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. Weapons such as the abyssal whip and the dragon dagger are extremely popular because of their high attack speed.
The speed of each weapon is represented by a bar on which there are several possible values ranging from 10 (theoretical maximum, though if the speed were 10, there would be a delay of "0" between attacks) to 1 (slowest). The bar is separated into ten squares of red, yellow, and green . The value represents the number of squares shown, with 10 displaying a full bar and 0 displaying an empty bar. The delay time in ticks between each attack is equal to 10 − speed value, and therefore the delay time in seconds between attacks is (10 − speed value) x 0.6. If the attack mode is set to Rapid, the speed value increases by 1. If the attack speed of a weapon is 8 or higher the player will hit again before the previous damage vanishes (currently, 8 is the highest attack speed available). If a player is under the effect of a Miasmic spell, his or her melee and ranged attack speed will be slowed by 50%.
All the weapons with rapid style are arranged according to the attacking speed without using rapid style. There is no weapon at all that has natural attack speed of 8, but using rapid style can achieve it.
| Image | Weapon without rapid style |
Weapon with rapid style |
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FastestInterval: 2.4 seconds
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N/A | Very Fast | An attack speed of 8 is only available to members, and particularly only reached by using rapid style to the already fastest weapons. | |
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FastInterval: 3.0 seconds
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Shortbows, Sling, Kayle's Sling, Hunter's/Karil's crossbow, Toktz-Xil-Ul | Fast | Only the fastest Ranged weapons have speed 7, and are therefore popular for training. On rapid, shortbows and slings have attack speed of 7, making them the fastest weapons in F2P. | |
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AverageInterval: 3.6 seconds
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Daggers, shortswords, scimitars, Shortbows, Sling, Kayle's Sling, Hunter's/Karil's crossbow, Toktz-Xil-Ul, claws, Zamorakian Spear, Saradomin Sword, Toktz-Xil-Ak, Toktz-Xil-Ek, Abyssal whip, God/Slayer/Ancient staves (on melee), Gravite and Chaotic rapier, Storm of Armadyl (when using an Armadyl battlestaff), Red Chinchompa |
Salamanders, Throwing axes, Ogre composite bow, Crystal bow, Seercull, Maple/Magic longbow (sighted) |
Standard |
A notch down from the rapid-fire Ranged weapons are the quickest melee weapons, the faster staves, a variety of obsidian weapons, and the shortbows, along with a few crossbows. These melee weapons are commonly used for training. |
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SlowInterval: 4.2 seconds
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Longswords, maces, hatchets, spears, pickaxes, TzHaar-Ket-Em, Torag's hammers, Guthan's warspear, Verac's flail, all types of (battle)staff, Iban's staff, Staff of light, Salamanders, Sighted Longbows (Maple, Magic), Throwing axes, Ogre composite bow, Crystal bow, Seercull. |
Longbows,God bows, Javelins, Dorgeshuun /Metal crossbows, Zaryte bow, Sagaie, Bolas |
Slow | This category contains weapons that sacrifice a small amount of speed for more damage. All magic attacks, cast with or without a staff (apart from Storm of Armadyl) have speed 5. Attack speed of staves is for melee attacks. |
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Very slowInterval: 4.8 seconds
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Battleaxes, warhammers, the Godsword, Barrelchest anchor, Ahrim's staff, Toktz-Mej-Tal, mauls within Daemonheim, Gravite 2h sword and chaotic maul, Longbows, God bows, Javelins, Dorgeshuun/Phoenix/Metal/Crossbow, Zaryte bow, Sagaie, Bolas, Auspicious katana |
Hand cannon | Very slow | Weapons here are more accurate and hit harder than their faster counterparts. They are often used for training on creatures with high defence since they will hit more often than conventional training weapons. Often used in PVP as 'finishing weapons' |
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Two-handed swords, halberds, Granite maul, Balmung, TzHaar-Ket-Om, Ivandis flail, Hand cannon and Dharok's greataxe | Extremely slow | Slower again, but even more powerful. Apart from the hand cannon these are all 2H melee weapons, which hit hard and often. | |
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Dark bow | Extremely slow | This weapon is exclusively used for Chompy hunting. | |
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Dark bow | N/A | Extremely slow | This bow is the only bow able to fire dragon arrows. It also fires two arrows at once, and is often used by players attempting to 'One hit kill' in PVP |
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N/A | Dreadnips are deployable creatures rewarded from Dominion Tower that attack every six seconds. They deal high amounts of typeless damage, poison and can bind targets. The Swagger Stick is a rare item on the SoF . | ||
| File:Speedanim.gif | Only the Dwarf multicannon | While the dwarf multicannon cannot be truly equipped, its rate of attack depends on the amount of enemies in range, and could be the fastest of any weapon if it is used properly. | ||
