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My first and my last love. Im in ng+3 now and with 80 dex and 65 str this weapon comes up to nearly 815 AR one handed. Only the BB got a bit more. I run a quality build with a bit faith for buffs.

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Completely ridiculous, don't see how this thing isn't the best quality weapon in the game. Innate bleed, meaning buffing it with bloodflame is 95 flat bleed build up, that's nuts.

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Looks almost identical to the blades used by the Lion Guardians.

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This thing is kinda nuts. It can be gotten at the very start of the game, has fantastic scaling, can be used the greases, and has a kickass Ash of War.

The only downside this thing really has is just the downsides of Curved Greatswords, which mostly comes down to speed, and even then, the AoW on this comes out pretty damn fast.

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This is deceptively good in NG+ runs. The split scaling means you can crank out decent AR around level 200, but the kicker is how fast attacks come out of this weapon combined with the AR. The stamina cost isn't too bad either.

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if you see someone using this, they're either a god or a noob, nowhere in between.

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theres a reason why this is the speedrunner weapon of choice. great damage, good scaling, bleed, super high damage AoW, accessible 5 minutes into the game

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Really satisfying weapon to use. You'll feel boss when using the spacing of the L2 to avoid an attack and then the iframes of the follow up to warp through the next while still getting damage. Also it hits harder than most colossal weapons, so there's that.

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This weapon is very powerful. AoW at +10 lets you beat godskin duo easily because it deals so much damage that you can kill one of the bosses before the respawn timer runs out.

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there are two types of BHF user: ones who know about the weapon art followup attack and those who don't

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you get twice as much bleed buildup with any other curved sword bleed infused plus then it also gets arc scaling. the fact i see bleed builds with this instead of a blood dismounter or beastman cleaver or even just morgotts says something about how much int the average bleed user has leveled

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I'm doing pvp at level 50 +8/+3 and everyone and their mother uses this...

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of all the somber weapons, why can this one be greased? there are far worse ones that could benefit greatly from being greased/buffed.

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Never seen a good player using this. Cool weapon though

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According to patch 1.06 notes, this weapon was bugged and NOT doing enough stagger damage with 2H jump attacks... I look forward to seeing how this plays out.
At least we can finally double jump on torrent with BHF equipped tho

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Let's see...

- can be acquired within an hour of starting the game
- uses somber smithing stones, meaning it is easier to upgrade
- has good base damage AND scaling
- innate bleed and can be buffed with greases
- bonus jump attack damage
- good aow
- uses the two-part critical animation, which using both of the assassin's talismans is viable which in turn encourages a more aggressive playstyle and more liberal use of the aow

So yeah, a top tier weapon, at least for pve imho.

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For anyone wondering, the jump attack bonus gets removed when powerstancing. Basically the same way any unique moveset reverts into the same powerstance movset.

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10/10 weapon for early game if you have the stats to wield it, but imo falls off once you have access to other weapons. the aow can be a little hard to pull off against late game bosses caked in hyperarmour, and sadly doesnt attack fast enough to proc bleed more than once, but still a very good pick. also please dont use in pvp, the aow is very easy to dodge and always gets insta-parried.

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Ds1 Zweihander but curvy

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I feel like I only like it cause it is the old wolf curved sword from ds3 except you don’t have to farm or fight gankers to obtain it.

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This weapon carried me up to endgame, thank you Darriwill for the betrayal lol

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Even if this was the weakest weapon in it's class instead of the strongest I'd still use it just because it looks so damn cool

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Ludwig's Holy Fang

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I just wish the tracking on the AoW follow wasn't so bad

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I feel the it's slower then the og that you fight

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The bloodhood reminds me of the dancer from ds3

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OMFG. This weapon is off the scale.

Great scaling
Excellent design
Kickass ash of war
Can be buffed

Why haven't I been using this before?

An endgame weapon at the beginning of the game! I love the idea of investing in something from the beginning and using it all the way through.

Please don't nerf From!

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It has a hidden move set in the Ash of War, if you cast it's AoW and immediately perform a heavy attack, it will trigger another AoW where you phase out (become invisible) for a brief moment and perform a heavy slash. Great for closing the gap after the first AoW strike

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This **** hits unfathomably hard.

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So does the 10% jump attack bonus apply to any jump attack (light, heavy, powerstance) or only to heavy jumping attack?

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everybody uses this

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After extensive testing 50/60 Str/Dex gets the best returns. 793 AR 1H and 845 AR 2H

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should i use this or a colossal sword for an abyss watcher cosplay

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This weapon is a quality weapon not a dex weapon, idk how people mix that up. That C scaling in strength is NOT negligible

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should have unique moveset when used with bloodhound claws

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Jump attacks are already good, somehow get two of these, claw talisman, and the raptor cloak, and watch the damage go through the roof

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One of the most powerful weapons in the game.

Can get it in the first hour.

Okie dokie.

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In pvp the weapon skill is somewhat difficult to land. However, I've noticed that after landing a jump attack, using it right after can actually as an incredibly high damage rollcatch. Does basically disengage you though.

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Can't stop using this, everything else pales in comparison

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this weapon is so op, especially how u can get it so early game and its so op

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dexterity
lol

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I cannot find an all-around better weapon in this game. I'm level 220 and have been using it since I got it way back at level 30 or so. Blasphemous Blade is fun. Rivers of Blood is fun. Ghiza's Wheel is fun. But, this will always and forever be my #1. The weapon art is just fantastic for new players. Nothing better.

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If you say this weapon is broken, you have obviously never been ganked by three dudes wearing bull goat, white mask, and RoB.

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I watch a lot of people play and use this weapon and it seems most don't know that the weapon art has 2 parts, to do the second part do a heavy attack after the first one and your character disappears, then reappears attacking your target, or wherever you are facing. You can pick a different target for the second part, or free aim it.
- first part of weapon art puts you in a low stance, so you can sometimes dodge enemies attacks with just that
- then the first part has you jump away, also good for avoiding some attacks
- second part makes you disappear and you have i-frames before you reappear and attack again
The weapon art does crazy damage and it makes your character very ellusive in both phases of the attack. It's a good weapon for a tanky playthrough because so many enemies can be beat just by spamming the weapon art which does enough damage for 75% of the game even without any stat investments. So you can invest heavily into defensive stats while still doing crazy damage, and if your weapon art isnt timed right then at least you have good health and damage negation so its not a big deal, you can make a lot of mistakes before yo uare in trouble. I put every point into vigor and endurance and still killed morgott in like 30 seconds first try. S tier weapon for PvE. The weapon art can get you into trouble with malenia if she catches you in the middle of the art with her waterfowl, though.
Spoiler: Do the blaidde quest when getting this and he gives you a +2 sombre and refers you to his friend for a talisman that reduces the skills FP cost!

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Very strong. A proper build with this will have it at 800+ AR with inherent bleed, and an ash that deals a truck load of damage. Ash is great for mix-ups in pvp.

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Paired this thing with Morgott's sword and upgraded them a lot. This helped me a lot in the late game with bosses like Commander Niall

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Does increasing Arcane help the Bleed on this weapon?

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Does great damage even on a sec build with just enough strength to one-hand it. However, I’d say if you’re planning on using this as a main weapon, level strength to 20-25, just to get some of those bigger jumps in damage.

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For some reason this feels like a knock off Bloodborne weapon and I'm loving it

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Broken?

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A phenomenal weapon. I mained this my first playthrough. Awesome damage & bleed, great quality scaling, and one of the best Ashes of War. The only downside I can think of is that the poise damage is low (it's a curved greatsword, they all lack poise damage). The only time I switched to something else was when I need to deal different damage types for bosses (Large Club for strike & Cross-Naginata for pierce/thrust). Get this & its requirements ASAP, it will not let you down at any point of the game.

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The weapon art is soooo deliciously hot. Doing a high power strong attach only to dash backwards then dash back in with i-frames to deal another is just... oh... *mwah*

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Stronger than even "quality" colossal weapons like Ghiza's Wheel and Axe of Godfrey, at all levels. There are no quality builds in this game, only bloodhound fang builds

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As good as I feel I do with this weapon, my mimic tear absolutely kicks butt with it!

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This thing's damage is absurd. At 65/65 +10 1H it has 840 AR. Quality Beastman Cleaver is 749, Omen Cleaver is 746, Zamor Curved Sword is a measly 696. All the way up to 99/99 +10 2H, it gets close to 100 more AR than any other CGS. And they don't have inherent bleed, some are shorter, some of them can't be buffed, etc. I honestly wonder if it's a mistake.

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this is the drake sword of this game and history will vindicate me

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Just beat the game with it. Absolutely gorgeous weapon
Lacks a bit poise damage on big mobs but that's only downside

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Best weapon in the game for a quality build imo. Got me through my first playthrough with relative ease.
Great weapon art with a follow up attack, stuns normal mob, bleed effect is an extra over a pretty good with an already very high damage for its movement speed.

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fav weapon in till I got margott's than I power stance those two.

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Ummmm why is there forked greatsword and helpen's steeple in the curved greatswords. But bloodhound's fang is one of the best early game weapons in the game.

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Does anyone know how to put holy on great swords,I just started playing

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Too slow, good luck hitting anything in the endgame lol

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Any one willing to trade one

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Incredibly strong quality weapon. Powerstances with itself really well, since it's raw damage output is just so high

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This weapon has 911 AR with 54 str and 80 dex. For comparison, a quality giant-crusher has 960 AR...

That is nuts

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pair a +10 bloodfang blade + bloodflame + fire deadly sin + golden vow + fire scorpion talisman and this hits for insane damage and procs bleed hemorrhage dmg.

it's not even fair but hella fun build

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Str requirements>Dex requirements
Str scaling<Dex scaling
L --- Logic

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I swear bloodhound knights haven't conquered lands between and killed elden beast only because they didn't fully (or at all) upgrade their weapons...

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Still using it, and while it is annoying that I can't change the weapon art, I have gotten used to finesse. In my opinion this is one of the strongest weapons in the game, it does more base damage then Morgott's Cursed Sword, and it can be used with greases, so it can be very versatile.

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Honestly this thing wouldn't be so brokenly OP if it had less STR scaling. This thing has no good reason to having a f*cking C in strength, especially considering who its original wielder is and its overall design.

On a quality build this thing ends up reaching colossal weapon damage numbers which is just absolutely absurd.

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Powerstance with Morgott's cursed sword for max steez and effectiveness?

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How do I use the weapon the button to use the spin thing

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used it the whole game babyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

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Beat the Darriwil boss but ain’t got the weapon. Anyone else?

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the WA reminds me of old wolf gs, love it on the first try

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weapon got me through the early-mid game, decided to switch to some katanas with weapon arts since those late bosses attack so aggressively

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weapon got me through the early-mid game, decided to switch to some katanas with weapon arts since those late bosses attack so aggressively

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weapon got me through the early-mid game, decided to switch to some katanas with weapon arts since those late bosses attack so aggressively

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They nerfed this weapon, Bloodhound's Finesse is no longer a 2 moveset skill. All you do now is a dash attack, no more cool ass backlip to a dash teleportation.
I'm glad i'm done with this game, they nerf all the wrong things.

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Really effective quality weapon in general and you can get it extremely early in the game. Unique to Somber weapons this can be buffed with Grease and Scholar's Armament, allowing you to buff it to be even stronger. Even has innate bleeding because it clearly wasn't good enough as it was.

The one weakness is that Bloodhound's Finesse requires, well, finesse to effectively use. The sudden movements can throw you off if you're not used to it. Dangerous in PvP as both attacks can be parried, and has very predictable timing.

Overall extremely effective weapon, can carry you through NG and very much beyond.

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This weapon is ridiculous for PVE. The weapon art does so much damage and inflicts huge amounts of stagger. I thought the end game bosses in my first playthrough were completely unfair, but then I just went a quality build with 50+ vig in my next playthrough and no end-game boss in the game aside from Malenia took me more than 3 attempts, without using spirit summons.

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Using this for my spell sword build. Scholar's Armament buffs it and L2 skill plays well and feels good to dash out and in with spell blade play style

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This carried me through my whole first playthrough. For someone knew to FS games, it worked really well with my patched together clueless build. It outpowered or was faster than any other weapons I tried out on the last few bosses.

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Bunch of yall who thinks that this **** is overpowered. This game have 8 ng cycles and each cycle makes it harder and harder so having a weapon like that is a good way to deal ng+6 or 7 and there is bunch of weapon which becomes stronger than bloodhounds fang in later cycles (dual seppuku uchigatana/nagakiba, lions claw quality greatsword,RoB,blasphemous blade,mohgwyn dynasty spear,giant crusher and ofc dual wielding any curved sword and katana)

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As soon as you start get Radagon's Soreseal, Bloodhound's Fang, kill the dragon in Caelid, upgrade to +4 at Iji and you're sorted up until Altus when it comes to main weapon. Can't think of a faster way to become OP early.

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This thing can be buffed with magic and greases for some reason, even though its a somber smithing stone weapon?
I mean, I'll take it.

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This weapon should be called the Forklift because it carries my fat ass

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Okay so I picked this weapon as an alternative for my dex build melee char.... Is the WA of this broken or something ? Dont get me wrong the sword itself hits hard and is agile - but the WA can shave 25%+ HP from most bosses ?!?!?!
Tested it in Multiplayer as well - and while most people will dodge the initial part of the WA the follow up with the light attack smacks them 9 out 10 times for good 40%+ hp depending on build ?!?

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physical guard boost increased from 52% --> 68% in latest patch, stability up'd too but I forgot exactly how much (around 50 now though)

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I used this prior to 1.04 patch and didn’t notice but after the patch, I noticed that it reduced my FP max by 10 and my Stamina by 5. Anyone else notice this?

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An amazing well-rounded weapon. Good with a shield, two-handed, or dual-wielded. Hits hard enough, but still fast enough. Pure physical damage, but has an extra bleed. Highly versatile weapon skill for both repositioning and damage. Also strangely enough, it's a Somber-stone weapon, but still accepts weapon buffs, something quite rare and makes it friendly to go with weapon greases. Doesn't do anything too broken, but will never let you down, just as great for first playthroughs as fifth playthroughs.

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50 DEX 40 STR +6 bloodhound fang + bloodflame blade + golden vow = R1 armament 690 WA deals about 3k damage and can be spammed this weapon makes elden ring easy mode

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Would this work best with Blood Grease, an elemental damage grease, or Bloodflame Blade? Or are they all close in DPS?

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Get a golden greatshield then launch the skill from behind the safety of a greatshield. Almost guaranteed hit.

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It has good range, good damage, can apply bleed, stagger enemies and you can get it really early. I keep trying new weapons, but I always just come back to this one.

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So u get 792 AR with 55 str and 55 dex, which is on par with a colossal weapon even tho this is significantly faster

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This is the ER version of Gael's WA with strong attack with added invisibility and speed. Too bad the first part does not have hyper armor at least since it can be cancelled. Still a very fine weapon fit for PvE and PvP

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This sword got me through the entire game and I felt overleveled the entire time because of it

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If you play with this 2-handed, which stats is it better to upgrade in order to increase the damage the most? 2handed means your STR is considered 150% of what it actually is, but the weapon scales better with dext.

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I dual weilded these things. The skill is amazing because it dodges twice while attacking. Basically does a swipe, followed by a backstep roll, then finishes up with an invisible lunge forward for a low heavy swipe. The skill is called "Finesse" for a reason, cause you finesse the heck out of bosses and players alike.

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