Swing Speed

Summary

This page talks about the advanced mechanics of swing speed.

• Swing speed refers to how quickly a character can perform attacks with their equipped weapon.
• It is crucial for dexxer templates to increase their swing speed in order to increase their DPS.
• The swing speed of a character is measured by their swing delay. Lower swing delay means attacking faster.
• Swing delay is decreased by acquiring more swing speed increase, also known as swing speed bonus or SSI.
• Swing delay is capped at 0.5 for any given weapon, which is 2 attacks per second.

Swing speed increase is capped at 50%, which can be increased by 15% with Focus and 10% with Redline for a total of 75%.

Weapon Base Swing Speed

• Each different type of weapon has a base swing speed which can be found in the chart below under the column "Sec/Swing"
• Some weapons can reach the 0.5 swing delay cap, whereas others cannot reach this cap even with 75% swing speed increase.

Weapons Chart

	Speed	Sec/Swing	Base	DiceCount	DiceMax	MinDmg	MaxDmg	Avg Dmg	Avg Dmg vs 35AR	Avg Dmg vs 95AR	Avg DPS	Avg DPS 35AR	Avg DPS 95AR	Sec/Swing 50% SSi	Sec/Swing 65% SSi	Sec/Swing 75% SSi
Interrupt
Fencing	58	1.29	3	2	8	5	19	12	9.92	5.70	9.28	7.67	4.40	0.65	0.45	0.32	(1H) Kryss, Assassin's Knife, Hunting Knife, Kukri
Swordsmanship	56	1.34	2	3	6	5	20	12.5	10.34	5.93	9.33	7.72	4.43	0.67	0.47	0.34	(1H) Katana, Cutlass, Scimitar
Mace Fighting	54	1.39	3	4	4	7	19	13	10.75	6.17	9.36	7.74	4.44	0.70	0.49	0.35	(1H) Club, Hammerpick, War Axe, Cudgel, Skull Club
Grinding (Light)
Fencing	50	1.50	1	2	13	3	27	15	12.41	7.12	10.00	8.27	4.75	0.75	0.53	0.38	(1H) Warfork, Epee, Rapier, Fencing Sabre
Swordsmanship	48	1.56	2	3	8	5	26	15.5	12.82	7.36	9.92	8.20	4.71	0.78	0.55	0.39	(1H) Longswords, Broadsword, Viking Sword, Norse Axe
Mace Fighting	46	1.63	4	5	4	9	24	16.5	13.65	7.83	10.12	8.37	4.80	0.82	0.57	0.41	(1H) Mace, Maul, War Mace, Flanged Mace, Flail, (2H) Pickaxe
Archery	34	2.21	5	3	8	7	31	19	15.71	9.02	8.61	7.12	4.09	1.11	0.77	0.55	(2H) Bow, Hunting Bow, Recurve Bow
Wrestling	50	1.50	1	2	13	3	27	15	12.41	7.12	10.00	8.27	4.75	0.75	0.53	0.38	(1H) Martial Manual, Cestus, Fistblade
Grinding (Medium)
Fencing	40	1.88	5	2	14	7	33	20	16.54	9.49	10.67	8.82	5.06	0.94	0.66	0.47	(2H) Short Spear, Pitchfork
Swordsmanship	38	1.97	7	3	8	10	31	20.5	16.95	9.73	10.39	8.59	4.93	0.99	0.69	0.49	(2H) Axe, Battle Axe, Double Axe, Executioner's Axe, Hatchet
Mace Fighting	36	2.08	9	5	4	14	29	21.5	17.78	10.20	10.32	8.53	4.90	1.04	0.73	0.52	(2H) Gnarled Staff, Black Staff, Quarters Staff, Shepherds Crook
Archery	28	2.68	6	4	8	9	39	24	19.85	11.39	8.96	7.41	4.25	1.34	0.94	0.67	(1H) Crossbow, Balestra, Pistol Crossbow
Burst
Fencing	30	2.50	6	2	16	8	38	23	19.02	10.92	9.20	7.61	4.37	1.25	0.88	0.63	(2H) Spear, Sarissa
Swordsmanship	25	3.00	9	3	12	11	45	28	23.16	13.29	9.33	7.72	4.43	1.50	1.05	0.75	(2H) Halberd, Bardiche, Zweihander, Great Axe,
Mace Fighting	27	2.78	5	7	5	12	40	26	21.50	12.34	9.36	7.74	4.44	1.39	0.97	0.70	(2H) Warhammer, Great Sledge, Great Mace, Giant Spiked Mace, Giant Club
Archery	20	3.75	7	5	9	10	50	30	24.81	14.24	8.00	6.62	3.80	1.88	1.31	0.94	(2H) Heavy Crossbow, Rampart Crossbow, Great Bow
Fishing	20	3.75	6	5		50	75	62.5	51.68	29.67	16.67	13.79	7.92	1.88	1.31	0.94	(2H) Harpoon, Trident
Swing Speed Caps at 75% - Seconds per Swing Caps at 0.50 seconds per swing (highlighted in red)
Training Weapons - Training weapons all have normalized attack speed and damage dealing a max of 1 HP per swing
Two Handed Weapons in PvM - Two-Handed Close Range Weapons (Non-Archery) grant players a 20% Damage Bonus towards Creatures (This is to offset not being able to use a shield)

Swing Speed Formula

The formula for calculating a player's final swing delay is as follows:

(Weapon Base Swing Speed * (1 - Swing Speed Increase)) = Swing Delay

Swing Speed Increase Sources

There are multiple sources of swing speed increase:

• Delectable Foods

Delectable Food gives a swing speed increase of 5% + 10% * (Highest Skill / 100). Highest skill refers to the highest skill between Taste ID or Cooking

• Air or Holy Aspect Armor

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• Chivalry, Focus, Taste ID or Cooking Skills

Chivalry provides a swing speed increase of 15% * (skill / 100)
Focus provides a swing speed increase of 15% * (skill / 100)
Taste ID or Cooking provide a swing speed increase of 10% * (skill / 100)

• Swing Speed Increase or Effective Chivalry Mastery Chain Links

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• Fencing or Wrestling Codex

Fencing - Aggressive (stance) provides a bonus of 2.5% per rank. At rank 7 aggressive stance provides 17.5% swing speed increase.
Fencing - Flurry (finisher) provides 20% swing speed increase for 30 seconds.
Fencing - Swiftstrikes (ability) provides 5% swing speed increase per hit for 15 seconds, with a max of 25%.
Wrestling - Brawl (ability) provides 4% swing speed per hit for 15 seconds, with a max of 20%

• Frenzy Arcane Runes

Frenzy runes provide 7.5% swing speed increase

All sources of swing speed increase work together additively. This means that a source providing 15% and a source providing 7% will provide 22% swing speed increase.

Swing Speed Calculator

A swing speed calculator can be found here.

The Value of Swing Speed

• Swing speed multiplies every other source of damage for a dexxer by allowing it to occur more often.
• Due to the nature of the swing speed formula, each point of swing speed increase will give more benefit than the last.