ThornsRetaliation Ref /3
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.
Enemies in your Presence accumulate blood boils periodically. When they die, the boils pop applying Corrupted Blood to enemies near them.
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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