Buff

Buff (n.)

A yellowish-beige color, or a stout, dull yellow leather with a velvety surface.

Buff (v.)

To polish something. When applied to games it refers to something being made better or stronger. This is usually done (hopefully) to bring things into line with others in hopes of making them relevant or competitive. This will usually cause a great deal of rage from other players that their own stuff hasn't been buffed. This may or may not lead to said character or thing being nerfed after realizing that they were made to good.

Examples of Buffing

(tabletop/traditional games only please)

• After being stuck with a weak, outdated codex throughout 5th edition Tau became the most powerful army in 6th edition. The codex alone made them great, with Riptides, making Etherals and Kroot actually useful, and giving them the Farsight Bomb, but 6th ed's addition of overwatch and changes to assault made them the best army in the game. Not only was their shooting ungodly powerful, nullifying cover or making shots crazy accurate, armies trying to assault them had to roll for their charge ranges, and eat several unit's overwatch just for trying to assault them.

See Also

• Nerf, the exact opposite of this subject.