PvP terminology

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Abbreviation	Meaning
+1	The item that a player would keep on death with the Protect Item prayer.
AGS	Armadyl Godsword
BH	Bounty Hunter
Bracket	Combat bracket. A range of combat levels, often used to describe the levels that a player can attack.
Brid, bridding	Hybrid; fighting with multiple combat styles (melee/ranged/magic).
Combo Food	You can eat multiple pieces of food in the same time that you would normally only eat one. The karambwan is a special type of fish that can be eaten directly after eating a shark or other "normal" food item in the same tick period. Quickly click on a shark and karambwan to consume both.
DDS	Dragon dagger(p++)
DH	Dharok's, either the armour set itself or fighting with it.
Gf	Good fight
Gmaul	Granite maul
LMS	Last Man Standing
Main	Account with no particular build restrictions, often with maximum combat stats.
Multi	Multicombat area
NH	No honour; fighting with no rules.
Overheads	Prayers that display over a player's head. Use may be considered dishonourable in some PvP scenarios.
PJ, PJing	Pile jumping, player jumping
Pot blocking	After you drink a pray pot you can't eat for a delayed period of time. You don't want to be drinking pots as you hit big on their venge or they hit big on you, time it for when you both hit 0s.
Pure	Combat pure
Risk	What the player would lose if they were killed, often measured in GP.
Safing	Keeping your hitpoints high. May be considered dishonourable by some.
Singles	Single-way combat
Solo (player-killing)	Player-killing without a clan.
Spec	Special attack
Switch	Gear switches/switching. Equipping different armour and weapons in the middle of the fight, typically to use a different combat style (melee/ranged/magic).
Tab	Using a Teleport to house tablet to escape a fight.
TB	Teleblock
Zerker	Berserker

See also

• Free-to-play PvP culture
• Free-to-play PvP techniques