Brambles

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Brambles
Damage from your Thorns and Entangling Roots increased by X% and damage done by your Treants increased by Y%. In addition, damage from your Treants and attacks done to you while you have Barkskin active have a Y% chance to daze the target for 3 sec.
Usable by
Class	Druid
Properties
Location	Balance, Tier 3
Affects	Thorns, Entangling Roots
Ranks	3
Requirements
Points required	10
Talent required	None

Brambles improves Thorns, Treant, and Entangling Roots damage by a flat percentage, and gives your Treants and attacks done to you while in Barkskin a chance to daze the target.

Rank table

Rank	Damage Increase	Treants/Daze
1	25%	5%
2	50%	10%
3	75%	15%

Notes

It improves Nature's Grasp as well, since that spell casts Entangling Roots.
Neither Thorns nor 'Roots stack. A druid with less points in Brambles will not be permitted to cast these spells on a target already affected by a higher-point version.

Tips and tactics

Brambles is a predictable part of a raiding Balance spec:

Given that most instances are indoors, and the Balance player is not likely to be struck in melee, Nature's Grasp will be ignored entirely and will not contribute to Tier Two.

For similar reasons, Control of Nature will be rejected except for the 1 point needed to reach Tier Three. Focused Starlight (2 ranks) and Improved Moonfire (2 ranks) take the other points.

Insect Swarm is considered a must-have; this leaves 4 points in the tier for both Brambles and Nature's Reach (2 ranks).

Patch changes

Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Now increases the damage done by your Treants, and also damage caused from your Treants and Barkskin has a 5/10/15% chance to Daze the target for 3 sec.