noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A 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."

Synonyms

All synonyms

hard carry

Example

More examples

"Alice is a hypercarry: level her up and she will take you all the way to endgame."

Etymology

From hyper- + carry, in the sense that this character "carries" the player through the game.

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