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don't know why i struggled with the parry so much but you can just as easily dodge to the side and get 2 easy hits in over and over too

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Ungo's sugar literally makes this fight free.

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Unironically the easiest boss. I wanted to do a stealth deathblow at first, but that didn't work so I just said screw it and went face-to-face. Dude killed me once but then I parried every slash. He seems to have a perilous attack, but it doesn't even do more damage than his normal slashes (and you can just dodge backwards). His posture fills up so fast too.

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easiest boss in the game, he might catch you once or twice with the move but when you block it (which is a lot easier than it looks trust me) his posture gague fills up so quick it's not even funny. It takes just 4-6 good parries of his quck attack and he's fully dead

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If you have problem with deflecting his jetstreamSam unsheathe,just run around until he does it and then sabimaru when he wants to sheathe his sword,rinse and repeat

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This guy should seriously be a tutorial boss to teach deflections, it would be really good for learning the game first time.

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one small detail i noticed is that when he goes into the stance he says something that im pretty sure means something like "let's go" only really noticeable if you mess around with mods and pop inf puppet on him and have him fight other enemies, he says it when he goes from his idle to the stance

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I don’t fear the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks once, I fear the man who has practiced one kick ten thousand times

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What's all the fuss? I beat this guy on the first try. All you do is spam deflect on his flurry attack, attack to bait it out again, then deflect a few more times. Then give him the stabby stabby. I don't think he hit me once.

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I can't see why people are struggling with this guy, you literally just press right click when you see that very distinct white light appear on his sword

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How do people struggle with this guy after beating the Shinobi Hunter & Lady Butterfly? You literally just tap the ****in button right when it lights up, and his posture fills ridiculously fast; possibly the easiest 'boss' in any FromSoft game.

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It's so fast I can't even see it. **** this ****.

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can not wait until i murder this guy so his soul can go rot in the pit of hell for eternity and i can hang his bloody, lifeless body in front of his wife and kids and carve out his guts and crush his skull into a million little pieces

**** this guy to eternity

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When he sheaths his sword for ashina cross, wait until the hilt of his sword flashes and immediately deflect twice. It worked pretty much every time for me. Also works for the final boss.

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I struggled so hard trying to match this guys violent force. Then I remembered a shinobi does not meet force with force but rather redirects it against the opponent. I used loaded umbrella to fill his posture gauge and got the two death blows in less than a minute

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Went in on a new playthrough. Dimly remembered "something bad" was on the other side of the door from this idol. Oh hell it's this guy! But then... panic deflect, panic deflect.. death blow? Never had an easier time with a boss before and I don't know if I could do it again.

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This guy is an elden ring meta player in sekiro. Only spams the op weapon art he has

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literally the worst boss in all of FromSoft's games.

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Died to this guy 14 times. Died to great shinobi 6 times. I have the most scuffed playthrough of all time

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This guy is right at the ceiling of my fast twitch reflex, I can get the parry, just not every time, even though I know it's coming. Guess I'm just ******* old now.

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Poor guy lasted less time that the regular blue samurai guys

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I don't understand why people struggle with this guy, he completely ez even in my first try (had no chance I though he other blue samurai)
Maybe he fast or anything but his posture is incredible low(like ashina outskirt bald samurai)
Spam deflect kinda helping if you ask

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i actually stopped playing sekiro because of this guy (and what felt like display lag from my tv making the parry timing impossible), picking it back up and just took him out with the umbrella method: two umbrella deflects = 1 deathblow

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I don't know what's wrong with me but I could not manage to parry him for the life of me. Instead, I would move away from him to a good range and run at him but just to the side, as if I was trying to end up standing shoulder to shoulder with him. As soon as I get close, I dodge. He would use his double slash every time and miss, letting me smack him with a standard attack. Then I run away to make some distance and repeat over and over.

It definitely takes way longer but I could not get parrying to work for me. I dunno. If you're having trouble with deflecting, this might be an option for you.

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This boss is easy once you find out what his "shtick" is. Don't even bother attacking him as that will probably cause you to get it hit and basically be on shot. Wait for his sword/hilt to glint white then just do an immediate double deflect. 90% of the time he does the double attack so just stand there and go for deflections and the fight can be over in about 15-20 seconds.

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this guy can be extremly cancer to deal with while at the same time can be easy as hell
i died like 10 times trying to deflect both of his strikes(for whatever reason i could parry only one and i always took vitality damage,probably me being a crab)
and on 11th this guy just spammed wide slash which absolutely demolishes his posture if you jump on him
if your a crab like me probably an easy way without abusing prostetics is just runing around in circles around him with poking him,if you are far enough you should be able to do 1-2 strikes without taking damage from his 2/3 vitality bar combo

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When you go behind him use the Whirlwind Slash to do him maximum damage

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parry practice with long arm centipede surely pays off against this boss

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He's not based on Tanetsune Sase, he's based on Hayashizaki Jinsuke Shigenobu, the founder of a style of sword fighting that involves drawing your sword! I mean that's even where they got the name!

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i died instantly to this guy a few times, read this, went like "oh, i should use the umbrella, ok" and killed him in 20 seconds

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The Umbrella Gang has entered the chat

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just poison this m*************er

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so glad we invented guns

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Just wait for his bam bam attack then time two parries. It is very satisfying also very easy due to his posture being ****ed in four or so parries.

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This boss is super easy if you use an upgraded umbrella, just spin every time he goes for the double slash and jump every sweep

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When he attacks, jump forward on his head then get a couple of attacks in. Just jump forward to dodge his attacks. Be the aggressor.

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The bath robe man

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The pinwheel of Sekiro holy **** that was easy

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He might be a one trick pony but it's a damn good trick.

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This boss destroys its own posture in a matter of seconds

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Deflecting his double attack is so fast for my middle-aged fingers that it physically hurts. Fun as hell though.

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I found that strafing to the left around him works incredibly well. The Ashina Cross attack misses and I can get a hit or two in. The only issue is initiating it. Perfect dodge to the left at first and you'll be golden. Another issue is if he goes to a wall where you can't strafe. Back off and initiate again with the dodge. The big thing to remember is DON'T STOP MOVING TO THE LEFT. The Ashina Cross may look like it will hit you but it won't. I just did this and I didn't get hit by that attack once. Good luck fellow shinobi!

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USE THE RAVEN MIST!!! I tried time after time to deflect or dodge to the side, and it just didn't work. Right before I was about to take a break, I remembered the raven mist, and when I used it. the fight became incredibly easy and I killed him first try without taking any hits. Just press R2 as soon as you see the little flash before his attack, and then hit him in the back.

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The boss took me 30 sec lol

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jfc this boss was easy. just parry the double hit like twice and he dies

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dodge wise,you MUST dodge to the left,backwards and his front step gets you,right and the edge of the blade on the lower arc hits you,jumping is well bad,blocking does zip (basicly reduces you to a 2 shot with slightly more HP)

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I tried so many times with the dodge and jab technique but just couldn't get it right, mainly because I was doing it poorly lmao. I'm telling you, deflecting his attacks kills him so quickly it's ridiculous and real satisfying to pull off. Definitely recommend at least trying it if you're good at timing.

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Easiest strategy for me is dodge left->ichimonji->repeat

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I found that you can just dash around him and attack after he does his cross slash. I beat this boss without doing a single deflection. Sure it was cowardly, but it got the job done.

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Whirling Strike with the axe definitely feels like the most effective strategy. Make sure to use Ungo's sugar before entering the room

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I took him down after a couple of tries. Kept sprinting to the left in circles around him, keeping him in the middle of the room and baiting his attack. Then did a running slash, jumped backwards and repeated. Not the fastest strategy but it felt a lot safer than being close to him. Make sure you try out his range so you don't get hit by mistake when sprinting. Also used mist raven when he got a bit too close and it worked like a charm.

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Dodging to my left was far easier and reliable than dodging to my right towards him.

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Whirlwind spam is effective.

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how to deal with this guy: 1) stay still and look at his sheat 2) when you see the sheat blink/glow, press parry twice 3) repeat 4) profit if you do it properly, both hits will be perfect deflects and he'll kill himself filling his posture bar in 3-4 combos. No need to attack him at all.

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Who wrote this xD Left Wall Huh doesn’t work at all, Loaded Axe is a MUCH better tool (I dispatched him in about 30 seconds by posture breaking him with it), and Sabimaru wasn’t helpful at all

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Im hopeless at this game but use the spear on him. He never landed a blow

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Boom

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A well timed Umbrella parries BOTH his slashes, resulting in nearly instantly filling his posture bar (only need 1 or 2 hits before deathblow), making this fight extremely easy ! Just press R2 / RT right after the sword flashes

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He also is weak fire and gets stunned even if not directly with the flame vent prosthetic. Although the easiest way it to just deflect fis draws and jump backwards afterward to avoid his follow up. Tinse and repeat.

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Man, this guy is a real nuisance in NG+

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added detailed high-res pictures. more bosses coming soon

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Let me just say that you guys don't need any tools to beat this guy. Whenever you see that he's about to do the Ashina Slice attack all you need to do is dodge to the LEFT (if you dodge right you'll still get hit by the horizontal slice) then get in a single dodge attack (he does dodge this sometimes but don't sweat it). Two hits is not recommended, as he will always deflect your second hit and will mostly stun you with his palm jab immediately afterwards. You will need excellent dodge timing to avoid the his attack after he stuns you. Just keep dodging left and getting single hits in, backing off if you're ever in a corner and healing when needed (he can easily be out ranged as he only does the Ashina Slice and approaches very slowly).

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Use the Sabimaru, he goes down like a ***** to poison

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This boss been eating my booty like groceries. He can kill me in just a single hit.

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stealth does NOT work on this

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Just wanted to add my endorsement for mist raven. I tried everything else already mentioned here (tapping parry, dodging left or right, fire, poison, etc.) and none worked for me but with the raven you only need to succeed 3 times (each time you teleport behind him you can get 3 free hits and he's down by the third teleport) for a deathblow. Just repeat again for second life bar. The timing is exactly the same as normal deflect but far less messy since you don't have to worry about him countering or dodging your hits.

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Please add mist raven to his weaknesses, you can easily hit him 2 or 3 times after mist raven procs. Just be sure that you are locked on to him

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I’m doing a no-prosthetic run on NG+, and this guy is super weak to Dragon Flash. It’s a little tricky to create the proper distance for the maximum charge, but it knocks out a ton of health and his posture breaks in two uses. The only struggle then is closing the distance once he’s open for the deathblow, but it’s satisfying anyway.

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For the red-eye version, the flame umbrella will deal the usual posture damage, then startle him. Use the follow-through attack to build up burn, back away, repeat, and he should be open then for a deathblow.

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314 EXP (NG)

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Dodging is absurdly effective with him. Just double-tap dodge if you're having trouble timing the parry and instead hack the dude to death; sticking close makes him more often than not rely on his shiny hilt two-swing combo that leaves him wide open over and over. Combine that with relatively weak health and he drops in under a minute.

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If you have the "secret" Ashina Cross combat art you can slash him with that from a safe distance iirc 2 or 3 times to get a deathblow [so 4 or 6 slashes total] and the fight is over literally in a minute.

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This Mini-Boss should've been one of the first fights in the game. Really teaches you the value of parrying. You don't have to hit him once to deplete his posture =)

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beat him quite easily on PC by parrying his attacks, press L1 when you see the shine on his handle... but almost impossible on XB1.. must be a latency issue, when you see the shine, it's already too late to parry (and I did set my TV to game mode) :-(

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This boss can literally just be cheesed to death with the sabimaru, hes extremely weak to poison and*****ty at deflecting. Youre welcome

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parry him once with umbrella. Its enough to break his posture

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Stay in Dojo to have maneuvering room and bait his attack and run to the left - his double strike attack will miss and you can attack his back once or twice. Rinse and repeat. If you need to heal, run into the second room - you can heal in the left corner as he paths very slowly there. Firecrackers work great as well.

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You can sneak behind him with steatlh candy and execute him once.

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You don't have to fight him to get outside. At the bottom of the stairs, cut through the paper wall behind the two blue samurai. Run through past the Nightjars, jump out the window. Profit.

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This boss is extremly easy with the "loaded umbrella" module. 1 Parry nearly kills his complete posture bar.

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Use a gachin sugar before entering his room and hug the left side to sneak behind him for an easy early deathblow.

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Double tap parry button when his sword flashes. Once I figured this out he went down really quickly.

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IMPORTANT CHEESE: LITERALLY JUST BAIT VILEHANDS INTO HIS AREA AND WATCH THEM KILL EACHOTHER. U BROUGHT 2 WITH ME AND THEY MOBBED HIM WHILE I WATCHED. -hero

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I love how all the strats are umbrella shield and sabimaru. Nobody talks about the Mist Raven tool. I just used that to teleport behind him on each attack, attacked him until he wised up and backstepped, then did it again. Was the safest way to handle it since you just teleport each time you see the flash that starts his attack.

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oddly enough i really like this boss fight, even though it is short. In a dojo, One Elite Samurai vs One Elite Shinobi. One wrong move and it's over

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In NG+ this dude literally one shots you if you miss a deflect. He's still super easy though. Shadowrush him 1-2x from far away at the start if this fight and he'll posture break in just a few deflects.

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If u have the umbrella u can block his attack and inflict him incredibly damage on his yellow bar

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you dont even need to attack him, just deflect and he is dead

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Jumping to the right avoids his quick draw attack everytime.

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If your deflection timing sucks, use loaded spear thrust type, hold rt to charge at him, then jump back, then hit him again, try to get him with it before he does the 2 slash attack (when you see the glint of his blade when he begins to draw it) or right after. This will carry you through first phase. For second, use what spirit emblems you have left for spear then dodge his attacks and spam whirlwind slash, he should go down quite easy.

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Ridiculously easy when you get it, just wait in front of him until he starts unsheathing his Katana and at the correct moment spam your deflect button (tapping it). Repeat this 2 times and Deathblow, repeat another two times and Deathblow for finish. Basically a free Prayer Bead to have.

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As stated by everyone else, this boss is a glass cannon, if you unlock the Shinobi Shadowrush you can literally kill him in 6 uses of it, 3 per phase as that attack can't be guarded.

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Just run circles around him. Your pattern should be like single attack, dash to his left, attack and so on. Beware of occasional red kanji attack and you're golden. This guy is total glass cannon, so fight won't be long. Pretty cool design btw.

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Use umbrella, it will block his attack, whirlwind after that and dodge. Rinse and repeat.

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Didn't try Sabimaru, but parrying his main 2 hit attack with iron fortress wipes of almost his entire posture bar in one shot. So he's weak to a couple of prosthetics.

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The ***** is everyone on about? This dude is borderline impossible. Unless I'm somehow WAY further into the game than I should be (I only have the axe, feather, shuriken, and flame cannon, no upgrades, a few skills, and 1 health upgrade and 1 attack upgrade). Seriously, I've tried what everyone has mentioned, and this dude is just unstoppable, he always gets off a hit no matter what I do, and every time I revive, he attacks so damn fast, the game doesn't even have time to register that I input a dodge or block after I revive. This dude is pure bullshit

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U take upgraded spear ( Then u just spam this***** till it die.

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just parry his draw strike 4 times then his posture is broken. Repeat it in the second half....done

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He takes a few moments to stand up when you enter the room, which lets you get some free hits on him. He takes huge posture damage (around 80%) if you parry his draw strike. I wasn't able to get the timing with the sword, but the umbrella makes it trivial. Run in, ichimonji, umbrella -> first health bar down. For the second health bar, just need 2 umbrella deflects. Watch his hand and press the button when you see it close around the sword handle and there's a flash.

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Dodge left, whirlwind, dodge left, whirlwind, try tongue but hole.

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