Retaliate with Thorns

Retaliating specifically refers only to the inherent ability to deal ThornsThornsThorns 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. damage to enemies when they HitHit DamageAny damage that isn't damage over time is Hit damage. Damaging Ailments which result from a Hit will calculate their damage from that Hit, and will not subsequently have Damage modifiers applied directly to them. As a result of this, raising Hit Damage will result in more powerful Damaging Ailments innately. you. Some effects may cause you to deal ThornsThornsThorns 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. damage in other ways, but those are not Retaliation, and effects which specifically care about when you Retaliate will ignore them.