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Spirit of Barbs
Spirit-of-barbs

Class: Druid
Required Level: 30
Skill Tree: Summoning Skills
Requires: Oak Sage, Heart of Wolverine
Active
Cost: 25 Mana

Summons a spirit that reflects damage back at attackers.

Damage Type: Physical
Other Stats: Summon; Only one Spirit can be summoned at a time
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Spirit of Barbs is a Druid skill in Diablo II.

Synergies[]

  • Gives synergy to: None
  • Receives synergy from: None

Usage[]

Spirit of Barbs aura

Spirit of Barbs aura

Last of the "Sage" summons, Spirit of Barbs performs a function similar to the Paladin's Thorns, in that while the Druid and his minions still take damage, a flat damage is returned to the enemy that inflicted it as well. While the Spirit does not reflect much damage, it is a summon and not an active skill, freeing the Druid to have it and two other skills active (the Paladin is restricted to having just one other active skill). Spirit of Barbs is immune to Poison in Nightmare and Hell.

After patch 2.4, the description erroneously states range that is 20 yards (30 game units) lower than before, due to missing Spirit of Barbs Param7 value (30 previously, empty after 2.4), which is then used by the SkillDesc - this is however not the real value, because the spirit just turns on the "Barbs Aura", which still has the old pre-2.4 values of 30+2*(lev-1) game units given (verifiable in Skills.txt). This can be checked easily by just using the skill and standing far from the spirit - you will get the aura anyway. This is also not the "summon range", since that is never effectively limited here. As a side note, the entry Barbs Aura states "30 Radius baseline (must match Spirit of Barbs Param7)", and it is exactly the value that doesn't match :)

Lore[]

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Spirit of Barbs in action

The spirit invoked by this skill bestows upon the Druid and his company the mystical ability to reflect damage back at any opponents who injure them.

Skill Progression[]

Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Mana Cost 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35
Life 213 266 319 372 426 479 532 585 639 692 745
Damage Returned 32 41 50 59 68 77 86 95 113 131 149
Radius (yards) 20 21.3 22.6 24 25.3 26.6 28 29.3 30.6 32 33.3
Level 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 25
Mana Cost 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 49
Life 798 852 905 958 1011 1065 1118 1171 1224 1491
Damage Returned 167 185 203 221 239 266 293 320 347 509
Radius (yards) 34.6 36 37.3 38.6 40 41.3 42.6 44 45.3 45
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