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The specific optimal strategies and builds considered strongest immediately following a game balance update, before players fully adapt.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"The patch meta is still shifting daily, nobody's found the actual best build yet."
LORE & ORIGIN
Standard competitive-gaming terminology for the meta as it exists in the narrow window right after a patch, distinct from the longer-term settled meta.
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2015
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2015-2026 (Gaming Strategy Vocabulary)
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Related To:Meta ShiftStrategy DraftTheorycrafter
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