Overview
Although Faust's appearance is bizarre, he's a surprisingly fundamental spacing character that uses abusive normals and random items to keep his opponent at bay. Faust also has a command grab (proximity unblockable) and a variety of overheads which, combined with various items, make for a deadly oki(post knockdown) game. Faust has both straight-forward combos and game plan which makes him a strong choice for beginners to pick up, while the focus on fundamentals means he's also difficult to master.
Strengths
- Great range on many normals
- Random items keeps opponent guessing
- Strong mix up with an instant overhead, proximity unblockable, multi-hit jump cancellable low
- Strong pressure with most moves being jump cancellable, huge blockstun on drill kick and corner control using anti-airs and items
- Very strong anti-air and air-to-air attacks
- Invincible 5D combined with YRC
- Weird hitbox
- Has a crawl to low profile
Weaknesses
- Average defense and large hitbox in hitstun means he dies relatively quickly
- Random items lead to inconsistent reward
- Has limited options on defense such as:
- His fastest normal has 6 frames of start up, which is 1 frame more than the average character
- Slow airdash makes it hard to escape the corner and zoning
- Long wake up time
- Longer range attacks suffer lengthy recoveries and many can be low profiled easily
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This data is all copied over from GGXRD-Rev1. Replace with Rev 2 data as it becomes available (and delete this warning)
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Normal Moves
5P
5K
c.S
f.S
5H
2P
2K
2S
2H
j.P
j.K
j.S
j.S
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32
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High / Air
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14
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3
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20
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-
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-
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j.H
j.D
j.D
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40
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High / Air
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13
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11
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21 / 4 Landing Recovery
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-
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-
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6P
6H
6H
Might as well be unblockable.
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j.2K
j.2K
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35
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All
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12
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Until Landing
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4 After Landing / 4 Landing Recovery
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-
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-
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2D
5D
Universal Mechanics
Ground Throw
Ground Throw
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0,60
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Ground Throw: 78750
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1
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-
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-
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Air Throw
Air Throw
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0,55
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Air Throw: 192500
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1
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-
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-
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Dead Angle Attack
Blitz Shield Charge Attack
Blitz Attack
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50
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Mid
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(15-48)+13
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3
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Hit: 11 Whiff: 20
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-
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-
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50
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Mid
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50+13
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3
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Hit: 11 Whiff: 20
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-
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-
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Special Moves
Rerere Thrust
Rerere Thrust 41236K
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20
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Mid
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21
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12
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18
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-
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-
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-
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-
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40
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Mid
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7
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12
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12
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-
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-
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|
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Total 32
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-
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-
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80
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Mid
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43
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8
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18
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-
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-
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Hack n' Slash
Hack n' Slash 214H
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16×8
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Unblockable: 175000
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5
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48
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12
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-
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-
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Going My Way
Going My Way j.236H
GOOOINNG MYY WAAAAAAAAY!
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18×4
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All
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11
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28
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8 After Landing
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-
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-
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From the Front/Behind/Above
From the Front/Behind/Above 214P/K/S
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44
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All
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63
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2
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25
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-
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-
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44
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All
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63
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2
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25
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-
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-
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38
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High
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52
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Until Landing
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32
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-
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-
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Spear Point Centripetal Dance
Spear Point Centripetal Dance 236S
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Pogo Movement
Pogo Movement Various commands on Pogo
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40
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Mid
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4
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3
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16
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-
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-
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24
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Mid
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4
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3
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16
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-
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-
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Total 16
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-
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-
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20×n
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All
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21
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68
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25
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-
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-
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Total 24
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-
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-
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Pogo Attacks
Pogo Attacks Various commands on Pogo
Flowers can be charged by holding the button
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32
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High
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10
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3
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8
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-
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-
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36
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Mid
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7
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6
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23
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-
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-
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52
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Mid
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24
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10
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23
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-
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-
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36
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Low
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16
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2
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7
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-
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-
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48
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Low
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32
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10
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7
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-
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-
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12×4
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All
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13
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28
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23+3 After Landing
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-
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-
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9
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Total 17
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-
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-
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Love
Love j.236P
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1,40
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All
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21
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Until Landing (15)3
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Total 43
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-
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-
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Taunt (Face FLASH!)
What Could This Be?
Items
Food
Hammer
Chibi Faust
Bomb
Meteors
Poison
100 Ton Weight
100 Ton Weight
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44,0
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All,Unblockable
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13
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43,1
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-
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-
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Drum Can
Jump Pad
Black Hole
Helium Gas
Helium Gas
The dictionary definition of broken
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Overdrives
Stimulating Fists of Annihilation
Stimulating Fists of Annihilation 236236S
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30,0,Refer to notes
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Low
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11+1
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80
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66
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-
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-
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W-W-What Could This Be?
W-W-What Could This Be? 236236P
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|
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Total 46(Super Freeze 1)
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-
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-
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Total 51(Super Freeze 1)
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-
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-
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