gank coded
A champion, player, or playstyle is gank coded when it just screams ambush energy by design — the kit, the movement abilities, the passive, everything points toward lurking in bushes and ruining someone's day.
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A champion, player, or playstyle is gank coded when it just screams ambush energy by design — the kit, the movement abilities, the passive, everything points toward lurking in bushes and ruining someone's day. Gank coded champions are the ones with dashes, invisibility, gap closers, or CC that combos perfectly with surprise attacks. A gank coded player is the one who's taken two camps and is already at your lane before the 90-second mark because they simply cannot help themselves.
Rek'Sai is so gank coded — she literally detects you underground and comes through the wall to kill you.
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- gank75%
To ambush an enemy player — usually in a lane, usually as a jungler coming out of fog. A well-timed gank is the backbone of a MOBA early game.
- gank god74%
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- gank mode73%
Gank mode is the mental and strategic state a jungler enters when they decide that farming camps is for cowards and the real fun is in terrorizing every lane on the map. In gank mode, the minimap becomes a hunt, every enemy out of position becomes a target, and the jungle player pings their movement so frequently the team starts to feel like they're being coached by a very enthusiastic predator. Gank mode can be called on demand or activated involuntarily after an enemy taunts in chat.
- gank szn72%
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