The attack speed of a weapon determines the rate of attack of a player wielding that weapon. This is a factor which is often considered by players when forming strategies for activities such as player-killing. Dual-wielding is extremely popular because the combined weapons can up to double the total attack speed at a slight cost of damage per hit.

The speed of each weapon is represented by a bar by which are categorized as either an average, fast or fastest speed weapon.

Attack Speeds of Various Weapon Types

Image	Types of weapons
FastestInterval: 2.4 seconds	: Claws, daggers, defenders, maces, scimitars, whips : Crossbows, darts, hexhunter bow, throwing knives, seercull : Wands, Orbs
FastInterval: 3.0 seconds	: Hastae, hatchets, longswords, rapiers, swords : Most shortbows, Zaryte bow, Crystal bow, Chincompas : None
AverageInterval: 3.6 seconds	: Battleaxes, halberds, most mauls, pickaxes, warhammers, spears, two-handed swords : Javelins, most shieldbows, salamanders, thrown axes, two-handed crossbows : Staves
SlowInterval: 4.2 seconds	: Granite maul : None : None
SlowestInterval: 7.2 seconds	: None : Dark bow : None
RandomInterval: random	Only the dwarf multicannon

See alsoEdit

• Monster attack speed

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