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Mercenary breakpoints

Attack speed for the Rogue and the Desert Mercenary (and the Jab's two hits) by the weapon's speed, hit recovery for the four hirelings and the Iron Wolf's cast, with your mercenary's own values: the frames now, what is spare and what the next step needs.

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Attack

every step ↓

Your IAS

15frameshits on frame 11

0.60 s each · 1.67 attacks a second · EIAS 0

Hit recovery

every step ↓

Your FHR

15frames

0.60 s each · effective 0

Weapon

Weapon speed (WSM, negative is faster) of the polearms and spears the Desert Mercenary is given

Skill attack speed

An aura's attack speed (Fanaticism, the mercenary's own or a party Paladin's): added after the diminishing returns

Increased attack speed

Desert Mercenary · WSM 00% → 15f · hits 11

15f14f13f12f11f10f9f

0%10%25%50%150%

Increased attack speed: frames at each step and the frame the cast acts on
IAS	Frames	Hits on	Seconds	Per second
you	15	11	0.60	1.67
	14	11	0.56	1.79
	14	10	0.56	1.79
	13	10	0.52	1.92
	13	9	0.52	1.92
	12	9	0.48	2.08
	11	9	0.44	2.27
	11	8	0.44	2.27
	10	8	0.40	2.50
	10	7	0.40	2.50
	9	7	0.36	2.78

Gold: the whole swing — how soon the next can start, so it alone sets how many attacks a second. Teal: the frame the hit lands on — rows in teal move only that frame, a step of its own between the frame breakpoints.

GUA1HTH: 16 frames per direction at speed 256, hitting on frame 11.derived

Jab

0% IAS

Jab is the Desert Mercenary's own attack: one 14-frame sequence from the game's monster tables that hits twice, at its 6th and 10th entries. A monster's sequence takes neither the players' “minus 30” nor the “minus one”. Same weapon speed and skill speed as the attack table.

Jab: frames at each attack speed
IAS	Both thrusts	First hit	Second hit	Jabs a second	Hits a second
you	14	6	10	1.79	3.57
	13	6	10	1.92	3.85
	13	6	9	1.92	3.85
	12	6	9	2.08	4.17
	12	5	9	2.08	4.17
	12	5	8	2.08	4.17
	11	5	8	2.27	4.55
	10	5	8	2.50	5.00
	10	5	7	2.50	5.00
	10	4	7	2.50	5.00
	9	4	7	2.78	5.56
	9	4	6	2.78	5.56
	8	4	6	3.13	6.25

legacy rule

Faster hit recovery

Desert Mercenary0% → 15f

15f14f12f10f8f7f6f5f

0%10%25%50%100%200%350%

Faster hit recovery: frames at each step
FHR	Frames	Seconds
you	15	0.60
	14	0.56
	13	0.52
	12	0.48
	11	0.44
	10	0.40
	9	0.36
	8	0.32
	7	0.28
	6	0.24
	5	0.20

GUGHHTH: 8 frames per direction at speed 256.derived

Block

No mercenary blocks — none of the five hireling rows has a blocking mode and none has a blocking animation in the game files, so faster block rate does nothing for them, shield or not. Patch 2.4 changed nothing here.

IAS

Frames

Hits on

Seconds

Per second

you

0.60

1.67

0.56

1.79

0.56

1.79

0.52

1.92

0.52

1.92

0.48

2.08

0.44

2.27

0.44

2.27

0.40

2.50

0.40

2.50

0.36

2.78

IAS

Both thrusts

First hit

Second hit

Jabs a second

Hits a second

you

1.79

3.57

1.92

3.85

1.92

3.85

2.08

4.17

2.08

4.17

2.08

4.17

2.27

4.55

2.50

5.00

2.50

5.00

2.50

5.00

2.78

5.56

2.78

5.56

3.13

6.25

FHR

Frames

Seconds

you

0.60

0.56

0.52

0.48

0.44

0.40

0.36

0.32

0.28

0.24

0.20