Sacred 2:Tangled Vine

A root sprouts from the ground holding opponents in one place with damaging from them.

Aspect

Please add in game tooltip info for this CA from a Level 1 character with no equipment on and no Survival Bonus. See Blazing Tempest for an example. Basic starter tips are welcome here.
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See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications

Bronze

Tendrils - Increases the damage of the strangling roots. (50% increased physical damage)
Sprawl - Increased duration of Tangled Vine. (40% increase)

Silver

Singe - Roots inflict additional fire damage. (50% from base physical damage, but damage type fire)
Impair - Reduces the rooted opponents attack speed. (20% + 0.5% per CA level)

Gold

Encroach - Increases the range of Tangled Vine. (400% + 2% per CA level increased area of effect)
Intent - Increased chance to land critical hits. (15% chance)

The following skills and attributes will affect this combat art:

Causes vines to erupt from the ground and encircle any enemy in a very small area, typically only one at a time. This enemy is not able to move for the duration of the vines. Melee enemies who are out of attack range do nothing. Enemies with ranged attacks may or may not continue attacking.
The Encroach Gold mod causes the area of the skill to expand, allowing for multiple enemies to be "vined". Early on, this is typically 3-4 medium sized enemies at once.
The size of the vines varies markedly, as the same visual effect is scaled depending on the size of the enemy. Rats and other tiny creatures are surrounded by tiny tendrils, and dragons are surrounded by thick vines.

Pros

Extremely effective at disabling bosses
The Encroach modification can be used to increase its negligible area of effect to useful levels

Cons