I’m a Frenzy Barb and have two runeword swords equipped. I’ve noticed that if I have lifesteal for example on the sword in my right hand, and increased attack speed on the left, that I’m only getting the bonus lifesteal from the right hand (left on the screen as the character faces you) and not the bonus attack speed. Flip flop the swords and the bonus attack speed is active and the lifesteal goes away. Is this a bug?
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same issue on my barb
This is not a bug. You benefit from your off-hand mods (other than attack speed), they just don’t display in the tooltip on your character sheet.
Attack Speed like Druids, is only counted on the main weapon and not the secondary weapon. Unlike druids though, you get attack speed from all other sources…just not your off-hand weapon.
Maybe someone has more intricate detail though.
Is this also the case with lifesteal? It too seems to be dependent on which hand it’s in.
As far as I am aware, attack speed is the only mod that you don’t get a benefit from if dual wielding. All other mods stack like normal, the character sheet simply doesn’t display correctly.
Probably could be fixed in the next patch.
Yes, on weapon life steal is for that weapon only. Both weapons benefit from off weapon life steal tho
lifesteal is an “on striking” effect. if lifesteal is on a weapon, it only applies when that weapon hits.
if it’s on a ring or another piece of armor, it applies whenever you physically strike the enemy, so it doesn’t apply to spells. casters would be way too overpowered if it worked for spells. can you imagine a blizzard or orb or hydra sorc if spells could life/mana leech?
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