Thorns

PATCH 20261101.12026-11-02T07:17:50.548Z

Monsters that strike you in melee take back 60% of the blow.

These are base learned-level effects, not final character-sheet damage. Account for equipment bonuses, synergies, modifiers and enemy resistances.

Effects by level

Evolution requirements

Synergies and practical checks

• Only melee blows that land are given back: not missiles, and not blows you block or avoid.
• It gives back its share of the blow as the monster swung it, before your Defense and Damage Reduced cut it.
• Your physical damage bonus raises it: Strength, Might, Concentration and Fanaticism. It never critically strikes.

Skill modifiers

• Bramble — What it sends back also hits the 3 nearest monsters for half. It sends back 20% less.
• Spite — Monsters that hit you with physical missiles also take back half as much.
• Duel — It sends back twice as much to elites and bosses, and half as much to the rest.

View in a class guide: Paladin

Observed version history

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