https://pobb.in/FW1GQ2fQ9ZDi

In 0.5 the Prized Pain unique ring is being reworked to have a chance to dish out your thorns damage on melee hit. With ritualist you should be able to achieve a 100% chance with a little bit of corruption. This additionally means that you can play Thorns without the stifling requirement that is Crown of the Pale King!

I've chosen to stack attack speed on Spearfield and Whirling Slash to dish out as many instances of thorns damage as quickly as possible while moving faster than sprint speed. I'm also running Scavenged Plating to keep my thorns damage high and Wind Dancer to dish out even more thorns damage (why the hell is that skill melee tagged???)

The PoB includes gear priorities, as well as a levelling guide for Twister and classic Crown of the Pale King Thorns

Thorns doesn't simulate in PoB (yet) and I can't add the updated Prize Pain to the build, so the PoB will need to be updated over time, I'll keep the PoB in the video description up to date as I make changes