Poison Dart Volley

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Poison Dart Volley

Profession
Engineer icon small.png Engineer (skill list)
Weapon
Main hand pistol
Weapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot filled tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.pngWeapon slot empty tango.png
Activ. type
Channeled
Game link
API
5828
10.25¼ Activation time  8 Recharge time  
Poison Dart Volley

Fire a volley of darts that poison foes.

Damage.png Damage (5x): 735 (2.0)?
Damage.png Damage (5x): 365 (1.0)?
Poisoned.png Poison (7s): 235 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Poisoned.png Poison (10s): 335 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

Related traits[edit]

Explosives Explosives

Firearms Firearms

Notes[edit]

Tooltip does not update correctly when using Chemical Rounds.

Version history[edit]

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch Changes
September 26, 2023
  • Reduced poison duration from 9 seconds to 7 seconds in PvE only.
February 14, 2023
  • Increased overall animation speed of this skill by 66%.
July 07, 2020
  • Increased the poison duration inflicted from 7 seconds to 9 seconds in PvE only.
February 25, 2020 Competitive content update:
  • (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per hit from 0.4 to 0.2. Increased poison duration from 7 seconds to 10 seconds.
April 23, 2019
  • Projectiles fired by this skill no longer fire in a randomized cone. Updated skill facts to show the full attack damage rather than the damage of individual darts.
October 02, 2018
  • Increased the duration of poison inflicted by this skill from 6 seconds to 7 seconds.
July 10, 2018
  • Increased the duration of poison inflicted by each shot from 5 seconds to 6 seconds.
May 08, 2018
  • This skill is no longer split between game modes and will now use the lower 8-second cooldown in all modes.
March 27, 2018
  • Reduced the cooldown from 10 seconds to 8 seconds in PvP and WvW.
October 18, 2016
  • The projectiles fired by this skill will now land more consistently.
July 26, 2016
  • The poison duration of this skill has been increased from 4 seconds to 5 seconds.
June 23, 2015 Specialization update:
  • Increased the poison duration from 2 seconds to 4 seconds.
August 28, 2012 Game release:
  • Poison Dart Volley has been added to the game.