Already found two walls that need stud replacements.
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Ugh, that sucks. Depending on how high the damage goes you can potentially sister the joists though. Cut out the damaged section, replace with new stud, then put a secondary stud that spans past the seam. You'll use more lumber that way (most likely) but the benefit is you don't have to rip open the entire wall.
Obviously there's a break point where that stops making sense, bit that's all in how far the damage goes up and if its literally evey stud or not.
At this point it would be the same work to repair as to replace. Lucky, I have some time on my hands to deal with it.