Mender skill · aims at one target · evolves into Wormwood Thorn
Gall Thorn
Marks the nearest elite or foe: every hero hits it harder. It aims itself at the nearest elite in range, or the nearest monster when there is no elite.
It is on the hero’s skill tree from the start: one level-up point learns it.
Rank by rank
Each level up to 30 brings one point for the skill tree, then every second level does: a point learns a skill you do not have while one of your 6 slots is free, or adds the next rank of one you have, up to rank 5. These are the lines the tree shows for each rank:
- Rank 1: 14 damage and a mark on the nearest foe: every hero hits it 25% harder for 6 s; x1.4 damage with no other hero within 8 tiles · 6.5 s cooldown (3.9 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
- Rank 2: 18 damage and a mark on the nearest foe: every hero hits it 25% harder for 6 s; x1.4 damage with no other hero within 8 tiles · 6.1 s cooldown (3.67 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
- Rank 3: 22 damage and a mark on the nearest foe: every hero hits it 25% harder for 6 s; x1.4 damage with no other hero within 8 tiles · 5.8 s cooldown (3.48 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
- Rank 4: 27 damage and a mark on the nearest foe: every hero hits it 25% harder for 6 s; x1.4 damage with no other hero within 8 tiles · 5.4 s cooldown (3.23 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
- Rank 5: 33 damage and a mark on the nearest foe: every hero hits it 25% harder for 6 s; x1.4 damage with no other hero within 8 tiles · 5.0 s cooldown (3 s with Quick Hands at rank 5)
| Rank | Cooldown (s) | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6.5 | 14 |
| 2 | 6.1 | 18 |
| 3 | 5.8 | 22 |
| 4 | 5.4 | 27 |
| 5 | 5 | 33 |
Evolution: Wormwood Thorn
Rank 5 + Whetstone → Wormwood Thorn. Hold Gall Thorn at rank 5 and any rank of Whetstone, and its gold evolution node on the skill tree can take your next point. The thorn bursts: every foe within a tile and a half of it is marked too.
- Change from rank 5
- +35% damage, -10% cooldown
- Damage
- 33 → 44.55
- Cooldown
- 5 s → 4.5 s
- With Quick Hands 5
- 2.7 s
Whetstone is also the key to Searing Balm, so one passive can open two evolutions.