Attack speed

How fast a character makes normal attacks. It depends only on the weapon, the class and the combo: stats, level and equipment bonuses do not change it. Skills have their own times.

Combos

Holding the attack on a target, the character chains its swings into a combo: each swing is a different move, and after the last one the combo starts over.

• A combo has 4 swings with any weapon but a staff, which has 2. Bows and crossbows shoot one arrow or bolt at a time, each shot a full move; so do bare hands.
• A weapon mastery (Swordsmanship, Axe-Skill, Blunt-Skill, Dagger-Skill; for the Akhan Weapon Intensified, Sword Intensified, Forked-Skill) makes the combo longer while the character holds a weapon of the mastery: 5 swings from grade II, 6 from grade III. Grade I does not change it.
• Each swing goes straight into the next. The last swing of the combo is played to the end before the combo starts over.
• Letting go of the attack ends the combo: the next attack starts again at its first swing.
• The later swings of a combo are slower moves, so a longer combo gives more swings but about the same number of attacks per second; daggers gain the most.

Speed by class

The moves of an attack play at a speed set by the weapon and the class:

Weapon	120%	110%	100%
One-handed swords, axes and blunt weapons	Fighter, Rogue, Defender, Warrior, Assassin, Archer, Cleric	—	Acolyte, Priest, Mage, Sorcerer, Enchanter
Two-handed swords, axes and blunt weapons	Fighter, Defender, Warrior	—	the other classes
Bows and crossbows	—	Archer	Enchanter
Daggers, staves and every weapon of the Akhan	every class	—	—

A character frozen by Ice-Blaze attacks at half these speeds (and moves at half speed). Being slowed does not change the speed of attacks, only of movement; attacking a target that moves away still takes longer, since the character has to reach it.

Attacks per second

Holding the attack on one target, by the length of the combo. Male and female characters have different moves; where they differ, both values are shown.

Weapon	Classes	Speed	Combo of 4 (no mastery or grade I)	Combo of 5 (grade II)	Combo of 6 (grade III and up)
One-handed swords, axes and blunt weapons	Fighter, Rogue, Defender, Warrior, Assassin, Archer, Cleric	120%	2.3	2.4	2.3–2.4
One-handed swords, axes and blunt weapons	Acolyte, Priest, Mage, Sorcerer, Enchanter	100%	2.0–2.1	2.1	2.0–2.1
Two one-handed weapons	Warrior	120%	1.7	1.6	1.7
Two-handed swords	Fighter, Defender, Warrior	120%	2.0–2.1	2.0	2.0
Two-handed swords	the other classes	100%	1.7–1.8	1.7–1.8	1.7
Two-handed axes and blunt weapons	Fighter, Defender, Warrior	120%	2.0–2.1	1.9–2.0	1.9–2.0
Two-handed axes and blunt weapons	the other classes	100%	1.8	1.7–1.8	1.7–1.8
Daggers	every class	120%	2.4	2.4–2.5	2.5–2.6
Two daggers	Assassin	120%	1.7–1.8	1.7–1.8	1.7–1.8
Staves (a combo of 2)	every class	120%	1.5–1.6	—	—
Swords and blunt weapons of the Akhan	Combatant classes	120%	1.8	1.9	1.9
Hammers, axes and slashers of the Akhan	Officiator classes	120%	2.0	2.1	2.1
Talons	Officiator classes	120%	2.2	2.3	2.3
Scythes (always 4 swings)	Officiator classes	120%	1.9	—	—

Bows and crossbows

Bows and crossbows have the same speed: one shot every 0.86 s for an Archer and every 0.94 s for an Enchanter.