In order to seal Gilgamesh moves the player will need elemental coverage.

To prepare for his thresholds the player should heal and break Gilgamesh's MAG and if possible use a Tank that is resistant to Death (Safety Bit and later on the Genji Shield are helpful). The battle is all about two things, managing his thresholds and sealing Gilgamesh's moves. This will work only once during the entire battle and if triggered on a threshold, the abilities will be delayed until the next turn. This tactic can be used to gain some breathing room. Break grants him major DEF/SPR buffs which should be dispelled. If Gilgamesh is inflicted with Water damage 3 times during the battle (doesn't have to be in a row), he will use Break and end his turn. At 80% he gains Excalibur which inflicts Light Damage and Confusion to a single target. Electrocute must be prevented at all costs as the debuff can spell doom to the party in a matter of seconds. This attack can only be prevented through Lightning Hybrid or Magic Damage, Physical attacks alone are useless. In the Global version of the game after reaching 50% HP, a new level of harassment is added Electrocute which deals Lightning damage to all the party and decreases their DEF/SPR by 40% as well as Paralysis. Fire and Wind are rather relevant to keep on check, while Water and Earth are not as dangerous, although if possible, the player should aim to seal as many of them per turn as possible. Finally he can use Zantetsuken for single target Earth HP damage (75%). Whirlwind Blade which deals Wind damage and paralysis as well as decrease fire/water/wind/light resistance (50%) to one target. Masamune deals Water damage and decreases MAG/SPR (50%) to one target. His attacks are: Muramasa which inflicts Fire Damage, decreases ATK/DEF (50%) to one target and MP drain.

Gilgamesh will gain several new elemental attacks with added gimmicks all of which can be prevented by inflicting damage from the respective element. Once Gilgamesh reaches the first threshold the true battle begins. Gilgamesh has three thresholds at 80% (between the unit boxes, close to half the screen), 50% (at the end of the 1st unit's HP bar) and 30% HP (Between current/max HP divider), at which point he will use Gilgamesh Transform for a major DEF/SPR buff and then employs Bushido - Freedom, which inflicts AoE damage, Single Target Death and AoE Dispel. After that, Gilgamesh will use normal attacks: Tsubame Gaeshi (Single Target damage), X Slash (AoE damage) and Excalipher (deals light damage and is disabled by inflicted Light damage). Gilgamesh will on his first turn use Barrier and Wall to buff his defenses by 70%, so this buff should be dispelled. Most of his attacks are hybrid, so breaking his MAG is helpful.

Gilgamesh is immune to most Stat Breaks and has a 50% resistance on MAG Breaks. Gilgamesh can attack up 8 times per turn.

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