You don't need to pick a "carry" to carry

Alex Of Daventry·12/19/2016, 1:16:51 AM·6 votes·1,227 views

I'm getting really tired of seeing this. Jungle and top, both want to carry, so they pick squishy "carry" champions, with minimal CC. Now we have no tank. I don't count support, because support, supports the role that they pick. They pick tank, they help the tank with front line and peeling the carries. They pick a mage, they help poke and deal damage with the mid laner. They pick healer, they stay back and heal, usually having CC to help make plays. Rarely if ever can a support be responsible for this role on their own for a healthy team composition. But then we get everyone and their mother thinking that they have to carry, so Top and Jungle both pick squishy damage dealers thinking they can do work, but alas, no front line is there so they can actually do their job. Tanks can carry to. They can provide the opportunity for these carries to actually do something other than just get blown up, or cc'd to death. Any role can carry, any champion can carry, you just need the right team composition to do so. So people playing ranked, please think about the rest of your team before you go gung ho into your pick.

39 Comments

dunder kill12/19/2016, 1:21:05 AM6 votes

Then why dont you pick a tank instead of complaining others wont? Isn't that hypocritical?

Mysticman8912/19/2016, 1:21:49 AM2 votes

I spend all day carrying as support Janna, some people just forget that 'carrying' doesn't necessarily mean getting pentakills and doing tons of damage.

ViiLLAiN12/19/2016, 1:21:49 AM1 votes

i dont think peopel realize how hard champs like these can carry Annie Amumu Janna Ivern Nautilus Soraka Sona Orianna Poppy Maokai TahmKench Thresh Zilean Zyra i firmly belive all these champs can carry way more consistently then a Yasuo XinZhao Talon Zed VayneMasterYi LeeSin Draven Camille

AcidTheWarlock12/19/2016, 1:25:24 AM1 votes

I can carry on stuff like Shen and Swain.

It's not hard, and if you want kills take something like Darius or Cho.

Escheton12/19/2016, 1:25:55 AM1 votes

Sion Tank mid is awesome tho. No joke. Rush zz, win game.

bad arcade kitty12/19/2016, 1:49:53 AM1 votes

these threads are silly

bruisers, w/e they call them now, win 1v1 vs adc/mages/assassins easy (given they don't have a huge lvl/gold disadvantage and avoid being kited), because they are tanky and last more than those while doing a quite respectable damage. obviously they shouldn't build damage for that, a jungle item -> a damage item (usually titanic or trinity) -> full tank

there is a reason why 3v3 meta is very bruiser heavy

they are also the best junglers, i mean shyvana, vi, hecarim and the likes

Alex Of Daventry12/23/2016, 11:35:37 PM1 votes

FYI I do play tank when I need to when I play top and support, I've only recently got into adc and mid. The support is rarely enough to just be a solo tank. I probably going to move to ADC/Top now because Leblanc gives me cancer.