Snare (terminology)

A Snare (as a noun) is any attack or skill that slows the movement speed of an opponent (movement debuffs).

Such skills include:
 * Any skills that inflict the crippled condition
 * some Ranger skills, e.g. Pin Down
 * some Warrior skills, e.g. Hamstring
 * Hexes that slow down movement (also known as "burden")
 * some Mesmer hexes from the Illusion Magic attribute, e.g. Ethereal Burden
 * many Elementalist hexes, mostly from the Water Magic attribute, e.g. Deep Freeze
 * some Assassin hexes, mostly from the Shadow and Deadly Arts attributes, e.g. Shadow Prison
 * some Ritualist hexes, e.g. Binding Chains
 * Spirits that slow down movement, e.g. Muddy Terrain

As a verb, "to snare" means to use some snare to slow a target's movement speed.

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