Lich is often a carry.

Carry can differ from hero to hero. And lich most definitely could not carry with DPS items, but with others.
Lich can carry with a dagon/mek though and by going 14-0 and being a staple that keeps another team afraid of attacking. Lich can carry the team by racking up kills with wards and pushing before other carries have a chance to build up.

A lot of hero's carry, but carry differently. They don't all have to be DPS machines to carry. That is just the traditional sense of it.
In our games we've seen plenty of hero's 'carry'

mirana - sf - necro - lich - warlock - omni - ES - tide - lich - lion - lina - leshrac - both pandas - bounty - riki - TB - AM - furion - tinker - sven - ezalor - etc... we've seen almost every hero, if not every hero carry a game or be almost the sole reason why X team won - or nearly won. Of those weaker late game heros though, Tide is certainly one that continues to get stronger and stronger as the game goes on. As a radiance+shivas+refresher on him can be absolutely devastating and often give him triple kills or more.

But granted while we've seen nearly each hero carry in one way or another, yes yes, he is not dragon knight - terror blade - skeleton king etc with big DPS items.

clazziquai

6685 Posts

October 22 2008 18:50 GMT

#45

L-O-L
thanks for sharing!

IzzyCraft

United States4487 Posts

October 22 2008 18:57 GMT

#46

On October 23 2008 02:38 d(O.o)a wrote:

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When he is stacked with gg yes he is.

Any character stacked can carry T_T

yoshtodd

United States418 Posts

October 22 2008 19:08 GMT

#47

lol I like how it's a parody on geekiness, then the thread turns into a detailed discussion on the mechanics of DoTA.

Archaic

United States4024 Posts

October 22 2008 19:14 GMT

#48

P.S. I'm super serious about the level 18 stuff. I don't want to goto jail because I ganked a n00b. "

Priceless.

paper

13196 Posts

October 22 2008 19:19 GMT

#49

buff cm/lich frost nova plz

Equinox_kr

United States7395 Posts

October 22 2008 20:26 GMT

#50

I think somebody got too carried away with that Basshunter Dota video.

Equinox_kr

United States7395 Posts

October 22 2008 20:27 GMT

#51

On October 23 2008 04:19 paper wrote:
buff cm/lich frost nova plz

Bring back Dark Ritual properly plz T_T

Goddamn I will seriously fucking start playing again if Lich becomes a proper solo hero again, I fucking LOVED Lich vs Silencer. Viper vs Silencer was boring as hell, he would die too quickly T_T

Chewits

Northern Ireland1200 Posts

October 22 2008 20:55 GMT

#52

Lich is strong enough as he is O_O

Equinox_kr

United States7395 Posts

October 22 2008 21:57 GMT

#53

On October 23 2008 05:55 Chewits wrote:
Lich is strong enough as he is O_O

Oh, was he buffed recently? I haven't played him since ... 6.33. Lol.

{ToT}Strafe

Thailand7026 Posts

October 22 2008 23:20 GMT

#54

lolz fucking awesome :D

Anyway I disagree with testie, I still consider a carry a hero who can END the game in the long run.

naventus

United States1337 Posts

October 23 2008 00:03 GMT

#55

Lich is not a carry. Tiny, for instance, can also go like 9-0 in a game, but he won't be finishing the game if it extends to late game.

xxsaznpride

United States506 Posts

October 23 2008 01:10 GMT

#56

tiny...

PT AC Heart BDK MoM Blink

you're a carry. Or at the very least an insanely buff support tank.

[Rag]Genesis

7 Posts

October 27 2008 03:47 GMT

#57

haha, I wonder if he needs training

rei

United States3594 Posts

November 04 2008 21:38 GMT

#58

Testie you play dota? got a team? wanna play?

DoYouHas

United States1140 Posts

November 11 2008 23:25 GMT

#59

Lich can carry a team to a victory, yes. But his general role is not to carry but to support. A carry is not a hero which through excellent play is the main reason for a team's win, that is just a hero excelling in their given role. While some heroes can be slightly modified from a normal item build to become carries (dagon on lich being the example from testie) they are usually better served by supporting a hero who's natural abilities lend him to carrying. A lich who supports a luna and allows that luna to get the majority of the kills they are both involved in instead of dagoning for the kill will see a luna with treads, HoD, 2xwraith, and a bkb around the same time that the lich would be getting dagon anyways (assuming lich is smart and finishes his mek first), and is there really any debate as to which one of those two would be the stronger carry?