Noob question I have

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I have 2 weapons with “very fast attack speed”

One is a polearm and the other is a dagger

Logic tells me the dagger would be faster than a polearm, but they both say “very fast attack speed”

So which one is faster? I want the fastest attacking weapon for my druid

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The dagger is likely the faster of the two, plus it allows the use of a shield.

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Arreat Summit is the original D2 info site from Blizz and has some info.

Weapon Speeds vs Classes
Certain weapons are more effective in certain character classes’ hands. The listed speed ('slow,‘very fast,’ etc.) is relative to other weapons for that specific character. Weapon Speed descriptions, as well as their actual swing rate, can change for a weapon when wielded by two different character classes. The listed speeds ('slow, ‘very fast,’ etc.) further describe a range of speeds; a ‘fast’ dagger might be slightly slower than a ‘fast’ mace, but both will be faster than a ‘normal’ club.

When numbers are listed for Weapon Speeds such as [0], [-20], [20], the higher the number is, the slower the Weapon Speed. So, [20] is the slowest of the three Weapon Speeds.

If I have a ‘very fast’ sword, and I equip a magic item that Increases Attack Speed, will it be even faster?
The answer to this is yes as well, however at some point the speed maxes out, and they cease to get faster.

Is there any way to tell when you have reached your maximum Weapon Speed?
No, there is no easy way to tell when you reach the limit. You can get faster than “very fast”. (Try the Barbarian Frenzy skill to see just how fast you can get.) It would be very hard to reach the limit, you can almost always get faster. All weapon types probably peak at the same speed, so the fastest possible Polearm weapon swing would probably be just as fast as the fastest possible one-hand sword swing.

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http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/

Here is The Arreat Summit website MissCheetah was referring to.

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Thanks. I should have included that but was distracted! Too many tabs and a massive headache. Storms rolling in :frowning:

I always appreciate stuff that helps.

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Thanks yall, great website

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Another really really helpful one for modern D2R is maxroll.gg

Whatever you need for a guide, calculator, etc. is probably there. It is a bit easier to search and use than the original Blizzard Arreat Summit.

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I personally use https://diablo2.diablowiki.net/ for most of my item information. However, for the more nitty gritty info the site you listed is much more robust.

Also… *grits teeth* WTB MTL3…

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What is that?

[characters]

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The “M” refers to a Manual TL3.

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Oh, ok. That was not really obvious. I don’t think that is really a thing under the new CMs - to speak of anyway.