Barrage

This page is about the active skill gem. For the support gem, see Barrage Support.

Barrage is a ranged attack skill that fires all of your bow or wand projectiles rapidly in succession.

Skill functions and interactions

• Additional Projectiles: Linking or () 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 helmet enchanted with Barrage fires an additional Projectile will further increase this total. All projectiles fired can strike the same target, potentially dealing damage up to 13 times (1 base, +4 from Barrage gem, +2 from LMP, +5 from Awakened GMP, +1 from enchant) to a single target when using all three effects. However, the less damage multipliers from LMP and GMP also applies to the dps. Using as well as item mods such as Skills fire # additional Projectile(s), Bow Attacks fire # additional Arrow(s) are recommended instead. Barrage can be supported by , but that support gem has less damage multiplier as well as more attack time per projectiles.

• : Linking this gem will cause Barrage's projectiles to be fired in sequence in five parallel lines.

• : This jewel will fire an additional twelve projectiles per attack, six on the first and last 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).

Example: A user wearing a helmet with +1 Additional Barrage Projectiles and with slotted will fire a total of 18 projectiles per attack. 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.
• Ballista Totem Support: This one is not recommended. The firing rate slowdown of the totem also applies to the firing rate of each shot of the Barrage and it can't start another while one is going so the overall firing rate (and therefore DPS) will be VERY slow. Not only that, the totem cannot turn while in the middle of a particular Barrage; while the first shot might hit the target the rest will miss if it moves even a little (a very extreme weakness in PvP in particular).

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

Gem level progression

Level			Mana Cost	Damage Effectiveness	Attack Damage	Exp.	Total Exp.
1	12	33	7	47%	47%	0	0
2	15	39	7	47%	47.4%	15249	15249
3	19	48	7	48%	47.8%	41517	56766
4	23	56	8	48%	48.2%	81983	138749
5	27	64	8	49%	48.6%	147968	286717
6	31	73	8	49%	49%	250557	537274
7	35	81	8	49%	49.4%	405086	942360
8	38	88	8	50%	49.8%	447718	1390078
9	41	94	9	50%	50.2%	615318	2005396
10	44	100	9	51%	50.6%	834639	2840035
11	47	106	9	51%	51%	1570760	4410795
12	50	113	9	51%	51.4%	1633987	6044782
13	53	119	9	52%	51.8%	2151030	8195812
14	56	125	10	52%	52.2%	2812189	11008001
15	59	132	10	53%	52.6%	5099360	16107361
16	62	138	10	53%	53%	9400731	25508092
17	64	142	10	53%	53.4%	15273366	40781458
18	66	146	10	54%	53.8%	26286582	67068040
19	68	151	11	54%	54.2%	62890590	129958630
20	70	155	11	55%	54.6%	212046017	342004647
21	72	159	11	55%	55%	N/A	N/A
22	74	N/A	11	55%	55.4%	N/A	N/A
23	76	N/A	11	56%	55.8%	N/A	N/A
24	78	N/A	11	56%	56.2%	N/A	N/A
25	80	N/A	11	57%	56.6%	N/A	N/A
26	82	N/A	12	57%	57%	N/A	N/A
27	84	N/A	12	57%	57.4%	N/A	N/A
28	86	N/A	12	58%	57.8%	N/A	N/A
29	88	N/A	12	58%	58.2%	N/A	N/A
30	90	N/A	12	59%	58.6%	N/A	N/A
31	91	N/A	13	59%	58.8%	N/A	N/A
32	92	N/A	13	59%	59%	N/A	N/A
33	93	N/A	13	59%	59.2%	N/A	N/A
34	94	N/A	13	59%	59.4%	N/A	N/A
35	95	N/A	13	60%	59.6%	N/A	N/A
36	96	N/A	14	60%	59.8%	N/A	N/A
37	97	N/A	14	60%	60%	N/A	N/A
38	98	N/A	14	60%	60.2%	N/A	N/A
39	99	N/A	14	60%	60.4%	N/A	N/A
40	100	N/A	14	61%	60.6%	N/A	N/A

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Barrage:

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Barrage.

Legacy enchantments

The following enchantments can only be found on legacy items in permanent leagues:

Moreover, legacy items may have the enchantment and have a legacy value of 2 additional Projectiles, instead of current value of 1.

Alternate skill effects

Barrage has the following alternate skill effects:

Version history

Version	Changes
3.15.0	Now deals 47% of base Attack Damage at gem level 1 (previously 40%), up to 54.6% of base Attack Damage at gem level 20 (previously 47.6%). Now has 47% Effectiveness of Added Damage at gem level 1 (previously 40%), up to 54.6% at gem level 20 (previously 48%).
3.11.0	Fixed a bug where the Barrage effect, when used by a mine, faced the wrong direction.
3.9.0	A lot of ranged attack skills have received major visual improvements, including the basic wand and bow attacks, , Barrage and .
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).
3.1.0	The helmet enchantment which grants additional projectiles for has been removed from the Merciless Labyrinth. The Eternal Labyrinth Barrage enchantment now grants one additional projectile (down from 2).
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.