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Water Beetle Guardian
(Gideon)
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GRADE: 5-STAR
TYPE: Defense
HOW TO GET: Mystical Scroll, Temple of Wishes, Water Scroll, Legendary Scroll
GOOD FOR: DB10, DAH, R5, PvP in General
SUMMONERS WAR ADVANCE GUIDES
MAX STATS (6* & Awakened)
HP: 11040 ATK: 560 DEF: 845 SPD: 102
AWAKENED BONUS
Increases Resistance by 25%
AWAKEN REQUIREMENTS
20 High 10 Mid 15 High 5 Mid
VIDEO GUIDE
GIDEON SKILLS
Skillups Needed: 8 (Use Devilmons)
Horn of Gaia: Attacks the enemy to remove 1 beneficial effect with a 50% chance. This attack will deal more damage according to your Defense.
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Damage +5%
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Damage +5%
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Damage +5%
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Effect Rate +10%
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Damage +15%
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Effect Rate +20%
Multiplier: 1.8*{ATK} + 2.7*{DEF}
Aegis Cry: Increases the Defense of all allies for 2 turns and goes under the Threat state while enemies attack with a single-target skill 2 times. Enemies excluding the boss can only attack the target under the Threat state when using an attack skill. (Reusable in 5 turns).
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Cooltime Turn -1
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Cooltime Turn -1
Multiplier: 3.6*{DEF}
Aegis Shell (Passive): Decreases the damage that all allies receive by up to 35% and increases the damage you deal to enemies by up to 100% in proportion to your Defense. [Automatic Effect]
Multiplier: NONE
Leader Skill: Increase the Defense of ally monsters with Wind attribute by 50%
ELEPHAS RUNES / BUILDS
Early-Mid Game
Focus on Def, Acc
2 - Sets | Focus
4 - Set | Guard, Despair
End Game
Focus on Spd, Def, Hp, Acc, Res
2 - Sets | Will
4 - Set | Violent
SPD
DEF%
DEF%
Keep in mind these are just general recommendations, you will need to alter your rune and stat builds based on what content you want to use this monster for and what team you are using them with. Check out our advance Rune Guide to get more specific builds for different parts of the game.
STRENGTHS/WEAKNESSES
Strengths:
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The Water Beetle Guardian, Gideon is a great anti cleave unit in Summoners War!
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Her first skill strips
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Her 2nd skill buffs Def and Threat State
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Her 3rd skill reduces damage allies take and increases his damage output
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He needs the least devilmons out of his brothers
Weakness:
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DEF break is his nightmare
RANKING
GB10/GAH (0/10): He is not recommended in Giants.
DB10/DAH (6/10): He can be used in a safe Dragons team due to his strip and damage reduction.
NB10/NAH (0/10): He lacks multi hits to break through the Boss's shield.
SB10/SBAH (2/10): He is not recommended in Spiritual Realm.
SF10/SFAH (2/10): He is not recommended in Punisher Crypt.
PC10/PCAH (2/10): She is ok in Punisher Crypt but there are better mons for the job..
ToA (2/10): He doesn't have enough CC to be useful here.
Rift of Worlds (10/10): He is useful here to reduce damage and be a front line tank.
Labyrinth (2/10): He serves the same role here as she does in ToA.
Dimensional Hole (2/10): He isn't useful here.
Arena (8/10): He is a great counter cleave comp for Defense.
Guild Wars (8/10): He is useful on offense and defense to mitigate damage.
RTA (6/10): He is useful against cleave teams. Don't pick him if the other team has a lot of DEF break monsters or Ignore Defense.
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