Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes is like many other games, and companies, and organizations in this world – it has it’s own list of acronyms, abbreviations and strange nicknames. Because of this, we decided a place to house all of these definitions is in order. Please feel free to send your recommendations to this page as I am sure we will miss a few. Also, scroll down for a special YouTube video from CrazyExcuses and CubsFanHan, two of the great SWGoH GameChangers.
SWGoH Nickname – SWGoH Meaning
SWGOH – Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes
ADPH – Average Damage Per Hit
AOE – Area of Effect (basically an all-attack hitting all enemies)
AP – Ally Points
Buff Wipe – remove a positive status effect, or buff
CC – Critical Chance
CD – Critical Damage
Chex Mix – Phase 3 team from the Sith Triumvirate Raid – Chex Mix details
Cleanse – to remove specifically a debuff, not just any status effect
Debuff – a negative status effect
Dispel – remove a status effect (buff and/or debuff)
DOT – Damage Over Time (those annoying red stars that Vader puts on you…)
DPS – Damage Per Second
HAAT – Heroic AAT (7-star AAT)
HMU – Hit Me Up (not game-specific but often used in chat)
KOTOR – Knights of the Old Rebublic (old Star Wars games which were popular with die-hard fans)
LMK – Let Me Know (not game-specific but often used in chat)
META – Most Effective Technique Available
Nerfed Up – Screwed Up
OP – Over Powered
P1, P2, P3, P4 – Phase 1, 2, 3 or 4 in a Raid
Squishy – Weak, Low on Hitpoints (Many say Rey and Darth Maul are squishy characters)
SSHH – Seven Star Han-Haver (this may just be in our Guild…)
TM – Turn Meter
Toon – Character in the Game
WAI – Working As Intended
SWGoH Character Acronyms
AA – Admiral Ackbar
Chaze – Chirrut Imwe & Baze Malbus combination
Chirpatine – Chief Chirpa lead with Emperor Palpatine (typically for Phase 3 of the AAT/HAAT)
CHOLO – Captain Han Solo
CLS – Commander Luke Skywalker
Dat – Dathcha
GS – Geonosian Soldier
IGD – Ima-Gun Di
EN – Enfys Nest
FOE – First Order Executioner (also incorrectly referred to as FOX)
FOO – First Order Officer
FOTP – First Order TIE Pilot
GG – General Grievous
GK – General Kenobi
JE – Jawa Engineer
JJ – Just Jawa – the regular old generic Jawa character
JKA – Jedi Knight Anakin
JS or J-Scav – Jawa Scavenger
JTR – Rey (Jedi Training) – incorrect acronym
KRU – Kylo Ren Unmasked
NS – Nightsisters
Palpafighter – Emperor Palpatine with TIE Fighter Pilot (typically for Phase 3 of the AAT/HAAT)
Princess Zody – reference to a HAAT Clones team typically featuring a Zeta Cody lead, Fives, Echo, Clone Sergeant and Princess Leia
QGJ – Qui-Gon Jinn
RJT – Rey (Jedi Training) – correct acronym
ROLO – Rebel Officer Leia Organa
SF – Sun Fac
SRP – Scarif Rebel Pathfinder
StHan – Stormtrooper Han Solo
TFP – TIE Fighter Pilot
Wiggs – Wedge Antilles & Biggs Darklighter combination
WiggsDo – Wedge Antilles, Biggs Darklighter and Lando Calrissian combination