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The first boss fight in Nier Replicant is against two living statues at the Lost Shrine. You will need to take them both out to become to your sis, who is trapped backside a wall of energy.

The fight begins with waves of Shades actualization, so have them out while likewise attacking the floating book that is trapped between the ii statues. This is Grimoire Weiss, and after doing enough damage, you will costless him and he will assist y'all.

Keep fighting the Shades until the statues come to live, so the real battle begins. Both statues are armed with large weapons that they swing in broad arcs, and they have a shield in their offhand. The shield makes hitting them awkward, so use dodge rolls to become behind them and exercise as much damage as y'all can.

While both statues showtime the fight, i of them will form an energy shield, making it impossible to harm them. This also means they cannot move, so yous can simply focus on the one without the energy shield, switching targets as y'all need to. Stay shut, doing damage with melee is more efficient that the Night Smash from the Grimoire.

Eventually y'all will take i of them out by knocking it over and striking the marked weakpoint with your sword. The remain one will beginning summoning Shades and performing ranged fireball attacks. Utilize the Grimoire to take out the Shades and destroy the burn balls, and keep doing as much impairment as you tin. For the rest of the fight, you need to exist conscientious of these fireball attacks, and occasional slam attacks that crusade fire to erupt from the floor.

It is a good idea to go along your altitude and use ranged attacks from the Grimoire to end upward the fight and fleck abroad at the remaining boss health.