---
key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-ring-volley
type: mechanic
id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-ring-volley
lang: en
title: Ring volley
summary: Simultaneous shots radiate around their source.
updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
status: active
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  - Projectiles
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    title: 'Boss Fight Atlas: Ring volley (RU)'
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  - id: source-d88e73d9030adb59
    title: Phrike · Returnal
    url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdBbTMFLFIo&t=32s'
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  - id: source-baf38070a8989361
    title: Enemy Attacks and Telegraphing · Mike Stout
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  - id: source-945019fe5d82d809
    title: 'Boss Up: Boss Battle Design · GDC Vault'
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    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Ring volley
    description: Simultaneous shots radiate around their source.
    image:
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      width: 640
      height: 360
      game: Enter the Gungeon
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      originalUrl: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynVmgUSV7Bc'
      sourceFrameSeconds: 33
      credit: Dodge Roll / Devolver Digital; gameplay capture by Boss Fight Database
      rights: >-
        Game graphics © Dodge Roll / Devolver Digital. Gameplay recording by
        Boss Fight Database. Visible source markings preserved. All rights
        reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: Bullets form a ring around Bullet King
      alt: Bullets form a ring around Bullet King
      markers:
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          'y': 49
          label: The ring expands from the boss’s shared center
    tips:
      - 'Align bullet count, expansion speed and available gap width.'
    examples:
      - title: Enter the Gungeon
        url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynVmgUSV7Bc&t=33s'
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  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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---
# Ring volley

id: boss-fight-atlas--boss-ring-volley
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-ring-volley
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/boss-fight-atlas--boss-ring-volley/

Simultaneous shots radiate around their source.

## At a glance

![Bullets form a ring around Bullet King](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/boss-frame-ynvmgusv7bc-33.webp)

[Enter the Gungeon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynVmgUSV7Bc&t=33s) · Game graphics © Dodge Roll / Devolver Digital. Gameplay recording by Boss Fight Database. Visible source markings preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

[Source recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynVmgUSV7Bc), 33 s

1. The ring expands from the boss’s shared center

- Align bullet count, expansion speed and available gap width.

- [Enter the Gungeon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynVmgUSV7Bc&t=33s)

## How it works

Simultaneous shots radiate around their source.

## Variants

### How the technique works

<a id="boss-ring-volley-rule"></a>

- Simultaneous shots radiate around their source. <a id="boss-ring-volley-definition"></a>

## 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: Ring volley (RU)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/ru/mechanics/ring-volley/) (id: source-956f0ee9fa190e8b)
- [Boss Fight Atlas: Ring volley (EN)](https://polyakovin.github.io/boss-fight-atlas/en/mechanics/ring-volley/) (id: source-67d62017714f6885)
- [Bullet King · Enter the Gungeon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynVmgUSV7Bc&t=26s) (id: source-0e3a9034aa726bed)
- [Wally Warbles · Cuphead](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol3-4Y0eS9M&t=58s) (id: source-bd7f29d88bb94419)
- [Phrike · Returnal](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdBbTMFLFIo&t=32s) (id: source-d88e73d9030adb59)
- [Enemy Attacks and Telegraphing · Mike Stout](https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/enemy-attacks-and-telegraphing) (id: source-baf38070a8989361)
- [Boss Up: Boss Battle Design · GDC Vault](https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024921/Boss-Up-Boss-Battle-Design) (id: source-945019fe5d82d809)
- [Enter the Gungeon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynVmgUSV7Bc&t=33s) (id: source-4ff43aac8525c18d)

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