Gilgamesh

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***"Embark on the Epic of Gilgamesh! Send your foes flying with a powerful drop kick."***

**Gilgamesh** is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

## Lore

The deeds of King Gilgamesh are many. Some good, some bad. Some true, some false. Stories of his heroism – and his arrogance – are told throughout Mesopotamia. He has slain monsters and toppled kings; breached the gates of the netherworld and relieved the sorrows of the gods. Or so the tales claim.

What is known is this – two thirds divine and one third mortal, it has ever been Gilgamesh's desire to be a true god, and that desire has often led him down the wrong path. Though adventurous and brave, he was also a tyrant, imposing his will on his subordinates, until the gods sent the wild man, Enkidu, to teach Gilgamesh the error of his ways.

However, after a fierce battle, the two demigods became friends. Together, they freed the Cedar Forest from the monstrous Humbaba and slew the Bull of Heaven. They fought monsters and tyrants, and with every victory, Gilgamesh's renown spread until finally, even the gods took note.

But his deeds, though mighty, were not enough to blind the gods to his overweening pride. Though his friendship with Enkidu had tempered his cruelty, his arrogance was undimmed.

As a consequence, the gods slew Enkidu and Gilgamesh was left alone once more. But with his friend's death came a new purpose. And so, Gilgamesh set off on his greatest quest – the quest for immortality. He travelled to far lands, and vanished from the sight and knowledge of men.

Until now. Tiamat, the ancient foe of the gods, has returned, and Gilgamesh has returned with her. For if he can unite the pantheons of the world against the dragon queen and defeat her, perhaps the gods will give him what he seeks at last.

## Trivia

### General

* Gilgamesh was the first warrior of the Babylonian Pantheon.
* Gilgamesh is Tiamat's great-grandson, his mother Ninsun being Tiamat's granddaughter.
* Gilgamesh along with Chang'e and Ratatoskr are the only gods who can obtain certain items from anywhere on the current game mode being played.

* A fact about this rule, he can only obtain t1 items through his passive at random times during a match up to 6 times.

* Gilgamesh makes an appearance in Ishtar's defeat screen.
* Gilgamesh is the eponymous protagonist of The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest works of literature in all recorded human history and the entire world. This is referenced in-game as the name of his passive ability.
* The actor who voiced Gilgamesh, Nazeeh Tarsha, also voiced Rez in the SWC Champion skin, Fun-pocalypse Hachiman, Molten He Bo, Howler Demon Hun Batz, Lost Soul King Arthur, Kittykarna Kumbhakarna and Critical.DMG Ne Zha.

### God Skins

* **Crimson King**

* This recolor skin has a similar color scheme to the skin Crimson Queen Hera.

* **Sullivan King**

* This skin is a cross promotion between Hi-Rez Studios/Titan Forge Games and Sullivan King to promote Monstercat.
* The actor who voiced this skin, Chris McCann, also voiced Strix Beast Fenrir, Northern Warder Khepri and Phoenix Fury Kukulkan.
* This skin shares its theme with Koven Chang'e, Slushii Hades, Crab Rave Khepri and Tokyo Machine Loki.
* There is an announcer pack themed after this skin, You can hear it here:Sullivan King Announcer pack.

* **Powdered ToastMan**

* This skin is a cross promotion between Hi-Rez Studios/Titan Forge Games and Nickelodeon to promote Powdered ToastMan
* This skin shares its theme with Invader Zim Cupid, Rocko Danzaburou, XJ-9 Freya and Danny Phantom Janus.

* **Divine Wind**

* This is the first skin to change his 2nd ability animation.
* This skin shares its theme with Midnight Dove Awilix, Radiant Heroine Bellona, Archangel Chernoobg, Angel of Chaos Cthulhu, Celestial Mayhem Discordia, Celestial Eset, Sacred Grounds Geb, Divine Wind Gilgamesh, Inner Demon Hel, Seraph Horus, Heaven's Arrow Hou Yi, Striking Archon Ishtar, Divine Axe Izanami, Divine Right Jing Wei, Gazing Archon Medusa, Celestial Deliverer Mercury, Master of Light Merlin, Holo Halo Pele, Radiant Archon Ra, Sacred Arrow Rama, Celestial Inferno Surtr, Archon Thanatos, Angelic Archon Yemoja and Almighty Archon Zeus.

* **Ascended**

* In the full version of this skin's card art, Tiamat appears on the background.

* **Bionic Demon**

* This skin shares its theme with Bionic Bruiser Tyr and Cryonic Demon Ymir.

## Skins

* Default
* Crimson King
* Sullivan King
* Powdered ToastMan
* Divine Wind
* Atlantis Leviathans
* Ascended
* Bionic Demon
* Golden
* Legendary
* Diamond

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  This skin comes with custom animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the Monstercat Battle Pass.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Nickelodeon Event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the Season 8 HRX Digital Loot Pack bundle before January 2022.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing the Season 9 HRX Digital Loot Pack bundle before January 2023.

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  This skin is part of the Season Pass 2021.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could only be obtained by purchasing all the content from the Jade Heaven Chest from the Heavenly Light event, has been available for direct purchase since the event ended, and is available in Miraculous Chests.

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## Changelog

**SMITE Version 11.1.7887.5 (January 23, 2024)**

* **Hero's Advance**

* Increased Lifesteal from 7% to 10.5%

**SMITE Version 10.13.7832.2 (December 12, 2023)**

* **Sun-Forged Scimitar**

* Increased damage to lane minions from 25% to 40%
* Reduced HP5 from 20/25/30/35/40 to 10/15/20/25/30
* Changed HP5 to be active at all times

**SMITE Version 10.8.7671 (August 8, 2023)**

* **Sun-Forged Scimitar**

* Increased bonus damage from 2.5% to 3% of his max health per hit

* **Hero's Advance**

* Increased damage from 60/100/140/180/220 to 70/110/150/190/230

**SMITE Version 10.4.7525.1 (April 18, 2023)**

* **Sun-Forged Scimitar**

* This ability now deals 25% increased damage to Lane Minions only on the initial pulse area of effect

**SMITE Version 10.3.7494.12 (March 28, 2023)**

* **General**

* Increased Basic Attack Power from 34 to 39

* **Hero's Advance**

* Decreased lifesteal from 10% to 7%

* Decreased bonus Lifesteal from 15% of Gilgamesh’s highest Protection to 10%

* Allies who enter the beacon will gain bonus Lifesteal, boosted by 15% of Gilgamesh’s highest Protection.
* Allies will be granted up to 58.75% lifesteal if Gilgamesh has 325 of either type of protections

* **Winds of Shamash**

* Decreased Cooldown from 110 to 100s

**SMITE Version 9.11.7339.4 (November 15, 2022)**

* **Sun-Forged Scimitar**

* Gilgamesh now gains 20/25/30/35/40 HP5 while this ability is active

* **Drop Kick**

* Decreased Cooldown from 16s to 14s

**SMITE Version 9.5.7096.2 (May 17, 2022)**

* **Drop Kick**

* Decreased Physical Power Scaling of Kick Damage from 40% to 30%
* Decreased Physical Power Scaling of Burst Damage from 40% to 30%

* **Hero's Advance**

* Decreased Movement Speed from 25/27.5/30/32.5/35% to 25%

**SMITE Version 9.4.7059.2 (April 19, 2022)**

* **Sun-Forged Scimitar**

* Decreased base buff duration from 4s to 3s
* Decreased maximum buff duration from 7s to 6s

* (Which decreases the total possible duration of this effect from 11s to 9s)

* Decreased bonus damage from 3% to 2.5% of his max health per hit

* **Winds of Shamash**

* Decreased Binding Damage Physical Power scaling from 60% to 50%
* Decreased Wind Wall Slow from 50% to 40%

**SMITE Version 9.2.6981.4 (March 8, 2022)**

* **Hero's Advance**

* Decreased Physical Power Scaling from 50% to 40%

* **Winds of Shamash**

* Decreased Physical Power Scaling from 50% to 40%

**SMITE Version 9.1.6950.5 Bonus (February 8, 2022)**

* **Drop Kick**

* Decreased Burst Damage 50/100/150/200/250 to 50/95/140/185/230
* Decreased Burst Damage Physical Power Scaling from 45% to 40%

* **Hero's Advance**

* Decreased Base Damage from 80/120/160/200/240 to 60/100/140/180/220

**SMITE Version 8.8.6750.15 (September 7, 2021)**

* **Drop Kick**

* Decreased Initial hit Physical Power scaling by 50 to 40%
* Decreased Burst hit Physical Power scaling by 55 to 45%

* **Hero's Advance**

* Decreased the vision range that allies become buffed within from 150 to 110

* **Winds of Shamash**

* Decrease Wind Wall Slow from 50/55/60/65/70% to 50% at all ranks
* Increase Cooldown from 90 to 110s

**SMITE Version 8.7.6665.3 (July 27, 2021)**

* **Sun-Forged Scimitar**

* Decreased Physical Power Scaling of the Initial AoE hit from 60% to 50%.

**SMITE Version 8.7.6665.1 (July 13, 2021)**

* **Winds of Shamash**

* Decreased Initial Slow from 20/22.5/25/27.5/30% to 20% at all ranks
* The Root at the end of the ultimate no longer cripples

**SMITE Version 8.6.6618.8 (June 29, 2021)**

* **Drop Kick**

* Fixed an issue where this ability did 15 additional Base Damage and 15% additional Physical Power Scaling to gods kicked into a wall. This only applied to Ranks 2, 3, 4, and 5 of Drop Kick. This damage should now match the “Burst Damage” listed on the description
* Increased Cooldown from 14s to 16s

* **Winds of Shamash**

* Decreased Initial Damage from 90/150/210/270/330 to 90/145/200/255/310

**SMITE Version 8.5.6555.13 (June 1, 2021)**

* **Sun-Forged Scimitar**

* Slow duration decreased from 2.5s to 2s

* **Drop Kick**

* Burst damage scaling decreased from 65% to 55%
* Bonus damage scaling decreased from 25% to 20%

**SMITE Version 8.5.6555.8 (May 21, 2021)**

* **Epic of Gilgamesh**

* Fixed crash condition from Gilgamesh Passive Crash fix.

**SMITE Version 8.5.6555.4 (May 18, 2021)**

* **Sun-Forged Scimitar**

* Decreased Burst Damage from 65/100/135/170/205 to 65/95/125/155/185

* **Drop Kick**

* Adjusted Stun Duration from 1.1/1.2/1.3/1.4/1.5s to 1.2s at all ranks

**SMITE Version 8.4.6501.9 (May 4, 2021)**

* **Sun-Forged Scimitar**

* Decreased Basic Attack Damage from 3.5% to 3% of his max health per hit

* **Hero's Advance**

* Decreased Physical Power Scaling from 65% to 50%
* Increased Cooldown from 15s to 16s

**SMITE Version 8.4.6501.3 (April 20, 2021)**

* Gilgamesh has been added to the game.

**Pre-release**

* **Sun-Forged Scimitar**

* Decreased maximum lifetime increase from 12s to 7s.
* Increased Mana Cost from 60 to 60/65/70/75/80.

* **Drop Kick**

* Decreased Damage from 70/100/130/160/190 to 60/90/120/150/180.
* Decreased Burst Damage from 70/115/160/205/250 to 50/100/150/200/250.