Anticarries: Better Than Actual Carries? | League of Legends

Head to www.squarespac... to save 10% off your first purchase (and 2 weeks free!) of a website or domain using the code: VARS
Recently I made a video talking about Hypercarries and their status in the game, questioning the legitimacy of their carry potential. As a followup episode, I want to talk about the opposite end of the spectrum: ANTICARRIES, and whether or not they're ironically better at carrying games than actual carries!
League of Legends Discussion Playlist: bit.ly/3dzJuUZ
Support me on Patreon! bit.ly/3iy5pvu
Donate to the channel! bit.ly/36TpIQP
~Editor (Aphrow)~
Twitter: / aphrew
Twitch: / afrew
KZbin: / @aphrow
Website: www.aphediting...
~Contact Links~
Discord: bit.ly/33M2iev
Twitter: bit.ly/3kv7CZU
Twitch: bit.ly/2XNes31
Candle.gg: bit.ly/3ndfU9r
Email: [e-mail] (Business inquiries only)
Graphics provided by: tofugraphics.c...
#LoL #Anticarry #Hypercarry

[@VarsVerum]

Head to www.squarespace.com/vars to save 10% off your first purchase (and 2 weeks free!) of a website or domain using the code: VARS

[@bradykim9978]

Vars by the way sion can also proxy and have good deaths

[@jimatulkerriganus4316]

Quite good and funny video! Had some good chuckles. Though I'd put Urgot also in that category because he has a similar playstyle like Morde or Poppy.

[@dontmakedestroyyou6256]

Y isn't annie an anti carry

[@MithrilSludge6541]

Is the pressure of Shen hitting 6, potentially denying all ins and even turning a fight around, considered anti carry?

[@oijin6126]

vars pls tell me wat song u have playing at 6:30

[@JacklyCraft]

Bard is really an Anti-carry, he sees his carry he goes away

[@michaelharis9962]

T H I S

[@WhyDizzy]

He sees me land a 4 man vlad ult he also lands a 5 man bard ult includes me and 4 other enemies

[@igor-haha]

@@WhyDizzy Damn it XD

[@Friendway]

Bard

[@SlyTV]

Just bard things

[@alejandropetit6573]

As a Singed main, I've already lost count of how many irelia and riven players I've seen say "wtf I couldn't dash" in mega adhesive because they don't know how singed works and when I explain it to them " that's so unfair"

[@LoreGoshi]

As if their whole kit isn't unfair kekw

[@hmm7867]

as if singe is fair tho no matter what champ i play if you play right i have no chance

[@shamelabaza3572]

Such champs deserve what's worse than having their asses grounded , add fiora to them and i guess camille too

[@padillaj492]

@@hmm7867 singed literally loses lane to everyone except for the select few he counters and is only good in teamfights?

[@Dexuz]

@@hmm7867 Singed is fair and not overtuned. Unlike literally all new divers and skirmishers.

[@Vanity3_]

There’s a fun interaction where malzahars passive blocks the darkness of Nocturnes ult from affecting him

[@adriano_cruciani]

does this affect tf ult as well? I know Gp can remove debuffs from noc ult and tf ult by eating his orange, but i'm no expert when it comes to Malz

[@everlution8772]

actually if perfectly timed Siver's E can also block Nocturn R, not the dashing, the blinding

[@sclom5676]

@@everlution8772 now im just waiting for a sivir to try to shield a blitz hook only for her e to be taken away by noc r

[@Corvus772]

I was so confused when I could see through noc ult the first time I legit thought it was a bug

[@Vanity3_]

@@adriano_cruciani I'm not sure if it does but I'd assume so

[@daffythscoot]

As a Malzahar main, waiting for those assassins to jump in for that Penta, only to hit them with the 2.5 second suppress, life is good

[@mothman2506]

Those little kids pretending to play Call of Duty on LoL just to be stomped by my space aids. Life is great brotha.

[@ericyarmey4454]

Why to would you main malhz

[@seifgaming2015]

@@ericyarmey4454 he's pretty fun

[@VarsVerum]

As a malzahar hater, I hate you

[@tatarsergiu8414]

@@VarsVerum as malz top main, I'm guessing you either play fiora or irelia

[@oneofthe12sionmains70]

Vars: Galio ult has to be used defensively Malphite, Camille, and Jarvan: Are you sure about that?

[@shurlkr3594]

My friend and I are Galio-Amumu duo, and nothing is as satisfied as a 5-men Amumu R follow by a Galio R

[@burnerfilms6313]

@@shurlkr3594 This sounds fun imma try this

[@williamcarey813]

@@shurlkr3594 I maid amumu for awhile and when I had a good galio on my team it was over. The CC, my god the CC. I'm pretty sure we gave them PTSD from that.

[@JuanPalomoM]

Kai’sa + Galio go yeet

[@Kurtofon]

Yeah same with zilean if you have a fad carry you can just nspeed up and use ult proactively secure yourself a double kill

[@tatarsergiu8414]

A fed ADC is scary, but a fed shaco or malzahar is scarier.

[@TorchNews]

Malz yes shaco not so much

[@tatarsergiu8414]

@@TorchNews you haven't seen the horror when a fed shaco goes assasin, teleports behind u and oneshots u because of crit chance, then just goes invis again.

[@TorchNews]

​@@tatarsergiu8414 vs good palyer he cant kill more then one when he is fed but for example a fed jinx can wipe 3 people in a blink of an eye

[@tatarsergiu8414]

@@TorchNews he buys a banshees and he has 2 banshees.

[@Eeturautio]

Shaco is always scary

[@petercallas9401]

​Played against a shaco main recently as Kindred, was just not allowed to exist in my jungle. Never been more scared to be in my own jungle or go near a mark for fear of an ambush.

[@hylix4629]

hello there fellow kindred enthusiast

[@petercallas9401]

@@hylix4629 Hello, not the most popular champ but I still love them. Been more popular as of late cause of bot lane though.

[@mirrorforce0629]

Hello fellow kindred enthusiasts glad to see im not the only one playing kindred

[@Zero-jr1hi]

Thats why Shaco is permabanned when im jungle

[@iiiivvvv9986]

Just dealing with shaco in general for me. Oh you dropped an aoe ability? Jokes on you, it clipped his clone and now your dead. Oh, you chased after him? Jokes on you, he disappears, reappears behind you and now your dead. Oh, youre just walking around? Jokes on you, here's a random box that chunks you for most of your health. Literally can't do anything against him or I get killed. Can't countergank a jungle shaco, can't gank a top shaco, can't 1v1 l, can't 5v1, can't do anything

[@MrCrusader1000]

Hyper Carry: *Looks at Anti carry* Also Hyper Carry: "He's just standing..... there menacingly"

[@Call_me_Cujo]

"Heeeelp meeeeee!!" *crow sounds intensify*

[@jzoetheshit]

Loool

[@matthewmedina3461]

WEEWOOWEEWOO

[@saxtonnova]

thats the clone the real one is probably behind you

[@yamispade]

*Boss Music starts playing n their head*

[@wedwastaken2362]

POV:You want play top but the enemy locks in vayne

[@vinaayagamkarunagaran3439]

mordekaiser : where are you going to run when i bring you to brazil?

[@sopadefideos5636]

@@vinaayagamkarunagaran3439 to grey screen

[@CloudWalkBeta]

If they first pick Vayne, I guess I always look to pick something with point and click CC ;-; I refuse to let them have fun playing that c***!

[@gabrieljoseozanan6989]

@@CloudWalkBeta Teemo is the man for that! Just make them absolutely miserable for their poor choice!

[@doctordoggo420]

just counterpick her with Caitlyn lul

[@frostspork6930]

Anti carries are like that kid that screams “super punch” right before he kicks you in the shins

[@jomybaby22-gaming]

Glenn: MAGICAL PUUUUUNNCCHH!! Enemy: Thats a kick! Glenn: *_Thats the part that makes it magical!_*

[@zandromex8985]

12:43 Here you clearly meant to say: "they don´t understand the thought process of a Shaco player because Shaco players are psychopaths"

[@Fred_the_Mad]

Shaco players are completely insane. Draven players are crackheads but shaco players are a mix of teemo players and draven players. They want to watch the world burn while being crackheads

[@goldenmajin4073]

Shaco mains are well known angel dust buyers They don't feel anything and only see violence and knives

[@thisdanieI]

bUt ItS fUnNy :)

[@CrivaxElDondo]

There is a really "cool" build involving chemtank, randuins and glacial augment. All hail the invisible freeze rays. \○/

[@Black-nf3tx]

@@Fred_the_Mad as a draven player my main thought process is "big number funnee" when i crit or 2 shot the enemy sona with 50 iq

[@sensai722]

As a singed main it is exactly the confusion i can read out of the enemys movement what makes him so enjoyable for me. They think i have a plan....but i dont. i just wanna zoooooom

[@Nikotin-lu1xo]

AHHHH IM GONNA IM GONNA ZOOOOOOOM

[@zanmato4453]

Aggressively running away

[@anonymouspenguin2405]

Me: "How did teemo end up as a hypercarry and an anti-carry" Teemo: "Huh, I was just sitting invisible in this bush"

[@ToasteBlade]

As a shaco player, if no one on the enemy team is flaming you, you’re doing it wrong.

[@Black-nf3tx]

Also teamates

[@hertzovik9990]

@@Black-nf3tx Si, los flameo por arruinarles el dia a esa pobre gente.

[@Oscarwh6]

because shaco is broken as all fuck

[@repnobody801]

@@Oscarwh6 build?

[@BalthazarB2]

@@Oscarwh6 Did you ever play Shaco?

[@kculzsinet]

​I think it might be fun to make a series discussing how to change the why-no-one-plays characters to make them a bit more popular without changing them much

[@FX-gw9qi]

Answer: make their numbers huuuge

[@bruh3457]

@@N12015 taliyah is still one of the best junglers in the game tho lmao

[@titansguilddre]

I love just staring down the enemy carry when I play Skarner. They know the fear that I can just run at them whenever I want to and stun lock them in the middle of my team. Good times

[@ksh011201]

The only person to remember Skarner :’(

[@aeroanosupremo]

I used to play him top, really fun to get poked and drag the enemy down my turret

[@zerlichr426]

Vars talk about that anti carries wait for enemy make a mistake Final Boss Veigar: "you fell right in to my trap!"

[@pmathewizard]

Anti-carries, your mistakes is my greatest victory.

[@calatonic]

So are yours.

[@gianlucagoku]

are*

[@pmathewizard]

@@gianlucagoku Pardon me for my 3AM drunken comment

[@calatonic]

@@pmathewizard Oh my god, did you just make a grammatical error on the internet? You're going to jail.

[@pmathewizard]

@@calatonic Don't worry our prisons give us free computer science course with wage

[@Randomblackmail]

As a Vi and Poppy main, I now know why my most common advice to my team is "just wait, they'll make a mistake"

[@viktordyrby7804]

"Why does nobody here wear a shirt?" - Graves, my one true love

[@VarsVerum]

I DIDN'T MEAN YOU! XD

[@eramsorgr]

lmao

[@coolboomersage9979]

as a singed main myself im going to tell everyone here how we think. hehe movement speed go brrr

[@howdytherepardner318]

Singed mains: Hehe... fartin on da minions

[@ratgutsnorthwind9154]

This just confirmed my suspicion of anti carries being my favorite champs to play

[@t-wolf8502]

Same here.

[@guillermoleon0216]

For a moment I was confused as of why Cho was on the list. But then, being a Cho main, I remembered myself just flash+ulting the enemy adc to oblivion the whole match and it made total sense

[@Maydupnem777]

I thought the same about veigar, but then i remembered the outplay button.

[@NTTofMistery]

@@Maydupnem777 outplay/delete/make the enemy hate their f*cking life for playing the game button

[@dysthymiabearer]

Thats NOT why he´s an anti-carry. None of the Champions that he talked about are special because of the Damage. Anti carry can be divided onto 3 categories: Skirmishers, Disruptors, and Lockdown Masters. -Skirmishers are characters reliant on 1v1 picks, often in the jungle, and create advantages by making people. (Shaco, Quinn) -Disruptors are Heavy AoE Damage/CC Characters that can turn around TFs alone, with the use of 1 or 2 spells. (Liss, Fiddle) -Lockdown M are Heavy CC Characters that have an easy way to hold onto you, and a reliable way to deny you from the TF (Poppy, Morde) Cho fits *Some* criteria for Lockdown and Disruptos (AoE CC with 2 spells, one being a silence, which is VERY strong, and stickyness once you´re on top of them) But there´s a quality thats a little special about champs like Cho. Its called Terrain Scaling. This reason alone is why GP should be considered an Anti-Carry, and what consolidates Orianna as an Anti-Carry, aswel as it does for Cho. Terrain Scaling is the quality that some champion have to ¨Create¨ Terrain via zoning Tools. (Ej: GP Barrels, Orianna Ball, Azir Soldiers). You know that if you walk thru them, you´re either DEAD or HEAVILY punished, which makes it so you CANT walk forward until they reposition/use their spells. Cho has a LITTLE bit of this, since Q can create a pocket of terrain where if you walk too far, you´re dead. So basicly, the personality of Cho is all over the place, but he has a little bit of everything in the world of the Anti-Carry

[@dysthymiabearer]

@@Maydupnem777 Thats NOT why he´s an Anti-Carry, if you check the video, he doesnt often talk about the damage, he mostly talks about the QUALITIES of the champions, because if damage made an Anti-Carry, wouldnt Zed be an Anti-Carry? This is the reason why Veigar is an Anti-Carry: Anti carry can be divided onto 3 categories: Skirmishers, Disruptors, and Lockdown Masters. -Skirmishers are characters reliant on 1v1 picks, often in the jungle, and create advantages by making people. (Shaco, Quinn) -Disruptors are Heavy AoE Damage/CC Characters that can turn around TFs alone, with the use of 1 or 2 spells. (Liss, Fiddle) -Lockdown M are Heavy CC Characters that have an easy way to hold onto you, and a reliable way to deny you from the TF (Poppy, Morde) Cho fits Some criteria for Lockdown and Disruptos (AoE CC with 2 spells, one being a silence, which is VERY strong, and stickyness once you´re on top of them) But there´s a quality thats a little special about champs like Cho or Veigar. Its called Terrain Scaling. This reason alone is why GP should be considered an Anti-Carry, and what consolidates Orianna as an Anti-Carry. Terrain Scaling is the quality that some champion have to ¨Create¨ Terrain via zoning Tools. (Ej: GP Barrels, Orianna Ball, Azir Soldiers). You know that if you walk thru them, you´re either DEAD or HEAVILY punished, which makes it so you CANT walk forward until they reposition/use their spells. Veigar E creates this pocket of Terrain where, if you walk up, you´re dead/punished.

[@DarthRadical]

@@dysthymiabearer The silence is especially great combined with his Q. I got so much better with Cho when I started using W and E BEFORE his Q so that they can't get out of the slow Q. (E for slow and the silence stops dashing.) Not as extreme as someone like Malhazar, but Cho is great as a counter against assassins/divers. And he's beefy enough that (unlike Malhazar) he can't be popped if he's caught out.

[@chrs-wltrs]

6:57 As a Fiddle main, this section is incredibly gratifying 😊 Being scary is kind of what we live for

[@Fred_the_Mad]

i know right?! I love the fact that people are terrified of being ulted from a weird angle. Or maybe they're not terrified...in that case they're fools

[@mannenibla204]

As a shaco main, i hate fiddle mains, because i'm supposed to be the scary one, altough i'm scared of you guys.

[@bullettime1116]

​@@mannenibla204 shaco, fiddle, nocturne and rengar are the only junglers that can unironically cc someone in real life

[@peacockleonard4066]

“Riven main don’t know how to stop their main.” Hmm, why am I not surprised

[@bohomazdesign725]

nah, Vars is just biased bcoz his ass gets kicked constantly by Riven mains, so he BMs them in almost every video.

[@VarsVerum]

Jokes on you, I destroy riven mains ;)

[@akinakyildiz1117]

Just play quiin counter of every matchup ( other than malph , ire perma banned ) and freaking fly to everyone and everyehere

[@swaglandking2347]

As a Riven main, I can safely say that most Riven slander is true.

[@TimZoet]

This video made me realize I naturally lean towards anti-carries. I play or used to play more than half of the list. As a Singed player nothing tastes sweeter than pulling the enemy jungler top for 'free kills', going 0/6 in lane, seeing the enemy's ego grow and then watch it all crumble once laning phase ends and wrecking havoc among the enemy team. Because the whole enemy is like: "Wait, Singed was an easy kill early... why does our whole team die when he runs in and we all focus him?" *anti-carry* it all makes sense now. Thank you

[@taipoole7735]

You may hate him, but shaco is unique in being a flex assassin/anticarry with his ad/ap builds

[@EmenussGOamazing]

He's also unique in the way he doesn't only damage you in game but damages you emotionally.

[@Max-zz7ol]

@@EmenussGOamazing LMAO

[@stayingmadwonthelpyou5402]

@@EmenussGOamazing that was good

[@Neion8]

@@EmenussGOamazing Tbf Teemo also does that.

[@davidsamudio3899]

Mordekaiser not only strips you from your team and gets you in the worst posible outcome of having to face a juggernaut, he also takes 10% of all your stats meaning that you are not only alone against him, but also weakened

[@okami-azz1492]

The tiny bit of terrain you flash into :

[@Ka_Ica]

Just wondering, after this vid would you be interested in doing a why no one plays viktor. I’m a otp, and know one of his biggest problems is that he’s a late game scaling mage and can get set behind very easily during the laning phase and needs coordination with his jngler. However how much of a detriment is that in high ranking solo queue? What’s keeping him back in comparison to other mages. Would like to know a take on this by a more knowledgeable person about the game

[@catmuch4569]

Jesus, I have this saying "who even plays Viktor" because of how rarely I see this champion, I'm always surprised when I see a viktor

[@tolis19]

I know he is a monster late game but doesnt he alredy have a hood powerspikw when he gets his e upgrade?

[@marksten6001]

@@tolis19 he’s a lane bully too lol he beats most mages also he’s not a hyper carry which makes him played a lot less than other mages in the “carry” categories

[@rektbiich4585]

As a fellow viktor main, I'd rather keep him unpopular, otherwise he will get insta nerfed

[@kenobi6257]

What's Viktor actual powerspike? I played him two or three times and despite having a good lane I feel like I don't do much after min 15

[@psycling2130]

Twisted Fate is an anti carry that fits into both groups of anti carries. He makes it really hard to engage and can come from out of nowhere.

[@michapiasta3072]

I love how people forgot that malzahar doesnt have only one dangerous cc. His q last 2 seconds and its aoe

[@joekenwood4956]

And iirc its cd is like only 5-4 seconds late game?

[@st2whocares988]

yeah but you can dodge that while his ult you can't

[@victorgomezgarcia5630]

@@st2whocares988 naa, but you can make his ult worthless with qss

[@Bubbble_Bear]

ah yes dedicate 1.3k just for 1 ability that threatens you

[@victorgomezgarcia5630]

@@Bubbble_Bear 1.3 k to make a champion worthless? Is not that bad deal

[@cohoslash5893]

As much as I hate anti carries I appreciate what they bring to the game and by that I specifically mean kled and only kled

[@MaverickMyth]

To be fair... he is justified, and he is armed

[@baptistecochennec5956]

Kled is an anti carries???

[@Dexuz]

@@baptistecochennec5956 Kled is whatever he wants.

[@carnivorze1052]

@@baptistecochennec5956 Kleds' job is to engage then kill the first carry he sees, then the next, and the next, ans after he finish to kill every carry, he will just kill something else, tanks, objectives or teammate. Kled doesn't give a shit about carrying, he just want blood.

[@baptistecochennec5956]

@@carnivorze1052 yeah so he does the same job as every diver he's not specifically an anti Carry

[@Ulquiorra_Cifer]

I remember that patch when sanguine blade was introduced and nocturne single handedly forcing the enemy team to stay grouped because they don't know where he is

[@jeremiahcyrusbarut4372]

As a galio main: Seeing my jarvan setting up a gank ult in river whilst my yasuo ready with his ult *oh yeah it’s all coming together*

[@vitortakara7090]

when everyone is a carry any anti-carry is a counter pick that is brought to you by every-lane-is-the-carry meta

[@asz-themoonwalker2771]

and then team of 4 assasins is surpriced that every match is coinflip

[@seifgaming2015]

I mean the consistency of an anti carry is always better than a carry But anti carries can't carry a game on their own Take malzahar for an example You get to kill the enmey carry and if they mis position or you position really well you don't die for it but your still vulnerable VERY

[@tatarsergiu8414]

Play him top and ban Irelia and 🤯 you win lane.

[@seifgaming2015]

@@tatarsergiu8414 funnily enough he destroyes irelia in the mid lane

[@tatarsergiu8414]

@@seifgaming2015 top lane is like a different dimension lmao

[@seifgaming2015]

@@tatarsergiu8414 true

[@lowceyn2875]

Unless you there is a shaco and your teammates/enemies have no clue how to deal with him, so they 1v9 easily

[@craig3536]

Why Shaco and SInged mains are so good, no one knows how they think. They're minds are twisted so much not many people even try to understand them.

[@genericlegoshiguy553]

I'd personally add Warwick to the AntiCarry list but that's probably just me and my playstyle.

[@Mmoll1990]

Same.

[@lucykitsune4619]

Same but with Leona

[@vitortakara7090]

leon a doesn't have enough damage/anti-engage/reliable denial to be an anti carry though she counters melee carries decently enough for ww sadly i would say his pre rework would actually be pretty close to one of te best anti-carries in the game but he lost his scary point and click nuke ult so he doesn't work that good as a anti carry anymore

[@oniuserjh]

@@vitortakara7090 point and click frame 1 blink with range longer than the old flash, ugh, old champion kits had serious cancer in them lol

[@robertosvath7208]

it's because in low elo it's much more rewarding to play as an anti carry even if you're not supposed to be one. I main thresh and even if I'm supposed to be the one who engages, by the time the right opportunity comes, most of the times we are already engaged on, and obviously with thresh its easy to save teammates if they know how your lantern works

[@jairartis]

As he’s going over the list Me: man that’s a lot of champs I play Bard, Cho, Galio, Morde, Pantheon, Poppy Hell I used to play Shaco, Zilean, and Heim too

[@ticklinga33e39]

Dude i respect the fact that he put the ad at the end of the video in purpose to not ruin the documentary...

[@Fred_the_Mad]

As a fiddle main,i think fiddlesticks is actually one of the most team reliant champs. What happens if your sup doesn't have vision controll even with your help somehow? Your ult doesn't fear and you get bursted. What happens if the enemy picks kahzix and spaminvades you while your team is farming? You fall behind and become useless. And don't get me started on the fact that if your allies don't bait the enemy team into engaging so you can ult on them,ulting itself becomes a problem. For anyone struggling to see coming fidddle's ult just know that 90% of the time if the enemy engages 4v5 that 5th member is behind a wall about to harvest your fear

[@reebsonseebs4823]

That’s facts I’m not a jg main but when I am jg fiddle is my go to He needs his team to actually be usefule

[@kylesorry1234]

Very insightful, I didn't know a lot of champions could possibly fall into this category of champion. I also love the persona 5 music in the background lol

[@genericlegoshiguy553]

Ayyyyyy, been waiting for this one

[@Shaco.]

3:06 that 60% was an actual good guess. Most of the time, real and good Shaco mains sit between 54 and 60% WR. 12:41 we dont understand it either. 🤡 14:58 and thats the reason I and probably many others fell in love with the champion. 1.3 million points.

[@liamsal9968]

After this video I have for some reason the will to try out ap shack again, even though I sucked at him first but that was I was playing it wrong. I gues we’ll see if I feed or not xd

[@dysthymiabearer]

@@liamsal9968 Shaco is probably one of the hardest champions to play, because he doesnt rely on Macro or Mechanics purely, its all about microgame, and that needs a decent amount of time to be grasped, and you need to perfectly understand the limits of your champ. Ap is often worst than AD, specially in the jungle. Dont give up on him, you´ll soon love the cries for nerfs and the complaints in all chat :)

[@mannenibla204]

@@dysthymiabearer remember stomping a fed kindred as shaco, simply by mindgaming him with my boxes and clone, yes he had more raw power and he was fed af, i still killed him. guess what he said? Shaco is a noobchamp xD

[@aportals777]

I remember the days where shaco’s jack in the box stacking was absurd. You walk into a bush and instantly get melted 100-0 by 10 boxes all in the duration of a single fear.

[@danterocha3179]

As a Malzahar main, there is no better feeling in the world than that of when the enemy team funnels all their gold into a single carry, and you just revoke their fun license by pressing one button.

[@TaconIStenen]

Just wanna say that Mordekaiser animation was fucking great, looked amazing!

[@G0ldkloud]

I love you Vars. Entire video of very informative, factual information always with about 3 seconds of "btw have you seen Mordekaiser's huge chest and biceps???" sprinkled in to make it fun

[@VarsVerum]

I mean, he does have a massive chest and biceps. :3

[@doctornoodlearms1770]

I would also say that anti-carries are made around the mental game. So they are designed specifically to win the mental game by tilting the enemy and having them feed you.

[@Neo-nn1hb]

thank for this, now I know that I usually play as anti carries. I usually play as Vi, nocturne, singed, Zilean, and Renekton. This was a good video. and this video helped me better realize that my play style need a bit of work. Also, Singed jungle is amazing.... you all should try it

[@Mmoll1990]

As a Rammus main, my favorite thing is making a tryhard, weebcuck Master Yi rethink his hurr-durr right click free win decision. xD

[@doughnutfeel6199]

lol, on-hit yi still shreds you and lethality yi can just ignore you and murder your team. main jax instead

[@Mmoll1990]

@@doughnutfeel6199 Welcome to S11. : ( Every champ is Kha'zix or Vayne. As for Jax, his Jungling isn't as good as Rammus'.

[@CantoniaCustoms]

@@doughnutfeel6199 Yeah, the nerfs to bramble vest and the reworks did rammus dirty. Just a few seasons ago I could 1v1 Yi at pretty much any level and win, but now most Yi players build lifesteal and I get ROFLstomped. On the bright side, Rammus is much better at teamfighting thanks to the ult IMO (the leap allows you to literally jump straight at their ADC)

[@doughnutfeel6199]

@@CantoniaCustoms IMO the new ult is very easy to dodge now that every immobile adc can build galeforce

[@mannenibla204]

@@doughnutfeel6199 as a shaco main, i make master yis cry in their bed at night (:

[@Koters9]

Holy shit I never realised I basically play only anti carries.

[@KingAm0]

Me too. Malzahar was obvious, but I thought Lissandra and Poppy were just a normal mage and tank. I guess my hatred of assassins is reflected in my champions.

[@note3neo411]

@@KingAm0 lissandra is definitely not a normal mage. She is especially good into assasins. She makes the game unplayable for assasins and genereally she can oneshot enemy carries easily too but cant carry in her own

[@gabrielpartanen1194]

me too teemo main shaco second singed third.

[@alejandropetit6573]

"No jinx, you aren't going to melt my team with your dps, you are taunted so u fight rammus instead" *Proceeds to kill jinx in 3 seconds as a tank* I love rammus

[@wasabilover1293]

Bro i was a fed lethality miss fortune and you have no idea how i had to dance around him with the help of my team to just not die LMAOO

[@Mmoll1990]

As a Rammus main, out of solidarity I say "ok."

[@Alkalote]

I love how you just have insane amounts of damage with rammus while tanking for days

[@Alkalote]

I remember tanking 5 people and one tower for 5 sec and not even losing half hp x)

[@hamzasami8362]

@@Alkalote rammus legit has thornmail built into him + thornmail item = goodbye adc Profit???

[@lillyie]

there's nothing more satisfying as a malzahar player than waiting for the fed master yi to engage, then hit him with the suppress and watch as he gets slowly melted by my team

[@sascher7461]

And then type "outplayed" in chat

[@jackoxy9860]

Malzahar is one of the best anti main character champion which is why he's my pocket pick

[@Nuclearburrit0]

Would Akshan be an anti-carry? He seems to meet a lot of the criteria you mentioned albeit not in the way the other listed champions do.

[@albertoHammyer]

you could argue for it, he feels like singed or shaco in the sense that he wins by anoying the shit out fo you, you cant chase him or flee from him, and he doesn't do jack shit, but one assist and he undoes everything you

[@vitortakara7090]

yes he is, as long as he has the revive passive he will be the anti-carry of assassins and adcs, you could argue he is good against slayers as well but i think he currently is too weak for that(he needs to be strong enough to win a 1v1 vs the slayers)

[@izkdi]

guss so

[@inigo137]

@@vitortakara7090 he doesn't need to be strong though, I don't wanna see his dumbass in my games

[@popanda3652]

I would actually argue he isnt an anti carry. His revive passive is great but it relies on him getting the kill right after. And he doesnt have anything stopping the carries from wiping him out first nullifying it completely. His ult is also hit and miss since its blocked by everything. His map pressure is decent with his perma stealth, but that just allows him to get into position to do damage. I think hes much more of an adc than anti carry. I think anti carries need consitant ways to stop the carry from well carrying. Akshan has the same variables in attacking that a lucian does, or a caitlyn. Also every anti carry mentioned had something that could alter the course of the fight built into their kit, allowing them to have tons of value in a fight even if they have the least gold income in the game. A 0/11/3 teemo with a maxed Q can still save his team from a rampaging yi even if all he has is liandrys and sorc shoes. Same goes for mord. He can build a moonstone renewer and last long enough in his ult with a carry that his team can win the fight or at least get them a major advantage. Akshan kinda just shoots things and if hes lucky he can revive a recently dead teamate.

[@Daminoursss]

Just love that ost from persona 5 you put in your intro (to me a really relatable and lovable ost ost)

[@Guaporacer]

I can't believe you didn't mentioned Tahm Kench once, his whole thematic is about punishing greed and his kit is extremely good at shutting down one person in particular too, not to mention the peel.

[@d4s0n282]

not currently imo, with how strong he is, its in his best interest not to peel lol

[@the_last_ballad]

​@@d4s0n282 eating the fed enemy carry counts as peel

[@smilingonion2469]

Now I am just happy to be a Morde main. Plus listening to Metal while playing Mordekaiser just hits differently...

[@JackpotSamurai]

Music choice is very good, gotta love The Days When My Mother Was There

[@percthirtington4588]

You're a legend for the song plug.

[@Styanax300]

Love your vids man, been binge watching them 👌

[@VarsVerum]

Thanks :D Hope I kept you entertained haha!

[@sairams7887]

I love how you say when you want to watch world burn you pick teemo

[@fhyppa]

The psych warfare is real with teemo. Teemo is one of my 3 mains and I have had entire teams chasing me while my team is taking their base. Teemo showing confidence scares the crap out of people. I have stared down a three person gank that they could easily kill me in an open lane, but do not dare come after me due to the eternal question "where and how many shrooms?"

[@Octurnal]

@@fhyppa hope your account gets banned for playing cancer teemo

[@katmannsson]

God I love Shaco so much. Benefit of that is when people draft him against me I basically already know what he's trying to do at any given time.

[@coryellsworth9705]

I think Bard fits in with Shaco as the anti-all anti-carry as he can even deny his own team's carries if he really wants. Best champion ever designed tbh.

[@pantarded]

👏👏👏👏

[@siegfried1422]

out of the 20 anti-carries you listed at 3:55, i play 10 of them regularly. Cho'gath, Mordekaiser, Galio, Lissandra, fiddlesticks, Pantheon, poppy, rammus, Veigar, and Zilean

[@yanji133]

It would be nice to have a video about anti carries and the champs that they counter and how

[@crypticscrutiny1153]

Ayo! That p5 track playing during the outro! That whole score SLAPS!

[@abekaessel3282]

rly surprised trundle isn’t on the list he’s literally the definition of an anticarry. he has no aoe in his kit he’s designed to target one person and literally steal their stats. he smacks the adcs to death and that’s his job

[@notarealperson8956]

He's more of an antitank he doesent ult the carry, he ultimately the front line

[@robertosvath7208]

sounds more like a skirmishes then

[@ljdoff]

He has 2 AoE. His W is an AoE buff and his E is an AoE slow.

[@Gorophorge]

Trundle is a duelist, which is a separate sub category, he steals targets AD with bite, out attack speeds anyone in his domain, and steals stats with his ult, he is the ultimate 1v1er but that's his one job is to duel pretty much, fiora is also in that category.

[@dinomarzola]

As a AP Shaco main, It brings joy to my shriveled lil heart every time you mention him. I can hear the tilt in your voice, I love it ! If they ever change shaco, I quit. Great vid btw keep it up !

[@VarsVerum]

SCREW YOU AP SHACOSSS REEEEEEE

[@karaluchyiworsuchy]

I love your takes on Leauge, your content is honestly amazing

[@VarsVerum]

I appreciate it :3

[@blazingbard5103]

I gotta say that i do considere janna to be an anticarry aswell. You ruin the day of every engage Support and in lategame u can single handedly block a full engage

[@lucykitsune4619]

As a Leona main I don't like good Jannas. Good news is I have yet to encounter a good Janna. Like seriously, how hard is it to keep track of my E cooldown and place a Q behind you, going to where your ADC will be going ?

[@blazingbard5103]

@@lucykitsune4619 As a Janna main, Leona is my favorite matchup. Theres pretty much nothing she can do. The Problem is your'e adc nost of the times, cause they think janna is this passive Towers hugging champ which shes not

[@ColdAssailant29]

I always love how you use Persona music as your BGM while you document your videos.

[@edgarventura7497]

Vars, don't know if you will see this, but would Shen be a anti-carry since he can R someone and then they can't be bursted?

[@Wolfremmi]

No. Anti carries counter the whole role of carries. Shen just shields someone.

[@NTTofMistery]

@@Wolfremmi just shields someone, then puts down a aoe field so they can't be autoattacked, and taunts the enemy carry so they can't target your teammate. Shen definetly anti-carries more than panth or renekton. Yet they somehow made it onn his list

[@Wolfremmi]

@@NTTofMistery Shen has no real lockdown. Pantheon W is PaC same with Renektons and same with an Malzahar. Shen has real counterplay while the others dont have any. Therefore they are designed to Anti Carry as they can easily take the enemy Carry out. Shen doesnt. He lacks later on the DMG, the CC and only has the survivability.

[@NTTofMistery]

@@Wolfremmi shen's aoe taunt isnt real lockdown? Ok And funnily enough shen can block renek's w, not just on his self, but on teammates aswel. Plus giving a huge shield. He has more anti-carry in his kit then panth or renekton does. Noone is arguing that malz isnt an anticarry. And anti-carry isnt just taking out the enemy carry, otherwise every assassin would be classified as an anti-carry. He lacks the damage? Anti-carries arent defined by damage lol The cc? Can potentially cc the whole team lol, he also has a slow, meaning he has more cc than panth and renek. And point and click cc doesnt make someone an anticarry.

[@Wolfremmi]

@@NTTofMistery Looks like u dont understand anything. Shens cc is dodgeable by a simple sidestep. None of the others are dodgeable and only counterable by buying qss. Yes a champs has to counter the enemy carry to be a anti carry. The whole names comes from exactly that. No an assassine is not an anti carry because he doesnt counter the carry his purpose but just kills him. Shen is a protector. He supports his team while protecting his team from the enemy team. His job is not to lockdown the enemy carry but rather be there to help his team to survive.

[@grrumakemeangry]

14:20 kinda reminds me how I reached rank one on Pokémon Showdown GEN 7 Ubers back then as the only person who had no stall team while like rank 2-50 was 95% stall.

[@agilitykissa]

"Dealing massive damage through bait & punishment and taking advantage of the enemies' arrogance or ignorance" is exactly why I main AP shaco and love him so much. The enemy can't do dumb shit against you and hope for the best, because your whole kit is made to punish that type of play. You are given all the tools to deal with the type of players who try to 'brute force' their way to victory. I also just love pissing off master yis and yasuos on my spare time, so that might have to do something with it as well idk

[@mcdabju]

wow. very well thought out, professionally made video. Keep it up!

[@kculzsinet]

Teammate's about to die Galio- I'm sorry but I can't let you do that.

[@vinaayagamkarunagaran3439]

shen : hold my spirit blade, i am coming too

[@animan8192]

Veigar is my first main and I like his endgame sooo much! Essentially, you turn into a walking trap for carries. You can just sit in a bush, see a carry and then do E>W>Q>(optional)R and then there's no carry xd

[@real_shadow_slayer]

So, is Teemo a hyper-carry or anti-carry? ? 🍄💥

[@armanroyai6601]

Can teemo truly be categorized by our mortal minds?

[@izkdi]

teemo is every class but at the same time he is no class

[@real_shadow_slayer]

@@armanroyai6601 True, his twisted mind cannot even be categorised by our moral compass 😪

[@real_shadow_slayer]

@@izkdi IMO, Teemo is no class but every class

[@hamzasami8362]

Anywhere higher than gold, teemo is pretty much ass because 3 oracles and his shrooms lost more than 50% of their effectiveness at carrying/anti carrying Best he can do is extend matches by slowing down the enemies with many shrooms before objective and clearing waves with shrooms against enemy siege.. Sad teemo noises

[@pinkmercy9592]

You can bully a malzahar in lane as much as you want but then it comes mid-late game teamfights, whether he's behind or not, one button and the entire teamfight flips, so annoying XD

[@martinfreemon7134]

Can Urgot be considered an anti-carry? He isn't an amazing team-fighter, but I find that he can dumpster melee hyper-carries like Yasuo and Irelia when in lane and in skirmishes

[@KHfan0011]

BLESS YOU VARS! THIS IS MY VIDEO

[@abdallam4039]

When vars forgets to mention yorick is an anti-carry, it means riot did a really good job of killing their champion.

[@SiMeGamer]

Idk, Hullbreaker with Divine Dunderer makes him a splitpush god. He is not an anti-carry by any means.

[@abdallam4039]

@@SiMeGamer he literally shares all the advantages and downsides of all anti carries (or most of them); the fact that he's a split pusher is just a bonus

[@dysthymiabearer]

@@abdallam4039 He shares non of the characteristics Anti-Carrys have, what do you mean? He Doesnt have a reliable CC (W is Easy to dodge, and can be broken really easily, and thats his ONLY CC, and its not even *Real* CC) And he has no disruptive abilities. On top of that, you can see how the Anti-Carrys can be qualified on 2 different categories. -Skirmishers (Shaco, Quinn) and -Disruptors (Liss, Poppy, Galio) -Skirmishers have the ability to hunt down players 1v1 and make fights uneven by making solo picks. These Have the ability to stick to you (See how both mentioned have dashes, and high damage, on top of slows and other CCs) And kill you INSTANTLY (Pretty self-explanatory) Yorick lack both of these since, he only has 1 CC, and can be either dodge or broken, the only other ability is a slow, which is not reliable enough, and his damage is inconsistent, he cant burst down targets by himself. -Disruptors have the ability to either Lockdown a single target, or Turn around an entire Teamfight by the use of big spells. The disruptors would be Something like Poppy, Mordekaiser for the ones to lockdown a target, and Liss and Fiddle are the Turn Around Disruptors. Yorick has none of these abilities since he cant stick to a target in a teamfight (As he lacks mobility/Easy CC. Poppy Jumps on you, and has an anti dash and the ult, and Mordekaiser only needs to press a button and you´re basicly out of combat for AT LEAST 8 seconds, so we can count that as an 8 second point and click CC, which is REALLY RELIABLE) So he cant be a lockdown character. Then we have the Area Disruptors, which is self explanatory. Yorick doesnt have the ability to turn around a fight by himself, and has no Area effects. Now, you can say ¨Yeah, but i´ve turned around fights by myself with yorick¨, and you know what, i would believe it, because chaces are you play at Plat elo or below, and that you´ve had insane games where you went 12/0 and stuff, and then, ALMOST every champ can turn around fights. If you have any complaints/questions, i´ll make sure to asnwer them.

[@abdallam4039]

@@dysthymiabearer I dont even know where to start with replying to your comment, well. Most anti carries do have cc, but it's not necessary to do their job, which is: disrupt and deny the carries to carry; now in what way they deny them, it doesn't really matter. Now yorick is a very special case, he faces a dilemma where he shares all the attributes of the juggernaut subclass, but trades almost all area damage for single target, he posses all the necessary tools to shut down a specific group of champions (which is the goal of anti carries btw) which makes him an anti carry in the subclass or group that's not meant or does it the worst

[@Acro]

Wow. Great vid bro!

[@bigsmoke6675]

1:36 wait, you mean they can stop assassins? I always thought they just attracted them

[@D3rWischmop]

ever been polimorphed by a lulu, while you were trying to dive the back line xD ?

[@Nuclearburrit0]

Magnets

[@sebastianlaplume461]

Nothing will bring more joy then when the 20 kill talon comes back to mid to get one combo’d by the 0-0-0 malz who’s flame horizoned him while he was roaming. Feels so good.

[@enzofornetti6313]

I miss Twisted Fate from that list. He can deny enemys wanting to hide, split push and have a 2 second point and click stun at 700 range with rapidfire cannon, and can follow that with his everfrost. He fits in almost in every single way

[@tdooling13]

as a shaco main, this video brings me much joy, also I'd like to add that I think I have more fun running around causing chaos than actually winning.

[@alejandropetit6573]

Wait, wouldn't trundle be considered an anti carry due to his ult massively screwing over tanks and making him a great counterpick against them?

[@CloudWalkBeta]

i always considered trundle just an anti tank, since i wouldnt consider a tank the teams carry.

[@Justin73791]

I think trundle at his core is just be a stat stick dps bruiser. Given that his only anti-carry trait is his ult, and it works best against champions who normally don't carry (tanks) I don't know if you could really classify him as one. Compared to mordekaiser who literally removes whoever he wants from the game.

[@Krystwaht]

I had no idea over half the champions I play were considered anti-carries, I've been playing a playstyle I didn't know existed for years.

[@GengUpinIpin]

Same....i guess i just like having more outplay potential Well, "outplay" As in, low hp....enemy carry overextends, i kill them in 0.1 second.... *ANTI CARRY OUTPLAY*

[@flailofthelord]

Warwick is an undernoticed champion, and cleanly fits your definition of anti carry.

[@d105uino2]

I just love how the description of the anti-carry is just pyke lethality in late

[@Nico-zt5jl]

I DESPISE SHACO. Oboxious champ.

[@salj.5459]

Same

[@dysthymiabearer]

People like you fuel me to keep maining Shaco. Thanks

[@KiuhKobold]

Last game I've ever played was Alistar, and I only picked the big bull for the following reasons: Akali and Yasuo. Completely botching an engage-heavy team which the only means to escape is "don't get caught, kill everyone" is absolutely fantastic, plus making 30% to 50% of their damage not happen on yourself is great.

[@Faust227]

I've seen enough videos of Pink Ward to know how terryfing and annoying is Ap Shaco.

[@AlienComments]

Singed: The only champion who does not care about dying, the only champion to proxy farm ~ Sion cries in the distance ~

[@NylonRooope]

Pog

[@assimalbaw9345]

As a shaco main, i do agree with you that shaco gameplay is so weird that even my own team sometimes doesnt know how to play with me. If you got an ap shaco in your team it is better to play by shaco's rules trust me, like jigsaw! Also, you are right ap shaco and ad shaco or shaco sup, mid, top and jg all of his rules creates a completely different gameplay. You can be ad or ap jg. You can be ap sup or ad sup. You can be assassin mid or mage You can be ap top or brusier. Last thing, after maining shaco for 3 years i can say that shaco's gameplay is like a gamble. If you take the risk you might get rewarded.

[@DungNguyen-jz7of]

him: bard is anticarry bard mains: *don't even know what they're doing jk

[@michaelharis9962]

Well bard is an anti carry Just that he is being Anti to your carry xd

[@unamantedelchispop9267]

9:00 the thing is,Pokemon also has anticarries.The nearest thing pokemon has to a hyper carry is a sweeper,who needs to wait for the exact opportunity to buff their stats in the battlefield and destroy you (example,quiver dance volcarona) but there is an ability which makes stat buffs useless(the ability name is unaware),and anti sweepers are mostly pokemons with that ability. An example of an anti carry would be Quaqsire,who only does one thing,stare down your sweeper and poisoning them,so you either have to switch,which loses a lot of momentum,or you trade the anti sweeper with your sweeper,which 9 times out of 10,is better for the Quaq player. And because the threat of Quaqsire entering the battlefield is always there,the opponent might never dare to put his sweeper on the battlefield unless the Quaq is low on health or fainted.