge Diamonds.
CT MAX / CTMAX	An enemy special attack executed when a foe's charge diamonds are full. Contrasted with "trigger", which refers to an enemy special attack executed when some other condition is met, such as a foe's HP reaching a specific threshold or a given number of turns passing.

D

DA	Abbreviation for Double Attack.
DAO	Abbreviation for Dark Angel Olivia
DATA	Abbreviation for Double Attack/Triple Attack, used to refer to multiattack just like "MA".
Dirt	A slang term that refers to the Earth element.
Discoverer	The player who spends AP to start a raid.
Dispel	Refers to any skill that removes one or more buffs from an enemy. Refers to the Bishop's Dispel skill. See also Dispel.
DLF	Abbreviation for De La Fille.
DMG	Abbreviation for Damage.
DPS	Abbreviation for "Damage Per Second". A high DPS is good when racing, but it is often optimized by using risky or unsustainable strategy that are ill-suited to difficult content.
DPT	Abbreviation for "Damage Per Turn". Maximizing it can often be slow and is not suited to racing, but is also usually safer as it offers less opportunities for a foe to take actions.
Dokkan	Refers to Clarisse. It's a Japanese onomatopoeia for an explosion and is commonly said by Clarisse when she uses her spells.
Dopus	Refers to the Dark Opus Weapons.
DS	Abbreviation for Double StrikeAttacks twice each turn .

E

Echo	Nickname for Bonus DMGDeals bonus DMG for one-foe one-ally attacks on attacks.
Eggs	Refers to Tears of the Apocalypse due to their egg-like shape.
EMP	Extended Mastery Points, earned by "leveling up" when your class is already level 20. These are spent on Extended Mastery Skills and Extended Mastery bonuses.
Esser / Essel	Japanese name for Tien.
EX	May refer to: Any skill that is learned from one class that can be equipped on other classes. Called "subskills" in English. Any unique weapon skill which can be easily distinguished by the 'EX' label on the skill icon. Shorthand for Extreme difficulty. "EX+" is also often used to refer to the Extreme+ difficulty raid of Unite and Fight, where fast and reliable one-turn-kills are desired.
Exalto	An unboostable weapon skill which provides an additive percent boost to weapon skills of a particular element in the same way that Omega and Optimus summons do. Omega Exalto weapons Colossus Cane Ira Leviathan Gaze Mare Yggdrasil Crystal Blade Arbos Tiamat Bolt Aura Luminiera Bolt Credo Celeste Grace Ater are farmable from Magna 3 raids, while Optimus Exalto weapons Overrider Rubea Stiria Bloodwrought Coral Kaguya's Folding Fan Efes Causality Driver are Grand Weapons only obtainable through Premium Draw during a Premium Gala or Flash Gala.
Execute	A team that can deal enough damage to burst down the last 10% of Super Ultimate Bahamut (Raid) alone, generally waiting to do damage until that point. Significant due to how difficult the raid becomes at 10%; most rooms will want a player who can execute the last 10%.
Exo	Usually refers to weapons that can be obtained during Exo Crucibles. These weapons can be Awakened at level 150, with their Attack awakening typically granting powerful buffs when the weapon is used as a mainhand by the Main Character.

F

F2P	Short for "free to play," referring to users who do not spend money on in-game purchases or currency. Also used to describe weapons that can be acquired purely via gameplay and not from Premium Draw, as well as grids only comprised of such weapons, which will typically (but not always) use Omega/Magna main summons.
FA	Refers to the autoplay mode of Full-Auto, where characters will use yellow, blue, and red skills in that order of priority before attacking. By default the autoplay of the game uses Semi-Auto, which uses only attacks and charge attacks. The setting can be changed on a per-battle basis by entering a fight and clicking Menu, and selecting Semi or Full under Auto Settings. You can change the game-wide default outside of combat by going to Menu > Settings > Battle > Auto Settings.
Faa / Faasan	Refers to Lucilius. In Japanese, Lucilius’ name is written as ルシファー (Lucifā), which is another way of romanizing Lucifer, who already existed in series as ルシフェル (Luciferu).
Faa0 / LuciZero	Short for Dark Rapture Zero (Raid).
FAAHL	Abbreviation for the Dark Rapture (Hard) Raid
Farm	Refers to repeating a quest or raid in order to acquire its loot; Grind is one common synonym.
FC	Abbreviation for Fated Chain, a mechanic exclusive to Battle System 2.0
Feru	Refers to Luciferルシフェル (Luciferu) in contrast to Faa / Lucilius ルシファー (Lucifā).
FKHR	Nickname for Tetsuya Fukuhara, Granblue Fantasy creative director for its entire IP. Includes spin-off titles such as GBVS and Granblue Fantasy: Relink.
Flare / Flaretato	Refers to Zahlhamelina because of her primary usage in raids for her Flare skill.
Flash / Flashfes(t)	short for "Flash Festival," the Japanese name for "Flash Gala", a promotion where Premium Draw SSR rates are double and include special limited characters.
FLB	Abbreviation for Final Limit Break. It refers to blue star uncaps that require special materials or actions in order to uncap. Generally, 5★ uncaps for characters and 4★ uncaps for weapons and summons.
Flip (Chest)	Sometimes a gold chest does a flip as it pops up and plays a special sound, signifying a rare drop. Notably, on Omega raids, a flip chest is always either a SSR summon or a SSR weapon.
Flogen	A light burst team with both Florence (Halloween) and Mugen (Halloween), typically with a Relic Buster or Soldier MC that uses Florence (Halloween)'s MascheraGrant a Light ally MascheraATK is sharply boosted by Maschera Strength: 50%Multiplier: AssassinDuration: 1 turn . (Consumes 40% of that ally's max HP.) to attack several times for massive damage in a single turn. "Flogen" comes from the combination of Florence and Mugen's names, since they released on the same banner, but Florence is the more critical character of the two due to her targetable Assassin buff.
FO	Abbreviation for the First Officer in a crew, the First Officer buff in Unite and Fight (First Officer SkillMaximum amount of DMG that can be dealt per hit is boosted (First Officer Skill / Can't be removed) ), or Fighter Origin.
FoD	Abbreviation for Fist of Destruction, a common weapon in Primal Fire grids.
Fodder	Weapons that are used only to increase the skill levels of other weapons. Omega SR and HP SSR weapons are commonly used as skill-up fodder. Also used to refer to the act of using weapons to increase the skill level of other weapons, or reserving weapons for such use with the Craftsman's Anvil.
Frontline	Refers to the main members in your party, including your Main Character, as opposed to "backline"
Frontwater	Refers to the Stamina weapon skill. Named to parallel Enmity, as its Japanese name is colloquially translated to Backwater.
FS	Abbreviation for Fallen Sword, a common weapon in Primal Dark grids.
Full Burst	Refers to your entire Party executing a Charge Attack in the same turn leading to a specific Chain Burst named Full Burst.
Funf	Japanese name for Fif.

G

Gacha	The system of using tickets, Crystals, or real life money to obtain a random item. Refers to gachapon, a physical machine that releases a plastic ball with a random toy inside. Called Draw in the English Translation
Gao	Refers to the Berserker class. It's a Japanese onomatopoeia for a growl that a big animal would make, and also the noise that Gran/Djeeta would be making in their Berserker art.
GB	Can refer to either Glorybringer or Gold Brick.
GDA	Acronym for Guarantee Double Attack.
Gizoku	The Japanese name for Bandit Tycoon.
Glory	May refer to: Shorthand for Glorybringer The weapon skill that boosts C.A. specs and chain burst specs.
GO	Abbreviation for Grand Order
GOHL	Abbreviation for the Grand Order (Impossible) Raid
Goo / Goop	Refers to Shadow Substance.
Grande	Shorthand for "The Order Grande," the Japanese name for Grand Order. May also refer to the SSR summon of the same name.
Grid	The set of weapons equipped to the party. Also called "pool."
Group / Grouping	A coordinated strategy to clear Unite and Fight's Nightmare battles faster. These are usually scripted runs designed for maximum efficiency.
GTA	Acronym for Guaranteed Triple Attack.
GW	Guild Wars, the colloquial term for "Unite and Fight", a recurring event that pits guilds against each other.

H

Halo	Shorthand for Angel Halo.
Hard Cap	A maximum attainable value. No value above this can be obtained. See Damage Cap for more info.
Hell	Japanese name for "Nightmare" difficulty fights.
Highlander	Refers to a type of weapon grid in which each equipped weapon is unique in order utilize skills such as Scales of Dominion's "Absolute Equality" or Caim's  The Hanged Man ReversedWhen Sub Ally: When all equipped weapons are different, 20% boost to Earth allies' ATKMultiplier: Perpetuity, 50% boost to DEF, and 10% boost to damage cap. At level 95: Also supplement Earth allies' damage (Damage cap: 20,000). At level 110: Skill upgrades to: When Sub Ally: Boost to Earth allies' ATKMultiplier: Perpetuity, DEF, and damage cap. Supplemental Damage effect to Earth allies. (Boost to specs based on the number of different weapons equipped.).
HL	Abbreviation for High Level, the highest difficulty raids that only rank 101+ can access. In the English translation, this difficulty is called "Impossible." At time of writing, as older Impossible raids have become easier with the introduction of new characters and weapons, "HL" is usually used to refer to the current endgame raids of Super Ultimate Bahamut (Raid), Hexachromatic Hierarch (Raid), and Dark Rapture Zero (Raid). 7★ raids such as Dark Rapture (Hard) and Beelzebub (Raid) are also sometimes included.
Horde	Refers to the Horde Quest in Unite and Fight in which 30 waves of foes found in the Extreme difficulty quest appear consecutively. "Swarm" in Japanese.
Host	A colloquialism for raid discoverers.
HRT	Nickname for Haruta Kouichi, Granblue Fantasy's producer from 2014 to 2016. He is the original voice actor for Raphael. Likely forced to step down as producer due to the failure of Defense Order and the original iteration of Arcarum: The World Beyond during his tenure. Afterwards, Yuito Kimura returned as producer from 2016 to 2024.

I

Imposter

A colloquial term derived from the popular multiplayer game Among Us used to describe a party setup that has an off-element Main Character, typically played with Nighthound due to its ability to swap party members between the frontline and backline. This strategy is primarily used in the Super Ultimate Bahamut raid to lower specific TenetsFire TenetATK is boosted based on lvl (Can't be removed / Max: 10 / Lvl lowers each time a fire party cancels an Omen) Water TenetDebuff resistance is boosted based on lvl (Can't be removed / Max: 10 / Lvl lowers each time a water party cancels an Omen) Earth TenetDEF is boosted based on lvl (Can't be removed / Max: 10 / Lvl lowers each time an earth party cancels an Omen) Wind TenetMultiattack rate is boosted based on lvl (Can't be removed / Max: 10 / Lvl lowers each time an wind party cancels an Omen) Light TenetAll allies' HP is lowered at end of turn based on lvl (Can't be removed / Max: 10 / Lvl lowers each time a light party cancels an Omen) Dark TenetNormal attacks have a chance to remove 2 buffs from targeted allies based on lvl (Can't be removed / Max: 10 / Lvl lowers each time a dark party cancels an Omen) without having to bring a full party of that element. An example of this setup would be having a full Dark grid and team, but replacing the mainhand with a Light weapon therefore changing the MC's element to Light in order to clear the Light TenetAll allies' HP is lowered at end of turn based on lvl (Can't be removed / Max: 10 / Lvl lowers each time a light party cancels an Omen) .

J

JD(s)	Journey Drops
JK	Abbreviation of Joshi Kousei, literally means "high school girl". Usually used to refer Rosetta or Rose Queen (Raid). See Grand Blues! Strip #183.
Juuten / Juutenshu	The Japanese name for The Eternals.

K

Katoru	Transliteration of Feower's Japanese name, "カトル".
Keys	Items which can be used to customize the skills of weapons like Ultima Weapons, Dark Opus Weapons, and Draconic Weapons. Items for Dark Opus Weapons are called "Pendulums" or "Chains" in-game, while items for Draconic Weapons are called "Telumas"; "Keys" are used as a general term despite only technically applying to Ultima Weapons. Occasionally also used to describe similar items used on Class Champion Weapons, though those are generally referred to as Emblems, their in-game name.
Kinka	The Japanese name for Odious Raids.
KMR	Nickname for Yuito Kimura, former producer of Granblue Fantasy in 2014 and from 2016 to 2024. He later resigned from Cygames due to health issues.
KMR Jr.	Nickname for Yuito Kimura's successor and Granblue Fantasy's current producer starting in 2024. His identity has not been revealed and uses a voice changer when speaking in live events. Had been training for producer for 3 years prior to his succession.

L

Labors	Used to describe a condition a player must meet to cancel or lower the attacks of a raid boss. The term comes from the 12 Labor buffs Lucilius gains in the Dark Rapture (Hard) raid battle that each have a separate condition that must be met to remove.
Lanx	Shorthand for  PhalanxAll parties gain 50% DMG CutTaking 50% less DMG Duration: 1 turn Damage Cut reducing damage taken for all elements. Warning! Does not work for Plain Damage!. and similar skills that provide a Damage Cut.
LB	Limit Break, a colloquial term for "Uncap", the act of raising the level cap for a character, weapon, or summon. May be proceeded by a number, which indicates the number of limit breaks performed (i.e. LB3 = 3 times limit broken). The Japanese equivalent for Uncap, "上限解放," translates approximately to "limit release."
Leeching	Someone that does the bare minimal amount of effort in a raid, often only attacking once.
Legfes(t)	Short for "Legend Festival," a promotion where Premium Draw SSR rates are double and include special limited characters. "Premium Gala" in English.
Levi	Abbreviation for Leviathan.
Limited	Refers to any character that only appears in the Premium Draw for certain time periods. Often broken down into "Seasonal Limited" (Summer, Halloween, Christmas, etc) and "Gala Limited" (Grand Series, Zodiacs). In Japanese, this is also the name used for Grand weapons and characters (e.g., リミパーシヴァル Rimi-Pāshivaru = Limited Percival = Grand Percival).
LO	Abbreviation for Lancer Origin.
Lockout	The period of time where a player cannot use any skills or actions after pressing the attack button. This is notated by the "Waiting" loading icon at the top left of the battle screen. Typically the more Charge Attacks used in one turn, the longer the waiting time is. See Lockout for more information.
LoF	Abbreviation of Lord of Flames.
Lumi	Shorthand for Luminiera.

M

M1	Refers to Omega Weapons and grids they form the core of, typically used by newer players below Rank 120.
MA	Abbreviation for multiattack.
Magna	Officially "Omega" in English, with Magna being the Japanese term. Comes from Omega Summons, which are obtained from Omega_Raids and boost the power of Omega Weapons. Generally refers to farmable weapons and grids only comprised of farmable weapons. "Premium Magna" sometimes refers to grids that are farmable aside from the inclusion of one or more , which see frequent use in Magna grids despite being weapons from the Premium Draw.
Magna 2 / M2	Refers to Impossible Omega II Raids, which are unlocked at Rank 120. Also used to refer to the Regalia Weapons that drop from those raids, or grids which use Regalia Weapons.
Magna 2.5 / M2.5	Umbrella term for six Regalia Weapons Nilakantha Spirit of Mana Godsworn Edge Coruscant Crozier Pillar of Flame Zechariah which were added as potential drops two years after the raids originally released. They drop at a much lower rate than the other Regalia Weapons in their respective raids, and while the other Regalia Weapons can be purchased from the Prestige Pendant and Daily Point Shops once per month, M2.5 weapons have lifetime purchase limits while also costing more.
Magna 3 / M3	Refers to Impossible Omega III Raids and the weapons they drop, Omega Rebirth Weapons.
Magnafest / Magfest	A colloquial term for when main quests and raid battles are 1/2 AP/EP. Because most players need many weapon drops from Omega raids, this event is ideal for using up a lot of consumables, so it is a "festival of magnas." The term parallels "legfest."
Mainwheel	Refers to Fire, Water, Earth, and Wind. Named after how the elemental weakness chart displays these four elements in a circle.
Mashing	Mashing is a racing strategy revolving around taking as many turns as possible, as fast as possible, while using a limited amount or no skills at all, and relying entirely on grid and characters intrinsic strength to deal damage and survive. It also usually involves disabling charge attacks.
Masq	Shorthand for Masquerade
MC	Abbreviation for Main Character.
MH	Abbreviation for Main Hand. Is the 10th weapon slot in weapon grids, the one that is located on the left side of the screen.
Mist	Shorthand for  Miserable MistInflict 25% ATK DownATK is lowered Strength: 25%Base Accuracy: 80%Duration: 180 secondsStacking: Dual and 25% DEF DownDEF is lowered Strength: 25%Base Accuracy: 80%Duration: 180 secondsStacking: Dual on all foes., an attack and defense debuff skill learned by Dark Fencers. A popular subskill choice due to its effectiveness. Other abilities with attack and defense debuffs are sometimes referred to as mini-mists.
ML	Abbreviation for the Master Level of a class. Commonly written as ML20 or ML30 to refer to the upgrades at those Master Levels.
MLB	Abbreviation for Maximum Limit Break. It is a universal shorthand for a character, weapon, or summon that has been fully uncapped, excluding their blue star. In the case of weapons and summons, they usually gain extra benefits at maximum limit break status.
Monkeygate	Refers to the 2015 incident involving the character Andira in which a player streamed themselves spending around 700,000 JPY to obtain her due to her time-limited appearance rate. Frustration and claims of Andira's drop rate being less than advertised led developer Cygames to offer compensation in crystals to people caught in the incident and a promise to set up a guaranteed recruitment system from the gacha (Sparking). The Monkeygate incident made international headlines and Granblue Fantasy is considered to have the first implementation of a "pity system" in a gacha game, which caused the rest of the industry to follow suit.
Moon	When you draw a duplicate character weapon from the Premium Draw or Rupie Draw you'll receive a Bronze Moon, Silver Moon or Gold Moon instead of the character.
Morning Rush / MR	A strategy in Unite and Fight where a crew quickly farms honors within the first few hours of a round to build an early lead and widen the gap against their opponent.
MSQ	Abbreviation for Main Story Quest.
Multi-windowing	The practice of using multiple windows simultaneously to manage different actions at the same time.
MVP	The player that earns the most honor in a raid battle. The MVP and the 2nd place player (Vice MVP, vice) both get extra rewards.

N

Neko	Shorthand for Nekomancer.
Nio	Japanese name for Niyon.
NH	Abbreviation for Nighthound.
NM	Shorthand for Nightmare difficulty. Will often be paired with the level difficulty (e.g., NM150 - Nightmare Lvl 150).
Nuke	Slang for any skill damage with a high damage cap.
Null	Slang for non-elemental (). This element is referred to as "non-elemental" in the official English game client.

O

OC	Stands for "over chain", a chain burst of 5 or more charge attacks.
OD	Overdrive, a state that an enemy enters when it takes enough damage to fill its Mode Gauge. While in Overdrive, most enemies change their behavior for using charge attacks.
Okto / Octo	Japanese name for Eahta.
Off-element	To play without element advantage towards the foe. For example using a Wind configuration fight anything that isn't aligned towards Earth, which Wind has advantages against.
OTK	One Turn Kill, refers to the act of clearing a quest or raid in a single turn, and setups used for this purpose.
Ougi	Japanese name for charge attacks.

P

Paper	Refers to Champion Merit, Supreme Merit, Legendary Merit, and Lapis Merit. Often referred to with the color of the merit (e.g. Red Paper).
PBHL	Abbreviation for Proto Bahamut (Impossible).
PBN	Abbreviation for the standard difficulty Proto Bahamut raid.
Phalanx	Any skill that provides a party-wide Damage Cut effect, typically a very high cut for a single turn. Refers to the Phalanx skills in the Knight family, commonly Phalanx II or III. See also Damage Cut.
Plain damage	Non-elemental damage that ignores defense. Damage pop-up appears in a plain white color. Useful against enemies with very high defense. Sometimes called true damage, white damage, non-elemental damage, or non-attribute damage by the international GBF community.
PL	Refers to Paradise Lost, a special attack associated with Lucifer and Lucilius
PnS	Abbreviation for Pain and Suffering, a common weapon in Dark grids. Also broadly used to refer to the other Grand Weapons Crimson Scale Gospel of Water and Sky Pillardriver Piercing Galewing Harmonia (also known as Pact Weapons) which all share similar weapon skills as Pain and Suffering and came afterwards.
Point Control / PC	A strategy in Unite and Fight where a crew deliberately limits farming to control their honors. This approach is used to secure easier match ups and increase the chance of winning in the final rounds.
Pool	The set of weapons equipped to the party. Also called "grid".
Pot	Refers to a Half Elixir, Full Elixir, or the use of a healing potion in battle.
Potato	A slang term used to refer to characters of the Harvin race.
Primal Summon	An unofficial term used to refer to the Optimus Series summons: Agni, Varuna, Titan, Zephyrus, Zeus, and Hades
Prog	Shorthand for "Progression", a weapon skill that boosts Elemental ATK based on the number of turns passed.
Pub	When the player makes their raid public by requesting backup to everyone.

Q

QA	Acronym for Quadruple Attack.
Quatre	Japanese name for Feower. "Katoru" is another used transliteration.

R

Racing	Using specialized strategies to maximize DPS, in order to compete for MVP or maximize Blue Chest drop chance. Sometimes also refers to simply clearing a quest as fast as possible.
Rain	Shorthand for  Rain of Arrows150-300% elemental damage to all foes., a subskill in the Ranger class family.
Rainbow	Often used in reference to something being of all elements or a Bingo, for example: Vira has a character unit of every element a player may have "Rainbow" clears of a raid meaning they have cleared it with all elements a player may have crafted all element versions of a Class Champion Weapon It can also be used to refer to having a player of each element, commonly used in endgame fights that have mechanics that encourage this playstyle.
RB	Abbreviation for Relic Buster.
Red Chests	Extra boxes that drop from raid battles. One is earned by the raid host, and the other by the MVP. Red boxes have a unique drop table and may contain unique items, or have a higher chance to contain rarer items.
Reroll	Rerolling, a process to attempt to gain an advantageous initial character pool by repeatedly restarting the game with new accounts.
Resonator	A colloquial term for the skill which is found on a set of Grand Weapons Lord of Flames Calamitous Aquashade Landslide Scepter Claíomh Solais Díon Imperious Fury Eternal Signature that provide a boost to ATK, DEF, and Special DMG Cap when certain grid requirements are met. This term came from Landslide Scepter's Amber Resonator skill which was the first of this weapon skill type.
RF	Abbreviation for Rising Force.
RH	Abbreviation for Robin Hood.
RoA	Acronym for  Rain of Arrows150-300% elemental damage to all foes..
RQ	Refers to the Rose Queen (Raid)

S

Sac / Sacking / Saccing	May refer to: Short for "sacrifice". Can be used for a character brought specifically to sacrifice to an enemy attack or to bring in backline party members. Commonly done to bring in Evokers due to their additional passives gained when switching to the frontline. Short for "lucksack", a slang term for a player who has very good luck in raid drops or gacha pulls.
Sand	Shorthand for Eternity Sand.
Sarasa	Japanese name for Threo.
Scamcha	Refers to Star Premium Draw, which is a draw promotion that can be purchased for 3,000 Mobacoins to perform a 10-draw from the current draw banner and obtain a guaranteed SSR item from a specified pool as well as a bonus item. The name is a combination of "scam" and "gacha" due to how players often feel "scammed" when they do not get their desired SSR item especially after seemingly good odds.
Seasonal	May refer to: Characters, weapons, and summons that only appear in the gacha pool during seasonal periods within a year. See Draw#Seasonal. A Granblue player that only plays for short periods, particularly during free draw campaigns, and then stops or barely plays until the next campaign. Mostly used jokingly to tease these types of players.
Side	May refer to: How effects stack with each other. Generally, effects of the same "side" do not stack with each other. Used often in reference to Bonus Damage and Status Effects. When using one or two of the same summon as a Main Summon and/or Support Summon. For example, if Tiamat Omega is set as both a Main Summon and Support Summon, it is double-sided. If only one is equipped as either Main or Support, it is single-sided.
Siero / Sierotix	Can refer to the character Sierokarte, but more commonly used to mean Siero's Special Pick Ticket, an item purchaseable for 150 Gold Moons from the Shop which can be used to acquire any weapon or summon (including Grand/seasonal character weapons and otherwise unticketable summons) in the current Draw pool.
Siete	Japanese name for Seofon.
Six	Japanese name for Seox.
Slimeblasting / Sliming	Refers to farming Shiny Slime Search! (and before the release of Shiny Slime Search, Co-op Hard Stage 3-1), where the gold/silver slimes can be defeated in mere seconds with Plain Damage.
Snek	A slang term referring to Leviathan, Tsuchinoko, or Indala, the snake zodiac character.
Soft Cap	A maximum attainable value before diminishing returns are applied.
Song	Japanese name for Tweyen. Can also be transliterated as "Sorn", but has fallen out of usage in favor of "Song".
Spark	Each Premium Draw rewards you with a Cerulean Spark. With 300 Cerulean Sparks you can "spark" a character (or summon). The list of sparkable characters and summons change each time the Premium Draw is updated; for the current pool. check the Available Items page in the game. Note that all your Cerulean Sparks are converted to Cerulean Stones when the Premium Draw is updated.
Split Auto	Alternate term for FlurryNormal attacks deal multi-hit DMG to random foes , an effect which splits a character's single-target attacks into multiple damage instances that target random enemies. Each damage instance is affected by Bonus Damage and supplemental damage buffs. Sometimes called Valentine Grimnir or VGrim autos, after the first character to feature them.
SS	Can be an abbreviation for Sunlight Stone or Side Stories.
SSR Carbuncles	Refers to the following Epic Series summons, due to their call effect having similar effect with Carbuncles: Prometheus, Ca Ong, Morrigna (Summon), Gilgamesh, Hector, Anubis.
ST	Acronym for Strike Time, a crew effect active two hours a day where all crew members to begin most raids with 100% charge bar for all characters, as well as a bonus to exp and rupies. "Assault Time" in Japanese.
Stamina	The weapon skill that boosts ATK based on how high current HP is. One example is Last Storm Harp.
Stat Stick	A weapon or summon used for its HP and ATK stats. Sometimes derogatory when referring to weapons/summons with little other use, such as helpful weapon skills, sub-auras, or summon call effects. Can be positive if describing a weapon or summon that brings significant statistical bonuses along with other reasons you'd want to use it, such as a fully awakened Revans Weapon.
Static Damage	Any source of damage that has no damage spread. Ignores base elemental resistance.
Stone	Refers to Sunlight Stone, or the act of using Sunlight Stones (or similar items) to uncap SSR summons.
SUBHL / SuBaha	Abbreviation for Super Ultimate Bahamut.
Sus	Another colloquial term to describe the "Imposter" playstyle. Short for "suspicious", this term was commonly used to refer to the Imposter role in the popular multiplayer game Among Us.
Supp	Short for Supplemental Damage.
Suptix	Abbreviation for Surprise Special Draw Set.
Swarm	Refers to the Horde Quest in Unite and Fight in which 30 waves of foes found in the Extreme difficulty quest appear consecutively. "Horde" in English.

T

TA	Acronym for Triple Attack.
TH	Acronym for Treasure Hunt, a buff placed on an enemy to cause them to drop more items at the end of the fight. "Bounty Hunter" in English. See Drop Rate Boosts.
Tia	Shorthand for Tiamat.
Timegated	Resources that cannot be farmed indefinitely with sufficient AP nor bought on-demand with real-world money, and which are only renewable with the passage of time. Examples include Arcarum Badges and Doppelworld Sextants which regenerate daily, New World Quartz which is only regularly available from Tales of Arcarum and Unite and Fight, and Sunlight Stones which must be bought with Valor Badges every Unite and Fight or exchanged with Sunlight Shards (also chiefly obtained from Unite and Fight).
Tokage	Japanese word translating to "Lizard". Can be referring to the two Bahamut raids, Proto Bahamut (Impossible) and Ultimate Bahamut (Impossible), which players try to host daily due to the chance of a Gold Bar drop.
Torching	Refers to farming the Co-op Hard Stage 2-2 (Unsmothered Flame). See also: Sliming
Torm	Shorthand for Tormentor.
Train	Refers to a group of players each hosting the same raid in sequence. Most common for 6-player raids or during Skyscope Event Missions to clear the missions quickly. Trains can be organized through the game client in Co-op Raid Rooms, or informally through online communities or tools such as Discord.

U

UBHL	Abbreviation for Ultimate Bahamut (Impossible) and the standard raid .
UBN	Abbreviation the standard "Normal" difficulty Ultimate Bahamut raid battle.
ULB	Abbreviation for Ultimate Limit Break, refers to 5★ uncap of summons (such as Lucifer or Bahamut) or weapons (Omega, Dark Opus, etc) or the 6★ uncap of The Eternals characters.
UM	Abbreviation for Ultimate Mastery.
Uno	Japanese name for Anre.

V

Veil

Any skill, such as Katalina's Dispel MountAll allies gain Veil (1 time)Debuffs will be nullified (1 time) "Veil" is an unofficial name used by the wiki for this status effect. Its actual in-game name is "Immune.". At level 90: All allies also gain RefreshHP is restored on every turn Strength: (Healing cap: 300)Duration: 3 turns., that protects against the next debuff. This term is commonly used due to the Bishop Extended Mastery Skill of the same name  VeilAll allies gain Veil (1 time)Debuffs will be nullified (1 time) "Veil" is an unofficial name used by the wiki for this status effect. Its actual in-game name is "Immune.".. See Veil for more sources.

W

Wanpan	Meaning "One-Punch", the player attacks and leaves. Sometimes synonymous with "leeching", particularly for newer players farming Omega Summons and Weapons before the addition of Sierokarte's Knickknack Academy.
Weaving	A technique of cycling actions in a specific order, often involving multi-windowing. It is primarily used during large-scale farming to maximize honors or drops per hour.
Wet	A slang term that refers to the Water element.
Whale / Whaling	Spending lots of money to get the characters/weapons/summons you want, often associated with Sparking. Refers to both the act itself and players who frequently indulge in it.
Whale Tears	A slang term that refers to Cerulean Stones.

Y

Ygg / Yggy / Yugu

Shorthand for Yggdrasil

Z

Zenith EX (ZEx)	An subskill that can only be learned when a particular class has been mastered in exchange for EMP. These EX abilities can only be equipped to classes within the same job line.
Zenith Perk	Passive stat bonuses that can only be acquired when a particular job line has been fully mastered, in exchange for ZP. These stat bonuses apply only to the specific job they are purchased on. "Extended Mastery bonus" in English.
Zerker	Shorthand for the Berserker class.