PoE Ranged Weapons Speed Tests (Public)

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1	Weapon Name	Buffs	Delay frames	Attack frames (till fire)	Projectile flight	Frames till Recovery start	Total Attack	Recovery	Reload	Total (f)	Total (s)	Notes

2	Arquebus	10 dex, no buffs	5	21	4	24	54	75	189	318	10.6s
3		10 dex, no buffs	5	21	4	24	54	75	190	319	10.6s
4		10 dex, no buffs	5	21	12 (freeze)	16	54	75	189	318	10.6s
5		19 dex, no buffs	5	17	4	19	45	59	153	255	8.5s
6		40 dex, no buffs	5	12	4	14	35	39	104	178	5.9s
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8	Arbalest	10 dex, no buffs	5	22	5	20	52	75	167	294	9.9s
9		10 dex, no buffs	5	22	5	21	53	75	167	295	9.9s
10		10 dex, no buffs, (-50% armor)	5	22	4	22	53	112	168	333	11.1s
11		10 dex, del. potion, (-50% armor)	5	22	4	22	52	75	168	294	9.8s
12		10 dex, del. potion, (-35% armor)	5	22	5	22	53	63	167	283	9.4s
13		10 dex, no buffs, (+15% gloves)	5	22	4	22	52	64	167	283	9.4s
14		10 dex, (+15% gloves), speed enchant	5	22	4	22	52	47	167	266	8.9s
15		10 dex, (-50% armor), (+15% gloves)	5	22	4	21	52	102	167	321	10.7s
16		10 dex, deleterious potion	5	22	4	21	52	38	168	258	8.5s
17		10 dex, deleterious potion, speed enchant	5	22	4	21	52	16	167	235	7.8s
18		10 dex, del. potion, (+15% gloves)	5	22	4	21	52	21	167	240	8s
19		10 dex, del. potion, (-50% armor) (+15% gloves)	5	22	4	21	52	59	167	278	9.3s
20		10 dex, del. potion, (+15% gloves), speed enchant	5	22	4	22	53	1	167	221	7.4s
21		10 dex, del. potion, (-15% robe), (+15% gloves), speed enchant	5	22	4	22	53	6	167	226	7.5s
22		10 dex, del. potion, (-20% armor), (+15% gloves), speed enchant	5	22	4	22	53	9	167	229	7.6s
23		10 dex, del. potion, (+15% gloves), (-50% armor), speed enchant	5	22	4	21	52	33	167	252	8.4s
24		10 dex, 20% chant, (-50% armor)	5	22	4	22	53	97	140	290	9.7s
25		10 dex, 20% chant, (-50% armor), (+15% gloves)	5	22	4	22	53	86	140	279	9.3s
26		10 dex, gunner	5	22	4	21	52	75	140	267	8.9s
27		10 dex, 20% chant	5	22	4	22	53	60	140	253	8.4s
28		10 dex, swift aim	5	22	3	23	53	59	112	225	7.5s
29		10 dex, 20% chant, swift aim	5	22	4	21	52	44	112	208	6.9s	Swift aim's +50% reload speed overrides the bonus from chant
30		10 dex, 20% chant, speed, gunner	5	22	4	21	52	44	117	213	7.1s
31		10 dex, 20% chant, speed, gunner, swift aim, deleterious potion	5	22	4	22	53	0	94	147	4.9s
32		20 dex, no buffs	5	17	4	17	43	58	130	230	7.7s	It seems that delay frame time is not decreased by dexterity
33		20 dex, no buffs	5	17	4	17	43	58	129	229	7.7s	It could be a hardcoded duration, used either to evaluate character
34		20 dex, 20% chant	5	17	4	17	43	46	107	198	6.6s	attack speed; or potential divisions by zero, if dex value suffers an overflow
35		20 dex, shift aim, gunner	5	17	4	17	43	47	74	164	5.5s
36		20 dex, swift aim, gunner, (+15% gloves)	5	17	4	17	43	36	74	153	5.1s
37		20 dex, swift aim, gunner, speed enchant	5	17	4	17	43	32	74	149	5.0s
38		20 dex, swift aim, gunner, (+15% gloves), speed enchant	5	17	4	17	43	20	74	136	4.5s
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41	Pistol	10 dex, no buffs	4	24	3	21	52	75	150	278	9.3s
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43	Blunderbuss	10 dex, no buffs	4	24	3	21	52	75	150	278	9.3s	Reload speed is way faster than reported in old docs (192)
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45	Crossbow	10 dex, no buffs	5	23	4	21	52	76	100	228	7.6s
46	Crossbow	10 dex, no buffs	5	22	4	21	53	75	100	228	7.6s
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48	War Bow	10 dex, no buffs	4	32	3	13	52	72	0	124	4.1s	Speed is 52/72, not 40/80 (like it's written in old docs)
49		10 dex, no buffs	4	33	4	12	53	72	0	125	4.1s
50		10 dex, no buffs	4	30	5	12	51	75	0	126	4.1s
51		10 dex, 20% chant	4	32	4	13	53	58	0	111	3.7s
52		10 dex, 20% chant	4	33	4	12	53	58	0	111	3.7s
53		10 dex, speed enchant	4	32	4	12	52	58	0	110	3.7s
54		10 dex, speed, 20% chant	4	33	3	13	53	44	0	97	3.2s
55		10 dex, speed, 20% chant, swift aim	4	32	4	12	52	28	0	80	2.7s
56		10 dex, speed, 20% chant, swift aim, deleterious potion	4	32	3	13	52	0	0	52	1.7s
57		10 dex, speed, 20% chant, swift aim, deleterious potion	4	32	3	13	52	0	0	52	1.7s
58		10 dex, speed, 20% chant, swift aim, deleterious potion, gloves (+15% atsp)	4	32	3	13	52	0	0	52	1.7s
59		20 dex, no buffs	4	25	3	10	42	56	0	98	3.3s
60		20 dex, max speed					42	0	0	42	1.4s
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62	Hunting Bow	10 dex, no buffs	4	20	3	11	38	48	0	86	2.9s	Speed is 38/48, not 30/60 (like it's written in old docs)
63	Hunting Bow	10 dex, no buffs	4	20	3	11	38	48	0	86	2.9s
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66	Tested on 29-30 january 2016. PoE 2.0 (last updated on 2 february 2016)
67	Metodology of testing:
68	Stacking of bonuses can be done in various ways: (where b is a value between (0%..100%) / 100) (e.g. b for "Gunner" is 0.2)
69	a). Set video capture setting to 30fps in fraps
70	b). Set frame limit in-game to 30fps. Check that fraps benchmark indeed displays 30 fps now
71	c). Set stealth to 10, and scout your testing character to the enemy. Also let some tank take the bitting (to avoid interuptions)
72	d). When close, pause, right click the enemy (to rotate the character), cancel all commands. right-click again. Start capturing and unpause.
73	e). Capture at least 3 hits. Check captured video. Count frames (for example MPC player). Re-check frames with go-to frame. Re-check that total action time is also equal with number of frames between two registered hits.
74	f). Repeat
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77	General Notes:
78	Stacking of bonuses can be done in various ways: (where b is a value between (0%..100%) / 100) (e.g. b for "Gunner" is 0.2)
79	a). Multiplicative (with diminishing returns): value = base / (1 + b1) / (1 + b2) / .. / (1 + bn)
80	b). Multiplicative (with increasing returns): value = base * (1 - b1) * (1 - b2) * .. * (1 - bn)
81	c). Additive (with diminishing returns): value = base / (1 + b1 + b2 + .. + bn)
82	d). Additive (with increasing returns): value = base * (1 - b1 - b2 - .. - bn)
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85	PoE Mech Conclusions:											The important stuff
86	1). Recovery bonuses stack in (1 - 1(1 - b1)(1 - b2)..(1- bn) + (1 + r1 + r2)) manner. For complete info check: https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/86684-mechanics-the-big-attack-speed-conundrum/
87	2). Reload bonuses stack in multiplicative (with diminishing returns) manner
88	3). Buffs and passive that mention that they increase "Attack Speed" only decrease "Recovery" duration
89	4). Recovery over 100% does not speed-up attack time, as mentioned by Josh Sawyer here: http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/66155-attack-speed/#entry1445666
90	5). Attack animation can be decreased only by "dexterity" bonus.
91	6). Dexterity bonus, decreases time of all action phases (attack, recovery and reload) in multiplicative (with diminishing returns) manner
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94	PoE Weapon Conclusions:
95	1). Bows speed can be reduced the most (4.1/1.7 = x2.4, compared to ~x2 of arbalests). Also it gives you a free talent, since "Gunner" is not required.
96	2). If you have maxed might and have high damage-coeficient (sneak attack, soul-whip, dmg-buffs, etc), and reduce recovery to zero, war bow might outperform reloading-weapons even on enemies with highest DR.
97	3). Hunter and Paladin seem to be best (and only?) candidates for arquebus/arbalest/pistol weapons. The first one due to Swift Aim. The second one due to Flames of Devotion (and yes, FoD works with ranged weapons)
98	4). Slow arbalests and arequebuses are perfect for semi-dps characters that wear heavy armor, since relative increase in total action time is not that big.
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