Boris

"What is this? A little rat!" - Boris seeing Lara for the first time.

Boris is the tertiary antagonist in the game, Tomb Raider (2013). Working for Mathias in the Solarri Brotherhood, He is seen leading a group of Solarri that are scavenging the wreckage from the Endurance.

Background

Nothing is known about Boris's life before he came to Yamatai.

On the Endurance

Boris appears in the mission "Gone Missing" While Lara Croft is on her way to find Alex who was sent to find tools for Reyes from the Endurance to help fix an old P.T boat. She discovers that a group of Solarri are scavenging the remains of the ship. Lara zip lines down onto the boat and hides underneath pipes and fishing pots and notices one of the Solarri struggling to move a crane used by using a pulley. Boris takes over pushing him out of the way and with one hand is able to pull the crane over to them. At any point Lara is able to engage Boris and the two Solarri brothers on deck with him, this leads to the mini boss fight.

Tactics

Boris is a giant of a person heavily armored and is impossible to engage him with Lara's pick axe, if the player tries to they will only be picked up and thrown away resulting in loosing health. His armor makes him invincible to all shots except his head, however he will almost always have his arms raised protecting his face. Their are two ways to kill Boris, one option is to have him come to you and when he attempts to punch you dodge his attack and perform a quick time event that stabs him in the leg with one on Lara's arrows, then shoot him in the head while he is down. The other option is to shoot him in the head shooting past his arms. after a few clean shots he will fall to his knees. Either way Lara must use her pick axe on him while he is down and after two quick time events Lara will have successfully killed Boris with a final stab to the head.

Personality and traits

Boris appears to be a very aggressive person, as he is seen pushing a fellow Solarri brother who is struggling to move a crane with a pulley, and when fighting Lara he is constantly shouting insults out at her such as "What is this? a little rat!" Boris also seems to be feared by other Solarri brothers as before Lara reaches the ship she can overhear a conversation of them saying how Boris doesn't know his fellow brothers Dimitri and Nikolai have been killed and when he finds out he will be furious. One even states that he doesn't want to be the one to tell him. Boris is a large person heavily covered in armor as well as having a dark skin tone bold head and beard.

Quote

"What is this? A little rat! (When first engaged by Lara.) "Come here, little... rat I want to kill you!" "You're the one who killed Vladimir!"

Trivia

Boris is the Largest known member in the Solarri brotherhood as well as the strongest. One Solarri member states that we will be furious when he finds out his brothers Dmitri and Nikolai are dead however since they all call each other "brothers" it is unlikely that he is related to them.