Question about attack speed of Act 2 mercs

[Melbourne]

Question about attack speed of Act 2 mercs

Hey guys, just wondering about the breakpoints for the act 2 mercs. I'm sorry if this has been asked before but I simply can't find it. I am tossing up between an eth ghost spear and a eth warpike for my BOTD. Ghost spear is -20 while the warpike is 0. With the BOTD stats ghost is -70 while the pike is -50. Is there a shortcut for this information somewhre?

 

[Warrior of Light]

Check it here or find “German Weapon Speed Calculator†at Google.

 

[smeer]

Hey guys, just wondering about the breakpoints for the act 2 mercs. I'm sorry if this has been asked before but I simply can't find it. I am tossing up between an eth ghost spear and a eth warpike for my BOTD. Ghost spear is -20 while the warpike is 0. With the BOTD stats ghost is -70 while the pike is -50. Is there a shortcut for this information somewhre?

http://diablo2.ingame.de/tips/calcs/weaponspeed.php?lang=english

 

[RTB]

That calc is not accurate for act2 mercs. Their Jab hits twice, and they also have a Normal Attack, which is slower and only hits once.

Jab
EIAS	frames	hitframes
-20	18	8, 12
-17	17	8, 11
-12	16	7, 11
-6	15	7, 10
0	14	6, 9
8	13	6, 9
17	12	6, 8
28	11	5, 8
41	10	5, 7
56	9	4, 6
75	8	4, 6

Normal Attack
EIAS	frames	hitframe
-20	20	16
-19	19	15
-15	18	15
-10	17	14
-5	16	13
0	15	12
8	14	12
15	13	11
24	12	10
34	11	9
46	10	9
61	9	8

Incredibly, a2 mercs can reach an effective 4 fpa with their Jab.

 

[Melbourne]

Thanks alot guys. Looks like the ghost spear gets about an extra attack per second. The real question is which should i make? I was lucky enough to find a 6os eth 11% sup ghost spear and am thinking of using that. However looking at your chart it seems if i can use the warpike with andy's visage my merc will have just as great an attack speed as the ghost spear (even with andy's). Any suggestions?

 

[RTB]

Ghost Spear has WSM 0, while the War Pike has WSM 20, and 60% IAS is the equivalent of 40% EIAS. That puts the War Pike at a 12 frame Jab and 13 frame Normal Attack, while the Ghost Spear is at 11 frame Jab and Normal Attack.