Elon Musk's self-proclaimed status as a top-class gamer took a thrashing Friday as users mercilessly mocked him for a disastrous performance in Path of Exile 2.

The world’s richest man has paid to boost his online warriors into global leaderboards, raising questions about his prowess — and his need for digital praise.

Elon Musk can try to trick gamers, to argue with them, to post their DMs against his own Terms of Service. But more than liberals and Tesla-haters and all other groups he’s in conflict with, this is one battle he’s never going to win.

The world’s richest man doesn’t have time to level his characters but wants people to see him as a ‘living god of video games.’

Karl Jobst, a notorious debunker of video game cheating, says Elon Musk’s story hasn’t been told quite right — and dives into the psychology of gamer boasting.

Musk's gaming prowess has come under fire, with accusations of account boosting swirling. Amidst the controversy, Grimes stepped in to defend her ex-partner.