Categories: Enshrouded, Enshrouded Skill Trees
Review the Assassin Skill Tree in Enshrouded, which focuses on Dexterity Nodes, as well as Dagger damage, Explosive arrows, and Glider upgrades.
Enshrouded Assassin Skill Tree Overview
The Assassin Skill Tree is a mostly damage-focused tree designed to maximize the damage of Daggers, as well as introducing Explosive Arrows to your build. Its primary use case is the Dagger Build or Assassin playstyle with skills focused on Sneak Attack and Backstab bonus damage
Beyond raw damage, the Assassin tree excels at exploration and mobility skills, in particular, those focused on improving the Enshrouded Glider mechanic. Skills like Airborne allow your Glider to consume less Stamina while Updraft lets you extend your glide even further.
- Total Skills: 17
- Best Skills: Sneak Attack, Cutthroat, Airborne
- Best For: Assassin Build, Archer Build, Any (Exploration/Glider)
Assassin Skills
- Dexterity (1 point) – Increases your Dexterity Attribute by 1. Increases Bow and Dagger damage by 5% per Attribute Point.
- Airborne (3 levels, 1 point each) – Gliders consume 12% less Stamina. 12% cost reduction per level.
- Endurance (1 point) – Increases your Endurance attribute by 1. Increases Stamina by 10 per Attribute Point.
- Quick Reflex Block (3 points) – Briefly increases your Block value when blocking with Daggers, ensuring a near-miss parry reduces Stamina minimally.
- Dagger Specialization (3 points) – Unlocks Special Abilities of Daggers. Use to unleash a powerful Special Ability after generating enough Focus.
- Sneak Attack (3 points) – Perform a Sneak Attack by sneaking up to an unaware enemy and attacking. Sneak Attack deals +900% increased damage.
- Cutthroat (3 levels, 1 point each) – Sneak Attack Damage is increased by 100%. 100% damage per level.
- Backstab Mastery (3 levels, 1 point each) – Backstab damage is increased by 20%. 20% damage per level.
- Dexterity (1 point) – Increases your Dexterity Attribute by 1. Increases Bow and Dagger damage by 5% per Attribute Point.
- Veiled Vigor (3 levels, 2 points each) – Increased your maximum Health by 2 times your Dexterity attribute. 2 times per level.
- Endurance (1 point) – Increases your Endurance attribute by 1. Increases Stamina by 20 per Attribute point.
- Slice and Dice (3 points) – After a Critical Strike with a Dagger, the base damage of your next Bow attack within 20 seconds is increased by 50%.
- Venomous Blades (4 points) – Increases the chance to poison enemies to 25% when using Daggers with the Venomous Blades perk.
- Venom Mastery (4 points) – Increases the damage dealt with the Venomous Blades Dagger perk by 100%.
- Expose Weakness (4 points) – Critical Strikes with Daggers increase damage dealt to the enemy by 25% for 5 seconds.
- Dagger Mastery (3 levels, 2 points each) – Dagger damage is increased by 5%. 5% damage per level.
- Graceful Stride (5 points) – Gain one point of Dexterity for every two levels of the Flame.
Assassin/Ranger Skills
- Silent Stride (3 levels, 1 point each) – Increases your movement speed while sneaking by 20%. 20% movement speed per level.
- Fatal Precision (3 levels, 1 point each) – Critical Strike chance is increased by 1%. Critical Strike damage is increased by 5%. 1% Critical Strike chance and 5% Critical Strike damage per level.
Assassin/Trickster Skills
- Updraft (4 points) – Jumping while gliding lifts you upwards. Can be used once per flight. Cost: 100 Mana
- Shell Shock (3 points) – Infuse your Ranged Explosives with Mana. They now stun enemies for 2 seconds. Cost: 8 Mana per stunned enemy.
- Vile Concoction (3 levels, 1 point per level) – Throwable damage is increased by 12%. 12% damage per level.
Enshrouded Assassin Skill Tree FAQ
1. How do you perform a Sneak Attack in Enshrouded?
Crouch to enter stealth, approach an unaware enemy from behind until the E prompt appears, then press E to trigger the attack for 900% increased damage. The game’s stealth system lacks clear detection indicators, so move slowly and use cover to stay undetected.
2. Does Sneak Attack work with a bow, or only daggers?
Sneak Attack is melee only and must be triggered with the E key at close range. For ranged builds, the damage bonus does not apply to bow shots.
3. Is Cutthroat worth investing in if I already have Sneak Attack?
Yes. Each of Cutthroat’s three levels adds 100% to your Sneak Attack damage for just 1 point each, making it the best return on investment in the entire tree for a stealth-focused playstyle.
4. Are Airborne and Updraft worth taking on non-Assassin builds?
Airborne’s 36% total Stamina reduction across three levels for 3 points makes it worth picking up on almost any build that uses the glider regularly. Updraft is more situational at 4 points and 100 Mana per use, but pairs well with Airborne if you want to cover serious vertical distance in a single flight.
5. What is the difference between Backstab Mastery and Sneak Attack, and should I take both?
Sneak Attack applies only to that opening strike on an unaware enemy, while Backstab Mastery’s 20% per level bonus applies to all attacks landed from behind. Both are worth taking on a dedicated Assassin build since they cover different parts of your damage rotation.
6. Is the Assassin tree useful for builds that do not use daggers?
Yes, partly. Airborne, Updraft, Fatal Precision, and the Dexterity nodes all benefit Archer builds directly. Pure melee or magic builds can still pick up the glider skills, but the bulk of the tree’s damage nodes are dagger or Dexterity-specific and will not apply.
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