Poison Volley/history
June 25, 2024
- Reduced the cooldown from 8 seconds to 6 seconds in WvW and PvP.
Poison Volley
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Short bow
- Game link
“Fire a spread of five poison arrows. Poison lasts longer if you are flanking or behind the target or if you strike a defiant foe.
Damage (5x): 550 (1.5)? Damage (5x): 460 (1.25)?- Poison (5s): 838 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
5- Attack from Behind (7s): 1,173 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
5- Targets per Arrow: 5
- Pierces
- Range: 900
— In-game description
June 30, 2022
- Poison Volley: Damage multiplier per hit increased from 0.25 to 0.3 in PvE only.
Poison Volley
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Short bow
- Game link
“Fire a spread of five poison arrows. Poison lasts longer if you are flanking or behind the target.
Damage (5x): 550 (1.5)? Damage (5x): 460 (1.25)?- Poison (5s): 838 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
5- Attack from Behind (7s): 1,173 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
5- Targets per Arrow: 5
- Pierces
- Range: 900
— In-game description
June 08, 2021
- Poison Volley: Poison duration has been increased from 4 seconds to 5 seconds when striking from in front of the target, and from 6 seconds to 7 seconds when striking from behind the target. This change applies in all game modes.
Poison Volley
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Short bow
- Game link
“Fire a spread of five poison arrows. Poison lasts longer if you are flanking or behind the target.
- Damage (5x): 460 (1.25)?
- Poison (5s): 838 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
5- Attack from Behind (7s): 1,173 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
5- Targets per Arrow: 5
- Pierces
- Range: 900
— In-game description
July 10, 2018
- Poison Volley: Reduced the baseline duration of the poison inflicted by this skill from 5 seconds to 4 seconds and from 7 seconds to 6 seconds when behind or flanking the enemy.
Poison Volley
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Short bow
- Game link
“Fire a spread of five poison arrows. Poison lasts longer if you are flanking or behind the target.
- Damage (5x): 460 (1.25)?
- Poison (4s): 670 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
5- Attack from Behind (6s): 1,005 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
5- Targets per Arrow: 5
- Pierces
- Range: 900
— In-game description
September 23, 2017
- Poison Volley: Fixed a bug in which this skill occasionally hit twice as often than intended.
May 16, 2017
- Poison Volley: This trait now has increased effect if you are beside your target, in addition to when you are behind your target.
Poison Volley
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Short bow
- Game link
“Fire a spread of five poison arrows. Poison lasts longer if you are flanking or behind the target.
- Damage (5x): 460 (1.25)?
- Poison (5s): 838 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
5- Attack from Behind (7s): 1,173 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
5- Targets per Arrow: 5
- Pierces
- Range: 900
— In-game description
October 18, 2016
- Poison Volley: This skill's cooldown has been reduced to 8 seconds. Its poison effect will last 2 seconds longer when this skill is applied from behind your target.
Poison Volley
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Short bow
- Game link
“Fire a spread of five poison arrows.
- Damage (5x): 460 (1.25)?
- Poison (5s): 838 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
5- Attack from Behind (7s): 1,173 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
5- Targets per Arrow: 5
- Pierces
- Range: 900
— In-game description
April 19, 2016
- Poison Volley: Increased the poison damage duration applied by this skill from 4 seconds to 5 seconds. The physical damage per strike has been increased by 150%.
Poison Volley
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Short bow
- Game link
“Fire a spread of five poison arrows.
- Damage (5x): 460 (1.25)?
- Poison (4s): 670 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
5- Targets per Arrow: 5
- Pierces
- Range: 900
— In-game description
June 23, 2015
- Poison Volley: Increased the poison duration from 2 seconds to 4 seconds.
Poison Volley
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Short bow
- Game link
“Fire a spread of five poison arrows.
- Damage (5x): 170 (0.5)?
- Poison (4s): 670 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
5- Targets per Arrow: 5
- Pierces
- Range: 900
— In-game description
June 25, 2013
- Poison Volley: Decreased the range to 900.
Poison Volley
- Profession
- Ranger (skill list)
- Weapon
- Short bow
- Game link
“Fire a spread of five poison arrows.
- Damage (5x): 170 (0.5)?
- Poison (2s): 335 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
5- Targets per Arrow: 5
- Pierces
- Range: 900
— In-game description
December 14, 2012
- Increased the velocity of arrows fired from Short Bow and Longbow skills by 30%.
Original version
Poison Volley
“Fire a spread of five poison arrows.
— In-game description