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.

The actual the game calculates attack speed is more complicated, but for the 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 (T3+) reach this amount after about 200% Attack Speed. While fast ranged weapons like SMG (T4), Flamethrower (T4), Potato Thrower (T4), and Minigun (T3) reach this point at around 100% Attack speed. Minigun (T4) already has diminishing returns from 0% attack speed.

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
Banner	Tier 2	+20 Range +10% Attack Speed -2% Life Steal	55
Coffee	Tier 1	+10% Attack Speed -2% Damage	15
Community Support	Tier 3	+1% Attack Speed for every current living enemy -2 Armor	75	1	Win a run with Streamer
Gummy Berserker	Tier 1	+5% Attack Speed +15 Range -1 Armor	25
Improved Tools	Tier 3	+10 % Attack Speed Reduces the attack cooldown of your structures by 0% (50%)	70	1	Win a run with Cyborg
Poisonous Tonic	Tier 3	+10% Attack Speed +5% Crit Chance +15 Range -2 HP Regeneration	80
Retromation's Hoodie	Tier 4	+2% Attack Speed for every 1% Dodge you have. -80 Range	100	1
Small Magazine	Tier 2	+2 Ranged Damage +10% Attack Speed -6% Damage	60
Spider	Tier 4	+12% Damage +6% Attack Speed for every different weapon you have -3% Dodge -5 Harvesting	120		Win a run with Gladiator
Statue	Tier 3	+40% Attack Speed while standing still. -10% Speed	60

Negative

These items decrease your Attack Speed.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By
Bowler Hat	Tier 3	+15 Luck +18 Harvesting -5% Attack Speed -3% Crit Chance	75		Win a run with Entrepreneur
Defective Steroids	Tier 1	+2 Melee Damage -3% Attack Speed +2 Max HP	20
Focus	Tier 4	+30% Damage -3% Attack Speed for every different weapon you have	110		Win a run with One Armed
Heavy Bullets	Tier 4	+5 Ranged Damage +10% Damage +10 Range -5% Attack Speed -5% Crit Chance	100
Missile	Tier 2	+10% Damage -4% Attack Speed	45
Pencil	Tier 1	+2 Engineering -1% Attack Speed -1% Crit Chance	15
Scope	Tier 2	+2 Ranged Damage +25 Range -7% Attack Speed	55
Toolbox	Tier 3	+6 Engineering -8% Attack Speed	55

Mechanics

These items increase or decrease your Attack Speed depending on other factors such as enemies alive, or your other stats.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By
Community Support	Tier 3	+1% Attack Speed for every current living enemy -2 Armor	75	1	Win a run with Streamer
Focus	Tier 4	+30% Damage -3% Attack Speed for every different weapon you have	110		Win a run with One Armed
Retromation's Hoodie	Tier 4	+2% Attack Speed for every 1% Dodge you have. -80 Range	100	1
Spider	Tier 4	+12% Damage +6% Attack Speed for every different weapon you have -3% Dodge -5 Harvesting	120		Win a run with Gladiator
Statue	Tier 3	+40% Attack Speed while standing still. -10% Speed	60

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
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
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
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
Doctor	+200% Attack Speed with Medical weapons +5 HP Regeneration HP Regeneration is doubled +5 Harvesting -100% Attack Speed Armor modifications are reduced by 50%	Heal 200 HP in one wave	Medikit
Knight	+2 Melee Damage for every 1 Armor you have +5 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 Sledgehammer

Weapons

These Weapons affect Attack Speed:

Name	Class	Damage	Attack Speed	DPS	Crit Damage/Chance	Range	Knockback	Lifesteal	Special Effects	Base price	Unlocked by
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

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