Barrage

BarrageAttack, Projectile, Bow
Mana Cost: (7-11)
Cast Time: 1.00 sec
Damage Effectiveness: (40%-48%)Requires Level 12After a short preparation time, you attack repeatedly with a ranged weapon. These attacks have a small randomised spread. Only works with Bows and Wands.Per 1% Quality:
0.5% increased Projectile DamageDeals (40-47.6)% of Base Damage
Fires 4 additional ProjectilesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.Acquisition
Level: 12Purchase Costs

Normal

1x Orb of Transmutation

Sell Price
1x Scroll FragmentMiscellaneous
Item class: Active Skill Gems
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Gems/SkillGemBarrage

Barrage is a ranged attack skill that fires your bow or wand repeatedly.

Skill functions and interactions

• Additional Projectiles: Linking Lesser Multiple Projectiles or Greater Multiple Projectiles to Barrage will increase the total number of projectiles fired. For example, when using Lesser Multiple Projectiles, a total of 7 projectiles will be fired (1 base, +4 from Barrage gem, +2 from Lesser Multiple Projectiles Gem). Wearing a helm enchanted with Additional Barrage Projectiles will further increase this total. All projectiles fired can strike the same target, potentially dealing damage up to 13 times to a single target when using all three effects.

• Volley SupportVolley SupportSupport, Projectile
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  Mana Multiplier: 140%Requires Level 4Supports skills that fire projectiles from the user. Does not affect projectiles fired from other locations as secondary effects.Per 1% Quality:
  Supported Skills deal 1% increased Projectile DamageSupported Skills also fire Projectiles from up to 2 points on each side of you
  Supported Skills fire 2 additional Projectiles
  Supported Skills deal (25-16)% less Projectile DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Active Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket.: Linking this gem will cause Barrage's projectiles to be fired in sequence in five parallel lines.

• Volley FireVolley Fire
  Viridian JewelLimited to: 3
  Radius: Medium (1200)(7-10)% increased Projectile Damage
  With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Barrage fires an additional 2 projectiles simultaneously on the first and final attacksLioneye's men stood at the walls,
  eyeing the savages that walked the beach below.
  With a single word,
  a thousand bodies, and ten thousand arrows,
  would litter the sands.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.: This jewel will fire an additional two projectiles per attack, with the added projectiles spread to the sides. These additional projectiles cannot strike the same target as the main projectiles and will in fact pass through them harmlessly (though subsequent projectiles generated via effects such as chain could bounce to the primary target). Multiple Volley Fire jewels will add four more projectiles each, spreading out in a wider fan.

Example: A user wearing a helmet with +2 Additional Barrage Projectiles and with two copies of Volley Fire slotted will fire a total of 14 projectiles per attack in the game. A maximum of 6 can strike the primary target; all other targets may be struck by a maximum of 1 projectile.

• Dual wielding: The total number of projectiles fired by Barrage does not change while wielding two weapons. An attack with Barrage uses both weapons, alternating between each weapon for each projectile fired.

• The small randomized spread covers a small angle of approximately 20 degrees.

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Damage Multiplier	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	7	40%	40%	0	0
2	15	39	7	40%	40.4%	15,249	15,249
3	19	48	7	41%	40.8%	41,517	56,766
4	23	56	8	41%	41.2%	81,983	138,749
5	27	64	8	42%	41.6%	147,968	286,717
6	31	73	8	42%	42%	250,557	537,274
7	35	81	8	42%	42.4%	405,086	942,360
8	38	88	8	43%	42.8%	447,718	1,390,078
9	41	94	9	43%	43.2%	615,318	2,005,396
10	44	100	9	44%	43.6%	834,639	2,840,035
11	47	106	9	44%	44%	1,570,760	4,410,795
12	50	113	9	44%	44.4%	1,633,987	6,044,782
13	53	119	9	45%	44.8%	2,151,030	8,195,812
14	56	125	10	45%	45.2%	2,812,189	11,008,001
15	59	132	10	46%	45.6%	5,099,360	16,107,361
16	62	138	10	46%	46%	9,400,731	25,508,092
17	64	142	10	46%	46.4%	15,273,366	40,781,458
18	66	146	10	47%	46.8%	26,286,582	67,068,040
19	68	151	11	47%	47.2%	62,890,590	129,958,630
20	70	155	11	48%	47.6%	212,046,017	342,004,647
21	72	159	11	48%	48%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	11	48%	48.4%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	11	49%	48.8%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	11	49%	49.2%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	11	50%	49.6%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	12	50%	50%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	12	50%	50.4%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	12	51%	50.8%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	12	51%	51.2%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	12	52%	51.6%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	13	52%	51.8%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	13	52%	52%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	13	52%	52.2%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	13	52%	52.4%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	13	53%	52.6%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	14	53%	52.8%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	14	53%	53%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	14	53%	53.2%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	14	53%	53.4%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	14	54%	53.6%	N/A	N/A

Item acquisition

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed npc vendors after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓
The Siren's Cadence Act 1 Nessa	✗	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Barrage:

Item	Radius	Stats
Volley FireVolley Fire Viridian JewelLimited to: 3 Radius: Medium (1200)(7-10)% increased Projectile Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Barrage fires an additional 2 projectiles simultaneously on the first and final attacksLioneye's men stood at the walls, eyeing the savages that walked the beach below. With a single word, a thousand bodies, and ten thousand arrows, would litter the sands.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket.	Medium (1200)	(7-10)% increased Projectile Damage With at least 40 Dexterity in Radius, Barrage fires an additional 2 projectiles simultaneously on the first and final attacks

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Barrage.

Name		Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Barrage Attack Speed 1	66	10% increased Barrage Attack Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Barrage Attack Speed 2	75	15% increased Barrage Attack Speed	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Barrage Damage 1	66	25% increased Barrage Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Barrage Damage 2	75	40% increased Barrage Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Barrage Num Of Additional Projectiles 1	75	Barrage fires an additional Projectile	helmet 100 default 0

Version history

Version	Changes
3.3.0	Now has an added damage effectiveness and base damage of 40% at gem level 1 (down from 50%), up to 47.6% at gem level 20 (down from 61.4%). Now fires 4 additional projectiles (up from 3).
2.1.0	Barrage damage has been increased from 40% to 50% of base damage at level one. At level 20, it now has been increased from dealing 47.6% to 61.4% of base damage.
2.0.0	Instead of gaining 4% increased Physical Damage per level, Barrage now gains 0.4% Base Damage per level.
1.1.0	The 33% less attack speed penalty has been removed from Barrage.
1.0.4	The Barrage skill has been added for the Ranger in Descent Champions.
1.0.3	Barrage has been added to the game.