MOBA

M3O1B3A1
US/ˈmoʊbə/

Acronym of multiplayer online battle arena.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

nounMOBA (plural MOBAs)

plural MOBAs

  1. abbreviationacronymvideo gamesAcronym of multiplayer online battle arena.

    Although many of the traditional MOBA features have all but vanished from Supervive over the course of development, a few have still made it into the early access version.

    2024 November 21, Nathan Warby, “What is Supervive? New MOBA gameplay, platforms, more”, in Dexerto
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    The phrase, “tank meta”, is one that carries a lot of weight when it comes to MOBAs. These metas are generally characterized by tanky, unkillable behemoths dominating the meta and leaving any character that isn’t focused around raw DPS in the dust.

    2022 November 17, Carver Fisher, “League of Legends preseason 13 has made tanks unkillable”, in Dexerto

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APA

MOBA. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MOBA

MLA

“MOBA.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MOBA. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “MOBA,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MOBA.

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