Gaming
reset
What does reset mean?
A mechanic where getting a takedown refunds your cooldowns so you can immediately go again. Champs built around resets, Katarina, Master Yi, can chain a whole teamfight into a pentakill if the kills keep coming.
"Kat got the reset off the support and just deleted their whole backline."
Origin
From cooldowns being 'reset' to zero on a kill, e.g. Katarina's Voracity passive in League of Legends.
Frequently asked questions
What does reset mean in gaming?
It refers to refreshing your ability cooldowns the instant you score a kill, letting you use them again immediately.
How do you use reset in a sentence?
"Her ult resets on takedown, so she can chain kills across a whole teamfight."
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