How does Attack Speed work in D4

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Attack Speed Effect
Stat Effect
Attack Speed
Determines the speed at which you swing your weapon.
Equipment that can have Attack Speed
Gloves

Best Builds To Use with Attack Speed Stat

We have a total of (3) builds that make use of the Attack Speed Stat. You can click/tap any Attack Speed build below to view the complete Build.

Best Unique Weapons and Armor That have Attack Speed

The best unique equipment to use with the Attack Speed stat in D4 is Battle Trance, which is a Unique Amulet.

Condemnation
RogueUnique Dagger
A
Good Synergy
  • Damage to Close Enemies
  • Attack Speed for Basic Skills
  • Critical Strike Chance Against Injured Enemies
  • Damage with Dual-Wielded Weapons
  • Core Skill Damage
Your Core Skills deal [20 - 40%] increased damage when spending 3 Combo Points. Your Skills using this weapon have a 30% chance to generate 3 Combo Points.
Howl from Below
NecromancerUnique Gloves
B
Good Synergy
  • Lucky Hit Chance
  • Attack Speed for Corpse Skills
  • Lucky Hit: Stun Chance
  • Lucky Hit: Fear Chance
Instead of detonating immediately, Corpse Explosion summons a Volatile Skeleton that charges at a random enemy and explodes. Corpse Explosion's damage is increased by [30 - 40%] .
Andariel's Visage
AllUnique Helm
C
Good Synergy
  • All Stats
  • Attack Speed
  • Life Steal
  • Poison Resistance
Lucky Hit: Up to a [10 - 20%] chance to trigger a Poison nova that applies [X] Poisoning damage over 5 seconds to enemies in the area.
Gohr's Devastating Grips
BarbarianUnique Gloves
C
Good Synergy
  • Attack Speed
  • Lucky Hit Chance
  • Fury On Kill
  • Ranks to Whirlwind
Whirlwind explodes after it ends, dealing [16 - 26%] of the total Base damage dealt to surrounding enemies as Fire damage.
Grasp of Shadow
RogueUnique Gloves
C
Good Synergy
  • Attack Speed
  • Vulnerable Damage
  • Shadow Clone Damage
  • Ranks to Core Skills
Lucky Hit: Damaging a Vulnerable enemy with a Marskman or Cutthroat Skill has up to a [24 - 34%] chance to summon a Shadow Clone that mimics your attack.
Ring of Mendeln
NecromancerUnique Ring
C
Good Synergy
  • Cold Resistance
  • Shadow Resistance
  • Lucky Hit Chance
  • Minion Attack Speed
  • Minion Health
  • Thorns
While you have 7 or more Minions you gain: Lucky Hit: Up to a 10% chance to empower all of your Minions, causing the next attack from each to explode [X] Physical damage.
Asheara's Khanjar
RogueUnique Dagger
D
Good Synergy
  • Damage to Close Enemies
  • Basic Skill Damage
  • Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies
  • Damage for X seconds on Elite Kill
  • Lucky Hit Chance
Hits with this weapon increase your Attack Speed by [4 - 6%] for 4 seconds, up to [20 - 30%] .
Battle Trance
BarbarianUnique Amulet
D
Good Synergy
  • Resistance to All Elements
  • Cooldown Reduction
  • Damage Reduction from Close Enemies
  • Damage Reduction when Injured
  • Ranks to Frenzy
Increase Frenzy's maximum stacks by 2 . While you have maximum Frenzy, your other Skills gain [35 - 45%] increased Attack Speed.
Staff of Endless Rage
SorceressUnique Staff
D
Good Synergy
  • Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies
  • Core Skill Damage
  • Attack Speed for Fireball
  • Lucky Hit: Slow Chance
  • Ranks to Fireball
Every 3rd cast of Fireball launches 2 additional projectiles.
Ahavarion Spear of Lycander
AllUnique Staff
New
?
Good Synergy
  • Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies
  • Critical Strike Chance
  • Attack Speed
  • Damage
  • Lucky Hit: Up to a [X]% Chance to Stun
Gain a random Shrine effect for 10-20 seconds after killing an Elite enemy. Can only occur once every 30 seconds.
Azurewrath
BarbarianUnique Sword
New
?
Good Synergy
  • Critical Strike Damage
  • Attack Speed
  • Skill Damage
  • Non-Physical Damage
  • Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies
Lucky Hit: Your Core Skills have up to a 20% chance to Freeze enemies for 3 seconds and deal [X] Cold damage to them.
Gloves of the Illuminator
SorceressUnique Gloves
?
Good Synergy
  • Critical Strike Chance
  • Attack Speed for Fireball
  • Lucky Hit: Restore Resource
  • Ranks to Fireball
Fireball now bounces as it travels, exploding each time it hits the ground, but it's explosion deals [45 - 35%] less damage.
Lidless Wall
NecromancerUnique Shield
New
?
Good Synergy
  • Block Chance
  • Blocked Damage Reduction
  • Main Hand Weapon Damage
  • Thorns
  • Attack Speed
  • Damage to Distant Enemies
  • Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Restore [X]% Primary Resource
  • Maximum Essence
Lucky Hit: While you have an active Bone Storm, hitting an enemy outside of a Bone Storm has up to a [5 - 25%] chance to spawn an additional Bone Storm at their location. Each of your active Sacrifice bonuses increases the chance by 25% and the total number of additional Bone Storms you can have by 1.

Best Paragons To Use with Attack Speed

The best paragon to use with the Attack Speed stat in D4 is Carnage, which is a Legendary Board Node.

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