gankable
Gankable describes a player, character, or position in an online game that's easy to gang up on and eliminate — exposed, weak, or poorly positioned enough that opponents can pick them off without much risk.
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Gankable describes a player, character, or position in an online game that's easy to gang up on and eliminate — exposed, weak, or poorly positioned enough that opponents can pick them off without much risk. It's a staple of MOBA and MMO vocabulary where map awareness and positioning determine everything. If you're gankable, you're basically gift-wrapping kills for the enemy team.
Don't push that far without vision — you're completely gankable out there and their jungler is missing.
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(online gaming, slang) Able to be ganked .
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