Cooldown Meaning?
3.0BRAINROT SCORECooldown In video games, the minimum time a player must wait after using an ability before it can be used again. Players talk about "popping cooldowns" or "waiting on cooldown" when planning rotations and team fights.
Origin:Wikipedia's glossary of video game terms defines a cooldown as the minimum length of time a player needs to wait after using an ability before using it again, and says developers use cooldowns to keep weaker abilities balanced. The glossary gives no origin and no first use, and the word is an ordinary technical term in game design; the slang flavour comes only from how players use it in conversation. The entry is weak on documented slang specifics.
First Seen:Unknown (no dated first use is documented in the sources opened)
Peak Era:2000s-2020s (MMOs, MOBAs, action games)
Aura Impact:+1 Aura (Using It Correctly In Context)
EXAMPLE USAGE
""Hold your ultimate, it is still on cooldown for another twenty seconds.""
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