Joostmod/Gilgamesh and Enkidu

"AhHA! The legendary Excalibur! Come Enkidu, my faithful sidekick, let's return the trouble and make it double! Come on!"

Gilgamesh and Enkidu are a pair of Post-SA-X bosses.

The boss fight consists of two phases.

Summoning
Gilgamesh and Enkidu does not spawn on its own and is summoned by using a Excalipoor anywhere.

Alternatively the player can skip to phase 2 of the fight by using a Broken Excalipoor.

Behavior
Phase 1

Gilgamesh is accompanied by his sidekick Enkidu to pursue the player.

Gilgamesh moves and leaps through tiles to pursue the player. He dashes forward & thrusts a naginata attempting to poke the player or will simply use it when the player is within melee range, he may also throw 2 tomahawks at the player.

Enkidu flies erratically through tiles casting a spread of wind storms that travel diagonally towards the player and can cast a cascade of wind storms above the player that travel downward.

When Gilgamesh's health drops to zero, he transforms into his second phase.

Phase 2

Gilgamesh transforms and gains many more attacks.

At different health breakpoints he will pause and draw a new weapon, incorporating new attacks into his attack pattern


 * (90% health) Uses Excalipoor to fling a small projectile at the player, dealing pitiful damage, note that the Broken Excalipoor item drops where the thrown Excalipoor lands. He then throws the sword out of anger, also dealing pitiful damage. After this, he draws the Masamune.
 * (70% health) Gilgamesh draws the Gunblade
 * (50% health) Gilgamesh draws the Buster Sword
 * (30% health) Gilgamesh draws the Genji Shield, which destroys most projectiles that strike it.

Standard Attacks:


 * (always) Throws an axe linked to a chain that returns when it hits a tile or when it reaches its max distance. The axe is affected by gravity.
 * (always) Spins a flail around him when the player is within melee range. Has a 50% chance of inflicting Broken Armor.
 * (always) Thrusts a naginata when in melee range of the player.
 * (always) Throws three kunai that are affected by gravity at the player.
 * (70% health) Aims the gunblade at the player & fires a high-speed projectile. This bullet will bounce once when striking a tile or player.
 * (50% health) Swings the Buster Sword upwards, flinging a wide sword beam at the player.

Gilgamesh's eyes glow red during his special attacks, at 50% health his Buster Sword will charge Limit Break during his special attacks.

Special Attacks:


 * (always) Ultimate Illusion: Leaps up then back down, slamming the ground creating cracks along solid tiles which will shortly erupt into colossal shockwaves. (50% health) He swings the buster sword when leaping and descending, which is quicker than the usual leap.
 * (always) Bitter End: Dashes forwards, leaving behind a glowing orb which collapses into a small dot before bursting sending 36 projectiles outward. (50% health) After the dash, he follows up with a limit break Buster Sword beam, which rapidly deals damage and halts the player's movements. The Buster Sword beam will dissipate when it hits a tile.
 * (90% health) Masamune: Swings the masamune with a high-speed dash. (50% health) If the Masamune hits, he follows up with swinging the Buster Sword in a wide cleaving motion.
 * (70% health) A Thousand Swords: Summons a portal behind him initiating a thousand swords. While active the portal faces the player & summons bouncing swords which ignore I-frames & defense.
 * (50% health) Finishing Touch: Pauses mid-air and charges limit break, afterward he will zip to the player striking them with a multi-hit combo.
 * (30% health) Gilgamesh's Wrath: Swings the Masamune twice before charging a ball of lightning and flinging it. When it hits the ground it will fire arc lightning outward & quickly expand in size.

Quotes
Red is Gilgamesh, Green is Enkidu, and Orange is Phase 2 Gilgamesh.


 *  "AhHA! The legendary Excalibur! Come Enkidu, my faithful sidekick, let's return the trouble and make it double! Come on!" (Upon summoning)
 *  "I'm out of here." (Upon defeating Enkidu)
 *  "Hey! Sidekicks are NOT to abandon the hero!" (Upon defeating Enkidu)
 *  "Enough expository banter! Now, we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men!" (Upon defeating Gilgamesh)
 * "For Gilgamesh, it is morphing time!" (Upon initiating second phase)
 *  "Now that it's mine, let's see how good this Excalibur really is! Have at you!" (Upon hitting 90% threshold on phase 2)
 * "Ehhh!? Why I've been had! This is far from the strongest of swords! Nyeh!" (Upon realizing the "Excalibur" he has, is infact one of many duplicates of Excalipoor)
 *  "Oh, so you want to go again? Then let us fight! This won't go as easily as last time!" (Upon summoning again using Excalipoor)
 *  "It probably will though." (Upon summoning again using Excalipoor)
 * "Nyeh!" (Upon triggering phase 2 again if he noticed the Excalipoor once before.)
 *  "Oho, so you want a rematch? Then let us skip phase 1 and jump right into the real fight!" (When summoned using Broken Excalipoor)
 *  "You better hope you're good at dodging." (When summoned using Broken Excalipoor)

Aftermath

 * After defeating Gilgamesh and Enkidu, it becomes possible to fish the "legendary stones" from their respective biomes.
 * The Stone of Evil from the Crimson and the Corruption biomes respectively.
 * The Stone of Death from the Dungeon.
 * The Stone of Overgrowth from the Surface and Underground jungle.
 * The Stone of Fire from the Underworld. (note: The Stone of Fire is only catchable with a Hotline Fishing Hook in lava.)
 * Fishing the Stones can be difficult since the odds of finding them through fishing seems low

Trivia

 * Gilgamesh and his sidekick, Enkidu, are recurring characters in the Final Fantasy series. Their battle music in the Joostmod comes from Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age.
 * Gilgamesh and Enkidu are from the myth of Uruk in Mesopotamia.


 * The bosses' sprites are based on their in-battle appearance from Final Fantasy V.
 * In addition, the dialogue that Gilgamesh and Enkidu says is based on what they actually say in Final Fantasy V.