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A game model where you spend in-game currency on randomized draws to get characters or gear. Named after the Japanese capsule-toy machines.

A limited-time event that features a specific unit at boosted odds. Almost all pulling happens on banners.

The currency you spend to pull. You earn it free by playing (dailies, events, story) or buy it with money.

A unit’s grade, usually shown in stars. Higher rarity is rarer and normally stronger.

A character or item you pull. Games use different words for it: character, operator, resonator, agent, servant.

A second or later copy of a unit you already own. Most games convert dupes into permanent power upgrades.

Restarting fresh accounts to get a strong unit from the free starter pulls before you commit to one account.

One randomized draw. Also called a roll, wish, warp, convene, or summon depending on the game.

A batch of ten pulls at once, often with a small bonus or a guaranteed minimum rarity.

A counter that guarantees a top-rarity unit once you reach a set number of pulls. It means you can never lose forever.

See also: Soft pity, Hard pity

The zone (often near pull 74) where the top-rarity rate quietly ramps up, just before hard pity kicks in.

The ceiling (often pull 90) where your next draw is a guaranteed top-rarity, no luck required.

On many banners a top-rarity pull has a 50 percent chance to be the featured unit and 50 percent to be a random older one.

See also: Guarantee

After you lose a 50/50, your next top-rarity is usually locked to the featured unit. A loss is never wasted.

The boosted odds a featured unit gets while its banner is live.

A system where saved-up pulls let you pick any unit outright once you cross a threshold. Pity you can steer.

Free-to-play. Spends no money and wins on earned currency and smart pity planning. Fully viable in most games.

A light spender, often just a monthly pass. Grabs the units they love without going deep.

A heavy spender who pulls almost everything. EOG’s home crowd, but never the price of admission to the guides.

Pay-to-win. A game where money buys a real competitive edge. Most gacha sit somewhere on this spectrum.

A cheap recurring pack that trickles currency to you daily. Usually the best value if you spend anything at all.

Fear of missing out: the pressure limited banners create. Naming it is the first step to resisting it.

The units and strategies that are strongest right now. It shifts every patch.

A ranking of units by strength. A guide, not gospel: your account and playstyle matter more than a letter.

The slow trend of new units outclassing old ones. The reason a permanent best rarely exists.

Damage per second. The main-carry role that does most of the killing.

A unit that buffs, heals, or shields the team instead of dealing the damage.

The hardest recurring content (abyss, tower, trials) that the meta is built to clear.

A player group inside a game, also called a clan or club. EOG is a network of top-ranked guilds.

Community slang for hoping against the odds. A good guide gives you fair warning instead.

Bitter after bad luck. The mood right after a 50/50 loss.

Advice to save your currency and not pull a banner. A site worth trusting tells you when to skip.

Eden of Gaming, a whale-run gacha guild network. The E, O, G stand for Experience, Optimization, Greatness.