Monster Bestiary
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Gideon (Water Beetle Guardian) is a 5-star Defense monster in Summoners War. Gideon awakens from Water Beetle Guardian. As a Stripper, Increase Defense, and Threat, Gideon brings Remove Buff, Increase DEF, Threat, Decrease Damage to the team. When building Gideon in Summoners War, the most popular RTA rune build is Violent + Will (54%), followed by Will (12%) which is also commonly used for Siege and general PvP content. Recommended main stats are SPD on slot 2, DEF% on slot 4, DEF% on slot 6. Key substats to prioritize for optimal Gideon rune builds include SPD, HP%, DEF%. Gideon is primarily used in PvP content, appearing in Real-Time Arena (RTA) (86), World Guild Battle Defense (68), Arena Defense (60), World Guild Battle Offense (56), Siege Defense (55), Siege Offense (49), Arena Offense (43) as a competitive team builder pick. Gideon is most commonly paired with
Angela / P.Vanilla,
Haegang,
Velajuel,
Stark and
Jade / Hollyberry in competitive team compositions for speed tuning and synergy. Gideon provides a valuable 50% Defense leader skill for General content, enhancing rune optimizer efficiency and speed tuning in team compositions. Gideon's skill set features Remove Buff, Increase DEF, Threat, Decrease Damage, and Increase Damage. Gideon's Summoners War builds, Gideon best runes and rune recommendations, Gideon RTA builds, Gideon Siege teams, Gideon Arena compositions, and Gideon tier rankings are sourced from in-game community data collected from thousands of competitive Summoners War players. Trending Gideon team compositions and Gideon usage scores are determined by SWLens's proprietary algorithm.