IAS Breakpoints & Attack Speed Calculator

I've been looking for an attack speed calculator for D2R to figure out IAS breakpoints for my Act 5

Frenzy merc, who dual-wields upped

Headstriker s (

Conquest Sword) with a 15% IAS jewel (with ED). Most attack speed calculators that I was able to find were for D2 LoD.

https://warren1001.github.io/IAS_Calculator/ seems to be one for D2R. I have difficulty understanding how to use it. In addtion, I couldn't find what WIAS stands for. Maxroll's attack speed page mentions WIAS but there is no explanation of it.

Maxroll's D2 Planner can show attack rate, too. However, I don't understand how to find out about IAS breakpoints.

Any help will be appreciated.

Why did you use jewels and not a

Shael?

They are with enhanced damage. Should have clarified this.

WIAS = Weapon IAS = IAS on your weapon:

https://www.theamazonbasin.com/wiki/ind ... tack_speed

for some skills ias on the weapon counts for more than ias from other gear, so sometimes wias will show on the calculator, sometimes not

this is why

Frenzy shows a wias field

another note about

Frenzy: ias breakpoints depend entirely on the primary weapon. so a slow weapon on 2nd hand will not affect attack speed

PenguinGrenadier wrote: 2 years ago

WIAS = Weapon IAS = IAS on your weapon:

https://www.theamazonbasin.com/wiki/ind ... tack_speed

It makes sense. However, neither the term, WIAS, nor the concept of weapon IAS / IAS on weapon appears in the link.

krathkor wrote: 2 years ago

for some skills ias on the weapon counts for more than ias from other gear, so sometimes wias will show on the calculator, sometimes not

this is why

Frenzy shows a wias field

Are you saying

Frenzy is one of the skills that treat IAS on the weapon differently than IAS from other sources?

The screenshot image is interesting.
Which calculator did you use to create it? Did you choose the parameters for my quest? Could you explain the table on the right?

Really appreciate your help.

yes to

Frenzy. in contrast to

Zeal, say.
its the warren calculator
re; the table-
ias = the breakpoints
fpa = frames per attack
so with no other ias gear, 14 fpa
with

Goldwrap[10ias], 13 fpa
with

Goldwrap+cats eye[30ias] , 12fpa etc...

Is this IAS the total IAS from non-weapon gears?

You chose Barbarian as the character. Should I choose

Frenzy Barbarian? It is at the end of the drop-down list and looks like the

Frenzy merc.

You used 20 as

Frenzy's level. Is it a test? I suppose I need to find out the level of

Frenzy of the merc and put it in that field. Correct?

the "

Frenzy barb" is the act5 merc ;]
if there is a separate field for wias, like

Frenzy, the table shows needed off-weapon ias breakpoints
if there is no separate wias field, like

Zeal, then the table shows needed ias, on and off weapon added together
i put 20 into

Frenzy because every

Frenzy barb will max this....with plus skills it wil be higher...

The calculator seems to be buggy around

Frenzy level of the

Frenzy merc. It has no effect.

The resulting table doesn't seem to match Maxroll's D2 Planner. If the merc is equipped with two

Conquest Sword only, the calculator shows FPA being 17 when WIAS is 0, while the D2 planner shows Attack Rate: 16 frames per 2 hits (3.13 hits per second), for

Frenzy. The FPA value in the calculator when WIAS is 0 should match the number of frames per 2 hits in the D2 Planner, right? But it's not the case. I suppose each

Frenzy attack has 2 hits and both hits are in the same animation, hence 2 hits.

Am I understanding something wrongly?

The calculator does say "No testing has been done for

Frenzy yet for the Act 5 Mercenary." And it seems that you are right about

Frenzy level having no effect on the

Frenzy Barbarian - and in fact, it has already been reported as a bug. If you click the "Report a bug if you find one" link you get to a list of open issues, and the

Frenzy merc

Frenzy level is a listed issue.

ShadowHeart wrote: 2 years ago

The calculator does say "No testing has been done for

Frenzy yet for the Act 5 Mercenary." And it seems that you are right about

Frenzy level having no effect on the

Frenzy Barbarian - and in fact, it has already been reported as a bug. If you click the "Report a bug if you find one" link you get to a list of open issues, and the

Frenzy merc

Frenzy level is a listed issue.

That's true, and good catch!