Story Highlights
- Gilgamesh is a 5-Star Lightning Destruction character from the Fate collaboration released in Version 4.4.
- His gameplay revolves around building Interest to unleash devastating Ultimate and Follow-Up Attacks.
The popular game Honkai: Star Rail has added a new playable character, Gilgamesh, from the Fate series. Gilgamesh is a powerful 5-star Lightning type character available in Version 4.4. This guide will show you how to build and optimize Gilgamesh, covering his skills and suggesting the best setup to make him as effective as possible.
Honkai: Star Rail Gilgamesh Build Guide: Kit Explained
Okay, so Gilgamesh is a super powerful 5-star character in Honkai: Star Rail, and he’s all about dealing Lightning damage! Basically, the more my teammates use their skills and Ultimates, the more ‘interest’ Gilgamesh builds up. Then, he can use that ‘interest’ to take extra turns, make his skills even more effective, and unleash a massive, devastating Ultimate! Plus, his Ultimate completely ignores the enemy’s defense, which is awesome – it just straight-up deals huge damage.
Gilgamesh boosts the attack and critical damage of all teammates. If he’s teamed up with Saber, he’ll perform an area-of-effect follow-up attack and gain stacks that further enhance his abilities. Below is a comprehensive breakdown of his skills, ultimate ability, talents, techniques, and passive abilities.
Skill
By utilizing his abilities, he earns King’s Acknowledgement, which lets him bypass 30% of a target’s defense when inflicting damage for 3 turns. He also deals Lightning damage to a single enemy equal to 280% of his own attack power.
Ultimate
Okay, so this move is pretty awesome! I basically hit every enemy with a lightning attack that does 400% of my character Gilgamesh’s attack power. But it doesn’t stop there – it actually hits them ten separate times, each dealing extra lightning damage based on his normal attacks. It’s like a rapid-fire shockwave!
Talent
Gilgamesh receives a buff called King’s Burden when an ally uses their Ultimate ability. This increases Gilgamesh’s own Ultimate damage by 40% and lasts for 3 turns. He also gains Interest whenever another ally takes a turn; each point of Interest boosts his Speed by 10%. The first time he accumulates 10 Interest, Gilgamesh enters the Interest Piqued state, which allows him to use a special Skill for the rest of the battle. Using this Skill resets his Interest counter.
Technique
This technique creates a special zone lasting 10 seconds. While active, enemies under the ‘King’s Permission’ effect will pause all actions. Attacking an enemy with ‘King’s Permission’ starts combat with all affected enemies and deals Lightning damage based on Gilgamesh’s attack power. Gilgamesh also gains 3 points of Interest.
Passive Skills
- Epic’s Opening: When Gilgamesh uses his Ultimate, he gains 2 points of Interest. When other ally characters use their Ultimates, Gilgamesh additionally gains 2 Interest points and regenerates a fixed amount of Energy equal to 30.0% of the Energy consumed.
- Hero’s Hauteur: During the battle, every 1 point of Interest gained by Gilgamesh increases his CRIT DMG by 25.0%. This effect can stack up to 6 times.
- Hegemon’s Strife: While Gilgamesh is on the field, it increases the ATK of all ally targets by 20.0% and CRIT DMG by 20.0%. If his Max Energy exceeds 140, every 1 excess point of Max Energy additionally increases ATK and CRIT DMG by 1.0%, up to a maximum of 100%.
Honkai: Star Rail Gilgamesh Build Guide: Best Relics and Planar Ornaments
There are several good relic choices when building Mortenax Blade, depending on your team and how you like to play. This part of the Honkai: Star Rail guide will cover the best relics, main stats, and planar ornaments to use for Mortenax Blade.
- Body: Crit Rate
- Feet: ATK% / SPD
- Planar Sphere: Lightning DMG Boost
- Link Rope: ATK% / ER
Subsidiary Priority: Crit Rate > Crit DMG > SPD > ATK%
Relic Set
| Relic Set | Effect |
|---|---|
| Genius of Brilliant Stars | 2-Piece Set: Increases Quantum DMG by 10.0%.
4-Piece Set: When the wearer deals DMG to the target enemy, ignores 10.0% DEF. If the target enemy has Quantum Weakness, the wearer additionally ignores 10.0% DEF. |
| Scholar Lost in Erudition | 2-Piece Set: Increases CRIT Rate by 8.0%. 4-Piece Set: Increases DMG dealt by Skill and Ultimate by 20.0%. After using Ultimate, it additionally increases the DMG dealt by the next Skill by 25.0%. |
Planar Ornaments
| Planar Ornaments | Effects |
|---|---|
| Sprightly Vonwacq | 2-Piece Set: When entering combat, if the wearer’s Max Energy is greater than or equal to 200, it increases the wearer’s DMG dealt by 0.2% for every 1 point exceeding this value, up to a max increase of 32.0%. |
| City of Myriad Forms | 2-Piece Set: When the wearer uses a Follow-Up ATK, their ATK increases by 24.0% for 2 turns. When an enemy target is defeated, it increases CRIT DMG for all allies by 12.0% for the rest of the current battle. This effect cannot stack. |
Honkai: Star Rail Gilgamesh Build Guide: Light Cones
| Light Cones | Effects |
|---|---|
| I Am As You Behold (5*) | Increases the wearer’s ATK by 18.0% and Energy Regeneration Rate by 10.0 %. When the wearer uses their Ultimate, it increases the Ultimate DMG dealt by 0.2% for every 1 Energy consumed, up to 72.0%.
When the wearer enters combat or uses their Ultimate, the wearer gains “King’s Entertainment,” lasting for 3.0 turn(s). While the wearer has King’s Entertainment, it increases all allies’ CRIT DMG by 24.0%. Effects of the same type cannot stack. It’s his signature weapon, which provides everything he needs for maximising the damage. |
| A Thankless Coronation (5*) | Increases the wearer’s CRIT DMG by 36%. After using Ultimate, increases the wearer’s ATK by 40%, and if the wearer’s Max Energy is greater than or equal to 300, regenerates a fixed amount of Energy equal to 10% of the wearer’s Max Energy and once again increases the wearer’s ATK by 40%, lasting for 2 turns.
Best alternative for him if you don’t have his signature, Light Cone. |
| A Trail of Bygone Blood S5 (4*) | Increases the wearer’s CRIT Rate by 20%. The Skill DMG and Ultimate DMG dealt by the wearer increase by 24%.
Very good 4* alternative for him, which gives him Crit Rate and increases his DMG dealt. |
Best Team Comps for Gilgamesh in Honkai: Star Rail
Gilgamesh / Saber / Mortenax Blade / Huohuo
Saber and Gilgamesh are a strong offensive duo. Gilgamesh powers up their powerful attacks (Ultimates), boosts his own damage, and enhances Saber’s damage when he uses his special ability. The Mortenax Blade further improves the team’s attack power, provides energy for everyone, weakens enemies’ defenses, and deals extra damage. Huohuo rounds out the team with healing, increased attack strength, and more energy.
Gilgamesh / Ashveil / Mortenax Blade / Huohuo
When Gilgamesh repeatedly attacks, Ashveil responds with quick follow-up attacks, weakening enemies and helping the team. These extra attacks also speed up how quickly Mortenax Blade can use its powerful Charge ability.
Final Thoughts
In Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.4, Gilgamesh is a particularly powerful character to team up with. He deals massive damage with his Ultimate, speeds up his team’s turns, and works especially well with the Saber character, making him a standout choice among characters who specialize in breaking enemy defenses.
Find guides and information on Honkai: Star Rail, including how to reroll accounts, redeem codes, character tier lists, and upcoming updates. We also cover character paths, elemental types, and pre-farming guides for Rin Tohsaka and Gilgamesh. Stay up-to-date on Version 4.4 banners, Stellar Jade amounts, and the exciting collaboration with Zenless Zone Zero. Plus, find a build guide for Himeko • Nova.
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2026-07-20 21:13