Yeah, I'm gonna have to agree with Titus on this. There's a big difference between a robot having defenses against a normal sword, and a robot having defenses against the Ultima Weapon. Hell, the Ultima Weapon isn't even technically metal, it's a weird half-energy, half matter composite if anything.

X running on Bamboo? Please. He's made of fucking metal! A goddamn babmoo shoot isn't going to hold him up any more than it would a Howitzer.

And let's not neglect the weather conditions...