A2

A2
Rarity	5-star - 7-star
Role
Acquisition	Rare Summon
Time Limited	Yes
CG LB
Series	NieR:Automata
Gender	Female‎
Race	Machina
No.	8062, 8063, 8064
TMR	BeastlordBeastlord Beastlord Stats: ATK+125, DEF +20% Ability: Beast RoarBeast Roar Beast Roar Physical damage (1.5x) to all enemies
STMR	Gentle TraitorGentle Traitor Gentle Traitor Increase ATK (80%) when equipped with a great sword Increase physical and magic damage against machinas (50%)

An android from a faraway world, her proper name is YoRHa Type A No. 2. An attacker model implementing a close-range attack style not currently used, she is a prototype of the current official YoRHa soldier models like 2B and 9S, and closely resembles 2B. Long ago, she was thrust into a large scale fight by the human military headquarters to be tested, but afterwards it is said she deserted and went completely AWOL.

Statistics

Stats

Rarity	HP	MP	ATK	DEF	MAG	SPR	Attack Hits	Drop Check	Exp. Growth Pattern
5-star	2840	148	118	109	65	93	2	5	6
6-star	3692	193	153	142	85	121	2	6	6
7-star	4800	251	199	185	111	158	2	6	6

Maximum Stats Increase

Rarity	HP	MP	ATK	DEF	MAG	SPR
5-star	240	40	24	16	16	16
6-star	390	65	34	26	26	26
7-star	540	90	65	40	40	40

Resistance

Element Resistance
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Status Ailment Resistance
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Equipment

Weapons
Armors
Rarity	Ability Slots	Affinity
5-star	4	-
6-star	4	-
7-star	4	-

Innate Abilities

Special

Active
Min rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect	Hits	MP
5-star	1		Provoke	Increase ATK (80%) for 3 turns to caster Increase ATK (80%) for 3 turns to one enemy	-	0
5-star	10		Dash Attack	Physical damage (4x) to one enemy Enable skills for 2 turns to caster: Finisher, Heavy Attack	7Frame delay: 9-7-7-7-7-7-7 Attack frames: 9-16-23-30-37-44-51	45
5-star	49		Vertical Sweep	Physical damage (5x) with jump delay (1 turn) to one enemy	D	30
6-star	45		Horizontal Sweep	Physical damage (2x) to all enemies Inflict paralyze (20%) to all enemies	1Attack frame: 22	37
6-star	84		Inherit Will	Fixed damage (remaining HP) to one ally, except caster Recover HP/MP (100%) to caster Enable skill for 2 turns to caster: Inherited Memories	-	5
6-star	100		Offensive Heal Combo	Physical damage (5x) to one enemy Physical damage (0.1x) as HP drain (100%) to one enemy	7Frame delay: 40-10-10-10-10-10-10 Attack frames: 40-50-60-70-80-90-100 7Frame delay: 35-10-10-10-10-10-10 Attack frames: 35-45-55-65-75-85-95	52
7-star	101		YoRHa Double Slash	FilterCast 2 times: Avoid Heavy Attack, Dash Attack, Finisher, Hateful Blade, Heavy Attack, Horizontal Sweep, Inorganic Blade, Offensive Heal Combo, Pet the Pod, Provoke	-	0
7-star	105		Avoid Heavy Attack	Physical damage (6x) to one enemy Decrease ATK/MAG (50%) for 3 turns to one enemy Absolute Mirror of Equity	8Frame delay: 70-6-6-6-6-6-6-6 Attack frames: 70-76-82-88-94-100-106-112	56
7-star	105		Inorganic Blade	[5 turns cooldown, available on turn 1] Increase ATK/DEF (250%) for 2 turns to caster Increase ATK/DEF (150%) for 3 turns to caster Enable skills for 6 turns to caster: Finisher, Heavy Attack Auto-revive (80% HP) for 3 turns to caster	-	70
7-star	105		Pet the Pod	Restore HP (3000) and MP (60) to caster Increase LB gauge (5) to caster	-	30
7-star	110		Hateful Blade	[3 turns cooldown, available on turn 3] Increase physical damage against machinas (100%) for 2 turns to caster Physical damage (18x) to one enemy	1Attack frame: 53	76
Passive Sort
Min rarity	Level	Icon	Name	Effect
5-star	23		Auto-Avoid	Increase physical evasion (20%) Increase magic evasion (10%)
5-star	34		Small Sword Proficiency	Increase ATK (30%) and DEF (20%) when equipped with a sword
5-star	68		Large Sword Proficiency	Increase ATK (50%) when equipped with a great sword
5-star	77		Piercing Master	Increase ATK (30%) and SPR (20%) when equipped with a spear
5-star	80		Retry	Chance to ignore fatal damage (80%) when HP is above 10% (max 1 time)
6-star	15		Drop Rate Up +8	Increase LB gauge fill rate (150%)
6-star	29		Combat Master	Increase ATK/HP (30%) when equipped with a fist
6-star	59		Attacker Type 2	Increase physical damage against machinas (100%)
6-star	77		Dual Wield	Enable dual wielding of one-handed weapons
5-star	23		Avoid Counter Attack	Chance to counter physical attacks (30%) with Counter AttackCounter Attack Physical damage (3x) to one enemy Negate 2 physical attacks for 3 turns to caster
7-star	101		Berserker	Increase physical damage against machinas (50%) Increase ATK (50%) when equipped with a great sword
7-star	101		YoRHa Type A No. 2	[Requirement: TMR or STMR equipped] Increase equipment ATK (40%) when dual wielding Increase physical evasion (10%) Increase equipment ATK (150%) and accuracy (25%) when single wielding a one-handed weapon
7-star	110		Vortex of the Past and Hatred	Increase equipment ATK (100%) and accuracy (25%) when single wielding a one-handed weapon
7-star	110		ATK +30%	Increase ATK (30%)
7-star	115		MP +20%	Increase MP (20%)
7-star	120		Beautiful World	Increase SPR (40%) Increase modifier (1.5x): Avoid Heavy Attack, Dash Attack, Finisher, Heavy Attack, Horizontal Sweep, Vertical Sweep
Conditional
Condition			Name	Effect	Hits	MP
Activated by Dash Attack, Inorganic Blade			Finisher	Physical damage (6x) to one enemy	1Attack frame: 42	60
			Heavy Attack	Physical damage (3.3x) to all enemies	10Frame delay: 42-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9 Attack frames: 42-51-60-69-78-87-96-105-114-123	48
Activated by Inherit Will			Inherited Memories	Increase DEF (50%) for 5 turns to caster Fill LB gauge (100%) to caster	-	0
Activated by Avoid Counter Attack			Counter Attack	Physical damage (3x) to one enemy Negate 2 physical attacks for 3 turns to caster	D	-

Limit Burst

Rarity	Name	Effect		Hits	Cost
5-star	Berserk	Base	Physical damage (2x) to all enemies Increase ATK (150%) for 4 turns to caster HP damage (50%) for 4 turns to caster Glow red for 4 turns to caster	1	16
		Max	Physical damage (2.95x) to all enemies Increase ATK (200%) for 4 turns to caster HP damage (40%) for 4 turns to caster Glow red for 4 turns to caster
6-star	Berserk	Base	Physical damage (3.3x) to all enemies Increase ATK (200%) for 4 turns to caster HP damage (30%) for 4 turns to caster Glow red for 4 turns to caster	1	18
		Max	Physical damage (4.5x) to all enemies Increase ATK (250%) for 4 turns to caster HP damage (20%) for 4 turns to caster Glow red for 4 turns to caster
7-star	Berserk	Base	Physical damage (7.1x) to all enemies Increase ATK (300%) for 2 turns to caster Increase ATK (250%) for 5 turns to caster HP damage (30%) for 4 turns to caster Glow red for 4 turns to caster	1	24
		Max	Physical damage (10x) to all enemies Increase ATK (300%) for 2 turns to caster Increase ATK (250%) for 5 turns to caster HP damage (20%) for 4 turns to caster Glow red for 4 turns to caster

Awakening Materials

6★	7★
Prismatic Horn (20) Fairies' Writ (10) Rainbow Bloom (10) Calamity Gem (5) Divine Crystal (5) 4,000	A2's Prism 3,000,000

Sprites

5-star	6-star	7-star

Quotes

Background Story

5★	An android from a faraway world, her proper name is YoRHa Type A No. 2. An attacker model implementing a close-range attack style not currently used, she is a prototype of the current official YoRHa soldier models like 2B and 9S, and closely resembles 2B. Long ago, she was thrust into a large scale fight by the human military headquarters to be tested, but afterwards it is said she deserted and went completely AWOL.
6★	An android from a faraway world, she once belonged to the human's military, but ended up running away after a certain battle. Though completely AWOL, it is said she is still fighting to destroy the machine lifeforms. An attacker model developed to be good at close-range attacks, her ability to enable "B mode" which greatly increases her attack power for a short amount of time sets her apart from the all-purpose 2B model.
7★	An android from a faraway world, she once belonged to the human's military, but ended up running away after a certain battle. A2 continued fighting the machine lifeforms by herself in order to end their existence. However, a fated meeting with some of the androids fighting on behalf of the surviving humans had a great impact on her actions thereon, and on the conclusion of the lengthy war.

Fusion

5★	Sorry I'm an old model.
6★	Her memories...they live on in this blade.
7★	You're not so bad, you know that?

Awakening

6★	I need to pay you back. It would bother me otherwise.
7★	I need to pay you back. It would bother me otherwise.

Summon

5★	Machine lifeforms have no souls. I will make them pay for all of my friends they've killed.
6★
7★	Machine lifeforms have no souls. I will make them pay for all of my friends they've killed.

Trust Mastery

I'm...sorry I'm still alive. But I'll be joining you as soon as I finish some things up.

User Review

• A2 7* Review by Memel0rd (brave-exvius.com, November 2018)
• In-Depth A2 Review by Memel0rd (brave-exvius.com, August 2017)

Notes

Gameplay

• Obtainable through Rare Summons during the NieR:Automata Collaboration Event, Destroy the Machine Lifeform.
• Takes added damage boost from Machine Killer resources.
• A2 was first available in the Global version. The Japanese version has her available with various skills and abilities.
• The red glow of her limit burst is tied to the ATK buff she gains. This means if the buff is dispelled, so is the red glow.

Trivia

• One of the main protagonists of NieR:Automata.
• Her full name stands for YoRHa Type A (Attacker) No. 2. Prior to the events of the game, she is simply called Number Two.