Attack Speed

Attack Speed

You attack x% faster with weapons. Getting 100% attack speed means your weapons have their cooldown halved, making you attack twice as fast.

Attack Speed is a powerful way to increase your damage per second, increase your rate of healing with Life Steal, and it allows you to handle big crowds of enemies and horde waves easier.

How the game calculates attack speed is more complicated, but in most cases, it simply makes you attack x% faster. There are some exceptions:

• Melee weapons' attack speed is slightly affected by having higher Range. For example, 100 Range will reduce your attack speed by 3% to 10% (depending on the weapon), tho they will also be able to hit more enemies.

• Negative Attack speed increases the cooldown of your weapons, meaning you attack slower. However, it uses a different formula: You would expect -100% attack speed to double the cooldown of the weapon, but that is only the case for a very few weapons. Slow weapons and ranged weapons are hit harder by negative attack speed. If you have -100% attack speed, a Fist (Tier 4) attacks 14% less often. While a Nuclear Launcher (T4) attacks 46% less often.
• There is a minimum attack speed for weapons. Going too close to this limit results in severe diminishing returns for some weapons. Fast melee weapons like Fist (T4) and Circular Saw (T4) have diminishing returns from 0% Attack speed, but are less affected than ranged weapons. Fast ranged weapons like SMG (T4), Flamethrower (T4), Potato Thrower (T4), and Minigun (T3 & T4) also have diminishing returns from 0% and higher attack speed, and are affected more than the melee weapons. The diminishing returns start out slow, and become more prominent the more attack speed you have. So getting the first 50%-100% attack speed while being affected by diminishing returns can still be worth it, but getting more will give very little value.

It is worth noting that the tooltip rounds the attack speed of your weapons down to the nearest 0.01 second. However this is just a visual - the actual game doesn't round the value.

Attack speed doesn't apply to turrets, or to items like Cyberball, Baby with a Beard, or Rip and Tear.

Items

Positive

These items increase your Attack Speed.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Banner	Tier 2	+20 Range +10 % Attack Speed -5 Knockback	55			Range, Attack Speed
Coffee	Tier 1	+10 % Attack Speed -2 % Damage	20			Attack Speed
Community Support	Tier 3	+1 % Attack Speed for every current living enemy -2 Armor	75	1	Win a run with Streamer	Attack Speed
Gummy Berserker	Tier 1	+5 % Attack Speed +25 Range -1 Armor	25			Attack Speed, Range
Improved Tools	Tier 3	+10 % Attack Speed Increases the attack speed of your structures by 0% (50%)	70	1	Win a run with Cyborg	Structure, Attack Speed
Poisonous Tonic	Tier 3	+10 % Attack Speed +5 % Crit Chance +15 Range -2 HP Regeneration	80			Attack Speed, Crit Chance, Range
Potato	Tier 4	+3 Max HP +2 HP Regeneration +1 % Life Steal +5 % Damage +5 % Attack Speed +3 % Speed +3 % Dodge +1 Armor +5 Luck	95		Win a run with Well Rounded	Max HP, HP Regeneration, Damage, Speed, Luck
Retromation's Hoodie	Tier 4	+2 % Attack Speed for every 1 % Dodge you have -80 Range	110	1		Dodge
Small Magazine	Tier 2	+2 Ranged Damage +10 % Attack Speed -6 % Damage	60			Ranged Damage, Attack Speed
Spider	Tier 4	+12 % Damage +6 % Attack Speed for every different weapon you have -3 % Dodge -5 Harvesting	110		Win a run with Gladiator	Damage, Attack Speed
Statue	Tier 3	+40 % Attack Speed while standing still -10 % Speed	60			Attack Speed, Stand Still

Negative

These items decrease your Attack Speed.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Baby Squid(DLC)	Tier 2	+1 HP Regeneration when you level up -3 % Attack Speed	55			HP Regeneration
Big Arms	Tier 4	+12 Melee Damage +6 Ranged Damage +3 Knockback -3 % Attack Speed -3 % Speed	105		Win a run with Generalist	Melee Damage, Ranged Damage, Knockback
Bowler Hat	Tier 3	+15 Luck +18 Harvesting -5 % Attack Speed -3 % Crit Chance	75		Win a run with Entrepreneur	Luck, Harvesting
Defective Steroids	Tier 1	+2 Max HP +2 Melee Damage -3 % Attack Speed	20			Max HP, Melee Damage
Focus	Tier 4	+30 % Damage -3 % Attack Speed for every different weapon you have	110		Win a run with One Armed	Damage
Heavy Bullets	Tier 4	+5 Ranged Damage +10 % Damage +10 Range -5 % Attack Speed -5 % Crit Chance	100			Ranged Damage, Damage, Range
Missile	Tier 2	+10 % Damage -4 % Attack Speed	45			Damage
Pencil	Tier 1	+2 Engineering -1 % Attack Speed -1 % Crit Chance	15			Engineering
Scope	Tier 2	+2 Ranged Damage +25 Range -7 % Attack Speed	48			Ranged Damage, Range
Small Fish(DLC)	Tier 1	+10% damage against targets above 75% health -3 % Attack Speed	18			Damage
Stone Skin	Tier 3	+1 Max HP for every permanent 1 Armor you have -6 % Attack Speed	85	1	Win a run with Golem	Armor, Max HP
Toolbox	Tier 3	+6 Engineering -8 % Attack Speed	55			Engineering

Ball and Chain

The Ball and Chain item is a special case of negative attack speed items. When acquired, your weapons cannot have a cooldown that is lower than 0.75 seconds. Note that this doesn't include the animation that melee weapons have: So for melee weapons, their minimum cooldown with Ball and Call will be more than 0.75 seconds depending on how long the range of the weapon is.

• A Cursed Ball and Chain will have a minimum cooldown that is lower than 0.75 seconds. This opens the Cursed Ball and Chain up to being useful on more builds.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By	Tags
Ball and Chain	Tier 3	+15 % Damage +3 Armor +5 Knockback -3 % Speed Weapons have a minimum cooldown of 0.75 seconds between attacks	75	1		Damage, Armor, Knockback

Characters

These Characters start with different Attack Speed, or have mechanics related to their Attack Speed:

Positive Characters

Name	Stats	Unlocked By	Unlocks
Brawler	+50% Attack Speed with Unarmed weapons You start with 1 Fist +15% Dodge -50 Range -50 Ranged Damage	Unlocked by default	Power Fist
Crazy	+100 Range with Precise weapons +25% Attack Speed You start with 1 Knife -30% Dodge -10 Engineering -10 Ranged Damage	Unlocked by default	Hunting Trophy
Cryptid	More trees spawn (+6) Gain 12 material and XP for every living tree at the end of a wave +3 HP Regeneration for every current living tree Dodge is capped at 70% +3 Attack Speed until the end of the wave when you dodge an attack -100 % Life Steal -100 Range -50% materials dropped from enemies	Finish a wave with 10 or more living trees	Claw
Golem	+20 Max HP Max HP modifications are increased by 33% Armor modifications are increased by 33% +40 % Attack Speed when you have less than 50% health +20 % Speed when you have less than 50% health You can't heal in any way	Finish a wave with 1 HP	Stone Skin
King	+50 Luck +25 % Damage for every Tier IV weapon you have +25% Attack Speed for every Tier IV weapon you have +5 Max HP for every different Tier IV item you have -15% Damage for every Tier I weapon you have -15% Attack Speed for every Tier I weapon you have -2 Max HP for every different Tier I item you have UNLISTED BONUS: Starting weapon is Tier II	Get 3 tier IV weapons at once	Excalibur
One Armed	+200% Attack Speed Damage modifications are increased by 100% You can only equip one weapon at a time	Win a run in Danger 0	Focus
Soldier	+50% Damage while standing still +50% Attack Speed while standing still +10% Speed +200% pickup range +15 Knockback You cant attack while moving	Win a run in Danger 2	Nuclear Launcher

Negative Characters

Name	Stats	Unlocked By	Unlocks
Buccaneer(DLC)	Picked up materials have +100% value Picking up a material resets the cooldown of all your weapons -100 % Attack Speed -50% materials dropped from enemies	Reach +100 % Pickup Range	Eyepatch
Doctor	+200% Attack Speed with Medical weapons +5 HP Regeneration HP Regeneration modifications are increased by 100% +5 Harvesting -100% Attack Speed Armor modifications are reduced by 50%	Heal 200 HP in one wave	Medikit
Dwarf(DLC)	+1 Engineering when killing at least 6 enemies with a direct weapon hit +1 Melee Damage for every permanent 2 Engineering you have You can't equip ranged weapons -20 % Dodge -100 % Attack Speed % Attack Speed modifications are reduced by 50%	Hit at least 25 enemies with a single melee attack	War Hammer
Gladiator	+20% Attack Speed for every different weapon you have +5 Melee Damage You can't equip ranged weapons -40% Attack Speed -30 Luck	Kill 20000 enemies	Spider
King	+50 Luck +25 % Damage for every Tier IV weapon you have +25% Attack Speed for every Tier IV weapon you have +5 Max HP for every different Tier IV item you have -15% Damage for every Tier I weapon you have -15% Attack Speed for every Tier I weapon you have -2 Max HP for every different Tier I item you have UNLISTED BONUS: Starting weapon is Tier II	Get 3 tier IV weapons at once	Excalibur
Knight	+2 Melee Damage for every 1 Armor you have +3 Armor You can't equip ranged weapons You can only equip tier 2 weapons or above % Attack Speed modifications are reduced by 50% Harvesting modifications are reduced by 80%	Win a run in Danger 4	Plasma Sledge
Lucky	+100 Luck Luck modifications are increased by 25% +75% chance to deal 1 (15%Luck) damage to a random enemy when you pick up a material -60% Attack Speed -50% XP Gain	Collect 300 materials	Lucky Charm
Ogre(DLC)	Enemies taking double their max health as damage explode for 15 (+50%-50%) damage +10 Melee Damage You can't equip ranged weapons -50 % Attack Speed -10 % Speed	Deal 1000 damage to an enemy in a single hit	Mace

Weapons

These Weapons scale with Attack Speed. In the case of Mace, it scales with negative attack speed.

Name	Class	Damage	Attack Speed	DPS	Crit Damage/Chance	Range	Knockback	Lifesteal	Special Effects	Base price	Unlocked by
Claw	Unarmed, Precise	5(15%50%) 10(20%50%) 15(25%50%) 25(30%50%)	0.78s 0.74s 0.69s 0.61s	6.4(19.2%64.1%)/s 13.5(27%67.6%)/s 21.7(36.2%72.5%)/s 41.0(49.2%82%)/s	x2 (10%) x2.15 (15%) x2.3 (20%) x2.5 (25%)	150 150 150 150	2 2 2 2	0 0 0 0	-	15 28 55 110	Win a run with Cryptid
Hatchet	Primitive	5(100%15%) 10(100%15%) 20(100%15%) 40(100%15%)	0.68s 0.65s 0.62s 0.58s	7.4(147% 22.1%)/s 14.7(147% 22.1%)/s 29.4(147% 22.1%)/s 64.5(161% 24.2%)/s	x2 (3%) x2 (3%) x2 (3%) x2 (3%)	125 125 125 125	2 2 2 2	0 0 0 0		15 31 61 122	Win a run with Wildling
Mace(DLC)	Heavy, Medieval	- 40(+100%-50%) 60(+100%-75%) 100(+100%-100%)	- 1.39s 1.31s 1.23s	-- 28.7(71.7%-35.9%)/s 45.8(76.3%-57.2%)/s 81.5(81.5%-81.5%)/s	- x1.5 (3% chance) x1.5 (3% chance) x1.5 (3% chance)	- 150 150 150	- 5 5 5	- 0 0 0	-3%/-6%/-10% Attack Speed	- 46 92 185	Win a run with Ogre

These Weapons can give or remove Attack speed Stat. In the case of Drill, the stat change is until the end of wave.

Name	Class	Damage	Attack Speed	DPS	Crit Damage/Chance	Range	Knockback	Lifesteal	Special Effects	Base price	Unlocked by
Drill	Legendary, Precise	- - - 10(100%100%)	- - - 0.45s	- - - 22.2(222.2%222.2%)/s	- - - x2.5 (50%)	- - - 100	- - - 5	- - - 0	100% chance to gain 1 material when killing an enemy with a critical hit. +10 % Attack Speed every 5 seconds until the end of the wave	- - - 250	Default
Ghost Flint	Ethereal	6(100%) 9(100%) 12(100%) 18(100%)	1.23s 1.17s 1.1s 1.04s	4.9(81%)/s 7.7(85%)/s 10.9(90%)/s 17.3(96%)/s	x2 (3%) x2 (3%) x2 (3%) x2 (3%)	150 160 170 180	2 2 2 2	0 0 0 0	+1% Attack Speed for every 20/18/16/12 kills in a wave with this weapon	12 26 52 105	Default
Mace(DLC)	Heavy, Medieval	- 40(+100%-50%) 60(+100%-75%) 100(+100%-100%)	- 1.39s 1.31s 1.23s	-- 28.7(71.7%-35.9%)/s 45.8(76.3%-57.2%)/s 81.5(81.5%-81.5%)/s	- x1.5 (3% chance) x1.5 (3% chance) x1.5 (3% chance)	- 150 150 150	- 5 5 5	- 0 0 0	-3%/-6%/-10% Attack Speed	- 46 92 185	Win a run with Ogre

Weapon Classes

There are no Weapon Classes that affect Attack Speed.

Stats
Max HP	Melee Damage	Crit Chance	Dodge
HP Regeneration	Ranged Damage	Engineering	Speed
Life Steal	Elemental Damage	Range	Luck
Damage	Attack Speed	Armor	Harvesting