5 Most Powerful XBorg Counter Heroes in Mobile Legends

5 Most Powerful XBorg Counter Heroes in Mobile Legends

If you meet X.Borg at Land of Dawn, surely you immediately think of a way to fight it.

X.Borg can make your team nervous if you let him stack shields and regen through his 'Firaga Armor' (Passive Skill).  

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He can sustain, making him difficult to kill if there are no heroes or strategies that can break down his armor or disrupt his rhythm from the early game.

This article will discuss heroes who can stop his dominance, break his shield, and prevent him from taking over the game. Read on!

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Skills Explanation X. Borg

X. Borg aka The Firaga Armor is one of the Fighter heroes that is often used by EXP Laner in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

Its advantages include high durability thanks to its regenerating armor, high damage, farming, and flexible items.

For his Passive Skill called 'Firaga Armor', his HP will get +20% HP Extra and his Firaga Armor will get +120% HP Extra plus absorb damage.

When his Armor condition is destroyed, he will release himself and become immune to damage and control effects.

His Energy Armor will continue to regenerate as much as 3 energy per second, especially in Armorless State.

When her Energy is full, she will use her Armor and recover up to 30% of her armor HP. Her skill will deal True Damage even when Overheated.

His skill 1 is 'Fire Missiles', he sprays fire while dealing 25 – 100 (+60% Total Physical Attack) (+40% Total Magic Power) Physical Damage 7x for 2 seconds to enemies within his range while dealing 75% – 100% damage to Minions.

In Armorless State, the attack area will be narrow and long and the damage will only be 60%.

His 2nd skill is called 'Fire State', he will give 5 Fire Stakes and take them after 1.7 seconds while giving 50 – 100 (+20% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage.

Then, he also pulls enemies in his path towards him. Firaga Supplies on the route will be taken if they are touched by the Fire State.

In Armorless State, he will set up the Fire Stakes Launcher to increase his range and shorten the distance between Fire States.

Then his Ultimate Skill is called 'Last Insanity', he will charge at his enemy while spitting fire plus giving 90 – 110 (+130% Extra Physical Attack) (+90% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage 12x and giving a slow effect to the enemy 25%.

Then it will stop when it hits its enemy and slow it down an extra 40%.

After 3 seconds, his Firaga Armor will explode and deal 90 – 110 (+130% Extra Physical Attack) (+90% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to other nearby enemies.

If the Armor is destroyed before it explodes, X.Borg can only deal 50% damage.

When his Armor explodes, he goes into Armorless State mode while removing all debuffs on him.

X.Borg cannot use this skill while in Armorless State and when he uses it again, he will breathe fire and explode his Firaga Armor.

List of the Most Powerful Heroes to Counter XBorg

If you are in a match and are up against X.Borg who can spam and is hard to lock, you have to stop his shield regen and kill him.

Heroes who have high burst damage or destroy armor/shields quickly can be his strongest enemies.

Because if 'Firaga Armor' (Passive Skill) breaks, he is easily eliminated by your team.

Apart from that, you can also use heroes who have strong crowd control or high mobility to reduce their shield.

Don't forget to use items or strategies that can reduce his regen and shield so that he can't sustain for long in war.

By playing aggressively and focusing on disrupting his armor/shield, you can make it difficult for him to enter fights or fight against your team.

Below are some counter heroes for XBorg that you can use to fight him in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, namely:

Lunox

Lunox aka The Twilight Goddess is a Mage hero who is often used by Mid Laners and is also a counter hero for XBorg in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

He has high burst damage, especially in the early game, can sustain thanks to regen and immunity, and is flexible thanks to his skills that can change damage or defensive mode.

His Passive Skill is called 'Dreamland Twist', he will be affected by 'Chaos and Order'.

When using 'Power of Order', he gains 0.5% Spell Vamp for every 1% Magic Penetration.

When Lunox uses 'Power of Chaos', she gains 0.5% Magic Penetration for every 1% Spell Vamp.

His skill 1 is 'Starlight Pulse', he will summon Rain of Starlight to X.Borg around him while dealing 200 – 350 (+110% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage.

The Starlight will return to Lunox, restoring 75 – 100 (+30% Total Magic Power) HP.

More HP will be restored when hit by X.Borg and he will give 1 stack of 'Power of Order'.

His 2nd skill is 'Chaos Assault', he will give 'Chaos Energy' to X.Borg while giving Magic Damage of 250 – 350 (+120% Total Magic Power) (+2.5% – 5% Total HP X.Borg) (1.5% – 3% of Max HP against Creep) and Lunox will also give 1 stack of 'Power of Chaos'.

Her 3rd skill, 'Cosmic Fission', is active when Lunox uses the power of 'Order and Chaos' and will deal 300 – 500 (+150% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to X.Borg in its path while slowing him down by 40% for 2 seconds.

His Ultimate Skill has 3 modes, namely the Default mode 'Order and Chaos', the Power of Order mode called 'Power of Order: Brilliance' and the Power of Chaos mode 'Power of Chaos: Darkening'.

In Default 'Order and Chaos' mode, he will be affected by 'Chaos and Order'.

When Lunox uses her 'Power of Order', she will gain 'Brilliance' while dealing damage to nearby X.Borg.

When Lunox uses 'Power of Chaos', she will gain 'Darkening' while teleporting towards X.Borg plus reducing the cooldown duration of her 'Chaos Assault' (Skill 2).

In 'Power of Order: Brilliance' mode, he will extend his Light Barrier and become unstoppable for 2.5 seconds and gain an extra 30% Movement Speed while dealing 100 – 140 (+50% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage every 0.5 seconds to X.Borg.

'Power of Chaos: Darkening' mode, he will teleport towards X.Borg by giving 250 – 450 (+100% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage plus slowing X.Borg 305 for 4 seconds.

The next 4 seconds, he will increase 'Power of Chaos' to minimize the cooldown of 'Chaos Assault' (Skill 2).

Chou

Chou aka The Kung Fu Boy is a Fighter hero who is often used by EXP Laner and Roamer and is also a counter hero for XBorg in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

The advantage is having high mobility with dash skills that are immune to crowd control, providing shields, burst damage, escape, high durability, strong in the early game and can fight Marksman and Mage.

His Passive Skill is called 'Only Fast', after reaching 5 units, Chou will deal 180% damage on the next basic attack, giving an 80% slow effect to X.Borg and reducing Physical Defense by 10 (+1*Hero Level) for 3 seconds which can be stacked 2x.

Then his Skill 1 is called 'Jeet Kune Do', Chou will attack X.Borg by giving 180 (+70% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage.

This skill can be used 3 times before its cooldown runs out and on the 3rd use, it will make X.Borg fly upwards.

When hit by X.Borg on the 3rd use, Chou will reset the cooldown of his 'Shunpoo' (Skill 2).

Then, his Skill 2 is 'Shunpo', he will attack X.Borg and get Control Immunity and 200 (+200 Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage shield.

His Ultimate Skill, 'The Way of Dragon', Chou will attack X.Borg while dealing (+200% Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage while pushing X.Borg back.

If Chou uses this skill again to chase X.Borg, this skill will deal 480 (+220 Extra Physical Attack) Physical Damage.

Esmeralda

Esmeralda aka The Astrologer is a Tank or Mage hero who is often used by EXP Laner and is also a counter hero for XBorg in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

The advantage is that it can steal enemy shields with its 'Frostmoon Shield' (Skill 1), is strong against Tanks or heroes who rely on shields, has high sustain, Hybrid Tank/thick Endurance, can 1v1, has a flexible build (Hybrid Magic/Physical) so that it makes it even stronger in Team Fights.

Her Passive Skill is called 'Starmoon Casket', where Esmeralda will manipulate Stardust and Frostmoon.

Stardust will deal Magic Damage and provide a shield to X.Borg that is equal to 135% of the damage dealt by Frostmoon.

Each basic attack will deal (+100% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage and 100 (+75% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage.

The damage Esmeralda deals will ignore all shield effects and convert her shield into HP.

Her skill 1 is called 'Frostmoon Shield', Esmeralda will get a shield of 300 – 750 (+150% Total Magic Power) and 40% Movement Speed for 4 seconds.

He will also convert nearby X.Borg shields into his own shields up to 50% of his Max HP.

His 2nd skill is called 'Stardust Dance', he will swing Stardust and Frostmoon by giving 240 – 440 (+60% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage and 300 – 550 (+120% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage to X.Borg who is nearby.

Every time Esmeralda deals damage to X.Borg, Frostmoon's shield cooldown will be reduced by 1.5 seconds while dealing damage to non-hero units and reducing it by 0.5 seconds and X.Borg's Movement Speed being reduced by 10% for 1.5 seconds.

Her Ultimate Skill is called 'Falling Starmoon', Esmeralda will combine the power of Astrospace into her 2 weapons, namely Stardust and Frostmoon.

The longer this skill is used, the further the attack range will be.

If Esmeralda uses this skill again, she will throw Stardust at X.Borg's location while dealing 350 – 650 (+90% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage.

Then, he teleports to X.Borg's location and casts Frostmoon while dealing 350 – 650 (+140% Total Magic Power) Magic Damage plus paralyzing X.Borg for 1 second.

Wanwan

Wanwan aka the Agile Tiger is a Marksman hero who is often used by Gold Lane and is also a counter hero for XBorg in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

He has high mobility thanks to 'Tiger Pace' (Passive Skill) which allows him to escape quickly, is capable of anti-crowd control, deals high damage, kills with deadly attacks especially in the late game thanks to his agility, high damage and short-term immunity.

Skill 1 is 'Tiger Pace', X.Borg who is hit by Wanwan's attack will immediately be weak for 5 seconds.

Upon discovering XBorg's weakness, Wanwan will deal 67 (+3 × Hero Level) True Damage and increase X.Borg's damage from his next attack by 10% for 5 seconds.

She can also dash a short distance after each arrow fired from her basic attack. Her dash speed increases with her attack speed.

Her skill 1 is 'Swallow's Path', Wanwan will throw Fire Swallow towards X.Borg, triggering Tiger Pace (Passive Skill) and dealing 120 (+40% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to other enemies in her line.

This Fire Swallow transforms into 3 Swallow Daggers that spin and return to Wanwan while dealing 60 (+65% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to X.Borg.

Then, slows X.Borg by 30% for 1.5 seconds and if X.Borg is hit by his Swallow Dagger 2x, he will not be able to move for 0.5 seconds.

His 2nd skill is 'Needles in Flowers', it will remove all his control effects and activate his 'Tiger Pace' (Passive Skill).

He will also shoot Deadly Needles anywhere while dealing 150 (+60% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to other enemies hit.

His Ultimate Skill is 'Crossbow of Tang', he will jump into the air and shoot arrows at X.Borg for 2.5 seconds in a row while dealing 60 (+35% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage with each arrow.

If X.Borg is killed by this attack, Wanwan will move to another enemy within her attack range, gaining 30% Attack Speed and extending the skill duration by 1 second and this effect can be used up to 3x.

So with this skill, Wanwan cannot be targeted and is immune for that duration and can trigger 'Tiger Pace' (Passive Skill) after killing X.Borg.

Crossbow of Tang will be thrown at X.Borg and Wanwan will gain 100% Movement Speed for this duration.

This damage becomes basic attack damage and makes Wanwan's shots increase along with her attack speed.

Then, Wanwan's Buff is 'The Oriental Fighter', her team will get extra high Movement Speed in the battle area.

Natalia

Natalia aka the Bright Claw is an Assassin hero who is often used by Junglers or Roamers and is also a counter hero for XBorg in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.

He can disappear (stealth) to attack suddenly, has high damage in the early game, high mobility with his dash skill, is immune to basic attacks when using 'Smoke Bomb' (Skill 2) and is able to be a deadly Assassin for ganking or pick-off.

Her Passive Skill is called 'Assassin Instinct', if Natalia is in the bushes without receiving damage for 1 second, she will camouflage and gain 15% Movement Speed.

In this condition, the next basic attack will move him behind X.Borg while dealing 200 (+110% of Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage while rendering X.Borg immobile for 0.25 seconds.

He can also deal damage, take damage, or use a skill to end his Camouflage. However, his next basic attack will be enhanced for 1 second.

Natalia's Basic Crit Damage is reduced to 150%, but her damage to Creeps is increased to 150%.

Her skill 1 is called 'Claw Dash', Natalia will go towards X.Borg while giving 250 – 350 (+50% Total Physical Attack) Physical Damage to other enemies in her path.

After being hit by X.Borg or another enemy, he can use this skill again for 5 seconds.

Her 2nd skill is called 'Smoke Bomb', she will release her Smoke Bomb at her location while slowing X.Borg by 25% – 75%. However, Natalia becomes immune to X.Borg's basic attacks for 4 seconds.

Meanwhile, his Ultimate Skill, called 'The Hunt', will function both 'Passively' and 'Actively'.

When 'Passive', Natalia will gain an extra 15% – 45% Crit Chance. When 'Active', Natalia will enter Assassin Instinct (Passive Skill), allowing her to store up to 2 stacks of her Ultimate.

Each stack has a charge duration of 30 seconds and killing a Creep will reduce its charge duration by 50% from the full-charge duration.

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That's the list of XBorg counter heroes that you can use in Mobile Legends: Bang Bang right now!