Freya

←  Fenrir
 Ganesha  →
**~ GODS LIST ~**

***"Empower your blade and take to the skies to dominate the battlefield."***

**Freya** is one of the playable Gods in SMITE.

## Lore

Valkyries, the elite and angelic warriors of the Nordic Pantheon, are as beautiful and dangerous as a midnight winter storm. Yet their queen, Freya, so irresistibly desirable, so uncompromising in warfare, make the Valkyries seem nothing more than plain paper dolls. She's the object of desire for every God, every man, and the envy of every woman. Even the Frost Giants crave her for their own, often devising devious plans to trick or force her into marriage. But Freya is proud and strong, with the cunning to escape her enemies and ruthlessly retaliate. Every rose bears thorns, but this one wields swords.

Were it up to her, Freya would have little to do with blood and blades. Her name literally means “the lady,” and none of more worthy of the title. She adores bright flowers, pleasant company, and the sweet lilt of a sad love song. She's sensual and amorous, invoked by worshipers seeking to bear a child or find a lover. Ruler of the realm of Sessrumnir, a place much like Valhalla, where the souls of dead warriors spend eternity, Freya provides comfort and bliss to the fallen.

Once, Freya was married to the mysterious and elusive God, Od. Immediately following their wedding, Od went on a journey to distant and inhospitable lands. So long was he gone the Gods presumed him dead. Distraught and heartbroken, Freya spilled tears of gold and searched the globe for him. Finally, she discovered him ship-wrecked and twisted into a hideous sea monster. Melancholy but loyal, she stayed and comforted him. Though one night, while she slept, a daring hunter slew the beast Od had become. Moved by Freya's utter despair, the Gods agreed to allow Od into Sussrumnir, despite the fact he had not died in battle, so he and Freya could remain together forever.

## Trivia

### General

* In July of 2016, Freya received a remodel, changing her Default, Northern Lights, Valkyrie and Mastery skins, her Frost Maiden, Pixel Buster and All for One! were unaffected by this change.
* Before the release of Tyr, Freya's passive let her convert magical power into physical power.
* Freya is the first, and currently only, god to have their ability rework reverted.
* Freya was the first mage ADC release in SMITE.
* Freya, along with Chronos, Olorun and Sol are currently the only mages that are ADCs.
* One of Freya's jokes, ▶️*"I'm not naughty, I'm just rendered that way."* is a reference to a quote made by Jessica Rabbit in the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
* Freya along with Ao Kuang, Maman Brigitte and Tiamat (ground stance) are the only mages who use melee basic attacks.

### God Skins

* **Northern Lights**

* This skin has an effect where it will constantly rotate between several colors. This effect is normally only used in Skins Tier 3 or above.

* **Valkyrie**

* This skin and Ravenous Bakasura were the first Tier 2 skins introduced in the game.

* **Weiss Schnee**

* This skin is a cross promotion between Hi-Rez Studios/Titan Forge Games and Rooster Teeth to promote the release of Volume 7 of RWBY.
* Just like the other RWBY skins, the same actress who voiced the character in the show reprised their roles.
* This skin shares its theme with Blake Belladonna Amaterasu, Cinder Fall Morgan Le Fay, Yang Xiao Long Terra, and Ruby Rose/Classic Ruby Rose Thanatos.
* There's an announcer pack themed after this skin, you can hear it here: Weiss Schnee Announcer pack.

* **XJ-9**

* This skin is a cross promotion between Hi-Rez Studios/Titan Forge Games and Nickelodeon to promote the show My Life as a Teenage Robot.
* This skin shares its theme with Invader Zim Cupid, Rocko Danzaburou, Powdered Toastman Gilgamesh, and Danny Phantom Janus.

* **Pixel Buster**

* Several of this skin's voice lines are references to various video games. A compiled list of them can be found on this reddit page.
* This skin was based on a fan art submitted on the SMITE reddit page.
* Both Freya and this skin were voiced by Jamie Marchi.
* This was the first of the "pixel skin" line to be released.

* This skin shares its theme with Bit Battler Ares, Pixel Beast Cernunnos, Pixel Chaos Discordia, Bit Fortune Ganesha, Pixel Rush He Bo, Pixel Lancer Skadi, Pixel Hammer Thor, Bit Slayer Tsukuyomi, and Bit Builder Vulcan.

* **All for One!**

* This skin was based on the French book The Three Musketeers.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Erica Lindbeck, also voiced Ladybug Khepri, Terra, and Igneous Terra.

* **Get Served**

* Both Freya and this skin were voiced by Jamie Marchi.
* This skin shares its theme with Olympian Anhur, Red Star/Winter Olympian Athena, Grand Slam Hercules, Home Run Heimdallr, The Dunk Father Odin, and Jaguar Footballer/Football Star 2014/Weltmeister 2014 Xbalanque.

* **Ordo Aurora**

* The actress who voiced this skin, Stephanie Young, also voiced Nu Wa, Nice and Naughty Nu Wa, Challenger/Ace Nu Wa and Old Wa Nu Wa.
* This skin makes references to the Star Wars movies.

* Freya's appearance in this skin is similar to the Twi'leks, a race in the Star War universe.

* This skin shares its theme with Ordo Solarus Amaterasu, Star Tyrant Ares, Intergalactic Chang'e, Dark Lord Chaac, Dark Lord Sun Wukong, and SWC 2016 Zeus.

* **Lady of the Lake**

* This skin is a reference to the mysterious entity who gives King Arthur a magical Sword.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Salli Saffioti, also voiced Ice Queen Aphrodite, Oasis Djinn Aphrodite, Gambit Queen Hera and Spell Slinger Sol.
* This skin shares its theme with Knight of Mordred Achilles, and Green Knight Arthur.

* **Witching Hour**

* This skin may be a reference to Freya's association with *seidr*, a form of magic practiced by sorcerers from the ancient Norse to predict the future.
* Her intro line, ▶️*"Finally! On my own, faaar away from Salem. Let's get wicked."*, is a reference to the Salem witch trials.
* One of her taunts, ▶️*"I put a spell on you, because you are mine! Ehe hehe he he!"*, is likely a reference to the song, I Put a Spell on You.
* The actress who voiced this skin, Luci Christian, also voiced Battle Mother Nu Wa.
* This skin shares its theme with Spellbound Chang'e, Mighty Mage Cupid, Elven Enchanter Morgan Le Fay, Bewitching Bunny Scylla, and Charm Caster The Morrigan.

* **Neon Pulse**

* This skin shares its theme with Neon Trails Ne Zha, Neon Rebellion Rama, Neon Shifter Sun Wukong and Neon Nightmare Xbalanque.

## Skins

* Default
* Northern Lights
* Valkyrie
* Frost Maiden
* Weiss Schnee
* XJ-9
* Pixel Buster
* All for One!
* Get Served
* Ordo Aurora
* Lady of the Lake
* Witching Hour
* Neon Pulse
* Golden
* Legendary
* Diamond

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  This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can also be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin could be obtained by purchasing and achieving enough levels in the RWBY Battle Pass.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Nickelodeon Event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Odyssey 2015 event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Summer of Smite 2016 event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Legend of Camelot event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the SMITE Friends event.  This skin can only be obtained as a rare roll from certain Treasure Chests.

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  This skin comes with custom character animations and ability effects.  This skin was part of the Odyssey: Soaring Isles event.

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## Changelog

**SMITE Version 11.1.7887.5 (January 23, 2024)**

* **Brisingamen's Blessing**

* Increased Lifesteal from 7% + 0.2% per level to 10.5% + 0.3% per level

**SMITE Version 10.10.7739.8 (October 10, 2023)**

* **Valkyrie's Discretion**

* Increased Cooldown from 90s to 100s

**SMITE Version 10.3.7494.12 (March 28, 2023)**

* **Brisingmen's Blessing**

* Decreased Lifesteal from 10% + 0.25% per Level to 7% + 0.2%

**SMITE Version 9.6.7130.11 (June 28, 2022)**

* **Pulse**

* Decreased base damage from 35/45/55/65/75 to 30/40/50/60/70

**SMITE Version 9.6.7130.5 (June 14, 2022)**

* **Pulse**

* Increased Base Bonus Damage per shot from 20/30/40/50/60 to 35/45/55/65/75

**SMITE Version 8.11.6878.2 (November 16, 2021)**

* **Valkyrie's Discretion**

* Freya will now be untargetable while rising into the air

**SMITE Version 8.7.6665.1 (July 13, 2021)**

* **Irradiate**

* Decreased Mana Cost from 60/80 to 45/65

* **Pulse**

* Decreased Mana Cost from 60/80 to 45/65

**SMITE Version 7.9.6189.8 (September 22, 2020)**

* **Valkyrie's Discretion**

* Decreased Damage from 100/135/170/205/240 to 90/125/160/195/230

**SMITE Version 7.8.6152.8 (August 25, 2020)**

* **Pulse**

* Decreased Slow from 25% at all ranks to 15/17.5/20/22.5/25%

**SMITE Version 7.6.6084.2 (June 16, 2020)**

* **General**

* Increased basic attack projectile speed from 100 to 110.

**SMITE Version 7.1.5858.2 (January 28, 2020)**

* **Brisingamen's Blessing**

* Decreased Magical Lifesteal from 15% to 10% + 0.25% per Level (Capping at 15%).

**SMITE Version 6.12.5745.1 (November 12, 2019)**

* **General**

* Freya has been reverted to her February 2017 balance state.

**SMITE Version 6.10.5654.3 (September 17, 2019)**

* **Aurora Blade**

* Fixed a condition where the ranged attack wouldn't pass through Persephone's Ultimate.
* Fixed an issue where if canceling ability while landing from her Ultimate can cause her Basic Attacks to break.

**SMITE Version 6.8.5557.1 (July 24, 2019)**

* **Aurora Blade**

* Decreased Ranged Base Damage from 16/27/38/49/60 to 1/10/20/30/40.
* Increased Ranged Scaling from 10% to 15%.

**SMITE Version 6.7.5510.3 (June 25, 2019)**

* **Northern Lights**

* Fixed an issue where she was healing with this ability for more than intended.

**SMITE Version 6.4.5372.6 (April 2, 2019)**

* **Northern Lights**

* Decreased Base Damage from 11/27/43/59/75 to 10/15/25/40/60.
* Decreased Slow from 25% to 15%.
* Decreased Minion Explosion Damage from 50% to 25%.

* **Aurora Blade**

* Decreased Ranged Damage Magical Power Scaling from 15% to 10% per hit.

**SMITE Version 6.3.5327 (March 5, 2019)**

* **Mystic Warrior**

* Decreased Self Heal on hit from 2% to 1.5%.

* **Northern Lights**

* Northern Light has been adjusted.
* Northern Lights when activated, Freya gains 5 shots of Northern Lights. Each Basic Attack consumes a charge even if that attack does not hit.

* Damage Decreased from 40/80/120/160/200 to 11/27/43/59/75.
* Damage Scaling Decreased from 40% to 10%.
* Slow Duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1.25 seconds.

* Charges last indefinitely. Ability goes on cooldown when all are consumed.

* **Aurora Blade**

* Reduced Mana cost from 20/25/30/35/40 to 14/18/22/26/30.

**SMITE Version 5.24.5226 (January 7, 2019)**

* **Mystic Warrior**

* Adjusted the text of her passive ability to make it clear that mana is restored, and health is healed.

**SMITE Version 5.22.5162 (December 3, 2018)**

* **Aurora Blade**

* Reduce Ranged Bonus Damage from 20% to 15% Magical Power scaling.
* Reduced Range Bonus Damage from 20/30/40/50/60 to 16/27/38/49/60.

**SMITE Version 5.21.5125 (November 12, 2018)**

* **Northern Lights**

* Decreased Base Damage from 50/90/130/170/210 to 40/80/120/160/200.

**SMITE Version 5.19.5053.2 (October 15, 2018)**

* **General**

* Decreased Movement Speed from 375 to 370.

**SMITE Version 5.18.5022.1 (October 1, 2018)**

* **Northern Lights**

* Updated the visual FX to show when her next ability will detonate.

* **Aurora Blade**

* Updated the visual FX that show when her ability is toggled on.

**SMITE Version 5.17.4995 (September 17, 2018)**

* **Northern Lights**

* Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 50% to 40%.
* Fixed an issue where her first ability was healing for 100% instead of 33%.

**SMITE Version 5.16.4960.4 (September 4, 2018)**

* **Northern Lights**

* Decreased Base Damage from 70/110/150/190/230 to 50/90/130/170/210.

**SMITE Version 5.14.4910 (August 6, 2018)**

* **General**

* Fixed an issue where her abilities were highlighting too many enemies.

* **Northern Lights**

* Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 60% to 50%.

* **Aurora Blade**

* Decreased Mana Cost per shot from 25/33/41/49/57 to 20/25/30/35/40.

**SMITE Version 5.13.4890 (July 24, 2018)**

* **Mystic Warrior**

* Brisingamen's Blessing has been reworked to Mystic Warrior.
* Freya's Melee Basic Attacks heal her for 6% of her Maximum Mana per successful hit. Freya's Ranged Basic Attacks and abilities heal for 2% of her Maximum Health per successful hit up to once per shot.

* **Northern Lights**

* Irradiate has been reworked to Northern Lights.
* Freya empowers her weapon making the next Basic Attack that hits an enemy within the next 5 seconds deal bonus magical damage in an area around each enemy hit. Enemies hit by the explosion are slowed for 2s. Minions take half damage from the explosion. Gods take 25% damage from any explosion damage after the first.

* Damage: 70/110/150/190/230 (+60% of your magical power)
* Slow: 25%
* Cooldown: 9s
* Cost: 60/65/70/75/80

* **Aurora Blade**

* Pulse has been reworked to Aurora Blade.
* Freya can switch between empowering her Melee attacks or shooting pass-through Ranged Basic Attacks that stop on gods. Both her Melee and Ranged Basic Attacks gain bonus Magical Damage. Ranged Basic Attacks do not deal bonus Magical Damage to minions. While toggled on, each Ranged Basic Attack drains Mana.

* Melee Bonus Damage: 28/40/52/64/76 (+20% of your magical power)
* Ranged Bonus Damage: 20/30/40/50/60 (+20% of your magical power)
* Cooldown: .5s
* Cost: 25/33/41/49/57 per shot

* **Valkyrie's Discretion**

* Decreased Damage per Blast from 100/135/170/205/240 to 80/115/150/185/220.
* Decreased Magical Power Scaling per hit from 35% to 30%.

**SMITE Version 5.3.4624.1 (February 27, 2018)**

* **Brisingamen's Blessing**

* Changed Magical Lifesteal from 15% to 5% + .5% per level (ending at 15%).

* **Irradiate**

* Decreased Damage from 40/55/70/85/100 to 35/50/65/80/95.
* Decreased Magical Power Scaling from 25% to 20% per shot.

**SMITE Version 4.22.4446 (November 22, 2017)**

* **General**

* God portrait has been corrected.

**SMITE Version 4.15.4255 (August 16, 2017)**

* **General**

* Decreased Base Attack Speed from ~~1~~ → .95.

* **Pulse**

* Decreased Pulse Bonus Damage from ~~30/40/50/60/70~~ → 25/35/45/55/65.

**SMITE Version 4.14.4227 (August 1, 2017)**

* **General**

* Increased Base Attack Speed from ~~.95~~ → 1.0.

* **Pulse**

* Increased Base Damage from ~~20/30/40/50/60~~ → 30/40/50/60/70.

**SMITE Version 4.7.4031.1 (April 25, 2017)**

* **Valkyrie's Discretion**

* Freya's Ultimate should no longer hitch clicking to fire this ability.
* Updated the description of this ability with the correct radius for this ability.

**SMITE Version 4.1.3882 (February 1, 2017)**

* **Valkyrie's Discretion**

* Decreased Base Damage from ~~120/150/180/210/240~~ → 100/135/170/205/240.

**SMITE Version 3.21.3730 (November 8, 2016)**

* **Banish**

* Adjusted Banish duration from ~~1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2~~ → 1.5s at all ranks.
* Updated visual FX to show when banished targets will fall.
* Reduced Mana Cost from ~~75~~ at all ranks → 70/65/60/55/50.

**SMITE Version 3.13.3518 (July 19, 2016)**

* **General**

* Freya has undergone a visual upgrade.

**SMITE Version 3.10.3438 (June 7, 2016)**

* **Pulse**

* Fixed an issue with the duration on this ability not matching the buff timer.

**SMITE Version 3.8.3391.2 (May 10, 2016)**

* **Pulse**

* Increased duration of pulse from ~~5s~~ → 6s.

**SMITE Version 2.11.2891.1 (August 4, 2015)**

* **General**

* Updated weapon trails for Standard, Frost Maiden, and Mastery skins.

**SMITE Version 2.7.2766 (June 2, 2015)**

* **General**

* Increased Base Physical Protection from 13 to 14.
* HP per level increased from 77 to 80.
* Base ground speed increased from 370 to 375.
* Increased Magical Protection scaling per level from 0 to 0.9.

**SMITE Version 2.4.2684.1 (April 15, 2015)**

* **Valkyrie's Discretion**

* Added timer on the ground targeter indicating when the ability will expire and Freya will be forced to land.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2531 (January 19, 2015)**

* **General**

* Fixed Freya Northern Lights skin having blown out specular if texture detail is set to High (Material Quality set to Medium).

**SMITE Version 1.0.2418 (November 19, 2014)**

* **Banish**

* Increased the rate enemies fall back to the ground after being banished.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2347.1 (October 15, 2014)**

* **Valkyrie's Discretion**

* Reduced radius from 15ft to 12ft.
* Reduced range from 65ft to 55ft.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2326 (October 1, 2014)**

* **General**

* Fixed weapon trails overlapping if her attack speed was too high.
* Fixed an issue with her body persisting after death.

**SMITE Version 1.0.2298.3 (September 10, 2014)**

* **General**

* Spent some time at the orthodontist and plastic surgeon.
* Fixed Freya's Basic Attack weapon trails getting out of sync at very high attack speed.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1968 (February 6, 2014)**

* **Irradiate**

* Recovery time reduced from 0.3 to 0.1.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1930 (January 22, 2014)**

* **Irradiate**

* Damage scaling per hit reduced from 35% to 25%.
* Fixed a typo in the tooltip.

* **Pulse**

* Damage scaling per hit reduced from 20% to 15%.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1928.2 (January 16, 2014)**

* **General**

* Updated loading screen card for default skin.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1918.2 (January 8, 2014)**

* **Valkyrie's Discretion**

* This ability can now be placed inside of walls.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1868.3 (December 5, 2013)**

* **General**

* No longer gains magical protection with each level, to be consistent with other mages.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1850 (November 20, 2013)**

* **Banish**

* Now interrupts active items when banishing.

* **Valkyrie's Discretion**

* Reduced magical scaling from 45% to 35%.
* The ground target for this ability should now highlight eligible targets.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1774 (October 9, 2013)**

* **General**

* New ground targeters.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1682 (August 14, 2013)**

* **General**

* After reviewing the impact of the changes made on Freya in the last patch, we have decided to revert the magical power contributions on her Irradiate and Pulse abilities. We will continue to monitor her closely.

* **Irradiate**

* The magical power contribution has been increased from 20% to 35%.

* **Pulse**

* The magical power contribution has been increased from 15% to 20%.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1666 (August 7, 2013)**

* **General**

* Basic attacks switched from dealing/scaling physical damage to magical.

* **Brisingamen's Blessings**

* NEW PASSIVE - Freya's necklace grants her an additional +15% magical lifesteal.

* **Irradiate**

* The base damage has been reduced from 50/70/90/110/130 to 40/55/70/85/100.s
* The magical power contribution has been reduced from 35% to 20%.
* The +10% physical lifesteal buff on this ability has been removed.

* **Pulse**

* The magical power contribution has been reduced from 20% to 15%.
* The +10% magical lifesteal buff on this ability has been removed.
* Freya's recommended items have been updated to reflect her change to all magical based basic attacks.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1640 (July 23, 2013)**

* **General**

* Added new sound fx and hit fx when Pulse and Irradiate are both active.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1581 (June 20, 2013)**

* **General**

* Freya's model has undergone modest visual improvements (textures only).

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1467 (April 17, 2013)**

* **Valkyrie's Discretion**

* The range of this ability has been reduced from 80 to 65 feet.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1349 (February 13, 2013)**

* **Pulse**

* Slow by 25% for 2s at all ranks.

* **Banish**

* Banish enemies for 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2s.

**SMITE Beta Version 0.1.1328 (January 30, 2013)**

* **Irradiate**

* Damage has been increased from 40/55/70/85/100 to 50/70/90/110/130.
* Magical power contribution has been increased from 30% to 35%.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1288 (January 9, 2013)**

* **General**

* Using Pulse and Irradiate together no longer halves the damage bonus from each.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1267.0 (December 21, 2012)**

* **Irradiate**

* Freya now gains 10% physical lifesteal for 5s.

* **Pulse**

* Freya now gains 10% magical lifesteal for 5s.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1215 (December 3, 2012)**

* **Irradiate**

* Decreased the cooldown from 13s to 11s.

* **Pulse**

* Decreased the cooldown from 13s to 11s.

* **Banish**

* Increased the duration of the banish from 1/1.5/2/2.5/3s to 1.4/1.8/2.2/2.6/3s.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1148 (November 2, 2012)**

* **Valkyrie's Discretion**

* This ability now properly removes roots from Freya.
* Arachne needs to be knocked off when Freya ascends.

**SMITE Closed Beta Version 0.1.1113.1 (October 18, 2012)**

* Freya has been added to the game.

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  Cooldown: 9 seconds
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  Cooldown: .5 seconds
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