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Before Fate Redeem in less than 2 hours, there are a lot of sentiments where Gilgamesh is a brick of a unit and that everyone should pick E1 Archer.
This is an agenda by HSlaRpers.
There are a lot of nuances as to which unit is better for your account, and I'll summarize the 3 most important points:
1) Do you want to play Saber or Archer?
- If you like Saber more and have been using her for a while, please don't force yourself to skip Gilgamesh just because internet people say he is bad (he's not). He is by far the best 1 cost upgrade at E0S0, and with 200 pulls get E1S1 with the S1 given for free. In a sense, Saber's reliance on Gilga is far more than Archer's reliance on Rin, simply because units like E2 Robin still exist and can close the gap for an Archer/Sparkle team, whereas there are no other subtitutes for what Gilgamesh does (Sunday is considerably worse even at E2).
2) Does your Archer have Sparkle?
- Too many people completely ignore that while Sparkle was free for one time, many players might not have her especially those new to HSR. Picking Archer (E0 or E1) with Rin Tohsaka, but without Sparkle, feels far worse than Gilga simply because you can get by with Gilga using Huohuo and RMC. Assuming you have both Sparkle for Archer and either MBlade or Tribbie or Saber, the 2 of them are not that far off in terms of endgame performance.
3) Are you a New Player/started in V4?
- Comparatively speaking, Gilgamesh's multipliers are made with a V4 standard, and it is entirely possible to run him as a DPS with MBlade which has been a very popular unit in V4. If you just started HSR, the odds of you having Sparkle for Archer would be lower than MBlade as a generalist support for multiple teams. There is also a potential for Robin SP to slide her way in if she turns out to be a Nimeko aftersales since they are both energy dependant DPSes.
The only people I'd say can safely skip him are those who started in HSR since 3.0 (which means you have Sparkle from free selector), do not need a 4th team, and also constantly use Archer as your third team for the past 1 year (like my F2P Account). It's not that Gilgamesh is worse, but it's more so you don't need a 4th with Gilga/Saber.
Hope this helps!
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