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Jun 19 2013 03:56am
Hey,

I play Diablo for 11 years but I still haven't figured out how IAS works...
Could you please tell me how much IAS should I have on my Zealot? There he is:


Eth "Death" Ettin Axe (Very Fast Attack Speed)
Fana lvl 24 (+36 IAS)
LoH (+20 IAS)
Nosferatu (+10 IAS)
HL (+20 IAS)
Guill IAS Jool'd (+15 IAS)

That gives +101 IAS total. I've heard I need one more +15 IAS Jool and lvl 27 Fana to hit the last BP, is that correct? Or maybe I don't need that much?
I'd highly appreciate your maths help :)
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Jun 19 2013 04:11am
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Jun 19 2013 04:51am
Thanks but I've tried it earlier and something's wrong (I probably can't use it correctly). According to the calc I need 89IAS to hit 5/s breakpoint and 2xx IAS to hit the last one. But when I change Ettin for Azure I hit visibly faster (and there's no way I suddenly get more than +100IAS from single item change)...
Could you check what's wrong with my calculations?

In other words, calc says:
89IAS - 4 attacks/sec
2xx IAS - 5 attacks/sec

I say:
With 101IAS + Ettin Death I attack visibly slower than with Azure (other items stay the same)

FanaZealot guide says:
Do what you are doing but add 15IAS jool and lv27 Fana and you'll hit the bp

As you see those versions contradict each other :(
Help appreciated :)
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Jun 19 2013 10:51am
Both are one-handed swinging weapons, but Azurewrath Phase Blade has a lower (and thus faster) base speed: [-30] compared to [10], and hence lower IAS breakpoints.

Since you did not specify which settings you have been using, we are left guessing that you may have forgotten to edit one or multiple fields when using the calculator.
The setup (according to your original post) is as follows:

Character:
Paladin
unchanged

Primary Weapon:
Ettin Axe (or Phase Blade)
Weapon-IAS: (optional: it has no impact on the table of breakpoints: [show IAS-table], but changing it may affect current Speed and Frequenzy values displayed at the bottom)

IAS:
(optional: IAS from equipment other than the weapon; the reason for this field is that certain skills (not Zeal) treat Weapon-IAS and IAS differently)

Skill:
Zeal

Fanaticism:
level 24


[show IAS-table]


If done correctly, you get the following tables of IAS breakpoints (one for each weapon):

Code
Character:         Paladin                           |  Character:         Paladin
Primary Weapon:    Ettin Axe                         |  Primary Weapon:    Phaseblade
Skill:             Zeal                              |  Skill:             Zeal
IAS:               0 (optional, as mentioned above)  |  IAS:               0  (optional)
Weapon-IAS:        0 (optional, but Death has none)  |  Weapon-IAS:        30 (optional; Azurewrath has 30)
Fanaticism:        Level 24                          |  Fanaticism:        Level 24
                                                     |
IAS    attack speed [ticks]    attacks per second    |  IAS    attack speed [ticks]    attacks per second
  0         6/6/6/6/11                 3.57          |
 13         6/6/6/6/10                 3.67          |
 18         5/5/5/5/10                 4.16          |
 30         5/5/5/5/9                  4.31          |    0         5/5/5/5/9                  4.31
 63         5/5/5/5/8                  4.46          |    2         5/5/5/5/8                  4.46
 83         4/4/4/4/8                  5.2           |   10         4/4/4/4/8                  5.2

Minimum IAS required (weapon + equipment other than weapon) to reach the specified attack speed.

This explains the difference you observed in game.

This post was edited by Quorra on Jun 19 2013 11:08am
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Jun 19 2013 11:20am
Got it!
Thanks a lot, now it makes a lot of sense
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