Two weapons

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Attribute Unit Animation Attack Damage Death Two weapons Fires Magic Arrows Explosive Arrows Piercing Attack Attack Rating AR vs Demons AR vs Undead % Attack Rating Defense Enhanced Defense Defense per hit % Defense Defense vs Melee Defense vs Missile Target Defense Ignore Defense Block Chance to Cast On Attack On Striking When Struck Assassin can equip a second claw and Barbarian can equip a second one-handed weapon. The following skills attack with both weapons: Assassin Barbarian Attack Fists of Fire Dragon Claw Claws of Thunder Blades of Ice Whirlwind Attack Double Swing Double Throw Frenzy Whirlwind All other attacks only use the primary weapon. Primary weapon Initially, the primary weapon is whichever weapon is equipped first by the player. However, upon recovering a corpse after death, or swapping weapons in an Expansion game, the weapon in the left equipment slot (above gloves) is normally equipped first. Equipping order affects which weapon is the primary weapon, even though contents of equipment slots remain the same. Weapon in the left equipment slot is not equipped first if it cannot be equipped before the weapon in the right equipment slot (above boots). If the two weapons have a different appearance, whichever is primary can be confirmed by observing that displayed in the character's right hand. Weapon speed Weapon speed is calculated using the weapon speed of both weapons: Equipment slot Weapon speed Left (above gloves) Right (above boots) Primary Secondary [ (WS left + WS right) / 2 ] Secondary Primary [ (WS left + WS right) / 2 ] + (WS right – WS left) [1] Equipping primary weapon in the right equipment slot results in bugged calculation of weapon speed when weapons have different weapon speeds: Equipping the faster weapon first results in lower weapon speed: faster than the average (WS right < WS left in the table below). Equipping the slower weapon first results in higher weapon speed: slower than the average (WS right > WS left in the table below). The greater the difference, the greater the effect: WS left WS right 20 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -30 20 20 5 -3 -10 -18 -25 -33 -40 -55 10 25 10 2 -5 -13 -20 -27 -35 -50 5 27 12 5 -3 -10 -17 -25 -32 -47 0 30 15 7 0 -7 -15 -22 -30 -45 -5 32 17 10 3 -5 -12 -20 -27 -42 -10 35 20 13 5 -2 -10 -17 -25 -40 -15 37 23 15 8 0 -7 -15 -22 -37 -20 40 25 18 10 3 -5 -12 -20 -35 -30 45 30 23 15 8 0 -7 -15 -30 Swapping weapons Equipping order of weapons can change upon recovering a corpse after death, but death should hopefully not be frequent enough to make it inconvenient to double-check the preferred weapon remains the primary weapon (quickly remove and replace the preferred secondary weapon). However, swapping weapons in Expansion games can occur much more frequently and thus ensuring the preferred primary weapon remains so requires more care (since this can affect weapon speed and modifiers applied, particularly casting order of Chance to Cast modifiers). Left and right equipment slots (above gloves and boots respectively) normally correspond to the weapons held in the character's right and left hand respectively: the primary weapon is always displayed in the character's right hand, regardless of equipment slot. However, the Barbarian below initially has the ethereal Colossus Sword equipped first in the right equipment slot because the player did so manually, resulting in it being the primary weapon and displayed in the character's right hand. After swapping weapons back and forth, the game always tries to equip the Phase Blade in the left equipment slot first, and since its requirements are met it is now equipped first, becoming the primary weapon and being displayed in the character's right hand. Equipping order affects which weapon is the primary weapon, even though contents of equipment slots remain the same. The simplest way to ensure the primary weapon remains so after swapping weapons is to always equip it in the left inventory slot (above gloves) and ensure that its requirements are met without the secondary weapon, and without + Strength, + Dexterity or -% Requirements from socketed jewels or runes. [2] Weapon modifier When the following modifiers are on a weapon, they only apply to attacks (including Dragon Talon, Dragon Tail and Dragon Flight) made using that weapon: % Attack Rating 1 Attack Rating 1 Attack Rating Against Demons Attack Rating Against Undead 1 Chance to Cast On Attack On Striking When You Kill an Enemy Cold Damage and length Crushing Blow Damage + Damage to Demons 1 Damage to Undead 1 Deadly Strike 1 Enhanced Damage Fire Damage Freezes Target Hit Blinds Target Hit Causes Monster to Flee Ignore Target's Defense Increased Attack Speed Knockback Life Stolen Lightning Damage Magic Damage Mana Stolen Maximum Damage 1 Minimum Damage Monster Defense per hit Open Wounds Piercing Attack Poison Damage and length Prevent Monster Heal Reanimate Slain Monsters Rest in Peace Slows Target -% Target Defense 1 Including (Based on Character Level) Reference Strength, dexterity and weapon swap (Technical Discussion) JRichard, Assassin Attack Speeds