Attack speed

The attack speed of a weapon determines the rate of attack of a player wielding that weapon. This is a factor which is often considered by players when forming strategies for activities such as player-killing. Dual-wielding is extremely popular because the combined weapons can up to double the total attack speed at a slight cost of damage per hit.

The speed of each weapon is represented by a bar by which are categorized as either an average, fast or fastest speed weapon.

An animation which cycles through each speed value

Attack Speeds of Various Weapon Types

Image	Types of weapons
Undefined	: Claws, daggers, defenders, maces, scimitars, whips : Crossbows, darts, hexhunter bow, throwing knives, seercull : Wands, Orbs
Undefined	: Hastae, hatchets, longswords, rapiers, swords : Most shortbows, Zaryte bow, Crystal bow, Chincompas : None
Undefined	: Battleaxes, halberds, most mauls, pickaxes, warhammers, spears, two-handed swords : Javelins, most shieldbows, salamanders, thrown axes, two-handed crossbows : Staves
Undefined	: Granite maul : None : None
Undefined	: None : Dark bow : None
Undefined	Only the dwarf multicannon

See also

• Monster attack speed