Barbed Wire

The Barbed Wire is a item in Risk of Rain that encircles the player in a small, grey, jagged circle, damaging enemies who come within. If several enemies are within range, only one of them will receive the damage.

Tactics
Barbed Wire is one of the few items which can damage Providence while he is under his shield buff.

Character Synergies

 * Any Melee-based character will find extra use for Barbed Wire, as they will often be up close and personal with mobs, allowing the item to do maximum DPS. Melee Characters include Miner, Acrid, Mercenary and HAN-D.

Trivia
Bug: This item will sometimes disappear during transitions between different stages after using the teleporter.

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