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To be honest... I can't even believe that happened. I would go again if you didn't have a battle lined up, cause too many unfortunate things happened to me in the beginning.
I had enough health left to take all of the life orb recoil and I had coverage for everything you had left, with rocks on the ground to break any sashes.