nerf
nerf
nɜrf
nērf
/nɜːf/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "nerf"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āύāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĢ

the act of reducing the power or effectiveness of a weapon, ability, or strategy in order to balance or improve gameplay
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Players were upset when the developers announced a nerf to their favorite character.
āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϰāĻž āĻŽāύ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻĄā§‡āϭ⧇āϞāĻĒāĻžāϰāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϚāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĢ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to weaken a game mechanic, ability, or character to reduce its effectiveness
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Players complained when their favorite hero got nerfed.
āϖ⧇āϞ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ•āϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
App
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ