Hero of Babylon - Gilgamesh Support Build (10.1 Update!)

Gilgamesh is a Physical Warrior that dominates the battlegrounds with a large team-fight ultimate that allows him to lock down several targets at once. Although he is a Warrior, he has enough CC and supporting tools in his kit to flex into a Support role. Drop Kick allows him to displace the enemy into walls, the ally team, towers; you name it. Pair it up with Winds of Shamash and Sun-Forged Scimitar to keep targets taking damage, CC'ed, and doing whatever they can to get away from you.

Your job as Gilgamesh will be to setup kills for your team, or dive the backline and try to lockdown the squishy targets. Drop Kick is also a great peel tool, so you can also use this to get enemies off of your teammates. Use Hero's Advance to lead your team away from danger or into the fight. It functions like Thanatos's Scent of Death wherein your team will have to run towards a certain direction (the beam) to get a speed buff. It is good at helping your team close the gap, or retreat. Use Blink Rune, then Winds of Shamash onto the enemy team's backline to initiate a team fight.

Pros + Excellent Single Target Lockdown + Free Gold from Passive + Massive Team Fight Disruption Capabilities + Great at Diving + He Can F***ing Drop Kick People Cons - Slightly Telegraphed/Delayed Crowd Control - Ultimate Ability Hard-Countered by Heavenly Wings - No CC Immunity - Short-Ranged God

All videos below were recorded by me. I have a wide-screen monitor, so I suggest watching in Full-Screen to see it well.

Passive: Epic of Gilgamesh	Gilgamesh has passive "quests" to complete at levels 5 and 10. Each one will grant a Tier 1 item or 500 gold if he has no available item slots. His Level 5 quest requires him to visit a part of the map that is considered to be on the enemy's side of the map. There is an indicator on the mini-map that will show the location when you hit Level 5. If the item it grants you is not a tier one item that fits your build, you can sell it. You still have a net gain of gold from doing so, so don't feel bad! Some people would argue you shouldn't sell it until you have to, as often the stats are worth the wait to sell. It's ultimately up to you! In the video below, you will see me visit the quest location and ping the indicator on the map. Play Video His Level 10 quest requires you to get kills or assists in a single fight equal to the number of enemies on the enemy team divided by 2, rounded up. While "a single fight" may seem nebulous, this just means having no more than 15 seconds between kills or assists. There's a small, easy-to-miss timer for visual aid that appears in the right-hand side passive meter widget which appears after you get your first kill/assist upon hitting level 10. Here's how many kills/assists you would need in certain modes: In Conquest, Arena, Slash, or Assault, 3 kills or assists. In Joust, 2 kills or assists. In Duel, 1 kill or assist. In the video below, there is only one person on the other team, Bellona, so when I kill her, I get a Tier 1 item. In this case, I got Hidden Dagger. Play Video Don't actively put yourself in danger to get the Level 10 quest. That will come naturally from participating in team fights. You will, however, need to run to your Level 5 quest, which you can try to sneak over and do while the enemy team is clearing wave, or while you do jungle rotations on the Conquest map.
Ability 1: Sun-Forged Scimitar	This ability is your main close-range chase/DPS ability. It Slows, has a low cooldown, and buffs your Basic-Attacks with increased damage based on 3% your Maximum Health, very similar to Axe of Animosity except it's Physical damage while Animosity is Magical. Even if you build items with only health and protections, you will get increased damage to help you fight. You will want to max this ability's level after maxing Drop Kick. In the video below, you can see me use the AoE to damage the Speed Camp and also apply it's slow. Play Video Another feature of this ability is how it increases in duration per Basic-Attack hit. With enough Attack Speed and Cooldown Reduction, you can keep this ability's buff to your Basic-Attacks up for the duration of a fight. This is why Berserker's Shield synergizes well. In the below video, watch the tool-tip icon for Sun-Forged Scimitar to the right of my passive meter. You can see the duration of the Basic-Attack damage stim increase as I hit the Harpies. Play Video To use this ability effectively, hit them with the AoE damage to slow them, then chase them down with your Basic-Attacks. If you're a fan of min-maxing, I suggest hitting an enemy god with a Basic-Attack, immediately using Sun-Forged Scimitar after it hits to cancel the Basic-Attack animation, and then continue Basic-Attacking. Here's a good explanation regarding Basic-Attack canceling if you are new to the concept.
Ability 2: Drop Kick	This is Gilgamesh's signature ability. It has crunchy, satisfying sound effects, and it is what defines him as a character. This is a close-range knock-up and knock-back ability with some similarities to other abilities in the game like Hercules's Driving Strike. It will knock the enemy back in the direction you are facing when it hits, sending them through the air until they hit a Wall, Structure, or Enemy God, dealing damage to all minions in the flight path. If Gilgamesh would hit several enemies with the Drop Kick targeter, he will only kick the closest one and deal damage to the others in the radius. This ability also has a small "dash" range of 20 units, which can be used to juke abilities or Basic-Attacks with flair (although I usually wouldn't recommend this unless you're being chased and are low-health). It's knock-back range is 60 units. If this ability is interrupted while casting, it does not go on cooldown. Here's some ways you can use this ability: Drop Kick an enemy away from you or your team. Drop Kick an enemy towards your team. Drop Kick an enemy into a wall to CC them. Drop Kick a minion into an enemy God that is far away to stun them (this is a skill-shot). Drop Kick an enemy God into another enemy God to stun both at the same time (this is the most satisfying usage in my opinion). Drop Kick a minion through the wave for wave clear. Drop Kick an enemy that is inside Winds of Shamash into the inner walls to knock them back to the center. As you can see, there's a lot of options here. It is definitely a good tool for initiating, creating space for your team, or locking down enemies. In the video below, you will see me use Drop Kick to stun Bellona from afar. (Well, not as far as it could be.) Play Video In the video below, you will see me use Drop Kick to kick a Mid Harpy into a wall to deal extra damage and stun it. Remember, this works on Gods, too. Play Video And in this video below, you will see me use Drop Kick to kick a an enemy Odin into another enemy Odin, stunning them both. Play Video
Ability 3: Hero's Advance	This is possibly Gilgamesh's most straight-forward ability. You leap forward up to 50 units, dealing damage and leaving behind a buff-field that lasts for 5s. Gilgamesh and Allies anywhere in the match that run towards the field will move faster. While in the field, they will get half of the movement speed buff they get while running towards it, as well as Life-Steal that scales off of Gilgamesh's highest protection. You can also use this ability to lead your team away or towards fights while also giving them Movement Speed and Life-Steal inside the aura. In addition, you can Blink Rune into fights and use Hero's Advance to chase carries after they use their escape. Opting for that will also likely give your team more distance to cover using the speed buff from the aura field. Hero's Advance is one of the only non-ultimate leaps on a Warrior in the game, which makes it very good because you can leap over walls to surprise the enemy or get out of trouble. In the video below, you will see how the Hero's Advance Movement Speed buff functions, in that you only get increased movement speed when walking towards it, not back-pedaling or moving another direction. You can tell by watching the movement speed stat in the bottom left of the screen. Play Video In the video below, you will see me use Hero's Advance's Life-Steal buff to regen some health from minions. Keep in mind that I have Stone of Gaia here, so I'm also gaining health from that in this clip. Play Video
Ultimate Ability: Winds of Shamash	Winds of Shamash is one of the most intimidating and disruptive ultimate abilities in all of Smite. It is a large AoE ability with a confirmable initial burst of damage and Slow, followed by persistent Damage over Time (DoT) and a Slow field, followed by a final Root, Cripple, and burst of damage. Winds of Shamash excels at facilitating large team fights and should be used as an engage tool on multiple enemies if possible. It's also great for burning Purification Beads and other Relics! You will want to max this ability's level whenever you can. It's really good. While enemies are towards the edge of Winds of Shamash, you can hit them with Basic-Attacks or Abilities and they will be knocked back into the center. This effect can be triggered by the AoE damage from Sun-Forged Scimitar and Hero's Advance. You'll want to pick one or two targets inside the ultimate and hit them while they're near the edge to keep them from escaping so you can guarantee the damage and CC from the final hit. Drop Kicking enemies into the edge of Winds of Shamash will also knock them back to the center. They do NOT fly out, which is a nice mechanic. In the video below, you will see me use Winds of Shamash to slow Odin. You can also see me knock him back to the center with my Basic-Attacks as he approaches the edge of the ability field. More mechanics of this ability can be seen in the Combos section below. Play Video

Note: This section is out-dated. Some damage values/cooldown numbers/items have been changed since this was made.

There are a couple things to consider when fighting with Gilgamesh:

Are you trying to fight a single target? Are you trying to be as disruptive as possible in a team fight?

Depending on how you need to approach the fighting situation, you may want to change the order in which you cast your abilities. I've divided up the below section into Team Fight and Single Target ability order. These are just suggestions and by no means are how you should behave every time. Be sure to factor in the enemy Gods abilities and how that may influence how you have to play against them.

Single Target See a squishy that just used their escape and is all by themselves? Initiate with Hero's Advance, damage and slow them with Sun-Forged Scimitar, Drop Kick them into a wall, use Winds of Shamash if you have to, and Basic-Attack them. Hopefully, they'll die. In the video below, imagine the Odin bot has just used their escape and is trying to get away. I initiate with Blink Rune to get closer, then use Hero's Advance to finally close the gap. I immediately follow up with a Basic-Attack cancel using Sun-Forged Scimitar's AoE damage, then continue with another Basic-Attack. Finally, I Drop Kick him into the wall and lock him down with Winds of Shamash as I continue to Basic-Attack him while he tries to escape my ultimate which eventually roots and cripples him. I can even follow up with Sun-Forged Scimitar again as it's off cooldown when Winds of Shamash is over. Play Video

Team Fight See an opportunity to hit multiple targets with Winds of Shamash and possibly set up kills for you or your team? Cast Winds of Shamash on the enemies, and leap in with Hero's Advance to damage enemies near the edge of your ultimate and knock them back to the center. Follow up with Sun-Forged Scimitar to apply another slow and knock enemies up again. Follow up with a Drop Kick to keep them interrupted and in the ultimate, then chase with Basic-Attacks. In the video below, I make a few mistakes that I wanna point out before I continue. In this Arena match, my damaging carries have just retreated to base when I take the opportunity to hit multiple enemies with my ultimate. They are able to escape using their abilities since I had no follow up. This would have been a good fight if I had waited for my team. In addition, towards the end of my ultimate, I try to knock up Guan Yu who is casting Taolu Assault which is puts him in a knock up immune state, yet another situation to consider when playing Gilgamesh. This video, at the very least, demonstrates how you can force enemies to use their escape, and also interrupt them as they try to use abilities. If my team was there, I may have been able to force some Relics as well, and likely kills. Full disclosure: I died after this clip ends. :) Play Video

That's really all you need to know to play Gilgamesh. Hardest thing will be resisting the urge to use Winds of Shamash even though your team can't follow up. :)


Hope this helps anyone looking to play Gilgamesh! Leave a comment below if you have any feedback, good or bad!

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