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Review the Athlete Skill Tree in Enshrouded, which focuses on Strength Nodes, as well as increased melee damage and stamina sustain.

Enshrouded Athlete Skill Tree Overview
The Athlete skill tree is built for players who want to be fast and powerful in the middle of a fight. It focuses on boosting your Strength and Constitution, which increases your melee damage and your total health. One of the best parts of this tree is the Crash Down Attack, which lets you slam into enemies from the air to deal extra damage and stun them. It also helps you stay in the fight longer with skills like Vigorous Deflection, which gives you stamina back every time you block an attack perfectly.
The Athlete Tree also brings a crucial exploration skill, Double Jump, which is a necessary skill for every type of build.
- Total Skills: 13
- Best Skills: Crash Down Attack, Wet Dog, Soaked Dog, Athlete
- Best For: Assassin Build, Warrior Build, Tank Build
Athlete Skills
- Strength (1 point) Increase your Strength attribute by 1. Increases Melee damage by 5% per Attribute Point.
- Wet Dog (4 points) – Weakens the effect of the Wet and Soaked debuffs. Stamina and Stamina Regeneration is reduced by 20% instead of 30%.
- The Wet effect reduces Stamina and Stamina Regen by 30% for 15 minutes. Warmth reduces the remaining duration.
- The Soaked effect reduces Stamina and Stamina Regen by 30% for 30 seconds. Also reduces Ice and Shock Resistances by 30% but increases Fire Resistance by 30%. Soaked can be applied to enemies. Soaked duration can not be reduced by warmth, and transitions into the Wet debuff once it ends.
- Soaked Dog (2 points) – Weakens the effect of the Wet and Soaked debuffs. Stamina and Stamina Regeneration is reduced by 10% instead of 20%.
- Strength (1 point) Increase your Strength attribute by 1. Increases Melee damage by 5% per Attribute Point.
- Constitution (1 point) – Increases your constitution attribute by 1. Increases Health by 100 per attribute point.
- Crash Down Attack (3 points) – When equipped with a Melee weapons, you can perform a jump attack during the descent of your jump. Crash Down deals 50% more weapon damage in a small blast radius and costs Stamina according to the weapon’s weight. Cost: 35-60 Stamina.
- This specially attack fills a blocking enemy’s Stun Bar twice as much when hit.
- Crash Down: Force (3 points) – When attacking from a double jump, Crash Down deals 20% more weapon damage.
- Strength (1 point) Increase your Strength attribute by 1. Increases Melee damage by 5% per Attribute Point.
- Vigorous Deflection (3 levels, 1 point each) – Successfully parrying an enemy’s attack restores 15 Stamina. 15 Stamina per level.
- Upwards Slash Attack (3 points) – When equipped with a Melee weapon, launch a powerful upward strike during the ascent of your jump. Cost: 25 Stamina.
- Blood Warrior (3 points) – Defeating an enemy with a Sneak Attack or Merciless Attack spawns a Health Orb. Gathering an Orb restores 10% of the respective resource.
- Athlete (3 levels, 2 points each) – Increases your maximum Health by 2 times your Strength attribute. 2 times per level.
- Splash Dash (5 points) – Allows you to perform an evasive dash while swimming or diving. Cost: 40 Stamina.
Barbarian/Athlete Skills
- Steadfast (3 points) – Defeating an enemy with a Melee weapon restores 1 durability to that weapon.
Survivor/Athlete Skills
- Finesse (3 levels, 1 point each) – Dealing damage with One-Handed Melee weapons and Daggers has a 10% chance to restore 1 durability to that weapon. 10% chance per level.
- Strategic Maneuver (1 point) – Replaces the Dodge Roll ability with a sideways Dodge Roll while an enemy target is locked. Use it to roll around your enemies, making it easier to flank them or deliver backstabs. Blink replaces the sideways Dodge Roll of the Strategic Maneuver skill. Cost: 20 Stamina.
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