Barrage
Hunter · Marksmanship · opens at 20 points spent · 3 ranks
Barrage works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.
Changed in the latest patch (patch of 3 November). See the patch notes
Barrage ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Increases the damage done by your Multi-Shot, Aimed Shot, and Volley abilities by 5%.
- Rank 2 Increases the damage done by your Multi-Shot, Aimed Shot, and Volley abilities by 10%.
- Rank 3 Increases the damage done by your Multi-Shot, Aimed Shot, and Volley abilities by 15%.
What Barrage does in Classic Era
Forever changed this talent. The Classic Era wording is kept here rank for rank so the two can be read side by side.
- Rank 1 Increases the damage done by your Multi-Shot and Volley spells by 5%.
- Rank 2 Increases the damage done by your Multi-Shot and Volley spells by 10%.
- Rank 3 Increases the damage done by your Multi-Shot and Volley spells by 15%.
Where Barrage sits in the Marksmanship tree
Barrage is a Marksmanship talent for Hunter. You need 20 points in Marksmanship before the row it sits on opens.
- Same row: Rapid Recuperation, Scatter Shot
How often people take Barrage
20 of the 129 public Hunter builds saved here (16%) put at least one point in Barrage. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.
Builds that take Barrage
5 of the public Hunter builds written up here spend points on Barrage.
- Hunter Marksmanship 5/41/5 · 3/3 , 52 up
- Hunter Marksmanship 5/33/13 · 3/3 , 12 up
- Hunter Marksmanship 5/46/0 · 3/3 , 5 up
- Hunter Marksmanship 5/33/13 · 3/3 , 2 up
- Hunter Marksmanship 8/31/4 · 3/3
Where this came from
Changed in Forever.
- Forever client build 1.60.1.70755
- the WoW: Forever client's hotfix cache, 3 November 2026 (DBCache.bin, build 70755)