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.

An animation which cycles through each speed value

An animation which cycles through each speed value

Attack Speeds of Various Weapon Types

Image	Weapon without rapid style	Weapon with rapid style	Name	Notes
FastestInterval: 2.4 seconds	N/A	Darts, Throwing knives & blisterwood stake	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.
FastInterval: 3.0 seconds	Darts, Throwing knives & blisterwood stake	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.
AverageInterval: 3.6 seconds	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.
SlowInterval: 4.2 seconds	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.
Very slowInterval: 4.8 seconds	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'
	Two-handed swords, halberds, Granite maul, Balmung, TzHaar-Ket-Om, Ivandis flail, Hand cannon and Dharok's greataxe	Ogre bow	Extremely slow	Slower again, but even more powerful. Apart from the hand cannon these are all 2H melee weapons, which hit hard and often.
	Ogre bow	Dark bow	Extremely slow	This weapon is exclusively used for Chompy hunting.
	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
	Dreadnip, Swagger Stick	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.

See also

• Monster attack speed