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Item Abbreviations Compilation

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Some old NA players' habit of calling items by their English names still lingers.

Back then there were people who flexed by using the full English names, but not so much these days.

Anyway, people still use these a lot so I compiled them.

 

BC The Black Cleaver

BT Bloodthirster

PD Phantom Dancer

Mobis Mobility Boots

Ninja Tabi Ninja Tabi

Berserkers Berserker's Greaves

Triforce Trinity Force

Wit's End Wit's End

Spirit Visage Spirit Visage

FH Frozen Heart

RoA Rod of Ages

Abyssal Abyssal Scepter

QSS Quicksilver Sash

Void Staff Void Staff

Mallet Frozen Mallet

IE Infinity Edge

Sunfire Sunfire Cape

Mallet Frozen Mallet

DCap Rabadon's Deathcap

LW Last Whisper

Hexdrinker, Hextech Hextech Gunblade

Zeal Zeal

Sheen Sheen

Gunblade Hextech Gunblade

Archangel's Archangel's Staff

Aegis Aegis of the Legion

Thornmail Thornmail

Sorcerer's Sorcerer's Shoes

Mercury Mercury's Treads

 

Just jotted down what I could remember and what people commented.

Was gonna organize by category but got lazy so it's all over the place.

If there's anything wrong or missing leave a comment.

82 comments
  1. 5
    Level 0

    back when someone kept telling me to build visage... i didn't even know what that was.... ....

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    Reply 11
    1. lmaoooo

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    2. 리리리맄맄맄

      facts, same here but asking would've been too awkward so i just didn't buy it..

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    3. 리메이크뽀삐찡that's why ur stuck in silver..

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  2. 4
    Level 0

    GA — Guardian Angel

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  3. 1
    Level 0RtA마시졍

    Mallet's listed twice lol

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  4. 1
    Level 83노룩폭발 잇힝

    hey you got 'mallet' twice in the middle — Frozen Mallet and Iceborn Gauntlet.... fix it pls

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  5. 0
    Level 0

    Pro tip!

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  6. 0

    GA — Guardian Angel

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    Reply 1
    1. .

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  7. 0
    Level 0

    Isn't that Archangel's staff called Seraph's Embrace though

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    Reply 2
    1. I thought it was Seraph's Embrace too...

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    2. 익명7124f

      It's always been Archangel's. Way before Seraph's Embrace was even a thing.

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  8. 0
    Level 0DelicateControl

    Archangel (Seraph's Embrace)

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  9. 0
    Level 0DelicateControl

    Whoa, haven't heard 'Aegis' in forever damn

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  10. 0
    Level 0

    Frozen Mallet listed twice

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  11. 0
    Level 0

    back in early s2 knowing english item abbreviations = sweaty tryhard not knowing them = boosted animal lol that was the vibe back then, but now i realize it was just those na veterans pulling some fucking elitist shit. ogn tried really hard to push korean item names to kill that attitude, and it worked. these days people use korean abbreviations a lot, but english ones are still pretty common.

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  12. 0
    Level 0

    But there were items in Season 2 too that only got called by their Korean abbreviations... like ppalg-jang and nok-jang.

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    Reply 1
    1. people still shorten items like IE (Infinity Edge), Gunblade (Hextech Gunblade), FM (Frozen Mallet) in Korean, and wasn't Madred's Bloodrazor that green sword item people bought when Warwick solo'd Baron back then? lol..

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  13. 0
    Level 0

    Looks like Frozen Mallet is listed twice Mallet - Frozen Mallet Mallet - Frozen Hammer

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  14. 0
    Level 0

    Also, the sister product, spells. Flash, Smite, Exhaust, Ignite, Clarity, Heal, and even CV lol

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    Reply 1
    1. Isn't it cleanse?

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  15. 0
    Level 0

    lol you finally posted it haha

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  16. 0
    Level 0

    some guy keeps telling me not to build TF on Nasus but go for something else, and since I didn't even know what TF was I just built Trinity Force 🙄

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    Reply 1
    1. 리리리맄맄맄

      lmaooo

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  17. 0
    Level 0

    Brutalizer

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  18. 0
    Level 0

    Kindlegem Ruby Crystal Needlessly Large Rod

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  19. 0
    Level 284사슴샀음

    Sorcerer's Shoes — magic pen boots

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  20. 0
    Level 0

    What do people call B.F. Sword?

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    Reply 1
    1. Lulu And Poro

      Just spell it out as Spellbinder's Sword and Mejai's is Mejai's.

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  21. 0
    Level 0

    At some point the English item abbreviations became more familiar... how much League have I even played

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  22. 0
    Level 83리리리맄맄맄

    But tbh 'Triple' (Trinity Force) is used more than its full Korean name '삼위일체'

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  23. 0
    Level 0니쭈

    Isn't it

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  24. 0
    Level 287내매력뿜뿜

    Mallet's in there twice btw

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  25. 0
    Level 0

    Axe, BT, PD, Mobis, Tabi, Berserkers, Triforce, Wit's End, SV, FH, RoA, Abyssal, QSS, Void, Mallet, IE, Sunfire, Rabadon's, LW, Gunblade, Zeal, Sheen, Hextech, Archangel's, Aegis, Thornmail, Sorcs, Mercs Let's use Korean for these except the ones where it's unavoidable, love our language

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  26. 0
    Level 0이식희

    i just use the english names for bc, tabi, tri, roa, ie, dcap, lw, and ga ? its easier lol people say 'going tri' not 'i'm building trinity force' right how many ppl actually call bc 'the black cleaver' with the full name

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    Reply 1
    1. It's partly because abbreviating long item names is just easier, and partly because old habits from the old names die hard, so switching is tough.

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  27. 0
    Level 167요약봇 Beta

    thornmail aegis archangel mercury etc. feel kinda unfamiliar IE GA sunfire BC trinity DC LW and stuff like that are more familiar

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  28. 0
    Level 0박패순

    Whoa nice

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  29. 0
    Level 1Respectt

    BC - Black Cleaver BT - Bloodthirster PD - Phantom Dancer TF - Trinity Force FH - Frozen Heart VS - Void Staff IE - Infinity Edge Hex - Hexdrinker don't know the others so didn't write them ^^..

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    1. 쓸게없어

      isnt it phantom dancer not phantom dancer

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  30. 0
    Level 0

    oh i didn't know that, nice tip thankss ^^

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  31. 0
    Level 0예식2

    Thanks for the tip

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  32. 0
    Level 0

    We used to call it FoN, when did people start calling it Visage?

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    Reply 3
    1. FoN stood for Force of Nature, an armor that gave only a shit ton of magic resist, and its Korean name was like '대자연의 힘' or something. Visage is Spirit Visage, always has been.

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    2. 익명7124f

      That's a completely different item from FoN (Force of Nature) though.

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    3. 쓸게없어

      Spirit Visage's upgrade used to be Force of Nature.

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  33. 0
    Level 0

    wonder what happens if u dont know what eol-mang (Frozen Mallet) is lol

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  34. 0
    Level 0

    DCap, Rabadon

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  35. 0
    Level 0푸 묘

    what's pd even short for?

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    Reply 2
    1. Phantom Dancer

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    2. 옳 은

      Phantom Dancer

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  36. 0
    Level 0익명7124f

    Glacial Shroud, Glacial Phage, Phage

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  37. 0
    Level 76삼조격

    Where's the Zeke's, man, WHERE'S THE ZEKE'S!!!

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    Reply 1
    1. 옳 은

      Come again???

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  38. 0
    Level 0

    Thanks for the great post! My friends are always like "buy this~buy that~" and I could never figure out what they meant, but this post has it all! '^' I'll be sure to use this as a reference~

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  39. 0
    Level 0옳 은

    Mallet two!!!

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  40. 0
    Level 0

    That hextech revolver is the Hextech Gunblade

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  41. -1
    Level 0Dory129

    honestly am i not the majority shareholder of this post

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