Max Attack Speed Summary?

[Raedier]

Casters are slower than 60 a min as it takes a full second to go around, then some parts of a second to be considered free.
Also, a lot of spells have animations that last longer than the global cooldown of 1 second.
That is as a human user without macro's of any sort.
Perhaps some folks with macro's could tell what their max attacks/animations are.

Using macro's to rapidly cast spells is not as good as you think it is, manual casting is most likely even faster.

I could see healers putting close wounds on a macro tho lol.

 

[nenetteblackmoor]

This is a chart from Monkeyarcher from a couple years ago...not sure how well it still stands up -

Attack speed
Style	BAB 25	HB	HB avg	BAB 20	HB	HB avg
TWF	100	132	120	98	126	116
THF	110	135	128	104	129	121
S&B	104	138	128	100	132	124
unarmed	113	153	140
staff	103	129	121
15% staff	116	144	134	114	135	128
Bear	105	144	130	104	138	128
Wolf 20%	129	165	152	128	165	152
Wolf 10%	118	150	138	116	150	138
Wolf twitch	152	180	172	150	180	170
SWF	140	174	162	138	174	160

If possible, could you explain how to read this table?

For example, does BAB 25 SWF mean 140 normal attacks per minute, and 174 attacks per minute with Haste Boost?

If so, why does the HB avg show 162 attacks per minute?

What are the formulas used to calculate HB and HB avg?

 

[Baconator]

Thanks. So what is attainable today then, and how does THF/TWF/SWF/Wraps compare?

3.85x60 = 231. No wonder it was nerfed!

I can't speak for others, but my THF's are based on doing maximum damage per swing. If an enemy can handle that... in comes the cleave. Just sayin'

 

[Terranigma]

If possible, could you explain how to read this table?

For example, does BAB 25 SWF mean 140 normal attacks per minute, and 174 attacks per minute with Haste Boost?

If so, why does the HB avg show 162 attacks per minute?

It does indeed mean BAB 25 Single Weapon Fighting is 140 attacks per minute with plain ol' haste and 174 attacks per minute with Haste Boost also active. The average 162 attacks per minute is there because there is a 66% uptime on Haste Boost (so it is the average over time to include when it is active and not active).

What are the formulas used to calculate HB

Haste Boost is supposed to be +30% attack speed (which is assumed to be on top of +15% attack speed from having the spell or equipment with Haste, and Combat modifiers to attack speed like Wolf Form, Single Weapon Fighting, or Quarterstaff). In practice, we can't always make a clean formula because the animations do not cleanly translate attack speed boosts to animation speed boosts for each weapon animation. Things get even muddier if you try to include animations beyond the standard auto-attack, as they have a slew of their own oddities.

 

[Jennan]

This is a chart from Monkeyarcher from a couple years ago...not sure how well it still stands up -

Attack speed
Style	BAB 25	HB	HB avg	BAB 20	HB	HB avg
TWF	100	132	120	98	126	116
THF	110	135	128	104	129	121
S&B	104	138	128	100	132	124
unarmed	113	153	140
staff	103	129	121
15% staff	116	144	134	114	135	128
Bear	105	144	130	104	138	128
Wolf 20%	129	165	152	128	165	152
Wolf 10%	118	150	138	116	150	138
Wolf twitch	152	180	172	150	180	170
SWF	140	174	162	138	174	160

Interesting to look at, but it's not clear if "S&B" includes the 20% attack speed bonus from Vanguard.