Talk:Gangplank/@comment-115.64.31.150-20130128033940/@comment-201.47.229.42-20130207152318

The original definition of carry comes from Dota, in which any hero who outputs a high dps amount is called a carry since he "carries" the game. In Dota, for example, Jax, Kha'Zix and Ryze would be called carries.

Unlike Dota, melee carries are unviable in LoL, and ranged bruisers would be overpowered, so the word "carry" more or less become a synonym for "squishy ranged dps". In LoL, Storm Spirit would be called a mage; Skeleton King would be a bruiser and Templar Assassin would be an... assassin.

Gangplank can't be really an AD carry by LoL's standards, despite the outdated tags telling otherwise (according to the tags, Taric is a tank...).