2XKO- All Fuse Styles, Explained

Although it came into Closed Beta with only nine playable characters, 2XKO has an unexpectedly complex system with nearly infinite combinations. A lot of that is due to how its tag system work, which will considerably affect the same team composition in a lot of different ways.

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Our 2XKO all fuse styles, explained piece aims to teach you how all five fuses work. This will allow you to bring versatility and flexibility into your game, even if you stick with the same team comp, since just changing your fuse will bring a new dimension to your game plan.

2X Assist

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This is an easy to use fuse style that can help you deal with matchups in which you are having a hard trouble playing neutral. The rules of the game are all the same, except you can use two assist actions per call.

When using most other fuse styles, calling your assist gets them to do the action you commanded, and that's it. If, for example, you are using Ahri as your assist character, using <-+T will get her to throw her projectile assist, and that's the end of her actions. When using the 2X Assist fuse style, you can repeat the same <-+T assist, or you can follow up with her ->+T dash assist.

Furthermore, 2X assist style allows you to use an assist action after push blocking (pressing T while blocking), which can be extremely useful in getting you out of the corner.

Double Down

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The "default" fuse style in 2XKO, and the one Riot Games recommends for beginners, is Double Down. It is the easiest style to use, and the one with the most impact with minimal knowledge requirement.

Double Down allows your assist character to use a super as an assist action when you use a super of your own. The assist character can use whatever super they choose, they do not need to mimic your own (if you use a level 3 Super, they can use level 3 too, or level 1/2).

This fuse style allows you to boost the damage of your combos by simply finishing off with two supers instead of one. Just keep in mind that not all supers combo into each other, so if you are going to be focusing on Double Down, you should go into training mode and figure out which supers synergize between your characters.

Freestyle

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Following the easiest fuse style in 2XKO comes the hardest. Freestyle allows you to bring insane mix-ups into your game, but it also requires you to know both characters a lot more, and to master tight timings. This fuse style allows a second handshake twice per assist call.

In every other style, when you handshake tag (you press T following any assist action), the character that becomes the assist immediately leaves the screen and your assist call goes into cooldown. With freestyle, they will stick around a bit longer, allowing for a second handshake tag. This is optional, of course, and it is capped at two handshake tags per assist call.

Freestyle allows you to unlock new combos, new mix-ups, and brings an entirely new dimension to your game. It might be the hardest 2xko fuse style to learn, but it is also the most difficult one to counter when used well.

Juggernaut

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In 2XKO, all fuse styles serve a different purpose. Up to this point, every single one of them change how your assists work. Juggernaut removes them from the equation almost entirely. When using this fuse style, you are limited to only using your point character.

Your assist character cannot do any action with the exception of Break, which is a Fury Break from the beginning of each round (in most other fuse styles, Break only becomes Fury Break when one of your characters dies). To compensate for the lack of a secondary character, you are granted the following bonuses:

• Fury Break instead of normal Break. Fury is available at every round start.
• Supers cancel into each other.
• Meter bars are capped at 5 instead of 3.
• Pressing the tag button (T) will eject the opponent's character on a successful hit, forcing them to swap to their assist.
• 20% max HP bonus and 25% damage reduction if at 500hp or lower (around 50% max health for most chars).

Sidekick

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If you only want to learn a single character but don't want to forego your assist entirely, this is the 2XKO fuse style for you. Sidekick also locks you into playing a single character, but your assist character can still use all actions that do not tag them into the game.

Otherwise, the buffs and actions available are quite similar to the ones found in Juggernaut:

• Fury Break instead of normal Break (unlike Jug, it is not available at every round start and has to be recharged normally).
• Supers cancel into each other.
• Meter bars are capped at 5 instead of 3.
• Holding the tag button (T) will get your assist to run towards your opponent, allowing you to pressure them with assist actions even if your point character is far away.
• Pressing normal attack buttons (L,M,H) as you get hit will reduce damage taken. Your character will flash blue when timing this successfuly.
• 20% max HP bonus and 25% damage reduction if at 500hp or lower (around 50% max health for most chars).

2XKO- All Fuse Styles Usage

Now that we have all 2XKO fuse styles explained, let's take a look at which the player base prefers at this beginning phase of the game. Content creator Cat Cammy (@CatCammy6 on X) has posted the most used fuse styles in the top 50 players of both EU and NA.

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This should be taken with a grain of salt, and a big one. The sample size is extremely small and the game has just gotten into closed beta. Players in the top 50 of both regions likely played the previous alpha builds, but the game is constantly being changed, so there is no set meta yet.

With that being said, it is apparent that, for now, fuse styles that forego the second character are barely being utilized. Double Down takes the lead probably due to how easy it is to use, but both Freestyle and 2X Assist are likely to go up in popularity as players get more familiar with the game.

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