Can be done at any point but if done in-between combos, it will end your current combo. Finishing Move (Hold down Light Attack): Hold down Light Attack to throw your weapon.If done perfectly, the pin will push the target further back. From there you can continue with the combo mid-air with your light attacks (number of hits depends on whether you swap weapon sets or not and your weapon level) then finish with a pin attack with Light Attack.

Mid-air Combo (Jump, Light Attack to launch): Press Jump then quickly tap Light Attack to launch your target in the air.

It’s worth noting that I couldn’t recreate this combo with evading for No Weapon equipped.

According to the evade Heavy combo is possible because 9S has the Continuous Combo chip enabled by default.

This one you can do by either pressing Light Attack then a do a very quick pause and actually press nothing or, evade instead of pausing.

Heavy Attack Combo (Light Attack, PAUSE or Evade, Light Attack, PAUSE or Evade, etc until combo ends) : Listed as heavy combo on your weapon since 9S can actually do heavy combos.

Pretty straightforward, just spam Light Attack but be sure to be quick about it or 9S will do the hold-down-button attack (finishing).

Light Attack Combo (Spam Light Attack): This is the basic combo and the one listed on your weapon for light attacks.His possible attacks can be sorted into 6 different categories (which I have named myself, call them what you want really). 9S has hacking, can only use light attacks and lacks specials such as 2B’s charge or even this weird throw weapon thing. So, first of all, I decided to start with 9S because his mechanics are much simpler and they can help you understand how the overall combat basics work. Not sure if this is a spoiler but before you watch any of these vids know that, I’m fighting VS a 2B training dummy in the Debug Room which you can unlock after completing Route C.Weapon effects are turned off for most of these so, combat won’t look as flashy as in the actual game. The vids were recorded on a standard PS4, using the default recording tool.So, I just finished Automata a few days ago and to cope with my post-game depression decided to go frolicking in the City Ruins put up together a guide featuring some of the combat mechanics in the game along with their animations for 9S.

Nier automata walkthrough 9s