There’s been a considerable amount of dps testing, and as we’d kinda expect the two sets perform almost identically. The only note is that briar needs to be kept up...which shouldn’t be a problem in maelstrom. If kept up 2/3 of the time, it adds an average 297 weapon damage, pretty identical to Hundings.

In theory, someone might squeeze a little bit more dps from briar if they were really good with their rotations and used the cool down to reapply buffs and non-damage abilities. I can do that somewhat in dungeons and trials, but it’d be a bit much in maelstrom. It’s too intense to monitor myself that much.

As for the heals...they’re on a 1-2 second global Cooldown. This makes them roughly 12-25% the heals of vigor. That’s pretty minor, helpful but minor. It makes briar a pretty attractive set though...sort of a Hundings minus 5 weapon damage with minor heals. And in maelstrom...I don’t know about everyone else...but I definitely hit like 1% health frequently, lol.