Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

face tank

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English

Syllables
face -tank
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To absorb damage directly, especially in an unsophisticated or unskillful way.

Etymology

From tank (“attract or resist damage”) and face (“the player character as opposed to minions”), the idea being that to face tank is to accept enemy attacks without any attempt to deflect their damage to non-player entities; thus, to simply absorb them directly.

Inflected Forms

face tanks (present, singular) face tanking (participle, present) face tanked (participle, past) face tanked (past)

Questions

What does face tank mean?
To absorb damage directly, especially in an unsophisticated or unskillful way.
Where does face tank come from?
From tank (“attract or resist damage”) and face (“the player character as opposed to minions”), the idea being that to face tank is to accept enemy attacks without any attempt to deflect their damage to non-player entities; thus, to simply absorb them directly.

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