Gilberta

Gilberta is a 6-star character in Arknights: Endfield (AKE). Gilberta wields an Arts Unit and belongs to the Supporter class. Gilberta also has access to the Nature element. This guide provides a comprehensive overview of Gilberta's best build, including recommended Weapons, Gear pieces, Stats, and the strongest team compositions and rotations that maximize their potential.

Off Field: Ultimate > Combo Skill > Battle Skill = Basic Attack

Gilberta is a Support, hence there will be no calculations available for them.

Kit Intro

Gilberta is a limited 6-star, Nature, Arts Unit support who specializes in AoE enemy grouping, short but potent debuffs, Arts Reaction-based teams, and crowd control.

Each of Gil’s specialties is a reason to bring her to teams. Her grouping via her Battle Skill is a consistent way to gather enemies, making AoE far more efficient and consistent in fights. However, you need to watch out for the Nature Infliction it applies, as it can disrupt some combos when paired with operators who consume a lot of specific Arts Infliction stacks.

Gil’s crowd control is also strong in encounters where she can Lift enemies with her Combo Skill and lock them there for up to 5 seconds when following it with her Ultimate. But some enemies are immune to this, introducing yet another conditional to how good Gil might be for your team. 

When it comes to buffing, Gil has access to a myriad of weapons and sets she can keep active during a fight. Nevertheless, her main source of damage boosting is her Ultimate: it applies an arts Susceptibility much larger than average, but which only lasts 5s. This is much shorter than average. To make full use of Gil’s potential, working around this limited duration is a must. Consequently, Gil functions best within teams capable of delivering burst damage all at once.

Last but not least is the fact that Gil requires Arts Reactions to trigger her Combo Skill, a condition many teams might be able to satisfy but don’t gravitate towards naturally. Mono elemental Infliction teams prefer to go all in on their element. While Gil might be tempting in Physical teams due to her applying Vulnerable, most Physical teams usually don’t trigger reactions at all, ruling it out, except for a few specific exceptions.

Gil has a jam-packed kit with many incredibly powerful effects and mechanics, but not every team can make use of them. Some teams might even find them disruptive, making Gil a very powerful ally but only under the right conditions.

Battle Skill

Gilberta’s Battle Skill is her signature ability and the source of her ability to gather enemies, making it a standout among her kit. Using it causes Gil to begin channeling a gravity well on her target, which deals damage in pulses and constantly sucks in enemies within its radius to the center for roughly 4–5 seconds. 

After the channel finishes, the well implodes, dealing a larger burst of damage, some Stagger, and Nature Infliction application on all enemies hit. Due to the Nature of this ability and Gil’s kit, you’ll most likely be starting battles off with it in order to group enemies up. Then, thanks to the Nature Infliction, you’re free to trigger a large set of AoE Arts Reactions, which align perfectly with the rest of Gil’s playstyle and kit.

Combo

Gil’s Combo Skill is a perfect follow-up to her Battle Skill, and you’ll often find yourself using it immediately after it. To trigger the combo, an enemy must suffer an Arts Reaction, something which, while common in teams, isn’t always universally accessible. 

This means Gil might not always be at maximum power in some compositions and flat out not work in others despite having a fairly generic arts buffing kit. 

When available, though, using this combo deals AoE Nature damage centered on a target and forcibly Lifts them and surrounding enemies, applying a Vulnerability stack in the process. Even though Gil applies Vulnerability with this ability, it does not mean she’s a suitable support for Physical teams. 

The majority of Gil’s benefit is centered around arts damage boosting and reactions, plus even triggering this combo in dedicated Physical teams is going to be quite the challenge. However, the Vulnerability stacks aren’t completely useless and can be used by her ultimate instead.

Ultimate

Gilberta’s Ultimate is the culmination of the rest of her kit and the main source of her team's damage buffing capabilities. Using it costs 90 energy and summons a lingering AoE gravity field on a target that deals Nature damage, Stagger, and Nature Infliction to the target and all surrounding enemies on appearing. After this, it lingers for 5 seconds, slowing all enemies within it by a large amount and causing them to suffer a huge generic arts damage Susceptibility. 

This becomes more potent based on the number of Vulnerability stacks they have on them. Also, if targets were Lifted when hit by the initial strike of the Ultimate, they’re locked airborne instead of being slowed, disabling them for the duration of the field. 

Due to the short duration of the field and therefore the Arts Susceptibility debuff, it’s incredibly important to time using it right before your team does the majority of their burst damage. Otherwise, you’ll be wasting a large part of Gil’s potential.

Talents

Both of Gilberta’s talents are each valuable in their own way. Her first talent, Messenger's Song, grants her and all allied guards, casters, and supporters 7% Ultimate gain efficiency passively. Ultimate gain is one of Endfield’s strongest stats, and depending on the tea,m this passive can allow certain characters to hit new breakpoints or just earn more Ultimates over a fight, both of which are strong.

Gilberta’s other talent, Late Reply, causes both her Battle and Combo Skills to gain a new effect. When either ability hits at least 2 enemies, Gil restores a flat amount of HP plus a percentage of her Intellect to the controlled operator. And if they’re already full HP, she’ll heal the lowest % HP teammate instead. This talent adds much-needed healing to Gil’s kit, allowing her to compete with other supporters, who each have their own form of sustain. Gil’s sustain is both more and less restrictive than other supports. It doesn’t have a cooldown or a direct SP cost, but requires multiple enemies to trigger, which further pushes Gil into her role as an AoE specialist but allows her to hold an even greater edge there.

Note: Only the final hit of Gil’s Battle Skill grants healing.

Gameplay

Gilberta’s gameplay changes depending on the team you’re supporting her with, but the basics of what to do usually stay fairly consistent. Here’s what to look out for:

• Use Gilberta’s Battle Skill to gather enemies, trigger some of her weapon buffs, and apply AoE Nature Infliction, which in most cases should be key to the team's Infliction or reaction strategy.
• Ensure your team consistently applies arts reactions to trigger Gil's Combo Skill in order to generate ultimate energy and apply Vulnerable to maximize her Ultimate’s Susceptibility debuff. Some weapons also require the Lift; this combo applies to activate.
• When available, time Gilberta’s Ultimate so its short but powerful debuffs are active during your team's highest burst window. Missing this means missing a huge amount of Gil’s buffs, so make it a top priority.