I have been wondering something lately and I think I know the answer but would like it confirmed either way for me.
I run my barb using Frenzy + Sidearm as my basic attack. Now that has a built in IAS as we all know per stack up to the 5 stacks of 75% IAS. Now my question is, does this make weapon attack speed worth less?
For example going from a 1.4 sword to a 1.2 mace/spear wouldn't make a large difference would it besides the build up time? Granted you would get less LoH/LL procs but with the higher attack speed granted by frenzy stacks you would still be gaining procs pretty rapidly compared to other classes.
So does base weapon attack speed really matter for a barb from a purely DPS stand point (don't want LoH/LL procs to muddy the waters)? I know IAS on gear is still a good stat and I'm not saying otherwise, just going by the base weapons attack speed.
Thanks in advance
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I have been wondering something lately and I think I know the answer but would like it confirmed either way for me.
I run my barb using Frenzy + Sidearm as my basic attack. Now that has a built in IAS as we all know per stack up to the 5 stacks of 75% IAS. Now my question is, does this make weapon attack speed worth less?
For example going from a 1.4 sword to a 1.2 mace/spear wouldn't make a large difference would it besides the build up time? Granted you would get less LoH/LL procs but with the higher attack speed granted by frenzy stacks you would still be gaining procs pretty rapidly compared to other classes.
So does base weapon attack speed really matter for a barb from a purely DPS stand point (don't want LoH/LL procs to muddy the waters)? I know IAS on gear is still a good stat and I'm not saying otherwise, just going by the base weapons attack speed.
Thanks in advance