Volley

Volley
Volley Row 9 Marksmanship hunter talent 40 yd range 45 sec cooldown Instant Requires Ranged Weapon Rain a volley of arrows down over 6 sec, dealing up to (720% of Attack power) Physical damage to any enemy in the area, and gain the effects of Trick Shots for as long as Volley is active.
Properties
Class	Hunter
School	Physical
Cooldown	45 seconds
Talents
Talent required	[Calling the Shots] or [Bullseye]
Other information
Improvements	[Bullet Hell], [Double Tap], [Kill Zone], [Salvo], [Sniper's Advantage]
Related buff
Volley Raining arrows down in the target area. Duration: 6 seconds

In the TCG.

Volley is a Marksmanship hunter talent.

Trivia

• Volley is a rare hunter ability in the Trading Card Game.

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2025-03-25): Damage increased by 25%.
  
• Patch 11.1.0 (2025-02-25): Damage increased by 100%. Moved to row 9 (was row 7).
  
• Hotfix (2024-10-28): Now correctly visible to enemies in PvP instances.
  
• Patch 11.0.5 (2024-10-22): Animation updated.
  
• Hotfix (2024-08-28): No longer prevents Marksmanship Hunters from auto-attacking.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 7 talent (was a level 50 talent).
  
• Hotfix (2020-11-09): Damage reduced by 30%.
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now requires level 50 (was 30). Redesigned.

  Previous effect: Your auto-shots have a 25% chance to cause a volley of arrows to rain down around the target, dealing (35% of Attack power) Physical damage to each enemy within 8 yards.
  

• Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Now has a 25% chance to activate (was 10%) and deals 35% of attack power in damage (was 75% of attack power).
  
• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Now a level 30 Marksmanship talent (was a level 90 Marksmanship and Beast Mastery talent). Redesigned.

  Previous effect: While active, your auto attacks spend 3 Focus to also launch a volley of shots that hit the target and all other nearby enemies, dealing (100% of attack power) additional Physical damage.
  

• Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Damage increased by 50% for Beast Mastery only.
  
• Hotfix (2016-08-26): Volley now deals additional damage at 100% of Attack Power (was 75%).
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Re-added as a level 90 Beast Mastery and Marksmanship talent (was a level 40 ability for all hunters). Redesigned: While active, your auto attacks spend 3 Focus to also launch a volley of shots that hit the target and all other nearby enemies, dealing (75% of attack power) additional Physical damage.

  Previous effect: Continuously fires a volley of ammo at the target area, causing X Arcane damage to enemy targets within 8 yards every second for 6 sec.
  

• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Removed.
  
• Hotfix (2009-09-22): Damage has been increased.
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): The damage has been reduced on all ranks by approximately 30% (including attack power scaling).
  
• Patch 1.5.0 (2005-06-07): Damage increased.
  

Other versions

• Classic

  Volley
  Volley (3 ranks) Level 40 hunter ability 8-35 yd range 350 Mana 1 min cooldown Channeled Requires Ranged Weapon Continuously fires a volley of ammo at the target area, causing 50 Arcane damage to enemy targets within 8 yards every second for 6 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Hunter
  School	Arcane
  Cooldown	1 minute
  Other information
  Level learned	40
  Improvements	[Barrage]

• BC Classic

  Volley
  Volley (4 ranks) Level 40 hunter ability 35 yd range 350 Mana 1 min cooldown Channeled Requires Ranged Weapon Continuously fires a volley of ammo at the target area, causing 50 Arcane damage to enemy targets within 8 yards every second for 6 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Hunter
  School	Arcane
  Cooldown	1 minute
  Other information
  Level learned	40
  Improvements	[Barrage], [Improved Barrage]

• Wrath Classic

  Volley
  Volley (6 ranks) Level 40 hunter ability 35 yd range 17% of base mana Channeled Requires Ranged Weapon Continuously fires a volley of ammo at the target area, causing (8.37% of Ranged attack power + 52) Arcane damage to enemy targets within 8 yards every 1.00 seconds for 6 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Hunter
  School	Arcane
  Cooldown	None/Global Cooldown
  Other information
  Level learned	40
  Improvements	[Barrage], [Improved Barrage]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Volley]

External links

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