List of Melee Carries?

TehNACHO·Nov 15, 2014·1 votes·597 views

Those like Yasuo, Master Yi, and Tryndamere. Anyone have a general list of all or at least most of the champions who fit into this category?

16 Comments

IwfiKe3qjMNov 15, 20141 votes

usually the ones who categorized as Assassin/Fighter or Fighter/Assassin... maybe bonus for Assassin/Mage if they are melee too... and Akali because she is melee... yet not categorized as those 3... only Assassin...

Meep ManNov 15, 20141 votes

MasterYi Tryndamere Yasuo Fiora Jax Trundle These are what I think are melee carries although XinZhao and Udyr might also be ones too.

Pinker 10Nov 15, 20141 votes

Splitpushers and akali.

thats pretty much it.

ProfDrDeathNov 16, 20141 votes

Melee carries = melee high sustained damage dealers who work at least semi-reliably in the late game.

If we use this definition, we can distinguish between:

Mostly auto-attack based AD:
Auto-attack and ability-based:

Most other champions in the fighter/assassin category are great mid-game carries, but fall somewhat off in the late game.

HayaishiNov 16, 20141 votes

Fiora Yasuo Tryndamere MasterYi

Riven is a AD caster, Jax is a bruiser, Xin Zhao is a bruiser, Trundle is a bruiser, Rengar is an assassin.

Basically only the Melee champions that build based on crit are the Melee ADCs.

Sailor MintNov 16, 20142 votes

Fiora, Yasuo and Yi are assassins. They have strong AA damage but their burst damage from skills is extremely high. Tryndamere is a effectively a bruiser.

The term melee carry is silly and really doesn't mean much.

HayaishiNov 16, 20141 votes

Fiora, Yasuo and Yi are assassins. They have strong AA damage but their burst damage from skills is extremely high. Tryndamere is a effectively a bruiser.

The term melee carry is silly and really doesn't mean much.

How Riot tags their champions is not my problem because they really don't have an idea of how to even classify them.

Fiora Yi Yasuo and Tryndamere rely on crit and Auto attacks to do their damage, what other abominations their kit have is just to make them viable (Blade waltz, Undying Rage) because their ranged counterparts are more reliable.

Being a melee ADC is a matter of how you build, just like how ranged ADCs can build as AD casters or DPS.

Desmond LawNov 16, 20141 votes

Season 3 Taric was a pretty good AP melee carry. Then they replaced his AP ratios with tank ratios.

Where did you get that Ram Summoner Icon?

Raja ChachkiNov 16, 20141 votes

If you win once as blue side on the new Summoner Rift in Team Builder, then you get it. You get a different one for winning on red side.

NeoScoutNov 16, 20141 votes

Aatrox Fiora Gangplank Jax Rengar Tryndamere Warwick XinZhao Yasuo

XtremeyNov 16, 20141 votes

Yasuo Tryndamere Aatrox Fiora Riven MasterYi are the only true melee carries (dubbed "light fighters" by riot). Most of the other ones listed are bruisers or hypertanks.

ILoveTiramisuNov 16, 20141 votes

And aatrox is the only balanced champion in this list.

Bears Dont CareNov 16, 20141 votes

I think you may be able to carry with Evelyn if you build her AD carry, but she is a very squishy character by default.

FalconPawwwwnchNov 16, 20141 votes

The original melee carries were Jax Tryndamere and Yi The original ranged carries were Ashe Sivir and Tristana Take that as you will

Brenticus12Nov 16, 20141 votes

I tend to call them hyper carries cause unlike ADCs, these champions can literally 1v4 or 1v5 and get out with a few kills.

ADCs can do it too, but very rarely. They normally need someone to peel for them so they can dish out constant damage.

Champions in this category are normally top and mid laners with a few being junglers (According to the current meta).

Some examples of melee hyper carriers would be Yasuo, Riven, Tryndamere, Jax, Renekton (If you build him more damage rather than off tank), Fiora, Master Yi, Zed, Akali (She's AP based but she's technically melee ranged), Udyr (More damage rather than offtank) and Poppy (Though I've only seen this happening once)

Kuroi86Nov 16, 20141 votes

Core melee carries designed around the concept. Fiora Jax Tryndamere Yasuo XinZhao MasterYi Bruiser carries, can do it, but it's really not suggested. Aatrox Gangplank Garen JarvanIV LeeSin Nocturne Olaf Pantheon Riven Shaco Sion Trundle Udyr Warwick MonkeyKing Renekton Assassin carries, for when you want to really duel instead of just kill them. Poppy Rengar Talon Zed