Final Fantasy V Walkthrough

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2.20: The Fourth Fight with Gilgamesh

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There's a Save Point here, which you'll want to use. On the eleventh floor, there's a prominent chest in the middle of the room. If you try to open it, you'll be forced to fight Gilgamesh again. If you don't, you can avoid the battle, but you'll also miss out on the three pieces of Genji equipment you haven't obtained yet. I'd definitely open the chest. Not now, though; to the right is a stairway going up to two chests containing a Fuma Shuriken and a Spear

Partisan (lame). To continue, pick the chest (or not) and walk up the stairs only to be halted by the general of Exdeath's army (or not).

"Enough expository banter! Now we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men!"

Gilgamesh (4) Bestiary #284	Type	Level	HP	MP	Gil	EXP	Speed
	Humanoid	53	55000	2000	0	0	25
	Strength	Attack Mult.	Magic Atk.	Evasion	Defense	Mag. Def.	Mag. Evade
	60	10	1	0	10	15	1
	Stolen Items			Dropped Items
	Common: Genji Helm			Common: Hi-Potion
	Command Immunities			Elemental Immunities
	Catch, Control, Scan			None
	Elemental Absorb			Elemental Weakness
	None			None
	Blue Magic			Status Immunities
	Pond's Chorus, Lilliputian Lyric, Flash, Time Slip
	Strategy
	To move the fight along, you need knock off only about 13000 HP from his total. Do it quickly, hasting to help it along while healing from attacks and status ailments. Once he starts talking, the fight is essentially over. Keep yourself alive in the meantime.

That's a lot of HP Gilgamesh has, but know that he'll have written his own death sentence once he starts yappin', which is around the time he reaches 42000 HP. Gilgamesh's strategy relies mostly on setting annoying status ailments and weakening you while attacking with physical attacks. He'll use all attacks more or less randomly, so I won't bother listing his exact AI script.

Summon Golem's Earthen Wall and cast

Hastega to push the battle considerably in your favor. Wearing Armor

Bone Mail or a Helmet

Ribbon really helps in this battle, as they'll stop most everything Gilgamesh uses to annoy you. You can't steal the Helmet

Genji Helm just yet; this'll come later.

If you're looking for a good way to damage Gilgamesh, boosted Black third-tier elemental spells are by far the best way to go. Dual Spear

Twin Lances also get the job done nicely. Your Heavy Armor character(s) will have to sit back and be happy with dealing less damage; Two-Handed Sword

Ice Brand or Two-Handed Sword

Great Sword with Drain spellblade effects are probably your best options for these characters.

After taking enough damage, Gilgamesh will start talking. You can actually stop dealing damage now; he'll go through his lines every turn now, adding insult to injury every time. In the middle of his speech, he'll transform into his eight-armed ultra-form and attack you with one of the twelve weapons from the Sealed Castle of Kuza, the Sword

Excalibur. Now that Gilgamesh is morphed, go for the steal! He's got a common Helmet

Genji Helm this time. Keep defending and healing until what turns out to be a common enemy takes care of the fight.

The Sword

Excalipoor is an odd weapon. It has 100 Battle Power, yet deals 1 damage? The truth is that the Sword

Excalipoor is actually a very weak weapon, dealing 1 damage every hit. However, its power when used with

Goblin Punch or when Thrown is the listed 100, so you could utilize the weapon in either case. A 100 Battle Power

Goblin Punch or even a 200 Battle Power

Goblin Punch (with Two-Handed) isn't that powerful, though. When paired with Barehanded to boost Strength, however, it does become a fair force to be reckoned with; another option would be a Knight with !Blue. The Helmet

Genji Helm is just a very good helmet that also protects against the Mini and

Confuse status ailments.

Continue. On the 13th floor, an unlucky number, the dark mage Exdeath will try to destroy yet another world by breaking its foundations. Its goals are unknown, but the effects of its actions are not. It has caused the death and destruction of more things precious than your heart can manage to sum up. It must pay; this must be the end of its conquests; it must be destroyed.

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