slidecast

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verb

To move within a short period of time before an ability's cast timer completes, during which it is possible to move without cancelling the ability's effects.

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Meanings

verbslidecast (third-person singular simple present slidecasts, present participle slidecasting, simple past and past participle slidecast)

present singular third person slidecasts · participle present slidecasting

  1. FFXIV fandom slangTo move within a short period of time before an ability's cast timer completes, during which it is possible to move without cancelling the ability's effects.

    I slidecast Fire IV crazy style

    2026 May 7, @WolfWalhart, X (post), archived from the original on 28 Sep 2026
    2 more examples

    idk if we're takling about the same thing but i think slidecasting means when you can move in the last half second or so of a cast and not have it get interrupted

    2017 December 24, @talionprinciple, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 28 Sep 2026

    "oh blm is too hard for me i suck at slidecasting" awesome, there's two other mages that don't really care as much about this

    2022 May 5, @dollcremation, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 28 Sep 2026

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃sleydʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃sléydʰeti
  3. Proto-Germanic*slīdaną
  4. Proto-West Germanic*slīdan
  5. Old Englishslīdan
  6. Middle Englishsliden
  7. Englishslide
  8. Proto-Germanic*kas-
  9. Proto-Germanic*kastōną
  10. Old Norsekasta
  11. Middle Englishcasten
  12. Englishcast
  13. Englishslidecast

From slide + cast.

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Cite this entry
APA

slidecast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slidecast

MLA

“slidecast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slidecast. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slidecast,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slidecast.

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