Summary
So-Shi is a Goliath-class machine appearing as a boss in NieR: Automata. Its appearance is very similar to Boku-Shi, Ko-Shi, and Ro-Shi.
So-Shi is encountered by 2B and Pascal while they escape the abandoned factory after negotiating a peace treaty with the machines living there has failed. It is destroyed by 2B after 9S cuts its external power supply.
This is the unit data the game provides for So-Shi: "A multi-legged, Goliath-class machine lifeform equipped with two massive blades. By emitting energy from the tips of its legs, it can move about as though gliding across the ground. The unit's sides serve as weapon racks that can launch missiles and other projectiles, while additional plating attached to the legs reinforces its weak armor. When the situation demands it, the unit can purge this plating and transform into a spherical form capable of spin attacks."
Powers and Stats
Tier: 7-A
Name: So-Shi
Origin: NieR: Automata
Gender: Inapplicable
Age: Unknown
Classification: Machine Lifeform
Affiliation: Machines
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Barrier Creation (Can create and uphold a barrier that negates all physical, energy and magical based attacks on his level. An external powersource is needed to generate this barrier), Explosion Manipulation (Can fire homing rockets), Energy Manipulation (Can create shockwaves by swinging his blades and by slamming the ground), Limited Flight (Capable of gliding over the ground (By emitting energy from its legs), Transformation (Can turn into a sphere and perform spin attacks at high speeds), Magic (all characters wield maso, an extradimensional element that allows the wielder to warp reality and break laws of physics, an ability that was termed magic), Resistance to Magic, Hacking & Data Manipulation (Machine units possess defense systems against hacking)
Attack Potency: Mountain level+ (Can hurt 2B)
Speed: At least Superhuman with at least FTL+ combat speed and reactions (Can keep up with 2B)
Lifting Strength: Class T (Should be capable of lifting its own weight, should be stronger than YoRHa androids)
Striking Strength: Mountain level+ (can injured 2B), higher with energy shield (was invulnerable to 2B while shield was active)
Durability: Mountain level+ (Can take hits from 2B)
Stamina: Superhuman (Comparable to other Goliath-class machines)
Range: Extended melee range with physical strikes, tens of meters with its tail and shock waves; at least hundreds of meters with rockets
Standard Equipment: A pair of large, bladed arm, a tail with a drill at the end, and can deploy numerous kamikaze drones on the ground.
Intelligence: Average
Weaknesses: Energy shield requires a large continuous energy input to function.
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