Volley

During the beta the description was "Fire a cascade of arrows upon nearby enemies.". In release (Patch #2) the description for this skill was blank and in patch 8 it was finally updated to the current description.

This is used essentially in place of a normal ranged attack. It can't hit party members, but it will hit other friendly NPCs. Otherwise, there is no drawback to using this over a normal ranged attack.

Some properties of items are applied to every creature which is hit but some are applied only to a single creature.

There does not seem to be a simple rule which creature is affected if only a single creature is affected.
It is not obvious which properties apply to every creature and which apply only to a single creature.
A list of some useful properties which are applied to every hit enemy:
- Amulet of Bhaal: Bleed
- Bow of the Banshee: Frightened
- Braindrain Gloves: Mental Fatigue
- All Coatings, excluding: Oil of Diminution (only one creature Reduced, -1 Weapon Enchantment still applies to every roll), Oil of Bane, and all toxins
- Encrusted with Frost
- Giantbreaker: Reeling
- Gloves of Baneful Striking: 1d4 penalty to saving throws
- Gloves of Power: Bane
- Harold: Bane
- Helmet of Arcane Acuity: Arcane Acuity
- Radiating Orb
- Ring of Spiteful Thunder: Daze
- Titanstring Bow: Additional damage
A list of some useful properties which are applied only to a single creature:
- The following Coatings: Oil of Diminution (only one creature Reduced, -1 Weapon Enchantment still applies to every roll), Oil of Bane, and all toxins
- Hat of Fire Acuity: Arcane Acuity
- Hat of Storm Scion's Power: Arcane Acuity
- Reverberation
- Snowburst Ring: Ice surface

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