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June 25, 2024

  • Reduced the cooldown from 8 seconds to 6 seconds in WvW and PvP.
Poison Volley.png

Poison Volley

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Short bow
 
Weapon slot 2
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  
8 Recharge time
6 Recharge time
 
Poison Volley

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.png Damage (5x): 550 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage (5x): 460 (1.25)?
Poisoned.png5 Poison (5s): 838 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Poisoned.png5 Attack from Behind (7s): 1,173 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Number of targets.png Targets per Arrow: 5
Pierces.png Pierces
Range.png 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.png

Poison Volley

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Short bow
 
Weapon slot 2
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  8 Recharge time  
Poison Volley

Fire a spread of five poison arrows. Poison lasts longer if you are flanking or behind the target.

Damage.png Damage (5x): 550 (1.5)?
Damage.png Damage (5x): 460 (1.25)?
Poisoned.png5 Poison (5s): 838 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Poisoned.png5 Attack from Behind (7s): 1,173 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Number of targets.png Targets per Arrow: 5
Pierces.png Pierces
Range.png 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.png

Poison Volley

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Short bow
 
Weapon slot 2
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  8 Recharge time  
Poison Volley

Fire a spread of five poison arrows. Poison lasts longer if you are flanking or behind the target.

Damage.png Damage (5x): 460 (1.25)?
Poisoned.png5 Poison (5s): 838 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Poisoned.png5 Attack from Behind (7s): 1,173 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Number of targets.png Targets per Arrow: 5
Pierces.png Pierces
Range.png 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.png

Poison Volley

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Short bow
 
Weapon slot 2
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  8 Recharge time  
Poison Volley

Fire a spread of five poison arrows. Poison lasts longer if you are flanking or behind the target.

Damage.png Damage (5x): 460 (1.25)?
Poisoned.png5 Poison (4s): 670 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Poisoned.png5 Attack from Behind (6s): 1,005 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Number of targets.png Targets per Arrow: 5
Pierces.png Pierces
Range.png 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.png

Poison Volley

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Short bow
 
Weapon slot 2
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  8 Recharge time  
Poison Volley

Fire a spread of five poison arrows. Poison lasts longer if you are flanking or behind the target.

Damage.png Damage (5x): 460 (1.25)?
Poisoned.png5 Poison (5s): 838 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Poisoned.png5 Attack from Behind (7s): 1,173 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Number of targets.png Targets per Arrow: 5
Pierces.png Pierces
Range.png 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.png

Poison Volley

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Short bow
 
Weapon slot 2
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  8 Recharge time  
Poison Volley

Fire a spread of five poison arrows.

Damage.png Damage (5x): 460 (1.25)?
Poisoned.png5 Poison (5s): 838 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Poisoned.png5 Attack from Behind (7s): 1,173 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Number of targets.png Targets per Arrow: 5
Pierces.png Pierces
Range.png 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.png

Poison Volley

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Short bow
 
Weapon slot 2
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  9 Recharge time  
Poison Volley

Fire a spread of five poison arrows.

Damage.png Damage (5x): 460 (1.25)?
Poisoned.png5 Poison (4s): 670 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Number of targets.png Targets per Arrow: 5
Pierces.png Pierces
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

June 23, 2015

  • Poison Volley: Increased the poison duration from 2 seconds to 4 seconds.
Poison Volley.png

Poison Volley

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Short bow
 
Weapon slot 2
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  9 Recharge time  
Poison Volley

Fire a spread of five poison arrows.

Damage.png Damage (5x): 170 (0.5)?
Poisoned.png5 Poison (4s): 670 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Number of targets.png Targets per Arrow: 5
Pierces.png Pierces
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

June 25, 2013

Poison Volley.png

Poison Volley

Profession
Ranger icon small.png Ranger (skill list)
Weapon
Short bow
 
Weapon slot 2
Game link
0.25¼ Activation time  9 Recharge time  
Poison Volley

Fire a spread of five poison arrows.

Damage.png Damage (5x): 170 (0.5)?
Poisoned.png5 Poison (2s): 335 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Number of targets.png Targets per Arrow: 5
Pierces.png Pierces
Range.png Range: 900

— In-game description

December 14, 2012

  • Increased the velocity of arrows fired from Short Bow and Longbow skills by 30%.

Original version

0.25¼ Activation time  9 Recharge time  
Poison Volley

Fire a spread of five poison arrows.

Damage.png Damage (5x): 170 (0.5)?
Poisoned.png5 Poison (2s): 335 Damage, -33% Heal Effectiveness
Range.png Range: 1,200

— In-game description