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Beat Phantom Assassin One on One

Phantom Assassin as we all know is a very powerful DOTA character towards the end of the game (late game) Early on, being a melee hero, Phantom Assassin or PA - isn't extremely strong. Even mid game, if the player hasn't leveled well or bought the right items PA is certainly beatable 1 on 1 or in a group.

DOTA Tips has a post below from a well know DOTA champion regarding tactics and build against PA for winning everytime: (Remember Phantom Assassin is tough 1 on 1, but she CAN be beaten)

The choice of bradwarden against mortred (phantom assassin) is good. Now, put lothars and 2 blademills in your item build. Also, 1 x Tarrasque, 1 x Assault Curias, and 1 x Buryza will surely kill mortred (phantom assassin) 1v1. Also 2 x Blademills combined with your damage return is huge power!! Then you can stomp, wack, wack, wack, Double Edge and you can just stand there watching her dying with her own attacks! Also, heroes with permabash / stun are a very good choice as well. Something like Void's chrono rocks here!! Phantom Assassin can't do anything. If she has bladmills as well, use an item with lifestell like vladimirs or satanic to override the return damage from blademills. Good luck in defeating Phantom Assassin!

Enjoy your DOTA, tips from Jason Kydel (AKA: KillJoy) - National DOTA champion in Ireland, Europe. (Jason plays on BattleNet regularly - so keep your eye out for him)

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Rager Quitters, Newbs, Noobs and Cry Babies

NOOBS - This is a problem not with just DOTA but with many games on-line. Especially DOTA where you need 5 v 5 in terms of players and you need to know that the enemies are going to stay for the general length of the game - in DOTA usually 1 hour.


Having someone RAGE QUIT because they are going bad, or got a bad hero - affects DOTA so much, when its suddenly 4v5 it makes the game much tougher. While money from the leaving hero is split amongst teammates, having only 4 men makes defence and pushing heaps harder.

Another problem is NOOBS/NEWBS/N00Bs/NUBS/NEWBZ call them what you want, but these guys are problematic in DOTA. Its a game where you need patience and skill from day 1 but it is hard to learn. When Newbs start playing they are easy meat for experienced players and this makes them 'fed' but getting quick and easy kills the older and more experienced DOTA player grow much bigger quickly.

In DOTA the next most annoyong thing is the cry baby. When people are going badly or have a new hero that they can't use - they will cry more noob .. A term given to cry babies. They will say things like "You are using a CHEAP HERO" or "GANK GANK" whatever they can - to make an excuse for the fact that they are going bad. Sometimes DOTA cry babies will FEED and intentionally give their lives to the other team to ruin the game.

Thats the only bad thing DOTA has - it's a great game, but these three problems make things really hard.

Witchdoctor DOTA Strategy Build

DOTA's Witchdoctor is one of the newer DOTA hero's available - the witchdoctor hasn't had a lot written about him, but his stun and healing ability is very powerful.

As more DOTA pro's start to use the witchdoctor hero and refine their tactics more strategies will be written.
For now, the best build, strategy and info spec for witchdoctor can be found at the following DOTA link:

http://www.dotastrategy.com/strategy-534-SteveOsFavoriteDoctor.html

Thanks to Steve-O for this DOTA strategy. We look forward to plenty of comments here at www.dotatips.info
Any new DOTA specs or strategies you may have, please let us know - the Venomancer strat got some good feedback and we will try and bring you more DOTA pro posts soon!

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Venomancer DOTA Build Strat

Today's review from Andrew Natoli, a DOTA guru from NSW and a regular at all the major DOTA tournaments.

Andrew Natoli:
One of the best overall heroes I think, especially in the early portions of the game is the Venomancer. If you can handle this hero in the right way and with some elite skill you most likely you will get the first blood! Most times.

Ok, first up - Get the boots of speed - V.Important. If you're actually playing 5 v 5, get the boots first and foremost always.

Get a couple of null talismans then you're set.

Skill Wise:
Learn the Poison Sting first, then build Shadow Strike. Do not learn the Plague Ward ok, it sucks.

Poison sting will give you a little edge over your enemies because then your attacks will have extra damage/sec.

What you do is shadow strike the enemy first, then chase him with your powerful attacks while he is slowed, make sure you do this while you're away from the enemy tower or you'll be screwed up badly.

While attacking the creeps, position yourself on the side of the map, so that your enemy can't get close enough to earn the experience. Shadow strike and they will quickly flee, if they don't, kill them quickly.

Once you've earned just enough money buy the power treads, then go for crystalis. Depending on who you're up against, a perseverance is also very useful for Veno. If you've made a good number of kills, most likely all your enemies will be targeting you in a confrontation first.

A dagger of escape will always save you in these situations, very handy. It's also a very sneaky way to cast the poison nova.

Use it to attack from behind into an ongoing battle and blink right where the enemies are then press V to cast the spell. Don't move or else the spell will be broken quickly. With all the more money get the buriza.

Now you're a real killer. remember if anyone casts the freezing field, exorcism, epicenter or chain frost just blink yourself out of the area to be safe. if you still have a lot of money buy a soul booster to increase life and mana.

Thanks for reading, I lost forward to posting more DOTA info soon - please email me at: vengence145@hotmail.com

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Morphling DOTA Build Strategy

Coming this week, DOTA Tips will present the ultimate Morphling DOTA strategy and build guide. Combining two of the worlds best playing skills under Morphling we'll give you the worlds most strongest setup for Morph.

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DOTA Strategy Help

Here at DOTA tips, we are generally focusing on high skill builds and strategies for DOTA players. We had some email today from people new to DOTA who have been fighting it out on BattleNet and finding things hard.




As we all know, getting started in DOTA can be tough. It takes a long time to learn and master the game of DOTA, and we thought we would provide some tips on which hero's are best to start out with and which are the good basic items to use initially along with some DOTA newbie strategy and style play info.



Good DOTA Heros for Newbies:

- Lion

- Rhasta (Shadow Shaman)

- Dwarven Sniper


- Skeleton King




These heros all have attacks and abilities that are easy to understand. The first two, Lion and Rhasta being 'Intelligence' based heroes. These guys are best 'early' game, agility based heroes such as Dwarven Sniper are best 'mid game' and finally 'strength' hero's such as Skeleton King are handy late game.




The best bit of advice for newbies in DOTA is to play 'defensively'. By this I mean, do not charge in and attack enemy heroes. Stay back, use towers and creeps for defense - ALWAYS keep creeps in front of you initially. Watch you DOTA mini map. This is critical!

Finally, try to stay with a fellow hero / ally. This keeps you safe and minimizes the chances of a 'gank'. (Gank means several enemies attacking you at once)




Now for items. There are speciality items for each class (agility, intelligence and strength) however when starting out - you should pick some basic items that will simply sustain your life and let you learn the game.

Items for Newbies:

Boots (Always handy, ensure you have them - you will need them to get away at times)

Ring of Health (A 875 cost item, returns your health constantly)

Void Stone (A 900 cost item, this regen's your mana, when combined with ring o health - you get 'perserverence')

Mithrill Hammer (Adds damage, buy a gauntlet of strength and finally cranium basher recipie to make a nice stun / damage item)

Helmet of Iron Will (Buy this and buy a mask of death afterwards. This gives you armour, regen health and some lifesteal. Very handy in battle)

Conclusion.

DOTA is a tricky game, don't get put off by hard times and early deaths. Keep yourself alive and keep learning. Stay with allies and watch them do their stuff. It won't be long till you're owning at DOTA, and you won't be a newbie anymore!

DOTA Pushing Strategy *Best*

The key to winning a DOTA match quickly and easily is a good pushing strategy. Many people play DOTA to simply get 'hero kills'

Killing hero's in DOTA is fun, but it doesn't always win you the game. Today we have a look at a 5 man hero combo team that is unstoppable if used right - this group of DOTA heros can totally push a lane hard and win well.

Hero's needed:
Furion (Ring of Basil, Treads, Mekansm, Radiance, Null Talis)
Keeper of the Light (Mekansm, Boots of Travel, Dagon, Scythe of Vyse, Aghanims)
Rhasta (Mekansm, Boots of Travel, Scythe of Vyse, Aghanims and Refresher Orb)
Warlock (Mekansm, Necronomicon, Dagon, Scythe, Boots of Travel)
Purist (Mekansm, Sange and Yasha, Boots of Travel, Perserverence, Radiance)

DOTA Push Concept:
The basic concept is totally overwhelming for the 5 man enemy. Because of a large amount of summoned monsters and the pure healing abilities - this allows pushing the opponent back fast. Recommend going over this DOTA strat a few times and discussing this with your team before using it.

DOTA Attacking Concept:
This hero roster is not compulsory, options are broodmother, and Enigma. Why 2 heroes that are particularly strong on their own?, and have good summoned units are not included here?" Well, the broodmother just does not fit in well, she is undenyably a strong hero, but aside from her spiderlings(which are expensive) she cannot contribute anything else to this strategy, not even the power of presence, if you know what i mean. However, Enigma could be a very vital edition to this strategy and we recommend using him instead one of the heroes(either the keeper of the light(preferebly this one) or the warlock), as his conversion skill can deny enemy heroes creep kills and create a powerful damaging army. The main items for every hero you might suggest are mekanism and other suport items preferably necromincon.

There are two main ways to perform this strategy, it depends on the heros facing off.

First one is that all five heros should gather on the middle lane and attack with the first wave of creeps. During the first push your team should try to destroy the first tower, keeper of the light the main hero here as his illuminate will keep enemy heros away and is very effective against creeps, also then use chakra magic to totally revitalize your mana and then the prophets mana if possible. The first tower should be an easy one to destroy since enemy heros would not anticipate 5 heros pushing at lvl one (So Early). After the first tower you should be careful even though you would have a good amount of hp an mana left, because the enemy heros would probably gather to counter your push. By this stage you should try to lay as much damage to the second tower as possible without dying. At this point you should probably go back to base, heal and buy some of the suggested items. Then continue your push on the second tower, by then if everything goes smoothly you should ensure victory as long as you keep the pressure on the enemy but dont get too cocky. Your team can increase their chances of victory by getting super creeps on more than one lane, the prophet and the keeper of light (boots of travel) can do this easily by teleporting and by moving from lane to lane. This will confuse the enemy and force to split up and make them waste time. Do not let the match go to late game, because if it does there is a possibility that you could lose because some of the suggested heros can not adapt to late game.

The secondary method of pushing is that you all go on different lanes and try to reach level 6 as soon as possible, creeping will be your first prioroty (levelling), and then denying is your next. once the most important heroes hit level 6, particularly Rhasta and Demnok the Warlock, all the team should follow the guidelines for the first method, gather on a lane and push as fast as possible.

Remember, Dota is not won by killing enemy heroes (Important!) it is won by killing the main stronghold (Throne / Tree). This is exactly what this strategy tries to accomplish. Getting super or even mega creeps will be your first prioroty, once accomplished, your goal will be almost withing your grasp, as i have never heard of anyone who won against mega creeps.

Combining DoTA (Combos) Heros:
Early on, all the heros should be on the same lane, but later in the game prophet and keeper of the light can split from the the main group and push alone. Using Mass serpent wards and the infernal are the main tower destroyers - lethal combos. Every hero in this strategy must have mekanism for healing (important) and defence / armor purposes (you should not use all the mekanisms at the same time!). Guin soo (Scythe) for most of the heros will ensure that the enemy damage dealers are hexed and killed.

If you choose the second method, we recommend having Rhasta to solo a lane. The warlock and Omniknight can share a line usually. A good combo with those 2 is casting fatal bonds then purificatio. And lastly, finally, make sure you have the prophet and then the keeper of the light share a lane. Those 2 DOTA heros are meant for each other. Here are some other combos. Sprout an enemy while casting illuminate for a sure heavy combo, possibly first blood. Cast chakra magic on the druid for continuous treant summoning.

DOTA Defence (If things go wrong)
This is an attacking theory, but if things go wrong - you may need to defend some.
The best defence is a good strong offense. If you are forced to defend, make use of your boots of travel to move around lanes quickly, and suporting your advanced creeps. this will create pressure on your opponent and will force them to waste time. Easiest done with prophet, rhasta, and demnok.

But I will take this space to describe one of the matches we used this strategy in. the match was before 3.36, but the actual hero roster was really different. We ran Enigma, prophet, keeper of the light, lone druid(for his bear), and i think Raylai the frost princess. our enemy ran a strong roster of extremely strong hero killers, good builds - including Tidehunter, bounty hunter, kel thuzad the lich and other similar good heros. so from the beging of the match, we all gathered mid without showing ourselves initially , then pushed with the first creep wave, our opponent's were like "Newbs, why all 1 lane" 5 seconds and we took the first tower(from the first creep wave), we pushed our advantage and almost got the second tower very early, and destroyed it with the second creep wave. during the second tower battle, the enemy was on to us from everyside, but couldn't dare approach our big forces alone, as as soon as they showed their skin we would control them with hexes or stuns. However by the 3rd tower, the lich and tidehunter where both at levels 9+ and most of our team was 3 levels behind. the lich and tidehunter unleashed some fury, and took out 1-2 of us down, including enigma(Enigma being the prime target the whole match for a reason the mystifies me). They pushed us back, but we still had the spirits to fight. when we retreated, the prophet teleported to the top lane and killed a tower, then went to the bottom lane to support the keeper of the light and killed the bottom tower. afterwards was a routine of teleporting aroudn the map and killing towers until we finally managed to get hold of their crypts and get the upper hand by summoning mega creeps.

DOTA Summary / Final Words
This pusher strategy is all about trying to survive and push hard until getting hold of mega creeps. Your team then needs to be very familliar with the heros and each others skill level and hero ability. We have tried this strategy out against decent teams and won. If u do it right ull end up on the winning team. Talk it over with your friends before to the match, divide heros and roles between team mates. Surprise the enemy with a totaly new startegy and don't forget to have fun!

Magina the Anti Mage

Magina a great hero with alot of base attack speed, very good against mages and great against skeleton king lerioc.

Try Magina with the following items: with vlads, power treads and a cranium basher - you are a decent foe on the battlefield, expecially good against mages because of his 64 mana drain per hit, and with the basher your able to stun themn and drain all their mana before they are able to think. DOTA heros mostly thrive on mana, so with Magina you are taking all the power away with heavy mana attacking.


Many DOTA players struggle with mana draining heros, but this skill along with his other abilities, manasheild:reducing all magic damage taken by 40% and blink you can easily move in and out of battles, and his ulti the one that absolutly owns all mages when they have no mana, is mana void: is does damage on the amount of of mana points that is missing on the enemy hero, so combine this win stun and the manadrain, they will have no mana and simply use your ulti, an awsome person for trying to combat certain heroes.

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Lich King Lifesteal Build

I just came out of a 6.44 game of DOTA using my old favourite hero, the Lich King.

Now I usually spec lich out like your typical intelligence DOTA hero, so scthye of vyse, plenty of mana regen, attack speed and then maybe some armour to combine with the frost armour arsenal.

However, in this game of DOTA, it was Lich, Pit Lord (new DOTA 6.44 hero) and Dazzle (Shadow Priest) up against Tiny and Troll. The two players using Tiny and Troll were talented DOTA players (One was world champion Daniel Telford and the other was an up and coming DOTA player from Lebanon Jesse Semrany.)

Early game, I farmed hard and got lich levelling quickly and nicely. I got treads quickly and proceeded to get oblivion and cyclone.

Now with Lich, I simply build his frost nova (dmg, slow) and the stats icon. (I dont select any other attack until the level 6 ulti is available) a lot of people say this is weird and ask why no frost armour or mana drain chosen? - Having frost nova built up and your stats, you are LETHAL very early in the game.

I used some river runs to get early kills, using frost nova initially then a few attacks and finishing with chain frost as the enemy runs away near creeps.

Now, as I got bigger and got cash - I actually bought life steal for Lich. The lifesteal was amazing, as I had midas to get my attack speed up and my damage was +100 - so I could really stand and deliver against enemies. Well worth a try.

Please feel free to reply with your builds or strategies for Lich King / DOTA.

Skeleton King Strategy Build

For players that love King Leroic or Skeleton King - today we get a good info guide and strategy build from up and coming DOTA star, DJ / Andrew Natoli of USA.

Natoli, a 4th year Uni student - spends him time working at McDonalds to earn cash and loves a good game of DOTA. Natoli regularly uses the King Leroic / Skeleton king, a scourge hero that has attacks such as - storm bolt (stun), critical strike, vampric auro where he gains life steal from damage dealt and finally, the ulti for Skeleton King is 'reincarnate' - where the SK hero comes back to life if enough mana is available.

Ok, this is what you should get for Skeleton King and how to play him.

First buy, get boots of speed - important to get the movement speed up. (Save cash to get power treads as you will need the speed and attack speed in later game)

Ok, now Natoli recommends to spec for high damage and then throw in some life steal and stun. So go along the lines of satanic and basher x 1 or basher x 2. You already have crit as a passive, so that helps grab life back. If you dont want to go down the life steal path- then look at a heart of t and get superior healing (can combine helm of iron will and mask of death here too, for protection AND lifesteal) this makes the helm of dominator - very cool nerd combo.

This guy with his ulti / reincarnate- very powerful at the end - just becareful of mana burn. Mana burn from magina, anti mage -nerubian assassin.

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Nerubian Weaver Strategy

Nerubian Weaver is a very powerful DOTA hero / character. Nerubian Weaver has a wind walk, a mana drain / burn which also damages the enemy heros and an impale than stuns and hurts badly.

Used and build / built correctly- Nerubian Weaver is a dominating hero.

Look below for some excerts from DOTA Strategy Forums to get an idea of the BEST Nerubian Weaver strategy and spec.

  1. For newbies, repick if Weaver is chosen.MAN! using weaver takes a whole lot of practice from his skills.Is HoT, BKB, Radiace good?I want a word with the Weaver master.Weaver's my fave AGI hero no doubt about it.
  2. Posted by reccerosama
    2006-12-10
    windwalk sorta imba especially if your melee fighting against him, when you goto attack he ww runs through you a coupple times so you run back or somewhere to get outta the way he attacks from behind and every time you goto attack he ww and runs through you, i tell you its annoying but it would probably be better if he didnt have that 522 movspeed in his ww
  3. Posted by dotalegend
    2007-01-08
    buy 1 dagon for this hero could be useful. His last skill could refresh dagon???
  4. Posted by Daelin
    2007-02-07
    @dotalegend: "Does not effect cooldowns, gold, and XP." So nope, it doesn't refresh dagon.
  5. Posted by lupeman
    2007-02-07
    shukuchi is very good for spammin while fleein or chasin, u cannot die with this hero, but shes not really an offensive hero and its nearly impossible for me to win with him. radiance is useful for his shukuchi skill, even if u do lose ur invisibility. i love runnin through giant fights and when im on the verge of dyin, ulti to recover and more shukuchi, then flee afta a bit. more of a harrassin than slayer. get ur watchers to patrol the rivers, centuars and secret shops
  6. Posted by Demii
    2007-02-09
    My first fave hero, no doubt about it i love this spider! Not a good newbie hero but if you become a 'master weaver' better watch out lol, Shukuchi rocks for harrassing early on or getting last hits on creeps, people say its so ultima but you can just get wards/gem and hit like twice to kill
  7. Posted by Greedygood
    2007-02-17
    This is an advanced hero. Hard to use, but can be incredibly effective. With Shukuchi (whatever that means) and max Germinate, you become the ultimate chaser. Then get radiance...game over.
  8. Posted by Kalauz
    2007-02-27
    First buy MKB then Radiance
  9. Posted by icyjovial
    2007-03-02
    skadi stack with her... nuff said..
  10. Posted by Eternal Vengeance
    2007-03-04
    Cheapest hero in the game. So imba. Max speed wind walk with fast cd and 90 dmg when you pass through units and a timewarp? How does a spider even have timewarp!?
  11. Posted by the jugg
    2007-03-07
    i don't know wtf u guys are talking about... repick for newbs? not offensive? imba? ( yea ok.. maybe..) dagon? ... wow you guys are not even using this hero right... dont even post suggestions unless you've tried your builds.


    BASIC BUILD FOR THIS UBER PWNAGE HERO
    radiance
    buriza
    heart
    butterfly
    boots of travel
    skadi

    THATS IT... if you have those, you probably have already won the game... hes prettyhard to kill even with a caster, since he can always ulti and run. Plus with the skadi and heart, he has about 3.2k life, thus making him a super tank capable of combining his ulti and gaining about 4-6k life. Also does extreme amounts of dmg with the mkb buriz skadi and butterfly.

    dagon... man.. thats the ugliest nerub build ever. Jesus... BKB?.. wow.... please do not suggest crappy builds until you have tested them and it is decent.
  12. Posted by Rikimarou
    2007-03-12
    Answering to the the jugg.
    WTF??? radiance
    buriza
    heart
    butterfly
    boots of travel
    skadi ....
    prolly u are idiot. do u know even the cost of these items? your game will take a long to purhase this items.
    1st of all this here needs a little more stamina/hp regeneration to lvl up him asap. so early game boots/bracer/ring.
    If u get daggon at 10 lvl u will gank like crazy and take money to make butterfly faster. think about it and practice more with him. (also use a vanguard if game doesnt go well at low lvls).
  13. Posted by makavelian
    2007-03-14
    @Greedygood - i'm no japanese to know what it really means, but i think it was derived from a technique by "the tenken"(one of kenshins enemy) in the anime samurai x, where in the tenken move at incredible speed and is almost impossible to see and whack his enemies with his sword.
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DOTA 6.44 Map Release

IceFrog the makers of DOTA for Warcraft 3 - have just released a new version of the famous DOTA game / mod.

DOTA Map v6.44 introduces new heros, several of them and now DOTA players are able to harness and master some new skills. One new move being a transport PORTAL, where allies can be sent anywhere on the map.

DOTA Maps, including the new 6.44 version can be downloaded from the official DOTA download site:

DOTA Official Site, including 6.44 download CLICK HERE

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DOTA Secret Shop Build

Ok DOTA fans did you know there is a 3rd and more secretive shop in DOTA from like 6.43b version onwards?

If you look closely in the bottom lane, not far after the river running downwards - in amongst the trees you will find a little secret shop guy!

Selling limited items like a helmet of iron will, flask (empty) of water for healing, and some other bits and pieces.

DOTA heros that need strength items will love having access to this new vendor as it means u don
't have to run all the way back to base.

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Razor Agility Hero

Razor ownage tonight folks. Randomed this agility hero, and got the following items.

- Monkey King Bar
- Eagle Horn
- Treads
- Hand of Midas.

Combine this damage with Razor or lightnight revenants attack speed, and the attack speed items and you got a nerd combo of death. you will have little scary nerds running for their lives.

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Goblin Techies - Mines at Base

Today I saw an amazing defence DOTA strategy with Goblin Techies. Most people don't level techies they simply mine the whole dota 6.43b map! It can work well in some cases, getting some kills and frustrating enemies.

But today, I saw a techies player level high, and get good intelligence items, then switch to a defence style to mine the whole base as the other team with strength hero's became strong. Heaps of mines by techies stopped the likes of centaur warchief and sand king coming into the win the game.

Very interesting and a style that is rare of Techies.

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Blood Seeker - DOTA Popular Hero

Blood Seeker or Stealth Assassin are probably those most common or popular heros online. Both being DOTA agility characters, with Blood Seeker or BS applying an ulti which when the opposing hero runs away he LOSES health.

Stealth Assassin or SA is a hidden or invis character that just like Bone Clinkz he can only be seen when attacking or should I say with Bone Clinkz his is a wind walk where he CHOOSES to go invis. With Stealth Assass he goes invis when he stops attacking.

Simply buy wards or a gem of true sight and you will see this type of hero clearly.

Thats the DOTA info for today! Enjoy and NEVER use cheap hero's - hone your skills and get l33t.

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