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11 Marathon Runner is a talent in the Toughguy branch of the Windrose Talent System. Flat additive maximum-Stamina bonus. Does not scale off any attribute; just a flat number.
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33 Summary
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55 PropertyValueBranchToughguyTier1Max rank3Points per rank1
66 Effect by Rank
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88 RankAdditional maximum StaminaRank 1+20Rank 2+35Rank 3+50
99 What Stamina Powers
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1111 Stamina is the resource behind nearly every defensive and mobility action in combat, which is why a bigger pool helps every archetype. Dodging, sprinting, and heavy attacks all draw from it, and running dry leaves the character unable to roll out of a telegraphed hit. The extra headroom from Marathon Runner means more dodges per fight and a longer window before the pool bottoms out.
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1313 Stamina UseWhy the Extra Pool HelpsDodge rollsMore consecutive rolls to avoid heavy boss attacksSprintingLonger sprints between cover and across open biomesHeavy attacksMore back-to-back power swings before running emptyBlocking and recoveryA larger buffer before stamina-out leaves you exposed
1414 Community Meta
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1616 Mandatory for every build. 50 extra Stamina at rank 3 equals roughly 10 points of Endurance for only 3 talent points. Universally flagged as the single highest-impact early pick.
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1818 Pairs Well With
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2020 AgilePerfected FormEndurance
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2222 See Also
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2424 Toughguy branch overviewTalent System the four-branch progression frameworkStats and Talents stat allocation and respecStamina Management how to spend and conserve the Stamina pool in combatEndurance the attribute that also raises maximum Stamina
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2626 Build Role
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2828 Marathon Runner is the single highest-impact talent in the game per point. Every build, regardless of weapon or archetype, benefits from more Stamina.
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3030 Math Example
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3232 Each rank of Marathon Runner is a flat add on top of the base pool: +20, then +35, then +50 at rank 3. The talent costs only three talent points to max, and it scales the full +50 no matter how many points sit in Endurance. Endurance itself grants +5 maximum Stamina per point inside its 20-point soft cap, so the +50 from rank 3 Marathon Runner is worth about 10 points of Endurance. The reason it is rated the top early pick is not that it out-totals a heavy Endurance investment; it is that it buys a full extra pip of Stamina for three cheap talent points instead of ten attribute points, freeing those attribute points for damage.
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3434 Notes
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3636 Flat additive, does not scale off attributes. A Strength-focused Crusher benefits the same as an Endurance-focused Marksman.The most commonly-recommended first pick on every build tier list.