Amazon attack speed

The attack speed displayed by the game doesn't really give enough information about the actual speed at which attacks are occurring. The game actually specifies speed as the number of frames of animation it takes to complete the attack. The game runs at 25 frames per second (at least the logic does), therefore, as an example, a 10 frame attack would translate to 2.5 attacks per second. Because of this discreet nature of speed, there isn't a one to one correspondence between the increased attack speed (IAS) percentage and the effective speed increase. The tables below, often referred to as breakpoints, show at what percentage of IAS gives a change in attack speed.

WSM

Weapon Speed Modifiers for all bows and crossbows are listed below.

Bow

WSM	Normal	Exceptional	Elite
10	Long Battle Bow Long War Bow Reflex Bow	Large Siege Bow Gothic Bow Ceremonial Bow	Crusader Bow Hydra Bow Grand Matron Bow
5	Short Bow	Edge Bow	Spider Bow
0	Long Bow Short Battle Bow Short War Bow Stag Bow	Cedar Bow Short Siege Bow Rune Bow Ashwood Bow	Shadow Bow Diamond Bow Ward Bow
-10	Hunter's Bow Composite Bow	Razor Bow Double Bow	Blade Bow Great Bow Matriarchal Bow

Crossbow

WSM	Normal	Exceptional	Elite
10	Heavy Crossbow	Ballista	Colossus Crossbow
0	Crossbow	Siege Crossbow	Gorgon Crossbow
-10	Light Crossbow	Arbalest	Pellet Bow
-40	Repeating Crossbow
-60		Cho-Ko-Nu	Demon Crossbow

Normal Attack

• These break-points also apply to all Bow and Crossbow Skills except Strafe.
• When Immolation Arrow is fired continuously, the interval between arrows is its delay (25 frames) plus Action Frame.
• Action Frame break-points were found experimentally. [1]

Bow

Frames		Template:EIAS	IAS
Total	Action		10	5	0	-10
15	7	Template:EIAS
14		Template:EIAS	5
13	6	Template:EIAS	11	6
12		Template:EIAS	22	15	9
11		Template:EIAS	35	27	20	8
	5	Template:EIAS	42	34	26	13
10		Template:EIAS	56	46	37	22
9		Template:EIAS	89	75	63	42
	4	Template:EIAS	120	102	86	60
8		Template:EIAS	147	125	105	75
7		Template:EIAS	292	240	200	142

Crossbow

Frames		Template:EIAS	IAS
Total	Action		10	0	-10	-40	-60
22	11	Template:EIAS
	10	Template:EIAS	2
21		Template:EIAS	3
20		Template:EIAS	7
19	9	Template:EIAS	11
18		Template:EIAS	19	7
17		Template:EIAS	27	14	3
	8	Template:EIAS	29	15	4
16		Template:EIAS	37	22	9
15		Template:EIAS	50	32	18
	7	Template:EIAS	58	39	23
14		Template:EIAS	70	48	30
13		Template:EIAS	95	68	46	4
	6	Template:EIAS	120	86	60	11
12		Template:EIAS	138	99	70	16
11		Template:EIAS	215	152	109	35	8

Strafe

This section lists the breakpoints for a strafe attack using a bow.

The first number is the number of frames needed to shoot the first arrow plus the number of frames needed to finish up the strafe animation. Because of how the animation process works, this is not the same as the number of frames needed to do a normal attack.

The second number means the number of frames needed to shoot every arrow that comes after the first arrow.

Bow

-10 WSM

• 0% IAS 13/3
• 2% IAS 12/3
• 13% IAS 11/3
• 15% IAS 10/3
• 37% IAS 9/3
• 60% IAS 9/2
• 80% IAS 8/2

0 WSM

• 0% IAS 13/3
• 13% IAS 12/3
• 26% IAS 11/3
• 29% IAS 10/3
• 56% IAS 9/3
• 86% IAS 9/2
• 113% IAS 8/2

5 WSM

• 0% IAS 14/4
• 6% IAS 13/3
• 19% IAS 12/3
• 34% IAS 11/3
• 37% IAS 10/3
• 68% IAS 9/3
• 102% IAS 9/2
• 133% IAS 8/2

10 WSM

• 0% IAS 15/4
• 3% IAS 14/4
• 11% IAS 13/3
• 26% IAS 12/3
• 42% IAS 11/3
• 46% IAS 10/3
• 80% IAS 9/3
• 120% IAS 9/2
• 157% IAS 8/2

Crossbow

-60 WSM

• 0% IAS 12/3.5
• 2% IAS 11.5/3.5
• 8% IAS 11/3

-40 WSM

• 0% IAS 14/4
• 4% IAS 14/4b
• 7% IAS (14/13)/4
• 11% IAS 12/3.5
• 26% IAS 11.5/3.5
• 35% IAS 11/3

-10 WSM

• 0% IAS 18/5
• 3% IAS 18/5b
• 4% IAS 17/5
• 6% IAS 16/5
• 13% IAS 16/4.5
• 16% IAS 15.5/4.5
• 18% IAS 15/4
• 23% IAS 15/4b
• 30% IAS 14/4
• 46% IAS 14/4b
• 52% IAS (14/13)/4
• 60% IAS 12/3.5
• 89% IAS 11.5/3.5
• 109% IAS 11/3

0 WSM

• 0% IAS 19/5
• 9% IAS 18/5
• 14% IAS 18/5b
• 15% IAS 17/5
• 18% IAS 16/5
• 26% IAS 16/4.5
• 30% IAS 15.5/4.5
• 32% IAS 15/4
• 39% IAS 15/4b
• 48% IAS 14/4
• 68% IAS 14/4b
• 75% IAS (14/13)/4
• 86% IAS 12/3.5
• 125% IAS 11.5/3.5
• 152% IAS 11/3

10 WSM

• 0% IAS 22/6
• 2% IAS 21/6
• 6% IAS 20/6
• 11% IAS 19/5
• 22% IAS 18/5
• 27% IAS 18/5b
• 29% IAS 17/5
• 32% IAS 16/5
• 42% IAS 16/4.5
• 48% IAS 15.5/4.5
• 50% IAS 15/4
• 58% IAS 15/4b
• 70% IAS 14/4
• 95% IAS 14/4b
• 105% IAS (14/13)/4
• 120% IAS 12/3.5
• 174% IAS 11.5/3.5
• 215% IAS 11/3

The second number means the same thing as before: the number of frames needed to shoot every arrow that comes after the first arrow.

The first number means something slightly different now. It is actually the number of frames needed to shoot the first arrow + the number of frames needed to finish up the strafe animation. Because of how the animation process works, this is not the same as the number of frames needed to do a normal attack.

Some specific notes on some crossbow strafe speed grades:

• XX/4.5 Strafe and xx/3.5 Strafe speeds: The 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th arrows take 1 frames longer to shoot. For example, in a 16/4.5 Strafe, the second strafe arrow takes 5 frames and the third arrow takes 4 frames.
• 18/5b Strafe, 14/4b Strafe: The second arrow fired in the volley takes one less frame to shoot, but the finishing animation is 1 frame longer.

• 15/4b Strafe: The first arrow takes one less frame to shoot, but the finishing animation takes 1 frame longer.

• (14/13)/4 Strafe: The second arrow in the volley takes one frame less to shoot. The finishing animation is 14 frames long when shooting two strafe arrows.

• 15.5/4.5 Strafe: The finishing animation takes 1 frame longer when shooting a total of 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9 Strafe arrows.

• 11.5/3.5 Strafe: The finishing animation takes 1 frame longer when shooting a total of 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9 Strafe arrows.

References

• Brianc84, Revised Strafe break-points (Bowazon Archives)
• Onderduiker, Immolation Arrow Mechanics (Bowazon Room)