Briarpatch (skill gem)

BriarpatchBuff, Spell, Persistent, AoE, Physical, Duration, Plant
Tier: 4
Level: (1-20)
Reservation: 30 Spirit
Cast Time: Instant
Critical Strike Chance: 10.00%While active, a portion of the Physical Attack damage you deal is stored. Casting a Spell uses the stored damage to create a patch of Thorny Ground that deals Spell damage to moving enemies.Stores 1% of Physical Attack damage dealt, up to (9-256)
Thorny Ground radius is 3 metres
Limit 1 patch of Thorny Ground
Thorny Ground duration is 6 seconds
Cannot create more than one patch of
Thorny Ground every 8 seconds
Overgrown Thorny Ground deals damage 50% more
frequently and expires 50% slower
Modifiers to Thorns damage apply to this Skill's Spell damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.25-5)% chance to Hinder enemies on HitSkills can be managed in the Skills Panel.

Acquisition
Drop restricted
It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.Metadata
Item class: Skill Gem
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemBriarpatch

Briarpatch is a persistent buff skill.

Gem level progression

Level
1	0	0	0
2	3	0	0
3	6	9	9
4	10	13	13
5	14	17	17
6	18	20	20
7	22	24	24
8	26	28	28
9	31	32	32
10	36	37	37
11	41	41	41
12	46	46	46
13	52	51	51
14	58	57	57
15	64	62	62
16	66	64	64
17	72	70	70
18	78	75	75
19	84	80	80
20	90	86	86

Recommended support gems

The following support gems are recommendations by GGG as listed in-game, and do not necessarily reflect optimal combinations or the views of the wiki.

Gem tier	Support gems
I	Clarity IClarity ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Clarity Tier: 1 Additional Reservation: 10 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Mana Regeneration while the Skill is active.30% Increased Mana Regeneration Rate while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Precision IPrecision ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Precision Tier: 1 Additional Reservation: 10 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 DexSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the Skill is active.30% Increased Accuracy Rating while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Vitality IVitality ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Vitality Tier: 1 Additional Reservation: 20 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Regenerate 1% of maximum Life per second while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
II	Accelerated Growth IAccelerated Growth ISupport, Spell, AoE, Trigger, Plant Category: Accelerated Growth Tier: 2Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Plant Skills, causing them to Trigger an explosion after they have been Overgrown.Triggers Accelerated Growth on Overgrowing Plants created by Supported SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Mysticism IMysticism ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Mysticism Tier: 2 Additional Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to deal increased Spell Damage while on full Energy Shield while the Supported Skill is active.Deal 30% increased Spell Damage while on full Energy Shield while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Thornskin IThornskin ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Thornskin Tier: 2 Additional Reservation: 20 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to deal increased Thorns Damage while the Supported Skill is active.Deal 40% increased Thorns Damage while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
III	Cannibalism ICannibalism ISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Cannibalism Tier: 3 Additional Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to recover Life on kill while the Skill is active.2% of maximum Life recovered on kill while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Cool HeadedCool HeadedSupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Cool Headed Tier: 3 Additional Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing Ignite applied to you to last for a shorter duration while the Supported Skill is active.50% less Ignite duration on you while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Strong HeartedStrong HeartedSupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Strong Hearted Tier: 3 Additional Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing Shock applied to you to last for a shorter duration while the Supported Skill is active.50% less Shock duration on you while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
IV	Mysticism IIMysticism IISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Mysticism Tier: 4 Additional Reservation: 30 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 IntSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to deal increased Spell Damage while on full Energy Shield while the Supported Skill is active.Deal 40% increased Spell Damage while on full Energy Shield while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Thornskin IIThornskin IISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Thornskin Tier: 4 Additional Reservation: 40 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to deal increased Thorns Damage while the Supported Skill is active.Deal 70% increased Thorns Damage while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Vitality IIVitality IISupport, Buff, Persistent Category: Vitality Tier: 4 Additional Reservation: 40 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the Skill is active.Regenerate 2% of maximum Life per second while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.
V	Accelerated Growth IIAccelerated Growth IISupport, Spell, AoE, Trigger, Plant Category: Accelerated Growth Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Plant Skills, causing them to Trigger an explosion after they have been Overgrown, Blinding enemies Hit.Triggers Accelerated Growth on Overgrowing Plants created by Supported SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	Physical MasteryPhysical MasterySupport, Physical Category: Mastery Tier: 5Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports Physical skills, granting them an additional level. Does not support skills which do not have levels.+1 to Level of Supported Physical SkillsPlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.

Item acquisition

Briarpatch has restrictions on where or how it can drop.

It can be obtained by engraving an Uncut Spirit Gem.

Alternate skill effects

Briarpatch (skill gem) has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Description

Version history

Version	Changes
0.4.0b	Quality now grants chance to Hinder enemies on hit (previously chance to Maim on hit). [Undocumented]
0.4.0	Introduced to the game.