Gilgamesh (Final Fantasy VI)

Gilgamesh is an esper in the Advance and the now-discontinued 2014 mobile/Steam versions of Final Fantasy VI who can be acquired as a magicite.
==Profile==
Like his other appearances, Gilgamesh has a gray complexion, red/orange armor, and as many as eight arms in which he holds an arsenal of different weapons.
His sprite is a slightly modified version of his appearance in Final Fantasy V.
==Story==
Gilgamesh was one of several espers captured by the Gestahlian Empire during their first raid on the esper world. The captive espers were taken back to the Magitek Research Facility at Vector, and for sixteen years they were experimented on and had their magic drained to develop the Empire's Magitek army.
Shortly before the Returners infiltrated the facility and shut it down, Gilgamesh and three other espers escaped. In the World of Ruin, Gilgamesh was at Dragon's Neck Coliseum when the party bet a rare sword, Excalipoor. Desiring the sword for himself, Gilgamesh attacked them but was defeated. He then entrusted his magicite to the party.
==Gameplay==
Gilgamesh costs 99 MP to summon, and has varying effects depending on which of his three swords glow when he is summoned. If the left sword glows, Gilgamesh will use Excalibur, dealing Holy-elemental damage to all enemies with a spell power of 120; if the middle sword glows, Gilgamesh will use Masamune, dealing non-elemental defense-ignoring damage to all enemies with a spell power of 99; if the right sword glows, Gilgamesh will use Excalipoor to deal one point of damage to all enemies; and if all three swords glow, Enkidu will attack all enemies, dealing non-elemental defense-ignoring damage to all enemies with a spell power of 200. Gilgamesh gives a +2 boost to Strength at level up.
If acquired early in the World of Ruin, Gilgamesh can be a very powerful esper; his three damaging abilities, besides Excalipoor, are all stronger than Bahamut. However, he only has a 75% chance of doing one of his heavy-damage attacks, making him unreliable. His +2 Strength bonus is useful to allow the player to train stats, especially as several of the first characters the player will recruit in the World of Ruin use Strength as their primary damaging stat.
===Spells===
Gilgamesh teaches the valuable Quick spell, the only esper to do so other than Raiden, but Gilgamesh can be acquired much sooner. The Valor spell can be useful for parties focused on physical characters, but is useless to mages.
*Quick x1
*Valor x5
===Boss===
To face Gilgamesh, the player must purchase Excalipoor from the Jidoor Auction House after speaking to an NPC in the town who mentions a "rare sword" for bid. Betting Excalipoor at the Coliseum pits the player against an Onion Dasher. After the battle, Gilgamesh challenges the entire party. Despite taking place in the Coliseum, Gilgamesh is faced in a normal battle with the player able to control their party.
==Behind the scenes==
This incarnation of Gilgamesh is specifically based on his appearance in Final Fantasy VIII, where Gilgamesh uses one of four random swords to attack. In Final Fantasy VI he lacks the Zantetsuken, and calls Enkidu instead. His behavior as a boss is based on his boss battles in Final Fantasy V; he uses many Blue Magic skills and when weak casts Protect, Shell, and Haste on himself, then uses Jump attacks.
==Gallery==
FFVI Excalibur.png|Excalibur (GBA).
FFVI Excalipoor.png|Excalipoor (GBA).
Gilgamesh Excalibur from FFVI 2014.jpg|Excalibur (2014 mobile/Steam).
Gilgamesh Masamune from FFVI 2014.jpg|Masamune (2014 mobile/Steam).
Enkidu from FFVI 2014.jpg|Enkidu (2014 mobile/Steam)
==Etymology==
de:Gilgamesch (FFVI)
Category:Espers in Final Fantasy VI
Category:Magicite in Final Fantasy VI
Category:Gilgamesh