ThornsRetaliation Ref /6
Retaliate with Thorns
Retaliating specifically refers only to the inherent ability to deal Thorns damage to enemies when they Hit you.

Some effects may cause you to deal Thorns damage in other ways, but those are not Retaliation, and effects which specifically care about when you Retaliate will ignore them.
Supports Melee Attack Skills. Supported Skills trigger Quill Burst, which deals your Thorns Damage in an Area around the target struck. Quill Burst can only be triggered on Hit after you've Retaliated with Thorns Damage.
Supports Melee Strike Skills. Supported Skills deal your Thorns Damage on Hit after you've Retaliated with Thorns Damage.
Supports Melee Strike Skills. Supported Skills deal your Thorns Damage on Hit after you've Retaliated with Thorns Damage.
Supports Melee Strike Skills. Supported Skills deal your Thorns Damage on Hit twice after you've Retaliated with Thorns Damage.
Thorns
Thorns damage is a kind of Hit Damage you can deal. Thorns damage is not Attack damage or Spell damage and is not affected by modifiers specific to those.

If you have Thorns damage, you inherently Retaliate against Melee Attack Hits, dealing your Thorns damage to the enemy that Hit you.

Some skills and other effects may also deal your thorns damage to enemies at other times.
Retaliate against all Hits
This allows your Thorns to Retaliate against any kind of Hit dealt to you by enemies, rather than just Melee Attacks, except that you can never Retaliate against the enemy's Thorns damage.
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