We're diving into the intricacies of maximizing attack speed for the Abattoir of Zir in Diablo 4 Season 2. Understanding and effectively utilizing attack speed can significantly enhance your performance in this challenging dungeon. Let's break down the two crucial questions: how much attack speed can you get, and does additional attack speed become less effective the more you have?

 

• The Two Buckets of Attack Speed
• Is More Always Better?
• Balancing Speed with Other Stats
• Specific considerations for each class
• Conclusions and recommendations
• Conclusion

 

↖ The Two Buckets of Attack Speed

• Two Distinct Buckets: Attack speed in Diablo 4 is divided into two separate buckets, each capping at 100%. The total possible attack speed boost is therefore 200%.
• Bucket Contributions: Different gear and abilities contribute to these buckets. For example, a Rogue's ravenous moonrise and Dario's Vage fill the first bucket, while aspects like Accelerating Aspect contribute to the second bucket.

 

Calculating Total Attack Speed

Additive Nature of Attack Speed: Attack speed bonuses from both buckets add together.

If you have 80% from the first bucket and 40% from the second, your total attack speed increase is 120%.

 

↖ Is More Always Better?

• Diminishing Returns: As you increase your attack speed, each additional percentage point yields a smaller relative gain in actual speed. For example, going from 100% to 120% attack speed is a 20% relative increase, but jumping from 280% to 300% is only a 7.1% relative increase.
• Build Considerations: Depending on your build, there might be a point where investing in attack speed yields less benefit compared to other stats like damage, lucky hits, or survival.

 

↖ Balancing Speed with Other Stats

While attack speed is crucial, especially for classes that rely on quick hits for survival or damage output, it's essential to balance it with other stats. Over-investing in attack speed can lead to overkill and reduced efficiency in dealing with enemies.

 

↖ Specific considerations for each class

• Sources of attack speed specific: Understanding the sources contributing to the attack speed buckets is essential to optimizing your build.
• Spreadsheet: A comprehensive spreadsheet is available for all classes, illustrating attack speed bonuses and their buckets.

 

↖ Conclusions and recommendations

You should understand the caps for both attack speed buckets and plan your gear and abilities accordingly.

Building your character should be balanced, taking into account attack speed as well as other important statistics.

Identify the best sources of attack speed for your character by consulting the class-specific spreadsheet.

 

↖ Conclusion

Diablo 4 Season 2 requires understanding how attack speed works and how it interacts with your character's build in order to balance it effectively. Stacking attack speed and weighing it against other stat boosts should be considered in light of diminishing returns.