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Weaknesses
OilRelict oil
SignAard
BombSamum
From the in-game bestiary, cross-checked on: Witcher Wiki, Game8, Fextralife · sources partly disagree – let us know if your game shows something else
How to beat: Shaelmaar from the Emperor of Nilfgaard
This beast fights like any other shaelmaar: it is blind, finds you by sound and rolls into an armoured ball to charge. Wait near the arena wall, dodge the charge and let it crash, then hit its exposed underbelly with a sword coated in Relict oil. Aard and Samum bombs help send it into obstacles.
About
This shaelmaar was a gift from Emperor Emhyr var Emreis to Duchess Anna Henrietta, caught young and trained by Nilfgaardian handlers to fight in Toussaint's arena. Training did nothing to tame it, and it remained as wild and ferocious as any of its kind. Geralt faces it on the tourney grounds and can choose to finish it off or spare it.
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Data: Witcher Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), adapted. Monster images © CD PROJEKT RED.