invincibility frame

See also: play-through and play through

English

Alternative forms
  • I-Frame, iFrame, I-Frames, iFrames.

Etymology

The videogame slang was made up from a popular Dark Souls PvP community player named Saber-X in early 2013 and became popular later that year when online contents such as YouTube videos were made in attempt to explain the videogame mechanics to the audience. Although the videogame mechanic itself dates way before the year 2013, but in other slangs or abbreviations such as MOI (moment of invincibility) in the old Monster Hunter community, immunity time in other games.

Noun

invincibility frame (plural invincibility frames)

  1. Performing an evasive move such as rolling or dashing in videogames, which grants you temporary immunity to damage or harm in them.
  2. Temporary immunity to damage or harm from spawning or respawning in a videogame.
  3. Using God mode, a general purpose term for a cheat code in video games that makes a player invincible.

Synonyms
  • (moments in which you're invulnerable from harm in videogames):
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