Rain of Arrows

Rain of Arrows Active skill gem Attribute(s) Dexterity Keywords Attack, AoE, Bow Damage effectiveness 75% Per 1% Quality +0.5% increased Attack Speed Required Level 4 Fires a large number of arrows into the air, to land at the target after a short delay. x% increased Physical Damage x% increased Area of Effect radius

Before they're given their first Long Bow, aspiring archers on Oriath are taught the art of the Arrow Rain. When the student is ready to be tested, he is taken out to the marshes, and commanded to fire a salvo at a flock of geese. The aspirant must bring down at least a dozen birds with one barrage, or it's back for another year of training and discipline.

Naturally, the Rain of Arrows technique is often used to devastating effect on the field of battle. A skilled archer fires a single enchanted missile aloft, and when it descends, it multiplies to carpet an entire area in a lethal shower. Be wary if you ever behold an enemy archer pointing their bow skyward.

Rain of Arrows is an Area of Effect weapon attack, similar to skills such as Sweep and Cleave, with the only difference being that it can be used at any range and has a short delay between firing and impact. All damage from Rain of Arrows takes place simultaneously, unlike the skill Firestorm.

Skill Functions and Interactions

Attack Speed: Attack speed will decrease the amount of time between firing the skill and arrows landing at the specified location.

Projectile Speed: Although Rain of Arrows is not technically a projectile attack, Projectile and arrow speed supports, mods, and passives will decrease the time between firing the skill and the arrows landing.

Projectile Damage: Projectile Damage passives and mods will work with Rain of Arrows even though it isn't technically a projectile attack.

Gem Leveling

Level			Mana Cost	Physical Damage	Radius	Exp.
1	4	16	12	N/A	N/A	841
2	6	20	12	3%	3%	3,099
3	9	27	12	6%	6%	7,433
4	12	33	13	9%	9%	15,249
5	15	39	13	12%	11%	41,517
6	19	48	13	15%	13%	81,983
7	23	56	14	18%	15%	199,180
8	28	67	14	21%	17%	604,431
9	33	77	14	24%	19%	631,832
10	39	90	15	27%	21%	959,669
11	43	98	15	30%	23%	1,426,490
12	46	104	15	33%	24%	2,737,323
13	49	111	16	36%	25%	3,289,072
14	52	117	16	39%	26%	3,351,223
15	55	123	16	42%	27%	9,936,192
16	58	130	17	45%	28%	21,346,246
17	61	136	17	48%	29%	50,693,883
18	64	142	17	51%	30%	90,050,361
19	66	146	18	54%	31%	147,034,294
20	68	151	18	57%	32%	N/A

Gem Quality

Each percentage of quality adds +0.5% increased Attack Speed.

Quest Reward

This skill can be gained as a reward for finishing quest:

• Breaking Some Eggs in Act 1 (Normal), by Marauder, Ranger and Duelist

Alternate Skill Effects

Name	Cost	Description	Video
Emerald Rain of Arrows	15	Replaces the standard effect on a Rain of Arrows gem with an emerald green version.

Version History

Version	Changes
0.11.0	Fixed a bug where Rain of Arrows would treat missed targets as though they had entered the area during the delay and hit them anyway.
0.10.0	Is now a level 4 Skill (from 10). Its area of effect has been increased by 20%. The delay between firing and arrows hitting the ground has been reduced by 20%. Its Area of Effect gain per level has been reduced. Quality bonus has been changed from Area of Effect to Attack Speed. Its damage effectiveness has been reduced slightly.
0.9.13e	Fixed a server crash related to using Rain of Arrows on Traps and Remote Mines.
0.9.12f	Fixed a newly introduced bug where Rain of Arrows would always get Critical Strikes.
0.9.7	Rain of Arrows is now affected by the Point Blank keystone passive.
0.9.5h	Fixed a bug where Rain of Arrows would deal damage twice when used by a Templar. Fixed the damage prediction that Rain of Arrows uses.
0.9.5g	Rain of Arrows is now affected by increased Projectile speed. This reduces the delay before the arrows land. Made the Faster Projectiles support gem work with Rain of Arrows.
0.9.4	Fixed rain of Arrows being incorrectly treated as a Projectile skill.
0.9.3b	Increased the rate that Rain of Arrows gains damage per level, but gave it a -20% damage penalty for being AoE.
0.9.3	Rain of Arrows has been added to the game.