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JungleAT A GLANCE
Strengths
- Invulnerable during Firaga Armor
- Percent-health or true damage that threatens tanks
- High mobility: several dashes
Weaknesses
- No hard control of their own
SKILLS
Firaga Armor
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X.Borg's [HP inherits (+20% extra HP), and his Firaga Armor inherits (+120% extra HP)] and absorbs all incoming damage when it's active. When the Armor is destroyed, X.Borg will disengage from it and roll in the direction of the Joystick (he is immune to damage [and control effects] in this process). The Armor's energy will gradually regenerate [for 3 energy per second] while X.Borg is in the Armorless State. At full energy, X.Borg re-equips the Armor and restore it to 30% of his [Armor HP].
X.Borg's skills deal True Damage in Overheated state.
Fire Missiles
Cooldown: 4 s
only interrupted by: high-level control
X.Borg sprays fire, dealing 25–100 (+60% PA, +40% MP) physical damage 7 times over 2 seconds to enemies in range (75%–100% damage to Minions).
The attack area becomes narrower but longer, while the damage is reduced to 60%.
Fire Stake
Cooldown: 12–9 s by level
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X.Borg shoots 5 Fire Stakes at the edge of the fan-shaped indicator and retrieves them after 1.7 seconds, each dealing 50–100 (+20% PA) physical damage and pulling the enemies in the path toward him. Firaga Supplies in the path will also be retrieved if touched by Fire Stakes.
Armorless State: X.Borg adjusts Fire Stake Launcher to increase its range and shorten the distance between Fire Stakes.
Last Insanity
Cooldown: 30 / 27 / 24 s by level
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X.Borg charges forward in the target direction while rotating and spraying fire, dealing 90–110 (+130% extra PA, +90% MP) physical damage 12 times and slowing enemies by 25%. He stops upon running into an enemy hero and will slow them by an additional 40%. After 3 seconds from the start of the skill, X.Borg's Firaga Armor will detonate, dealing [300–700 (+15% max HP) true damage to nearby enemies]. If the Armor is destroyed before it can self-detonate, it will only deal 50% of the damage. When his Armor detonates, X.Borg will dash a short distance in the Joystick's direction and enter Armorless State while removing all debuffs from himself.
This skill cannot be used in the Armorless State.
X.Borg stops spraying fire and immediately detonates his Firaga Armor.
WHO COUNTERS X.BORG
Pick them when the enemy has X.Borg · score is their advantage
Ling11.5
Wall mobility keeps you outside the flame ring entirely, and you pick the moment to burst him when the armour is down.
Mathilda10.5
You dive past the flames and drag his target out before the armour detonation lands.
Zilong10.4
You flip him out of his own flame zone and burst him down while the armour is gone.
Chou10.2
Shunpo dodges Fire Missiles and Jeet Kune Do strips the armour before the finishing kick.
Benedetta10.1
You dodge everything he throws and finish him in the window after the armour explodes.
WHO X.BORG COUNTERS
Pick X.Borg into them
Hylos11.5
Continuous burn shreds him in lane before the health stacking ever matters.
Barats11.5
Continuous burn never lets him hold the stacks, and the armour outlasts his damage.
Ruby11.1
Anti-regen plus true damage cancels her lifesteal completely, and he keeps enough armour to hold the extended trade she wants.
Chip10.5
Anti-heal cuts the shield and healing his passive keeps the team alive with.
Baxia10.5
The burn beats Baxia's regeneration and his hybrid damage does not threaten the armour.
BEST TEAMMATES
HOW TO PLAY X.BORG
Abuse your S1 (Fire Missile) to keep enemies at a distance and build up their temperature. Once the gauge is full, you deal True Damage. Use S2 (Fire Stake) to pull back enemies or canisters to restore your armor. Your Ultimate (Last Insanity) is best used when enemies are at full temperature; you can manually detonate it early by pressing the skill again. Remember, without your Firaga Armor, you are extremely squishy and vulnerable.
HOW TO PLAY AGAINST X.BORG
- Only high-level control interrupts Fire Missiles.
- Firaga Armor grants invulnerability — wait it out.
HIDDEN MECHANICS
What the in-game descriptions do not tell you: crowd-control rules and verified skill quirks. How crowd control works →
Firaga Armor- The HP Armor's "energy" is technically not an energy attribute since X.Borg's doesn't benefit from the purple buff and the energy is omitted on his stats.
- X.Borg's Basic Attack becomes ranged, and are adjusted, and X.Borg becomes unable to cast during his Armorless State.
- X.Borg's state determines HP scaling (including Max HP, Lost HP, and Current HP) from abilities, battle spells, and equipment unique passives, as his HP and Armor HP cannot be combined during the scaling. His Armor HP can only be scaled in his Armored state, while HP can only be scaled during Armorless State.
- "Fire damage" refers only to damage dealt by X.Borg's basic attacks and skills.
Fire Missiles- Only these interrupt it: high-level control.
- Fire Missiles is not visible during stealth.
- This skill can only be interrupted by high- and ultimate-level control effects.
- Yin's My Turn cancels this ability upon entering and leaving.
Last Insanity- X.Borg's movement speed during Last Insanity gradually decays.amount needed
- He gains control immunity within the skill duration.
- Yin's My Turn does not cancel this ability.