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key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-gap-volley
type: mechanic
id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-gap-volley
lang: en
title: Gap volley
summary: A dense volley leaves an opening the player must reach.
updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
status: active
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https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-gap-volley/
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tags:
- Boss fights
- Projectiles
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title: 'Boss Fight Atlas: Gap volley (RU)'
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title: High Dragun · Enter the Gungeon
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https://gamerwalkthroughs.com/cuphead/world-2-inkwell-isle-2/aviary-action/
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title: Enter the Gungeon
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updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
title: Gap volley
description: A dense volley leaves an opening the player must reach.
image:
src: images/mechanics/boss-frame-akaljuzqhxa-118.webp
width: 640
height: 360
game: Enter the Gungeon
sourceUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKALjUZqhXA&t=118s'
originalUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKALjUZqhXA'
sourceFrameSeconds: 118
credit: Dodge Roll / Devolver Digital; gameplay capture by IGN Guides
rights: >-
Game graphics © Dodge Roll / Devolver Digital. Gameplay recording by IGN
Guides. Visible source markings preserved. All rights reserved; excluded
from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
caption: A passage through High Dragun’s bullet wall
alt: A passage through High Dragun’s bullet wall
markers:
- x: 31
'y': 55
label: An open area provides a route through the dense volley
tips:
- Reveal the gap early and verify that the player can reach it in time.
examples:
- title: Enter the Gungeon
url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKALjUZqhXA&t=118s'
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provenance: >-
Editorial reference index based on the 124 public Boss Fight Atlas mechanic
pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by
gamemechanics.pro; source categories, game/boss associations and reference
URLs retained from the atlas. Linked materials retain their original rights;
references are upstream attributions, not independent verification.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
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---
# Gap volley
id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-gap-volley
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-gap-volley
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-gap-volley/
A dense volley leaves an opening the player must reach.
## At a glance
[Enter the Gungeon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKALjUZqhXA&t=118s) · Game graphics © Dodge Roll / Devolver Digital. Gameplay recording by IGN Guides. Visible source markings preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
[Source recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKALjUZqhXA), 118 s
1. An open area provides a route through the dense volley
- Reveal the gap early and verify that the player can reach it in time.
- [Enter the Gungeon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKALjUZqhXA&t=118s)
## How it works
A dense volley leaves an opening the player must reach.
## Variants
### How the technique works
- A dense volley leaves an opening the player must reach.
## Context and limits
A concise reference to all 124 Boss Fight Atlas mechanics across its 14 source sections. Each entry includes a definition, full RU/EN lesson links, game references and further reading retained from the source. Animations and detailed rules remain in the atlas.
## Connected materials
## Sources and provenance
Editorial reference index based on the 124 public Boss Fight Atlas mechanic pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; source categories, game/boss associations and reference URLs retained from the atlas. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification.
- [Boss Fight Atlas: Gap volley (RU)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/ru/mechanics/gap-volley/) (id: source-e38b53c8ab9be21a)
- [Boss Fight Atlas: Gap volley (EN)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/en/mechanics/gap-volley/) (id: source-df97e8ee42dc8cee)
- [Wally Warbles · Cuphead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol3-4Y0eS9M&t=58s) (id: source-bd7f29d88bb94419)
- [Phrike · Returnal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGGoNmmEoXQ&t=44s) (id: source-cf1fce598093aac9)
- [High Dragun · Enter the Gungeon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKALjUZqhXA&t=103s) (id: source-47cd13290fc05721)
- [Encounter reference · Wally Warbles attack sequence](https://gamerwalkthroughs.com/cuphead/world-2-inkwell-isle-2/aviary-action/) (id: source-11414a26e0900689)
- [Enter the Gungeon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKALjUZqhXA&t=118s) (id: source-9ac998dc9cbe6e30)
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