PoE2 skill gem

Briarpatch

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.

Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.2
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Briarpatch could not be supported by Support Gems that require Skills to deal damage.

Full patch history

Effects

10 effects
  • Mana: 30
  • Cannot create more than one patch of\nThorny Ground every 8 seconds
  • Thorny Ground radius is 3 metres
  • Thorny Ground duration is 6 seconds
  • Limit 1 patch of Thorny Ground
  • Overgrown Thorny Ground deals damage 50% more\nfrequently and expires 50% slower
  • Modifiers to Thorns damage apply to this Skill's Spell damage
  • Stores 1% of Physical Attack damage dealt, up to (9-256)
  • Cannot create more than one patch ofThorny Ground every 8 seconds
  • Overgrown Thorny Ground deals damage 50% morefrequently and expires 50% slower

Requirements and restrictions

1 requirement groups
Player requirementsLevel (1-90), (4-86) Str, (4-86) Int
Source requirement text

Requires: Level (1-90), (4-86) Str, (4-86) Int

Gem level progression

40 levels
Briarpatch levels 1 to 20
LevelRequires LevelStrIntBase DamageStores 1% of Physical Attack damage dealt, up to 9
1044100%, 100%, 100%1, 9
2377100%, 100%, 100%1, 12
3699100%, 100%, 100%1, 16
4101313100%, 100%, 100%1, 20
5141717100%, 100%, 100%1, 26
6182020100%, 100%, 100%1, 32
7222424100%, 100%, 100%1, 38
8262828100%, 100%, 100%1, 46
9313232100%, 100%, 100%1, 54
10363737100%, 100%, 100%1, 64
11414141100%, 100%, 100%1, 74
12464646100%, 100%, 100%1, 86
13525151100%, 100%, 100%1, 100
14585757100%, 100%, 100%1, 115
15646262100%, 100%, 100%1, 132
16666464100%, 100%, 100%1, 151
17727070100%, 100%, 100%1, 173
18787575100%, 100%, 100%1, 197
19848080100%, 100%, 100%1, 224
20908686100%, 100%, 100%1, 256
Beyond level 20, 20 levels
Briarpatch levels beyond 20
LevelRequires LevelStrIntBase DamageStores 1% of Physical Attack damage dealt, up to 9
21Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 291
22Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 330
23Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 375
24Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 426
25Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 484
26Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 549
27Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 624
28Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 709
29Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 805
30Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 916
31Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 1041
32Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 1185
33Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 1349
34Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 1538
35Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 1753
36Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 2001
37Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 2285
38Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 2613
39Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 2990
40Not applicableNot applicableNot applicable100%, 100%, 100%1, 3424

Quality effects

2 effects

Briarpatch standard quality

  • (0-5)% chance to Hinder enemies on Hit

Advanced Thaumaturgy

This is the additional quality effect granted while the Gemling Legionnaire passive is allocated. The main value below is shown at 20% gem quality. Compare all gem bonuses.

  • Thorny Ground radius is 0.6 metresQuality scaling: Thorny Ground radius is (0-0.6) metres

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Compatibility rules

Active Type: Buff, OngoingSkill, HasReservation, Persistent, AttackInPlace, Physical, Limit, Plant, Spell, Area, AreaSpell, Duration, CreatesGroundEffect, Sustained, Damage

Granted by items

1 items

Acquisition

2 sources

How to engrave this skill

1 category
Primal, tier 4

This skill becomes available when engraving an Uncut Skill Gem of level 4 or higher. The resulting skill uses the selected Uncut Skill Gem's level.

Open Primal

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 0 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Briarpatch. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.

01
No change.
02
Permanently add or subtract one gem level. This is retained when upgrading the gem level using an uncut gem. Max level gems can exceed their normal maximum this way, but cannot go below Level 1.
03
Add or remove a socket.
04
±10% to Quality, up to 23%.
View every corruption outcome and enchantment

Patch history

6 changes
0.5.2
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Briarpatch could not be supported by Support Gems that require Skills to deal damage.

0.4.0c
Direct change

Briarpatch is now a Sustained skill.

0.4.0c
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Briarpatch could be active in a weapon set where it was not enabled.

0.4.0b
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Briarpatch could not deal critial hits. It now has a 10% base critical hit chance.

0.4.0b
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Briarpatch quality was trying to Maim enemies (which doesn't work with spell damage) instead of Hindering them.

0.4.0b
Direct change

Fixed a bug where Briarpatch could not be supported by duration-related support gems.