Barrage

Barrage the target area with a hail of arrows that cripple. — In-game description

Animation

Barrage

 

Profession

Ranger (skill list)

Weapon

Longbow

Activ. type

Channeled

Game link

API

12469

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20.25¼  

20

5

20

 

2

 

Barrage

Barrage the target area with a hail of arrows that cripple.

 Damage (12x): 2,316 (6.0)^?

 Damage (12x): 1,764 (4.572)^?

₁₂ Cripple (1s): -50% Movement Speed

 Number of Targets: 5

 Count Recharge: 20 seconds

 Radius: 360

 Range: 1,500

— In-game description

Related traits

Marksmanship

• Farsighted — Ranger weapon skills deal increased strike damage. Damage is further increased for foes above the range threshold.
• Predator's Onslaught — You and your pet deal increased strike damage to disabled, defiant, or movement-impaired foes. Affected conditions are stun, taunt, daze, cripple, fear, immobilize, and chilled.
• Lead the Wind — Your longbow and harpoon-gun skills pierce and recharge faster. Point-Blank Shot grants boons.

Skirmishing

• Quick Draw — When swapping weapons, the next ranger weapon skill you use will recharge faster.

Soulbeast

• Oppressive Superiority — Deal increased damage to foes at a lower health percentage than you. Conditions you apply to foes at a lower health percentage than you last longer.

Notes

• The arrows do not count as projectiles. They are merely a visual effect.
• This channeled skill will be interrupted if you move while the progress bar is still active (first 2.25 seconds).
• The first 3 hits occur during the skill activation. The remaining 9 hits are dealt by a lasting AoE created at the end of the cast.
• The 5 enemies nearest to the targeted point on the ground (AoE center) will each receive hits at intervals of 0.6 seconds. If one or more of them die, the next nearest enemies to the center of the AoE will receive the remaining hits.
• Each successive hit will prolong the  Crippled by 1 seconds, for a total of 12 seconds.
• The damage coefficient of 6 is for the 12 hits. Each hit has a coefficient of 0.5.
• In WvW, Barrage uses an ammo system with 2 charges. Consuming a charge while another is available places the skill on a 5-second recharge.

Version history

For a detailed skill history, see here.

Patch	Changes
January 30, 2024	Increased the ammunition count from 1 to 2 in WvW only.
February 25, 2020	Competitive content update: (Competitive split) Reduced power coefficient per strike from 0.5 to 0.381.
July 16, 2019	Reduced recharge from 30 second to 20 seconds. Lowered cripple duration from 1.5 seconds to 1 second. Increased damage by 25%. Damage floaters for this skill now show total damage instead of damage per hit.
May 08, 2018	Fixed a bug that prevented this skill from being targeted in certain areas blocked by line of sight.
June 23, 2015	Specialization update: Ranger Longbow skill range is now 1500.
September 09, 2014	Reduced cast time by 0.6 seconds.
October 15, 2013	This skill will no longer have reduced condition duration when traited with Eagle Eye.
June 25, 2013	Increased the cripple duration by 50%.
August 28, 2012	Game release: Barrage has been added to the game.

Trivia

• A Guild Wars skill bears the same name as this skill.
• Barrage used the following icon before release: .