Barrage | Elden Ring Wiki

Barrage is a Skill in Elden Ring. Barrage is a special Archery skill using a bow held horizontally. It Standard Affinity and usable with Light Bows.

How to get Barrage

• Ash of War: Barrage can be found at Mt. Gelmir, dropped by a Teardrop Scarab found in the narrow channel north of Seethewater River.

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• Default Skill for most Light Bows, excepting the Composite Bow.
• Default Skill for the Black Bow, notable for not being a Light Bow.

Builds with Barrage

Elden Ring Barrage Guide, Notes & Tips

• This is an Ash of War Skill, associated with the Ash of War: Barrage.
• This Skill is not Chargeable
• FP Cost: 0 on activation (stance), 2 per shot.
• On activation, the user assumes a stance, preparing the bow. When inputting light or heavy attacks, the user quickly shoots the respective arrow from their slots, consuming FP (and stamina while in combat).
  • When the stance is being held, stamina regen is reduced by approximately 80%.
  • When the stance is held, the user can still move at a slower pace.
• Provides a 33% damage penalty per shot, compared to normal shots (at same range), in exchange for a higher fire rate (approximately 150% faster shooting speed compared to normal shots).
  • The falloff distance from arrows remains mostly the same, unless very large distances are taken into account.
  • Stamina consumption is the same as normal shots.
• The status buildup from arrows also receive a slight penalty per shot when using this skill.
  • However, the faster shooting speed renders this penalty mostly irrelevant.
• If used without FP:
  
  • The damage penalty is higher (75% less damage compared to a normal shot).

Elden Ring Builds that use Barrage

These 3 builds use Barrage as their skill: