Meanings
plural hypercarries
- video gamesA video game character that does so much damage that success in the game is mainly dependent on that character.
Alice is a hypercarry: level her up and she will take you all the way to endgame.
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2015, Dignitas, Hypercarries: Misconceptions and Reality, Dignitas.gg Be it hyper carry, hypercarry, hard carry, or any other term you want to call it, a hypercarry is a specific subclass of the carry role.
Her Elemental Burst also gets stronger for every attack that Eula lands, making her a hypercarry similar to Hu Tao and Razor.
2021, Marc Santos, “'Genshin Impact' Guide: Best Team Compositions For Eula”, in International Business TimesSynonyms: hard carry
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA video game character that does so much damage that success in the game is mainly dependent on that character.
Origin
From hyper- + carry, in the sense that this character "carries" the player through the game.
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