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Are Mages affected by attack speed?

Luminous0014Luminous0014
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edited May 2020 in General Chat
I am trying to start an Ice-Lightning mage. I am no sure if I should go for the wand or the staff. I saw a post on reddit from like 4 years ago about none of the mages are affected by attack speed except for battle mage. But I see that in my mage skill set, there is a skill "Magic Booster" that increased my attack speed. If mages are not affected by attack speed what is that skill for? Or are they referring to different things? I also saw a post about Luminous should get Attack Speed +1 in their potentials.

So I am confused as to how are mages affected by attack speed if they are affected.
Thanks in advance for answering!

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  • RexaarRexaar
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    edited May 2020
    All mage except battle mage ignore the attack speed shown on the weapon (unless normal attacking directly).
    Instead mages uses the spell attack speed which all start at the default value of 6(normal).
    Attack speed inner ability, DSI, green potion, and all other attack speed increase skill both increase weapon attack speed and spell attack speed.
    ProphetieAggraphineLuminous0014
  • FuhreakFuhreak
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    edited May 2020
    The main difference between wand and staff is a small amount of attack or some extra critical rate (On wand) for explorer mages.
    Supposedly Explosion on F/P used to depend on the attack speed of the weapon, though I'm not sure if this is still true.
  • rebuiltrebuilt
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    edited May 2020
    beast tamer is 100% affected by attack speed (and boosting it is pretty important for us)