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.
| Speed | Sec/Swing | Base | DiceCount | DiceMax | MinDmg | MaxDmg | Avg Dmg | Avg Dmg vs 35 AR |
Avg Dmg vs 95 AR |
Avg DPS | Avg DPS vs 35 AR |
Avg DPS vs 95 AR |
Sec/Swing 40% SSi |
Sec/Swing 50% SSi |
Sec/Swing 60% SSi |
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| Dual Wielding | 53 | 1.42 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 16.5 | 13.64 | 8.74 | 11.62 | 9.61 | 6.15 | 0.85 | 0.71 | 0.57 | (Pa) Dual Hunting Knives |
| Fencing | 58 | 1.29 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 11.57 | 7.42 | 10.85 | 8.97 | 5.75 | 0.77 | 0.65 | 0.52 | (1H) Kryss, Assassin's Knife, Hunting Knife, Kukri |
| Mace Fighting | 54 | 1.39 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 15 | 12.4 | 7.95 | 10.79 | 8.92 | 5.72 | 0.83 | 0.7 | 0.56 | (1H) Club, Hammerpick, War Axe, Cudgel, Skull Club |
| Swordsmanship | 56 | 1.34 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 12.4 | 7.95 | 11.19 | 9.25 | 5.93 | 0.8 | 0.67 | 0.54 | (1H) Katana, Cutlass, Scimitar |
| Grinding (Light) | |||||||||||||||||
| Dual Wielding | 50 | 1.5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 18.5 | 15.29 | 9.8 | 12.33 | 10.19 | 6.53 | 0.9 | 0.75 | 0.6 | (Pa) Dual Katanas, Dual Scimitars |
| Fencing | 50 | 1.5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 17 | 14.05 | 9.01 | 11.33 | 9.37 | 6.01 | 0.9 | 0.75 | 0.6 | (1H) Warfork, Epee, Rapier, Fencing Sabre |
| Mace Fighting | 46 | 1.63 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 14.88 | 9.54 | 11.04 | 9.13 | 5.85 | 0.98 | 0.82 | 0.65 | (1H) Mace, Maul, War Mace, Flanged Mace, Flail, (2H) Pickaxe |
| Swordsmanship | 48 | 1.56 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 18 | 14.88 | 9.54 | 11.54 | 9.54 | 6.12 | 0.94 | 0.78 | 0.62 | (1H) Longswords, Broadsword, Viking Sword, Norse Axe |
| Archery | 34 | 2.21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 19 | 15.71 | 10.07 | 8.6 | 7.11 | 4.56 | 1.33 | 1.11 | 0.88 | (2H) Bow, Hunting Bow, Recurve Bow |
| Throwing | 40 | 1.88 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 19 | 15.71 | 10.07 | 10.11 | 8.36 | 5.36 | 1.13 | 0.94 | 0.75 | (1H) Throwing Dagger, Throwing Star |
| Wrestling | 45 | 1.67 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 22 | 18.19 | 11.65 | 13.17 | 10.89 | 6.98 | 1 | 0.84 | 0.67 | (Pa) Martial Manual, Cestus, Fistblade |
| Grinding (Medium) | |||||||||||||||||
| Dual Wielding | 47 | 1.6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 21 | 17.36 | 11.12 | 13.13 | 10.85 | 6.95 | 0.96 | 0.8 | 0.64 | (Pa) Dual Rapiers, Dual Sabres |
| Fencing | 40 | 1.88 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 23 | 19.02 | 12.18 | 12.23 | 10.12 | 6.48 | 1.13 | 0.94 | 0.75 | (2H) Short Spear, Pitchfork |
| Mace Fighting | 36 | 2.08 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 24 | 19.84 | 12.71 | 11.54 | 9.54 | 6.11 | 1.25 | 1.04 | 0.83 | (2H) Gnarled Staff, Black Staff, Quarters Staff, Shepherds Crook |
| Swordsmanship | 38 | 1.97 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 32 | 24.5 | 20.26 | 12.98 | 12.44 | 10.28 | 6.59 | 1.18 | 0.99 | 0.79 | (2H) Axe, Battle Axe, Double Axe, Large Battle Axe, Executioner's Axe, Two-Handed Axe, Hatchet |
| Archery | 28 | 2.68 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 35 | 25 | 20.67 | 13.24 | 9.33 | 7.71 | 4.94 | 1.61 | 1.34 | 1.07 | (1H) Crossbow, Balestra, Pistol Crossbow |
| Throwing | 34 | 2.21 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 23.5 | 19.43 | 12.45 | 10.63 | 8.79 | 5.63 | 1.33 | 1.11 | 0.88 | (1H) Hurlbat, Chakram |
| Burst | |||||||||||||||||
| Dual Wielding | 43 | 1.74 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 36 | 23.5 | 19.43 | 12.45 | 13.51 | 11.17 | 7.16 | 1.04 | 0.87 | 0.7 | (Pa) Dual Norse Axes |
| Fencing | 30 | 2.5 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 37 | 27 | 22.32 | 14.3 | 10.8 | 8.93 | 5.72 | 1.5 | 1.25 | 1 | (2H) Spear, Sarissa |
| Mace Fighting | 27 | 2.78 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 42 | 30 | 24.8 | 15.89 | 10.79 | 8.92 | 5.72 | 1.67 | 1.39 | 1.11 | (2H) Warhammer, Great Sledge, Great Mace, Giant Spiked Mace, Giant Club |
| Swordsmanship | 25 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 46 | 33.5 | 27.7 | 17.75 | 11.17 | 9.23 | 5.92 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.2 | (2H) Halberd, Bardiche, Zweihander, Great Axe |
| Archery | 20 | 3.75 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 45 | 31 | 25.63 | 16.42 | 8.27 | 6.83 | 4.38 | 2.25 | 1.88 | 1.5 | (2H) Heavy Crossbow, Rampart Crossbow, Great Bow |
| Throwing | 26 | 2.88 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 38 | 28 | 23.15 | 14.83 | 9.72 | 8.04 | 5.15 | 1.73 | 1.44 | 1.15 | (1H) Javelin, Francisca Axe |
| Arcane | 32 | 2.34 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 14.88 | 9.54 | 7.69 | 6.36 | 4.08 | 1.4 | 1.17 | 0.94 | (2H) Arcane Staves |
| Fishing | 20 | 3.75 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 43 | 29 | 23.98 | 15.36 | 7.73 | 6.39 | 4.1 | 2.25 | 1.88 | 1.5 | (2H) Harpoon, Trident |
| Swing Speed Caps at 60% - Seconds per Swing Caps at 0.50 seconds per swing (highlighted in red - currently none) | |||||||||||||||||
| Training Weapons - Training weapons all have normalized attack speed and damage dealing a max of 1 HP per swing | |||||||||||||||||
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 Food gives a swing speed increase of 5% + 10% * (Highest Skill / 100). Highest skill refers to the highest skill between Taste ID or Cooking
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
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 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.
