DallasDMac
Footballguy
Does this game require you to be online? I know the others did not, but I'm starting to wonder based on some of the posts here. I absolutely hate the whole being invaded, PVP thing.
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STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
No. In fact, you can turn online "off" in this one.
Im 99% with you on the invasions. The game is hard enough without random invasions, often at the most inopportune times. The only reason I wasnt pissed or annoyed earlier is because I was done with the area and didn't have any souls to lose.
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DallasDMac
Footballguy
Cool, thanks Definitely relieved to hear that.
bigmarc27
Footballguy
As long as you're not embered, you don't get invaded.
Also steadymobbin, that area is wolf covenent territory. As a wolf covenent member, STAY OUTTA MY FOREST! If not, I'm coming for you. Also that's an auto summon area so I'll just be going along and if someone is in that area, I get pulled in to protect the forest. Kinda neat, occasionally obnoxious.
Also steadymobbin, that area is wolf covenent territory. As a wolf covenent member, STAY OUTTA MY FOREST! If not, I'm coming for you. Also that's an auto summon area so I'll just be going along and if someone is in that area, I get pulled in to protect the forest. Kinda neat, occasionally obnoxious.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
bigmarc27
Footballguy
I decided to take a look and see how close I am to the end. What I found is that I basically have 3 bosses left and nothing else. 1 optional boss and the final 2 in-game bosses. It kinda sucks that I don't have any other areas to explore, but it's been a good journey. I have a feeling these 3 bosses might take awhile though -- I might try and beat the game first and come back to the optional boss before heading into NG+.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Made some serious progress today. After not knowing where to go for the past few gaming sessions I found the Abyss walkers. Easy but really cool. Beat the high lord wolnir (easy and cheesy), and the old demon king (Fire Taurus) in the smoldering lake.
All these areas took about 2 hours max.
I really like this game but I can't say it's better then Dark Souks 1. I still think that is the pinnacle of the series. Id give Bigmarc's left testicle for a reboot with more (npc) invasions, a few new areas and items.
All these areas took about 2 hours max.
I really like this game but I can't say it's better then Dark Souks 1. I still think that is the pinnacle of the series. Id give Bigmarc's left testicle for a reboot with more (npc) invasions, a few new areas and items.
bigmarc27
Footballguy
I enjoyed the Smouldering Lake portion of the game, especially after the Catacombs which I didn't particularly enjoy. I actually think the next chunk of the game that you're coming up on is my favorite portion by a pretty good bit. You've got some pretty great stuff coming up.
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
This weekend I got suckered into farming the two giants and the flammer purple dudes. I got addicted to all the souls, leveling, upgrading of gear, purchasing of everything I wanted! The point is, ladies and gentleman, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I'm finding the bosses in this game either really easy or pretty darn hard. Almost every boss is either "beat it on the first or second try" or "die a bunch of times and resort to summoning" for me. Not really a complaint, just an observation. I think I'm about 75% of the way done.
Champion Gundyr gave me fits. The guy attacks practically non-stop and tends to stunlock me to death once he connects.
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GAlmgren
Footballguy
Took the plunge this weekend. I'm having fun, but as someone who has never played one of these game before, the learning curve is pretty steep. I'm getting decent-ish with the controls, but figuring out the deeper game stuff is a bit of a chore.
Something is also screwed up with my game when it loads (retrieving calibrations), and I can only play offline.
Something is also screwed up with my game when it loads (retrieving calibrations), and I can only play offline.
jwb
Footballguy
Souls really "clicks" when you feel confident in combat. Cautious, but not scared of what's ahead. When you see an enemy, you lock on, and willingly wade in. Whether your style is block, roll, a combination of the two, or ranged/spell, it's all the same - once you can consistently make an enemy miss and you get behind and get a few hits in, it all changes. You'll still die of course, but at that point, you know you "can" win.
One thing that really helped me is forgoing the parry. Parry is very, very hard (and very inconsistent), and I find it not worth the trouble. Backstab is more "if it happens, it happens", but I do always try and get behind them after rolling/blocking.
bigmarc27
Footballguy
He actually didn't give me too much trouble. On the other hand, have you fought...
Dragonslayer Armour? Wow, that dude just smashes and gave me almost as much trouble as Pontiff
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
It sounds like our characters are built very differently. I beat that guy on my second or third try just by keeping my distance and lobbying fireballs at him. Some of these guys are really easy if you can cast (like that one), but I have trouble with the ones that leave you no real choice but melee and that string together a lot of stamina-draining attacks. Dancer was like that, and so was the guy I mentioned.
Maybe it's a poise issue. I'm wearing light armor, and my shield only has 45 stability. My "equip load" stat (Vigor?) is still at 7, unmoved from the start of the game. I think that really hurts my ability to take a punch against enemies that use heavy weapons, but I haven't researched the poise system enough to really know.
bigmarc27
Footballguy
Apple Juice
Footballguy
I wade the DS3 reddit forum and they figured out poise is turned off. As in, it seems to be in the game but From apparently disabled it. The poise stat is currently not functioning, so heavy armor and vitality have been deemed to have very little value.
However, builds totally influence how easy bosses are. Caster, melee and hybrid will each find varying difficulty depending on the boss. I prefer rolling melee, big### sword wielding knights, which fortunately for me is well-suited to the enemies in this game.
If you build for the most powerful sorcery/dark/pyro spells you can start wrecking enemies but I hear casting time is a bit slow and it takes a lot of rings and stat investment to make it start humming.
bigmarc27
Footballguy
Beat the game.
Level 104, and around 53 hours total. I still have one optional "toughest in the game boss" to go beat, but the actual main storyline is done. I got I think probably the lamest ending - have looked and saw 4 different ones available. I guess I'd say if you don't want to lame one, check the guide. I had 3 of the 4 options open to me, just didn't do certain things in time.
Level 104, and around 53 hours total. I still have one optional "toughest in the game boss" to go beat, but the actual main storyline is done. I got I think probably the lamest ending - have looked and saw 4 different ones available. I guess I'd say if you don't want to lame one, check the guide. I had 3 of the 4 options open to me, just didn't do certain things in time.
bigmarc27
Footballguy
That one final optional boss might take a bit.
F'Ing Nameless King. The camera on the dragon phase is garbage and causes me to waste at least two-three estus flasks. Also I'm using the Dragonslayer Armour's Great Axe which is awesome, but I swear I miss the dragon head all the time when I shouldn't. Regardless, I get him off his dragon with 7 or so +9 estus flasks, but he just abuses me. I haven't got him below half health yet in 10 tries.
By comparison, the Twins killed me like 3x and I beat Cinder King or whatever he was called on my first try to beat the game. I've got to figure out if one of my lesser hitting weapons infused with something specifically for him is worth it.
By comparison, the Twins killed me like 3x and I beat Cinder King or whatever he was called on my first try to beat the game. I've got to figure out if one of my lesser hitting weapons infused with something specifically for him is worth it.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I'm currently almost at this guy (took a detour into his area without realizing it -- I still have a couple more "main" bosses to go). To be honest, it looks like a pretty annoying fight. I'd really prefer not to bother with the first phase and just move on to the second. This is one that I'll probably co-op a few times before attempting it solo. I only very recently realized that you can get yourself summoned to fight bosses that you haven't beaten in your own game yet, so I might try that to try to piece together some kind of decent strategy.
I've also seen a video of somebody tanking him using the shield you could have gotten from that boss soul, instead of the axe. I know that doesn't help you at this point, and it doesn't help me either because my character isn't close to being able to use that shield effectively, but it does a great job of blocking both physical and lightning damage. The guy was just standing there taking hits, and his health bar was just dropping little slivers at a time.
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Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
Aldrich, Devourer of Gods - you suck, I hate you, ever freaking person I summon for help hates you and you can suck a !#$@
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I had no problems with this guy once I realized how crucial it is to avoid the arrow-spam attack. The whole fight is kind of a stamina check. You spend a ton of time dodging the soul mass attacks and running away from the arrows and then dashing into the boss. If you haven't leveled up your endurance, it's hard to do all of that and get a few attacks in when you have an opening. I didn't bother trying to block anything -- I just went with the grass crest shield (the one that helps stamina regeneration). Most of his attacks either do only moderate damage or completely murder you. There's not a lot of in-between, so blocking seemed pointless.
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
Ok thanks. I have a tankish build with high poise (just found out thats useless thanks to this thread) so I gotta switch my gear up.
bigmarc27
Footballguy
Yeah I had some trouble too with more of a strength build. He telegraphs the arrow attack a good bit and in phase one it's pretty easy to avoid. In phase 2, you kinda have to run in a square pattern - run straight away and the 90 degree turn and hope you can run until it's done.
Also so if you just keep trying, one of these will just be really easy. The first 8x I got him down to like 25% health and died. On the 9th or so try, he barely touched me. It's weird how the game does that sometimes.
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bigmarc27
Footballguy
Hey so I didn't know this, but don't ring the damn bell until you're done with the area and ready to fight. I rang it and moved on, but I think it's never ending enemies last the bonfire until you kill the boss now whereas before you could finish that area, get a slab of something, and then come back and ring the bell.
The first phase, if the camera were further back, would be easy. He telegraphs everything easily, but as soon as he leaves the ground I just run in a circle rolling around to avoid everything because there's no way to see when the attack is coming.
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IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Thanks. I didn't know that, and fortunately I haven't quite gotten to the bell yet.bigmarc27 said:
bigmarc27
Footballguy
No prob. It's not a huge deal, but you can't finish off the level without beating the boss once you do it. Just kind of an annoyance.
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
bigmarc27
Footballguy
Took down that optional boss. Probably the hardest in the entire series for me. Thought about going into NG+, but think maybe I need a break first. I tried PVP, but that's just not my thing - it just turns into 2 people rolling back and forth trying to hit each other.
Might be time to finally play the Witcher 3 or maybe pick up Ori.
Might be time to finally play the Witcher 3 or maybe pick up Ori.
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
Finally got to Lothric Castle last night. Really enjoying this area as well. So many areas seem to be done absolutely perfectly. This could be one of my favorite games ever.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
That boss is ridiculous. I spent an hour trying to solo him unsuccessfully. The first stage is kind of random because the camera prevents you from seeing some of his attacks. The fire AOE attack in particular seems incredibly cheap. Even when I see it telegraphed, I still have no idea how to dodge it. Honestly, that part of the fight would be pretty easy except that you're constantly fighting the camera, which makes it hard but not in a good way. The second stage is a lot better, but eventually I got sick of putting up with the first stage and decided to co-op instead.
Well, it turns out that co-oping this boss isn't all that much easier than going solo. I've spent a lot of time sun-bro'ing bosses, and usually it's a completely lopsided murderfest. Not this guy. I alternated between summoning and being summoned (for practice and to avoid using embers, which is kind of dumb since I've got like 80 of them), and I'd say we only made it past the first phase about a third of the time. That phase is a complete cluster-#### with three players again thanks the camera and the fact that everybody is running around kind of randomly trying to chase down the boss, leading to a lot of silly-looking deaths. I also participated in several fights where we all made it to phase 2, only to have me or the host killed off when things got a little sloppy. Finally took him down and I'm just glad that one is over with.
Working my way through Grand Archives now, which is a really good level so far.
at the "dunk head in wax" thing.
bigmarc27
Footballguy
Yeah the dragon portion got a point where I was relatively decent. If he's in the air, I'm just rolling like a mad man. Once on the ground, hit when I can especially on the side to side fire attack. If you do a power attack, you can get him to stagger where he hangs his head. At that point, take his he'd straight on for big damage. The actual fight / yeh I got kinda lucky where one time he finally didn't follow me everytime I backed way to heal. Nearly every time I backed away to heal, he'd close and smash me. When I finally beat him, for some reason I'd back away and he was just like "I'll wait for you over here when you're ready!"That boss is ridiculous. I spent an hour trying to solo him unsuccessfully. The first stage is kind of random because the camera prevents you from seeing some of his attacks. The fire AOE attack in particular seems incredibly cheap. Even when I see it telegraphed, I still have no idea how to dodge it. Honestly, that part of the fight would be pretty easy except that you're constantly fighting the camera, which makes it hard but not in a good way. The second stage is a lot better, but eventually I got sick of putting up with the first stage and decided to co-op instead.
Well, it turns out that co-oping this boss isn't all that much easier than going solo. I've spent a lot of time sun-bro'ing bosses, and usually it's a completely lopsided murderfest. Not this guy. I alternated between summoning and being summoned (for practice and to avoid using embers, which is kind of dumb since I've got like 80 of them), and I'd say we only made it past the first phase about a third of the time. That phase is a complete cluster-#### with three players again thanks the camera and the fact that everybody is running around kind of randomly trying to chase down the boss, leading to a lot of silly-looking deaths. I also participated in several fights where we all made it to phase 2, only to have me or the host killed off when things got a little sloppy. Finally took him down and I'm just glad that one is over with.
Working my way through Grand Archives now, which is a really good level so far.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Finished the game at 63 hours and level 104. All bosses down except for Stray Demon, who I need to pay another visit to. This was a superlatively good game that is going to be tough to beat for my GOTY, even sitting here in May with Uncharted coming in a couple of days.
I have a few minor things to clear up, like a bunch of covenants that I missed, but otherwise I'll most likely just take a break before deciding on whether to move to NG+ or just start a brand new game. If I do NG+ now, I might also respec, but I'm not sure how. I'd either go pure strength or pure sorcery. Both look fun. I might be better off just starting over for a strength build though, because I know my starting class had wasted points in intelligence, faith, and attunement that I don't think I can respec around.
Edit: Woot! Having googled it, I see that I got the "good"/convoluted ending more or less blindly. Basically, I just tended to NPCs wherever I could and things worked out.
I have a few minor things to clear up, like a bunch of covenants that I missed, but otherwise I'll most likely just take a break before deciding on whether to move to NG+ or just start a brand new game. If I do NG+ now, I might also respec, but I'm not sure how. I'd either go pure strength or pure sorcery. Both look fun. I might be better off just starting over for a strength build though, because I know my starting class had wasted points in intelligence, faith, and attunement that I don't think I can respec around.
Edit: Woot! Having googled it, I see that I got the "good"/convoluted ending more or less blindly. Basically, I just tended to NPCs wherever I could and things worked out.
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bigmarc27
Footballguy
If one was going to do a "speed run" of the game in NG+, what do you think would be a doable time? I don't mean the professional Japanese kid who can run the game in 90 minutes, I mean someone like me that too 50+ to beat it originally?
I feel I could legitimately do it in under 8 hours. Knowing where to go probably helps and I would admittedly summon on bosses that gave me too much trouble just to move through. I think I might try. Never done anything like that, but I'd be curious what kind of time I could do.
I feel I could legitimately do it in under 8 hours. Knowing where to go probably helps and I would admittedly summon on bosses that gave me too much trouble just to move through. I think I might try. Never done anything like that, but I'd be curious what kind of time I could do.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
I think Im close to the end? I just beat the Boreal Dancer dude. Im level 85 and farming a bit here with some jolly co-op against the big stone knight dude.
Despite taking more then a week off I jumped right back in and Im still enjoying myself.
Despite taking more then a week off I jumped right back in and Im still enjoying myself.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Glad this got bumped. I just started NG+ last night. My character is a SL 120 pyromancer using Astora's Greatsword (Chaos +10), and I don't plan to level any more, at least not at this point. Absolutely no issues at all with the first few bosses -- I finished up last night with the rotted tree guy and I would guess it only took me an hour and change to get that point in the game. Basically I haven't been exploring much or even bothering to unlock shortcuts in some cases, just going from A to B.
I only got partially through several NPC quest lines on my first run, so this time I need to make sure to finish them. Specifically I need to bring along Siegward and Sirris, and I almost completely missed Leonhard last time. I'll try to follow a guide or something as I go along.
I only got partially through several NPC quest lines on my first run, so this time I need to make sure to finish them. Specifically I need to bring along Siegward and Sirris, and I almost completely missed Leonhard last time. I'll try to follow a guide or something as I go along.
bigmarc27
Footballguy
You still got quite a bit left actually. I'd say 65-70% done?
Off the top of my head, I can remember at least 5 more bosses overall you've got left.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Yeah, you've got a ways to go after the Dancer. Some really outstanding levels as well. IMO, this game does not have any "bad" levels, like Lost Izalith.
bigmarc27
Footballguy
The only level I really didn't care for was the Catacombs. It just wasn't fun for me.
Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
Been stuck on the Namless King for a week. I think I am at the point where I will have to summon and get some help.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Im at the second bonfire at Archdragons Peak. The respawning Knights are a handful for me. So much that I've been experimenting with new weapons. Havel spawned once so I got his dragons tooth and upgraded that and the Deamons great axe to +4
Ended up going with a STR / Faith build. The only spell I use is Tears of denial. Wearing my favorite armor (Lautrec's Favor stuff). My main weapon is my +9 Dragonslayers Greataxe which is just money when infused with lightening. Good balance between hitting for a ton and speed but only staggers after 3 or so shots. It seems inconsistent but I've barely lost a 1v1 PVP battle and I'm by no means good , but I'd say I'm 10-1 ratio of kills to deaths since switching to it.
But against those respawning Knights it doesn't stagger them enough. Trying those two weapons I mentioned earlier. They pack such a punch but drain so much stamina and weigh so much. I just need to get adjusted.
Ended up going with a STR / Faith build. The only spell I use is Tears of denial. Wearing my favorite armor (Lautrec's Favor stuff). My main weapon is my +9 Dragonslayers Greataxe which is just money when infused with lightening. Good balance between hitting for a ton and speed but only staggers after 3 or so shots. It seems inconsistent but I've barely lost a 1v1 PVP battle and I'm by no means good , but I'd say I'm 10-1 ratio of kills to deaths since switching to it.
But against those respawning Knights it doesn't stagger them enough. Trying those two weapons I mentioned earlier. They pack such a punch but drain so much stamina and weigh so much. I just need to get adjusted.
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IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Still working my way through NG+. I'll take out Yhorm and Dancer later today.
Hidden Body combined with the Slumbering Dragoncrest ring completely trivializes moving through levels. The spell makes you invisible for about 30 seconds, and the ring makes you move silently. With this combo active, you can just dash through literally everything. For example, remember that area at the bottom of the Dungeon where there are like eight of those jailers patrolling around? I walked right past them and strolled into Profane Capital. (Had to roll past the giant gargoyle, but no big deal). Obviously this takes all the fun out of the game if you just do this all the time, but it's helpful in spots like that where the only other realistic alternative is cheesing them or pulling them one at a time with a bow or something.
Hidden Body combined with the Slumbering Dragoncrest ring completely trivializes moving through levels. The spell makes you invisible for about 30 seconds, and the ring makes you move silently. With this combo active, you can just dash through literally everything. For example, remember that area at the bottom of the Dungeon where there are like eight of those jailers patrolling around? I walked right past them and strolled into Profane Capital. (Had to roll past the giant gargoyle, but no big deal). Obviously this takes all the fun out of the game if you just do this all the time, but it's helpful in spots like that where the only other realistic alternative is cheesing them or pulling them one at a time with a bow or something.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Once I beat it the first time legitimatly all bets are off. Thanks for the tip. It will let me explore that area in the swamp with those giant trees that hurl #### at you. I never bothered because it was so tedious.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I finished NG+ and should move on to NG++ tomorrow. I've been playing as a pyromancer all this time, and I'm considering re-specing into a strength build just for something different (Dragonslayer's Greataxe is the weapon I would probably build around). Or I might just go with my current character as-is. Regardless, I'm now over 100 hours in, and I'm still really enjoying this game. The only thing it lacks compared to DS1 is the interlocking world where you can easily visualize exactly where you are at any moment in time, but DS1 was the only game in the franchise to successfully nail that aspect of world-building. This and Bloodborne are very clearly my top two games of this generation so far.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Just lost 90k souls because I'm an idiot and fell off a ledge.
Draginslayers is money. I'm at +10 now and getting my faith up to 40 and with tears of denial I'm almost invincible if I dont overextend myself.
Draginslayers is money. I'm at +10 now and getting my faith up to 40 and with tears of denial I'm almost invincible if I dont overextend myself.
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IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Yep. I re-spec'ed and helped people out with Aldrich, Lothric, and the final boss last night, and pretty much wrecked with this thing. It's going to be an adjustment not having Great Chaos Fire Orb to fall back on, but it should make for a fun third playthrough.
I also found that my new character now has more levels that what I really need. I'm at 40 STR and 28 FTH (for a damage buff miracle). Now that I don't need INT or ATN to any significant degree, I've poured points into VIT and VIG. I'm not used to having an equip load this high. I can carry the dragonslayer great axe and a greatshield, and still wear medium armor. It's nice to not be quite so squishy. The greatshield in particular helps a lot. My previous shield had 100% physical resistance but sucked otherwise in terms of stability. With this one, I can actually block some boss attacks without getting staggered.
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Buddy Ball 2K3
Footballguy
Finally beat this game and got the worse ending ever. I really do suck at these but boy do I enjoy them. 
If I want to respec how do I go about doing that for the 2nd play through?
If I want to respec how do I go about doing that for the 2nd play through?
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Join Rosaria's covenant in the Cathedral (kind of awkward to get to). You can give her a pale tongue and re-do your stats or appearance.Finally beat this game and got the worse ending ever. I really do suck at these but boy do I enjoy them.
If I want to respec how do I go about doing that for the 2nd play through?
Be aware that joining that covenant will piss off one of the NPCs. If you care about doing those quest lines, you might want to look this up. Then again, you can always just respec right before you move on to NG+ and start with a clean slate from there.
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STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
He's a ####. Currently on try #9 but have little faith. Going to look into that greatshield now.
bigmarc27
Footballguy
Fninished up the Ashes of Ariendel dlc on Friday and dove into the Ringed City this weekend. I've beaten 2/4 bosses in this dlc, but I'm onto the last battle whenever I want. The other boss is optional and demolished me every time so far.
One of the bosses is a throwback to older games where it'll summon real people in to fight against you (kinda like the mirror knight in DS2). I think this is a really cool mechanic, but it didn't really work for me this time. I jump in, I kill the CPU controlled portion just as the other guy was brought in so no double team (which I'm assuming is what makes it difficult). Then the guy I fought tried one attack that I dodged and my backstab took 90% of his health. I spent the next 3 minutes chasing him around the arena because he wanted to heal and I wouldn't let him. I finally juked him like Barry Sanders and got one more stab in.
One of the bosses is a throwback to older games where it'll summon real people in to fight against you (kinda like the mirror knight in DS2). I think this is a really cool mechanic, but it didn't really work for me this time. I jump in, I kill the CPU controlled portion just as the other guy was brought in so no double team (which I'm assuming is what makes it difficult). Then the guy I fought tried one attack that I dodged and my backstab took 90% of his health. I spent the next 3 minutes chasing him around the arena because he wanted to heal and I wouldn't let him. I finally juked him like Barry Sanders and got one more stab in.
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