Briar Set | Elden Ring Wiki

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Ironic given its source, but this set is excellent for coop. Enemy aggression is heavily dependent on whether a player has recently hit them, and rolls with this armor qualify. If you're fighting a boss, dodging as you regularly would will now help keep pressure off the host, and you don't even need to have the full set on. Just wearing the gloves will give you a pseudo Shabriri's Woe at next to no cost.

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My favorite set in the game. The mini stagger effect is good for small enemies, especially when paired with weapons that don't stagger enemies very well. It's also very cool looking in general. The cloak envelops your whole body, the barbed wires give you a distinct silhouette. The helmet is beautiful, I believe the mask is based off of Anglo-Saxon masked helmets, the conical design is taken from Norman helmets. It might not be a direct design inspiration, but the finery on the helmet with its 'crown' reminds me of the helmet worn by Saladin in Kingdom of Heaven.

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This + iron helmet = ultimate drip. I like to use with my Braggart's Roar Guts Greatsword build and it fits really well.

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I wish it were heavier. And I wish "I wish it were" wasn't grammatically correct. Sorry, *weren't.

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damage should've scaled on arcane.

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How is this damage calculated? Does it get buffed by blood boil?

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Mea culpa

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amazing for making sure stance damage doesnt reset, helped me out tons with PCR

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deal small stagger on hit. Works with flying birds, dogs, naked npc, shabby enemy as servants etc.
plus can finish skeletons

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you don't need full set. just use one piece of it for nice 2 damage and mini stagger. It's more useful then you expected, expecually on skeleton, birds and low poise enemy

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75 damage per roll? let's assume max physical negation is about 50% and you still get 37.5 damage for "free". this seems like a solid pvp armor if not for pisslow poise it gave.
after some build test, you can use helm and glove with something like solitude + bullgoat talis and still be at optimal poise at 125. 18 damage per roll is still cool though.

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Anyone know the PvP poise damage? I remember fighting someone wearing a piece while I was also wearing one and we could both interrupt each other by rolling, although not often.

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I like putting the chest and leg pieces with the altered banished Knight helmet and scaled gauntlets both because it gives you the poise number but also because you look like a knight cowboy :D

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Put on the gauntlets in catacombs to easily kill skeletons just by rolling when they are trying to revive

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A functional armor set against PvE enemies who have little poise/armor. Interrupts them when rolling in their direct vicinity. In terms of fashion, there is potential for mixing up. Consider combining the chest piece (altered or unaltered), Vagabond Greaves and helm, and Messmer Soldier Gauntlets for that darkened steel in one hand and leather glove in the other. This suggestion is strictly fashion-oriented; consider other options for poise, or other needs.

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While the main selling point is the damaging rolls feature - i want to praise the fashion as well. The armor looks very unique - it is not just armor for protection, but has certain artistic flare to it as well.

The helmet looks like a crown from certain angles - particularly from behind.
The cape hides engraved shoulder pads.
The gauntlets have a little demon face on them.
The greaves feature kneecaps also with some sort of face or engravings on them.

This set made for wonderful screenshot fodder, especially when the character is starring in the distance. The cape is so goddamn thick - it looks like an armor in on itself.

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Close enough, welcome back Kirk.

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This + deadly sin seems to be interesting, even with the self exploding physick.

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Elemer: "Oh, you killed some of my variants and now you think you can do the same to me, the original bell bearing hunter?". Me: "Come on, I killed the Dragonbarrow variant. Shut up and give me my runes.".

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I'm a name myself mad thorny, put this on, put on mantle of thorns and be sonic

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i thought the description meant that rolling caused damage to the player and not the opposite :sob:

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Don't know if anyone mentioned this but this set is pretty useful against black knife assassins.
dodge rolls stagger them and cancels their dodges/attacks in most situations especially their grab attack by rolling towards them

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I think this armor also will stagger if you bump an enemy while using the unique beast claw ashes and run attacks, I’ll try to do some testing but if anyoneknows for sure or can test it first it would be greatly appreciated

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Just discovered that rolling into the big jar enemies bounces you off and cancels your roll. Wonder what other enemies this can happen for

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The damage from the rolls can knock Gravebirds out of the air, pretty funny

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i'd sacrifice every one of my save files if they just made a briarless version at any point

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Sorrowful be the heart, Pentient One

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there is a myth that this prevents poise from regenerating. i checked with CE and this is not true

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For some reason wearing any piece of this makes your jumps not break clutter, so you can platform on top of barrels and candlesticks like a champ.

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A piece (one armor part) of this set is PRETTY GOOD against the final boss of the DLC if you want to Stance break/posture break him. Specially good if you go UNGGA BUNGGA with Jump attack power stancing or any build that can deal decent stance damage. Beat the boss with the help of stance breaks due to this armor (since you roll into the boss MOST of the time you can keep the posture damage intact).

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yeat set

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It’s nothing short of a crime that this doesn’t have 51 poise

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Killed the entire gate front ruins camp just with rolling. Love this set. Someone needs to do a roll only run

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Hope that they add a form of bleed build up to the armor pieces. Would hope to min max my bleed build

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If only the mask didn't look goofy, or was at least set straight. Rest of the armor is drip though

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I hope they add a clear/briar-less version of the armor in the DLC

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Was fighting the guy at sol wearing this set, level 90. Was on half health with on heal flask, until I panic rolled into him, killing him and saving me. Never letting go of this set.

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This set should damage enemies who grapple you. Like if an Iron Virgin grabs you, you'd hit her back directly to the weak spot

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Does this proc winged sword insigna?

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Wear the gloves at all times, you'll never get stuck between mobs trying to roll out and die this way. Doesn't happen a .lot but when it does, oh boy is it infuriating,.

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Wear the gloves at all times, you'll never get stuck between mobs trying to roll out and die this way. Doesn't happen a .lot but when it does, oh boy is it infuriating,.

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Yes, indeed i used roll only in arena.

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The ball

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I've been wearing the gauntlets on my usual set of armor and it's impressive how often that 1 point of damage staggers enemies when rolling. I've seen it interrupt black knives' attacks.

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'Rolls at you with malicious intent'

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this Armor set looks very sick with the barbed wire

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If you wear this and use the lions claw aow, the flip counts as a rolling hit. Pretty useful in certain scenarios

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The left arm clips through the cape when jogging on medium load, theres no changes to the size of your arm that you can make to make it not clip while jogging, it is such a minor issue but it bother the **** out of me, its been like this since release and its been the only thing keeping me form doing a full run as a Elemer cosplay, help me

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Been entering duels with this set just for the lols and have at one point managed to get someone to half health lmao

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This armor gives me the vibe of what a late roman soldier would wear. Neat.

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Just a few notes from personal testing: Can be buffed with spells such as Flame, Grant Me Strength or Golden Vow. Anything that buffs the base damage of the character will buff this armour. This set DOES NOT activate any of the “repeated attack” talismans, like the Sword Insignias and Swaddling Cloth, although its damage will be buffed if the Sword Insignias are activated via other means. It also does not benefit from either the Windy Crystal Tear or the Crucible Feather Talisman.

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Am I the only one noticing that if you were this armor set you don't break things when jumping into them? I thought it was an update to the game, then I removed the armor and everything broke again. Rolling smashes thing still though.

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If I use the whole set, flames deadly sin and that rolypoly talisman can literally spin to win?

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You aren’t wearing the gauntlets with your optimized build for fashion. And you know it. Colossal goes away, DPS meta comes out and you get spanked. You get a point down and a well deserved sh*t pot.
You aren’t as slick as you think you are.

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I love the set, but i hate that it aimpunches in pvp. I would love to use it, but it's so annoying for the opponent.

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should be added you need to get the quest from Enia or otherwise after defeating Elemer you'll be locked out of getting the armor during the plsythrough.......... why fromsoft why....

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Note: While not great for bosses, this set is LOVELY for regular enemies. It's hits knock things out of attacks very easily, and knock them backwards normally. Meaning you can clear space by just rolling through hordes and getting them out of your way. Don't use it for damage, use it for utility.

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This set is great in the open world, through dodging you sometimes interrupt the enemies attack which is a neat gimmick to this awesome looking Armor.

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I really like this set, probably my favorite in the game only a few others come close like the Eccentric set but I wish you could alter the armor as a 'restored' version. Not necessarily without the briars or pristine. Just being able to make the armor look worn but not tread through 7 kilometers of salty swamp water while pouring gravy on yourself.

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It’s a good thing they patched the fires deadly sin + blood flame blade glitch. It was deadly enough on its own but it sounds even worse when you pair it with this and lightning ram

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That looks more like barbed wire wrapped around it than briar bush needles.

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Why would you want to alter this armor?? Y'all are so petty lol.

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Elemer may be a merchant murdering madman but he does have impeccable fashion sense

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The aimpunch set, truly Elmer was the most evil man of his time to knowingly abuse such things.

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One of the best looking sets in the game for sure.

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Why does this armor set not have good poise? Elemer poises through a heavy jump attack with a colossal weapon, and he wears the same armor.

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mfw the rolling damage can aimpunch colossal weapons

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Idk why everyone hates the thorns, they tell a neat little story.
They are also the only reason that rolling with this would deal dmg

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Lower poise than the Knight Set which you can buy in the first 20 min of the game. I get the added bonus of the roll damage but still, 51 should be the bare minimum for sets of this tier.

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This is a really cool looking armor set…love the jacked up mask

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PENITENT ONE!

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does this work with lightning ram?

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FromSoftware: proceeds to add a altered armors system.
Fromsoftware too: only adds cape alteration and skip adding restored version for rusty sets and additional variations.

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We have Knight Kirk's Armor of Thorns at home...

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Be careful wearing this set if you're trying to avoid wildlife conflict with the beast repellent torch. That is why I was running around those basilisks naked, officer. I swear!

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Fun fact: with the giant cusher R2 or lion's claw this armor will slightly stagger enemies for tiny damage during the first part of the animation when next to them.

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does this deal any poise damage?

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Those of you on PC, if you don't like the barbed wire but like the rest of the set theres a super simple mod to remove it from the armour and the sword on nexus. Looks incredible without it imo.

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Not sure if you guys are aware for Elden Fextra, but comments are producing errors and you cannot submit them when responding to comments – claims they are empty. I’m also getting JS script error popups.

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Neat little interaction: wearing a piece of this armour set will remove your ability to break objects by jumping in no-combat areas like Roundtree.

I discovered this when I tried jumping on the candlestand going to the twin husks shop, and ended up on TOP of the stand rather than breaking it. To my surprise, you can even leave a message there! Further testing around the area found I could not jump to break tables, armour stands, or chairs with the Briar armour on, but rolling into them still works. Wonder if that's intended, or it'll be fixed down the line.

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The helmet is inspired by "Monkey Christ" - a painting "renovated" by some random old lady in Spain

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Hitting enemies with the roll counts as a hit for the rune of Malenia, effectively giving you health back with each roll-hit

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i like wearing one piece of this set so i can roll past most enemies and have them jerk their entire bodies for 1 damage.

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this with the iron casa head looks pretty sick

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Y,know as much as i hate bell bearing hunters with a passion, they have very dripped up armor.

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Does this work with the AOW lightning ram?

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Can you kill NPCs in safe zones like the Roundtable with this on?

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Bumping into enemies with this counts as a weak attack and enemies that deflect weak attacks like Crystallians will cause you to stagger. This can lead to you getting stunlocked if you get too close to an enemy like that until their combo finishes, because they keep moving in to you which keeps triggering your stagger animation.

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This works with quickstep and bloodhound step for some ungodly reason.

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Does the bloodflame blade buff procs by thorn effects?

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I’m disappointed there is no bleed rolling damage :/

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With morgotts great sword the initial rush that you do before the bloodflame slash will stagger enemies with this set effectively allowing you to get the slash off almost like adding some hyper armor to the attack pretty interesting

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If youre having trouble with the blood alburnac’s in mowhgs palace, putting one piece of this set on allows you to interrupt their summersault attack by just rolling into them!

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The altered chest piece has such a nice skirtline, shame the shoulders are so bulky it makes my character look like she could throw a bowling ball into orbit

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Bubble tear go bye-bye

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I just wish the barbed wire actually fit the outfit and didn't clip so badly with the pieces- I love the look(and I wish the altered version allowed you to remove the wire), but the wire has a cool theme to it- but its just so bad with clipping, even with its own pieces, that I cant wear it without being bothered by it.

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Does Raptor of the Mists gain free damage if you activate it while wearing this? I could imagine being able to avoid taking damage, damaging and staggering a foe, while falling into a jumping attack could be a bit obnoxious.

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Holy sh*t this set is really good especially combined with specific weapon skills like lions claw because you stagger enemies before they hit and interrupt you so you have more chance of landing a hit, very epic fromsoft!

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