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.
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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In online gaming, a ganker is a player who ambushes or overwhelms others — usually weaker or solo players — with an unfair numbers or power advantage. Classic ganking involves high-level players hunting lowbies in open-world PvP games, or a team piling onto a single opponent who never stood a chance. It's widely considered unsporting and frustrating, though some players treat ganking as an art form. The term comes from "gang kill" and is especially common in MMORPGs and battle royale games.
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.
In MOBA games: a surprise attack, often by multiple players against a lone enemy. "Gank top lane" = surprise the top-lane player.
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(online gaming, slang) Able to be ganked .
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(online gaming, slang) One who ganks in gameplay.