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Everyone has a rough idea of who Gilgamesh is, so I'll skip the introductions here. Let's make this argument simple and quick. First off, map of the area so you can visualize what's going down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKwqMZd6zhw

Remove the random encounters and the boss fight with Scrub Gil (AKA the one who's challenging THE BOSS here, just as a note) from the running time and it's still something like 30 seconds between one end of the bridge and the other. Boko's ability usage was...unfortunate, to say the least. Veil of Mist's initial 10 seconds will be completely gone by the time Beatrix, Amaterasu and Morrigan get to the fight, and Scrub Gil and Tifa will only get to enjoy six of those seconds while forced to tango with He, Gilgamesh. You might think they'd be able to handle themselves...and you'd be wrong. Gilgamesh in Battle In The Big Keep is a challenge for eight players, and in the case of his FF13-2 version, well...he's not a boss. He's not a raidboss. Nonononono, he's the game's superboss, the single hardest enemy to defeat in the game. Turns out when you spend centuries level grinding between appearances you get real strong! The gap between the scrub and the real deal here is just massive. You can see what he can do in these two vids:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylx7pbPSzkQ (This vid is a recommended listen even if you don't want to watch - FF14 music is awwwwwesome)

https://youtu.be/D-zBwfudFo0?t=120

His missiles in the second video pretty much oneshot a buffed up Serah (and he tanks those in his introduction to the arena when Snow chucks one back into his face and he doesn't give a damn), he regains 10% of his health (a cool one million HP!) periodically, he automatically hastes and empowers himself at half health, he has a potent, spammable Limit Break in Divider...that's just one vid.

He's also accompanied by Enkidu, and this is a huge deal because it means Boko's orders turn against him. People WILL follow Beatrix, and he regrettably forgot to tell her that attacking Gil is pointless at first, as Enkidu responds to any damage to his master with really fat heals. She'll figure it out eventually, but this gives Gil time to take someone down and get the death spiral going, which is crucial - the first part of the fight will be basically wasted for the enemy team. As a bonus, Enkidu is a very beefy and disruptive tank himself. He can launch missiles, slow both movement speed and attack speed with Web (solid Haste counter right there), unleash hurricane winds that can knock people off the Big Bridge, establish a sympathetic bond between fighters that will continuously apply Mini to them until they figure out how to get around it when their dispels fail, and more.

It's very unlikely Team Beatrix will get past him unscathed, which is bad news, because once Enkidu dies, Gil will get serious and stop clowning around. He cares a lot about his companion. At that point, all bets are off - he can deploy energy dragons to assist him, catch enemies with special controlling chains to stop them from doing anything until they're broken, tons of spammy lightning orbs, employ oneshotting attacks like Sword's Dance, and more. His bag of tricks is huge, and frankly, this team doesn't have what it takes to stand up to it. Too squishy, misleading orders, and not knowing just how dangerous True Gil can be will be their undoing.

BUT ENOUGH EXPOSITORY BANTER! Now we fight like men! And ladies! And ladies who dress like men! For Gilgamesh...IT'S SOLOING TIME!
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Shine on, you crazy diamond.