Guide to Troop Name Slang

Primary converters are troops that transform any color to a specific gem type. There is one for each color, and then one to convert any color to skulls. Because of the ability to convert any color to a color of your choice, these troops are considered some of the strongest in the game for their ability to foster synergies and provide entire teams with mana, often without even passing the turn to your opponent.

Primary Converters:
Alchemist: Yellow
http://ashtender.com/gems/troops/6005
Apothercary: Brown
http://ashtender.com/gems/troops/6256
Giant Spider: Purple
http://ashtender.com/gems/troops/6110
Green Seer:Green
http://ashtender.com/gems/troops/6124
Hellcat: Red
http://ashtender.com/gems/troops/6216
Valkyrie: Blue
http://ashtender.com/gems/troops/6062
Keeper of Souls: Skulls
http://ashtender.com/gems/troops/6074

Finley is an odd case here, sitting between primary and secondary converters as he converts a set gem type (Skulls) to any color, so he gets a special mention.

http://ashtender.com/gems/troops/6093

Secondary converters are a bit more niche and change a set gem type to another set gem type, such as changing all blue gems to purple or so on.

Secondary converters:

Ozball · February 26, 2017, 9:49pm

Salad Dragon? (though you might still be getting there)

Taisiakat · February 26, 2017, 9:54pm

I have silly ones because of the pictures

Forest Guardian- Baby Groot (at least that is what I am calling it)

Bunni’Nog -bunbun

Kurokazna · February 26, 2017, 10:01pm

I’m also thinking of adding things like “Chomper/Muncher/Cruncher” and “Transformer/Converter”

What do you guys think?

Tacet · February 26, 2017, 10:06pm

Don’t forget about Mini Groot (Forest Guardian) and Rainbow Snake (Couatl).

thejaz180 · February 26, 2017, 10:08pm

This is cool. What inspired you to do this?

Kurokazna · February 26, 2017, 10:09pm

Various people asking what various things meant in global chat. TDS specifically, this time.

I have never once heard him called Mini-Groot, but this is the second time it has been suggested, so it must be a thing.

Lyya · February 26, 2017, 10:13pm

FWIW:

http://ashtender.com/gems/troops/cathy
http://ashtender.com/gems/troops/salad-dragon

ogunther · February 26, 2017, 10:52pm

I am Groot.

actreal · February 27, 2017, 12:17am

Since you cover converters, you could also mention exploders vs removers?

Shimrra · February 27, 2017, 12:32am

We definitely shorten Krystenax to ‘nax’ also, and Gorgotha = Gorg (which I realize can be confused with Gorgon but who uses Gorgon anyway lol).

I’ll come back with more…

Taisiakat · February 27, 2017, 12:33am

I so love Groot. I want a baby groot bobble doll.

XLS78 · February 27, 2017, 2:09am

Forest Guardian is also a secondary converter, Green -> Brown and Purple -> Skulls

Kurokazna · February 27, 2017, 4:59am

I thought I put that in there, my bad

Converters are far more relevant to strategy building, and there are various different ones that do vastly different things. Exploding gems does effectively the same thing no matter who does it, and the remove vs destroy thing is something I think Krudler covered in one of his “100 things” videos anyway. It would be a lot more difficult to make a video about troop nicknames and a list of converters, and a lot more boring to watch one. Which is why there is a list now.

I might, however, cover the difference in terms. I’m not going to list troops, especially when I could just say “Use Gorgotha or The Dragon Soul and you’re set”. I will think about this though.

Nax is also short for Naxxramus, home of spiders, poison and other things that Webspinner would like. Adding this though.

Groot: Ogunther
Mini-Groot: Forest Guardian

Big difference. The former is only a usable troop by one person in the game, and the other is widely available

Beowulf · February 27, 2017, 6:09pm

I normally don’t use SD for Shadow Dragon. His viability comes in all dragon teams so there I refer to him as Shadow. And most likely it’s only me, but I have a habit of referring to Krys as Shiny, due to his flavor text

Delinquent · February 27, 2017, 7:50pm

Can’t forget Atlanta = ATL = Hotlanta

efh313 · February 27, 2017, 8:14pm

Great Thread! Thanks for putting this together!
Now we just need somebody to put together a list for all the forum/internet slang that newbies need help with
like tl;dr , imho, RNG, proc, etc.

Kurokazna · February 27, 2017, 9:03pm

Fun fact, most people misuse the term “proc”. It’s short for “Programmed Random Occurrence”. Archer’s Bullseye? Proc. Mab’s Freeze? That’s triggered, and not a proc.

Now you can leave this thread just a bit more well informed, and tell your friends something that they might not have known!

Also, there’s probably a list like that somewhere on the internet. I know the FBI has one for whatever reason. Or they did at one point.

Shadow Hunter and Shadow Blade could also be called Shadow. Will add Shiny to the list though

Atlanta is short enough to not need a nickname. Only reason I added Mercy was because I have legitimately been asked what Mercy was short for in global chat. Same with Mab and Dracos, actually.

Beowulf · March 11, 2017, 8:47am

I just noticed but several of the people refer TDS as Soul Dragon or SD. Irritates the heck out of me

Shimrra · March 11, 2017, 8:51am

Oh god. That’s intolerable.