Brambles

In the Guardian Druid talent tree, Brambles sits in the Guardian specialization talents, row 7 of 14. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Guardian Talents.

Choice node

Brambles shares its node with Ward of the Forest. A character takes one of the two.

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  Ward of the Forest

  Barkskin increases your maximum health by 20%, but its duration is reduced by 40%.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Brambles from Survival of the Fittest.

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  Survival of the Fittest2 ranks

  Reduces the cooldowns of Barkskin and Survival Instincts by 12%.

Connected below

Brambles leads on to Rend and Tear or Untamed Savagery and Ursoc's Fury.

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  Rend and Tear

  Each stack of Thrash reduces the target's damage to you by 3% and increases your damage to them by 2%.

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  Untamed Savagery

  Increases the damage and radius of Thrash by 25%.

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  Ursoc's Fury

  Thrash and Maul grant you an absorb shield for 35% of the damage dealt for 15 sec.

Same row

Also on this row: Soul of the Forest, Natural Resilience, Reinforced Fur or Bristling Fur, Gift of an Ancient Guardian or Guardian of Elune, Ursoc's Endurance or Gory Fur and Ursol's Warding.

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  Soul of the Forest

  Mangle generates 5 more Rage and deals 25% more damage.

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  Natural Resilience

  When Frenzied Regeneration would heal you above maximum health, 80% of its excess healing is instead converted to an absorb shield.

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  Reinforced Fur

  Ironfur increases armor by an additional 15% and Barkskin reduces damage taken by an additional 10%.

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  Bristling Fur

  Bristle your fur, causing you to generate Rage based on damage taken for 8 sec.

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  Gift of an Ancient Guardian

  Ironfur increases your Mastery by 5%.

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  Guardian of Elune

  Mangle increases the duration of your next Ironfur by 3 sec, or the healing of your next Frenzied Regeneration by 20%.

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  Ursoc's Endurance

  Increases the duration of Barkskin and Ironfur by 2.1 sec.

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  Gory Fur

  Ironfur has a 20% chance to make your next Raze or Ravage free. Raze and Ravage have a 10% chance to make your next Ironfur free.

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  Ursol's Warding

  Gain magical damage reduction equal to 10% of your damage reduction from armor.