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The get-go boss fight in Nier Replicant is confronting ii living statues at the Lost Shrine. You volition need to have them both out to get to your sister, who is trapped backside a wall of energy.

The fight begins with waves of Shades appearing, so take them out while also attacking the floating book that is trapped between the two statues. This is Grimoire Weiss, and after doing enough damage, you will complimentary him and he will assist you.

Go on fighting the Shades until the statues come up to live, and so the real battle begins. Both statues are armed with large weapons that they swing in wide arcs, and they have a shield in their offhand. The shield makes hitting them awkward, so employ dodge rolls to get behind them and practise as much damage equally yous can.

While both statues first the fight, one of them will class an free energy shield, making it impossible to damage them. This besides means they cannot move, so you can simply focus on the one without the energy shield, switching targets as you need to. Stay close, doing damage with melee is more efficient that the Dark Smash from the Grimoire.

Eventually you lot volition take one of them out past knocking information technology over and hitting the marked weakpoint with your sword. The remain 1 will first summoning Shades and performing ranged fireball attacks. Apply the Grimoire to take out the Shades and destroy the fire balls, and keep doing as much damage every bit you can. For the residuum of the fight, you demand to be careful of these fireball attacks, and occasional slam attacks that cause fire to erupt from the floor.

It is a expert idea to go along your altitude and use ranged attacks from the Grimoire to finish up the fight and flake away at the remaining boss wellness.