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11 Winded is the penalty state for running the Stamina Bar fully to zero. Windrose penalizes complete stamina depletion rather than treating the bar as a soft ceiling. The game disables sprinting and dodging while the bar is Winded, and forces the player through a slower recovery curve before those actions become available again.
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33 How it Works
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55 PropertyValueTriggerStamina Bar fully depleted to 0.Disabled actionsSprinting, dodging.Recovery curveSlower than recovery from a partial stamina drain.Visual tellStamina bar flashes red / empty.
66 Why it Matters
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88 The design rewards pacing. Stopping attacks or dodges while the bar still has a small sliver remaining puts the player back in full-regen mode almost immediately. Running the bar to empty forces the Winded recovery penalty and usually costs the player a window during a boss fight.
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1010 The community-standard rule is "never burn the last sliver." Most guides treat it as more important than raw Endurance stacking, because a high stamina pool still becomes unusable if you Winded out at the wrong moment.
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1212 Managing the Bar
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1414 The practical habit is to stop attacking, dashing, or jumping while roughly 20 to 30 percent of the Stamina bar is still showing, let it refill, then re-engage. Disengaging at that point keeps you on the fast regen curve and out of the Winded state entirely. Every core combat action draws on the same pool, so blocking, dashing, jumping, sprinting, and attacking all push the bar down faster than expected in a busy fight, which is exactly when going Winded hurts most.
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1616 How to Avoid It
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1818 Marathon Runner - flat +20 / +35 / +50 stamina at ranks 1/2/3. Extra cushion against accidental depletion.Agile - cuts Dash and Jump stamina cost by up to 40% at rank 3.Perfected Form - cuts 2H attack stamina cost by up to 25% at rank 3.Rested - base-derived buff that boosts stamina regeneration rate.Endurance - +5 Stamina per attribute point.
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2020 Stamina-boosting food and the Rested buff stack with these talents, so a player who eats before a fight and keeps Rested active has a wider margin before the bar ever reaches the red zone.
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2222 See Also
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2424 Stamina - the underlying resourceRested - stamina-regen buffStatus Effects - full effect roster