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Attack Speed
Modifies melee animation speed. The number of attacks per second varies by weapon type and Stance.
—In-game Description

Attack Speed is a statistic that modifies how fast a melee's attack animation plays. True attack speed, the rate at which melee weapons attack, is derived from three attributes:

  1. The attack animation for the given weapon class and the Stance they have equipped
  2. The weapon's listed attack speed multiplier (aka Attack Speed)
  3. Attack Speed bonuses/penalties from sources like mods or abilities

Mechanics[edit | edit source]

Each general melee class follows a standard attack animation which controls baseline striking speed. Polearms have a slower standard attack animation than the swords, for example. Specific weapons (such as the  Cronus of the sword type) each have their own base attack speed multiplier which alters the rate of the attack animation. An Attack Speed of 1.0 runs its attacks at default speed. An Attack Speed of 1.2 executes 20% faster, while a speed of 0.8 runs 20% slower. Attack Speed is then further increased (or decreased) by Attack Speed mods and ability buffs, giving us the following basic equation:

Modified Animation Length=Base Attack Animation Length[Base Weapon Attack Speed×(1+Attack Speed Bonuses)]

Where Base Attack Animation Length is based on the time it takes to complete an attack at Attack Speed of 1.0

Recall that attack animations vary between weapon types. Despite the  Fragor (Hammer) and  Karyst (Dagger) both having listed speeds of 0.8, the Karyst's actual speed is faster than the Fragor's due to daggers having a faster attack animation.

Faster attack speeds enhance a melee weapon's overall damage potential and utility by:

  • producing more strikes at a given time, increasing damage per second dealt
  • quickening melee Combo Counter gain for  Blood Rush and  Weeping Wounds and its heavy attack damage multiplier
  • giving more chances for Status Effect procs
  • hastening Stance attacks which knockback or disable the target through staggers/ragdolls (crowd control)

Changes in Attack Speed apply to finishers, as well as the animation of heavy attacks but not the actual wind-up time (i.e. initial heavy attack charging animation will stay the same but the actual heavy attack swing will be sped up/slowed down). Weapons with ranged charge mechanics such as the  Glaive are not affected by Attack Speed and uses Heavy Attack Wind-Up Speed bonuses instead.

All base weapon Attack Speeds are in fractions of X / 60. This means despite Attack Speed values listed in the UI, the true values have longer repeating decimals as they are represented as floating point integers.

Sources of Attack Speed Bonus[edit | edit source]

Mods[edit | edit source]

Positive[edit | edit source]

The following Mods affect Attack Speed positively, increasing a Melee Weapon's rate of attack:

  •  Berserker Fury{"Description":"On Melee Kill:\r\n+35% Attack Speed for 10s. Stacks up to 2x.","UpgradeTypes":["WEAPON_FIRE_RATE"],"MaxRank":"5","Image":"BerserkerFuryMod.png","Introduced":"10","InternalName":"/Lotus/Upgrades/Mods/Melee/WeaponCritFireRateBonusMod","Transmutable":true,"Type":"Melee","Rarity":"Rare","Tradable":true,"BaseDrain":"4","Polarity":"Madurai","Name":"Berserker Fury","Icon":"BerserkerFury.png","Link":"Berserker Fury","Incompatible":["Fury","Flawed Fury","Primed Fury"],"CodexSecret":false}

     Berserker Fury

  •  Furor{"Transmutable":true,"Type":"Archmelee","Description":"+10% Attack Speed","Tradable":true,"UpgradeTypes":["WEAPON_FIRE_RATE"],"BaseDrain":"4","MaxRank":"3","Icon":"Furor.png","Link":"Furor","Image":"FurorMod.png","Name":"Furor","Introduced":"15","Polarity":"Madurai","Rarity":"Uncommon","InternalName":"/Lotus/Upgrades/Mods/Archwing/Melee/ArchwingMeleeFireRateMod","CodexSecret":false} (Arch-melee only)

     Furor (Arch-melee only)

  •  Fury{"Description":"+30% Attack Speed","UpgradeTypes":["WEAPON_FIRE_RATE"],"MaxRank":"5","Image":"FuryMod.png","Introduced":"0","Icon":"Fury.png","Transmutable":true,"Type":"Melee","Rarity":"Uncommon","Tradable":true,"BaseDrain":"4","Polarity":"Madurai","Name":"Fury","InternalName":"/Lotus/Upgrades/Mods/Melee/WeaponFireRateMod","Link":"Fury","Incompatible":["Primed Fury","Flawed Fury","Berserker Fury"],"CodexSecret":false}

     Fury

  •  Gladiator Vice{"Description":"+30% Attack Speed","UpgradeTypes":["WEAPON_FIRE_RATE"],"MaxRank":"5","Image":"GladiatorViceMod.png","Introduced":"22","Icon":"GladiatorVice.png","Transmutable":false,"Type":"Melee","Rarity":"Rare","Tradable":true,"BaseDrain":"4","Polarity":"Madurai","Name":"Gladiator Vice","Set":"Gladiator Set","IncompatibilityTags":["SENTINEL_WEAPON","HOUND_WEAPON"],"Link":"Gladiator Vice","InternalName":"/Lotus/Upgrades/Mods/Sets/Gladiator/MeleeGladiatorViceMod","CodexSecret":false}

     Gladiator Vice

  •  Primed Fury{"Description":"+55% Attack Speed","UpgradeTypes":["WEAPON_FIRE_RATE"],"MaxRank":"10","Image":"PrimedFuryMod.png","Introduced":"Lunaro 4","Icon":"PrimedFury.png","Transmutable":false,"Type":"Melee","Rarity":"Legendary","Tradable":false,"BaseDrain":"4","Polarity":"Madurai","Name":"Primed Fury","InternalName":"/Lotus/Upgrades/Mods/Melee/Expert/WeaponFireRateModExpert","Link":"Primed Fury","Incompatible":["Fury","Flawed Fury","Berserker Fury"],"CodexSecret":true}

     Primed Fury

  •  Quickening{"IncompatibilityTags":["SENTINEL_WEAPON","HOUND_WEAPON"],"UpgradeTypes":["WEAPON_FIRE_RATE","WEAPON_MELEE_COMBO_GAIN_EXTRA_CHANCE"],"MaxRank":"3","Image":"QuickeningMod.png","Introduced":"13","Icon":"Quickening.png","Transmutable":true,"Type":"Melee","Rarity":"Rare","Tradable":true,"BaseDrain":"6","Polarity":"Madurai","Name":"Quickening","InternalName":"/Lotus/Upgrades/Mods/Melee/Channel/ChannelFireRateMod","Description":"+40% Attack Speed\r\n+20% Combo Count Chance","Link":"Quickening","CodexSecret":false}

     Quickening

  •  Magnetic Rush{"Transmutable":false,"Type":"Melee","Description":"+60% <DT_MAGNETIC_COLOR>Magnetic\r\n+20% Attack Speed","Link":"Magnetic Rush","Rarity":"Rare","UpgradeTypes":["WEAPON_PERCENT_BASE_DAMAGE_ADDED","WEAPON_FIRE_RATE"],"MaxRank":"3","InternalName":"/Lotus/Interface/Cards/Images/Melee/MagneticAttackSpeedMeleeMod","Tradable":true,"Image":"MagneticRushMod.png","Name":"Magnetic Rush","Introduced":"38","Polarity":"Madurai","BaseDrain":"4","Icon":"MagneticRush.jpg","CodexSecret":false}

     Magnetic Rush

Negative[edit | edit source]

  • Spoiled Strike{"Transmutable":false,"Type":"Melee","Description":"+100% Damage\r\n-20% Attack Speed","Tradable":true,"UpgradeTypes":["WEAPON_MELEE_DAMAGE","WEAPON_FIRE_RATE"],"BaseDrain":"4","MaxRank":"3","Icon":"SpoiledStrike.png","Link":"Spoiled Strike","Image":"SpoiledStrikeMod.png","Name":"Spoiled Strike","Introduced":"10.3","Polarity":"Madurai","Rarity":"Rare","InternalName":"/Lotus/Upgrades/Mods/Melee/DualStat/CorruptedDamageSpeedMod","CodexSecret":false}

     Spoiled Strike

Abilities[edit | edit source]

The following abilities affect Attack Speed positively, increasing a Melee Weapon's rate of attack:


4
100 		Redline

Push Gauss' battery beyond the redline, supercharging his Abilities and setting Fire Rate, Attack Speed, Reload Speed, and Holster Rate into overdrive. When past the redline, bolts of arcing electricity dance periodically from Gauss, exploding en masse when the ability is deactivated.

Introduced in Update 25.7 (2019-08-29)

 Strength:100 / 200 / 300 / 400 ( Impact and  Puncture area damage)
 Duration:15 / 20 / 25 / 30 s (duration)
6 - 30% / 9 - 45% / 12 - 60% / 15 - 75% (fire rate buff)
5 - 25% / 6 - 30% / 7 - 35% / 8 - 40% (attack speed buff)
4 - 20% / 6 - 30% / 8 - 40% / 10 - 50% (reload speed buff)
4 - 20% / 6 - 30% / 8 - 40% / 10 - 50% (casting speed buff)
 Range:N/A

Misc: ? m (activation knockback radius)
+20% (battery limit release)
50% (projectile accuracy)
50% (energy discount for Mach Rush)
100% (melee damage bonus and stagger chance for Kinetic Plating)
100% ( Cold freeze chance and  Heat ignite chance for Thermal Sunder)
≤100% ( Blast enemy armor reduction for Thermal Sunder)

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Other[edit | edit source]

  • Cold{"Negatives":["Tenno Shield","Techrot"],"GlyphImage":"ColdModBundleIcon.png","Link":"Damage/Cold Damage","Color":"#17658c","Positives":["Sentient"],"DarkModeColor":"#5bbcec","ColorBorder":"#1c638d","Name":"Cold","Icon":"DmgColdSmall64.png","Status":["Slowdown","Crit Damage +"],"ColorBackground":"#c3d5df","InternalName":"DT_FREEZE","ProcInternalName":"PT_CHILLED"} status (Slows attack speed)

     Cold status (Slows attack speed)

  • Arcane Strike{"Rarity":"Uncommon","Type":"Warframe","Description":"15% chance for +60% Attack Speed to Melee Weapons for 18s","Link":"Arcane Strike","Icon":"ArcaneStrike64x.png","UpgradeTypes":["WEAPON_FIRE_RATE","GAMEPLAY_FREE_REVIVE_COUNT"],"MaxRank":"5","IncompatibilityTags":["OPERATOR_SUIT"],"Dissolution":"21","Image":"ArcaneStrike.png","Name":"Arcane Strike","Introduced":"16","IsRefreshable":true,"Criteria":"On Hit","InternalName":"/Lotus/Upgrades/CosmeticEnhancers/Offensive/MeleeSpeedOnHit","CodexSecret":true} (60%, additive)

     Arcane Strike (60%, additive)

External links[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

  • Fire Rate, the equivalent game mechanic for ranged weapons.


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