What do those abbreviations mean in LoL?

Question

I'm quite new to League of Legends but try to improve through reading guides. All too often I stumble upon abbreviations I am not sure what they mean.

Some of those are:

• AD
• AP
• ArPen
• AS
• bot
• carry
• CDR
• CS
• Drag
• mia
• mid
• MM
• Mp5
• MP5pL
• MPen
• SR
• top
• TT

Answer

I'm not sure what Hp10pL is, but:

AD - Attack Damage - The stat that directly affects melee auto-attack damage. Many melee/fighter/tank champions will want to get AD gear to increase their damage.

AP - Ability Power - The stat that directly affects ability damage. Many mage/ranged champions will want to get AP gear to increase their damage.

ArPen - Armor Penetration - makes your AD attacks ignore some amount of the enemy's armor when they hit.

AS - Attack Speed - The speed in which you attack with normal attacks (not spells). AD champions benefit from this.

Bot - generally refers to the bottom lane in Summoner's Rift, or the champions who are laning there. E.g., "Bot mia" = "the enemy champions in Bot lane are missing. Beware"

Carry - heroes, usually AD heroes, capable of dealing massive damage and taking down entire groups, but usually die themselves easily too (they "carry" the entire team for the damage)

CDR - Cooldown Reduction - The more %, the quicker the cooldown on spells is over (a maximum of 40%). Usually good for casters or heroes without mana.

CS - Creepscore - the count of the number of creeps you've killed. Higher number means you've been better at last hitting, and have more gold to spend.

gank - To gang up on an enemy champion by surprise and kill him/her.

MM - MatchMaking - The System in LoL that teams up people/puts them against eachother.

Mp5 (Aka MP/5) - Mana per 5 Seconds - a stat referring to how much mana your champion recovers every 5 seconds.

MPen - Magic Penetration - makes your magical attacks ignore some amount of the enemy's magic resistance when they hit.

mia - Missing In Action - Means that the enemy in your lane (or the specific enemy you mention) is no longer visible in your lane, and may be on his way to "gank" a teammate. Everyone should be careful and watch out for the missing champion. Also used is "miss" or "ss"

Mid - refers to mid-lane in Summoner's Rift, or the middle level of capture nodes in Dominion

SR - Summoners Rift (5v5 map) - The most played map, the classic DotA 5v5. Has 3 lanes, the dragon mob and the boss Nashor.

TT - Twisted Treeline (3v3 map) - The smaller map for 6 players, has 2 lanes.

Top - Top lane in Summoner's Rift/Twisted Treeline.

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