Cyborg

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This article is about the race. For other uses, see Cyborg (Disambiguation).

Cyborg
Details
Source	Cyborg Puzzle
Titles	The Cyborg (V2) War Machine (V3) Genesis (V4)

Cyborg is one of three races that can be obtained through a quest.

Cyborg's special abilities allow the player to fight and combo more effectively in close quarters, by disabling Instinct or by dealing extra damage and increasing their own defense. This race is mainly used against teamers due to its ability to deal extremely effective wide-area damage. In general, this race is great for grinding, PvP against Teamers and especially breaking combos. Additionally, it is also good for breaking Instinct and doing combos with Instinct-trickable attacks. However, the V3's average range is also a slight drawback, and the V4's damage output is not a good choice in 1v1s.

Obtainment

	Stage	Method
	V1	To obtain Cyborg, the player needs to complete the Cyborg Puzzle.
	V2	Completing the Alchemist's Quest. To take this quest, the player has to have completed the Colosseum Quest.
	V3	Completing arowe's Quest, which varies depending on the race. Cyborg's V3 quest is: Give Arowe any physical Blox Fruit. (He does not take the fruit.) Make sure to grab the quest every time joining the game, it will reset upon rejoining.
	V4	Completing the Temple of Time puzzle, then doing the Trial of the Machine. Full steps can be found over at the Race Awakening page.

Changes of Stages

• Version 1-3
• Version 4

Each stage will give additional buffs and make visual changes to the player's avatar.

Stage	Buffs	Visual changes	Image
V1	No buffs.	Gives the user a metallic mask on the upper left part of their head.
V2	10% defense against melee, sword, and gun attacks. 15% of received damage passively converts to Energy.	No visual changes.
V3	Gives the user an ability called Energy Core, while activated: Boosts the player's defense by 30%. Creates an AoE lightning effect around the player during the ability that does tick damage to enemies within its range. It starts at 0 damage, then does 33 ticks of damage that scales with the player’s level. Example 1: Lv. 2750 = 2750 * 0.065 * 33 = 5899 Example 2: Lv. 2000 = 2000 * 0.065 * 33 = 4290 Example 3: Lv. 1500 = 1500 * 0.065 * 33 = 3217.5 Example 4: Lv. 1750 = 1750 * 0.065 * 33 = 3854 Example 5: Lv. 2800 = 2800 * 0.065 * 33 = 6006 It lasts 6.5 seconds, and has a universal 30 second cooldown. It does break Instinct unless the player is just on the range border of the attack.	Removes the metallic mask and gives the user a pair of black and red, futuristic glasses.

V4 unlocks different abilities depending on what "Gears" are put in. For more information, please refer to Race Awakening.

Ancient Powers: Upon transforming, receive max stats as well as increased damage, speed, and health regeneration by 10%.
Energy Control: Damage dealt now chains to nearby enemies through orbs. Allows the user to Super Jump (must have Instinct enabled).	Upgraded version: The effects of chain damage increase. Super Jump now deals damage and no longer requires Instinct to be enabled.
Aftershock: Attacks now apply an electrifying effect that drains the opponent's Instinct dodges temporarily. It also does small amounts of tick damage.	Upgraded version: The electrifying effect becomes stronger and lasts longer.
Visual changes: User grows a pair of blue, futuristic wings, and the visor turns blue. While transformed, the visor and wings' blue glows turn purple. Mask of Cyborg V4. Mask of Cyborg V4. (active) The wings' idle animation. The transformation animation. The idle animation. Maximum energy orbs the user can summon.

Overview

• Pros
• Cons

Pros
General Very good race for grinding. Good defense, especially with Energy Core. Good against fighting with two or more opponents. All abilities starting from V3 have offensive capabilities (Energy Core and Aftershock have tick damage while Energy Control can transfer damage). The player will almost always have energy, due to the V2 passive. Also makes it good with Phoenix's huge energy drain.
Energy Core (V3) Quick and easy to obtain. Great for combos. Deals bonus damage for free. Improve one-shot combos or long combos. Breaks Instinct. Decent damage and defense. Good for canceling out enemy's combos, especially the moves that need to be held. (Dough V, Rubber C, etc.) Decent for grinding. Can be used to finish an enemy or boss to level up mastery on a weapon or fruit without having stats on them, as damage is based on the player's level, not stats.
Energy Control (V4) Great mobility. One of the fastest ways to travel combined with Skull Guitar's M1s. (A technique or glitch that allows the user to dash further if the M1, jump and dash buttons are all timed together, granting even more mobility with super jump-dashes) Excellent for grinding/PvP as it hits nearby enemies. Can be deadly in PvP with enemy NPCs around/when fighting teamers. Orbs can easily break Instinct without aiming the opponent. Recommend using builds that involve dealing tick damage for maximum benefit. Can easily kill enemy players with the usage of Portal's [C] to locations where enemies are nearby, since using a wide AoE skill will result in a very high damage output to the opponent, as well as possible lag making it even harder to escape.
Aftershock (V4) Drains opponent's Instinct dodges. Does not require to break Instinct to apply the electrifying effect.

Cons
General No movement buffs, unlike other races. Using accessories that boost speed, such as Pilot Helmet, is recommended. No defense buffs against Blox Fruits. Very hard and expensive to obtain, requiring the player to obtain a Fist of Darkness and complete an entire puzzle. The energy passive (V2) is not really useful. None of the V4 gears can hit large objects.
Energy Core (V3) Can be countered by keeping distances. Requires to be close to break Instinct.
Energy Control (V4) Vulnerable in air, requires a solid surface to super jump.
Aftershock (V4) Does not break Instinct. Opponents can be invincible to attacks at some times while dodging the electrifying effect. These include attacks that cannot be avoided, such as Godhuman's [C] (Held). Rendered nearly useless against Human's Psycho (Tier 2) or Unbreakable Enchantment.

Trivia

• The damage reduction from Cyborg V2 (10%) and V3 (30%) combined is 37% (not 40%).
• The Cyborg V4 Energy Control Jump (Both UP and Non-Up) works in Buddha Transformation and Shift(v2).
• Sometimes the jump in V4 can glitch in Buddha form causing you to get the jump again while in air.
• There is a common misconception that Cyborg's v3 makes combos impossible to Instinct trick, this is untrue, as the damage ticks on cyborg are usually too slow.

Change History

Released in Update 14

Update 17.2

• Cyborg's V3 ability was reworked to create lightning that deals continuous AoE damage, burns enemies over time, causing them to take a large amount of total damage and breaks Instinct when near. It also reduces damage taken by up to 30%. But it was nerfed shortly after release:
  • Lightning damage is now equal to 6.5% of the player's current level instead of 10%. Base damage before level-based bonus also reduced from 0.1 to 0 (reduces damage per tick by 35%).
  • The number of tick dots was reduced from 44 to 33.
  • Reduces the range of lightning damage, as well as the range of Instinct break. Lightning will now no longer break Instinct when the enemy is at the edge of the lightning AOE, meaning the enemy must be closer to break Instinct.

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Update 15

• Changed how the V1 and V3 accessory looks.

Old accessory Cyborg V1.

Old accessory Cyborg V3.

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Update 14

• Cyborg was released.