Diablo – How to know if attack speed works on Legendary items listed in AH

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Some Legendary items in Diablo 3, like for example Inna's Glory, are bugged. They declare to have Attack Speed, but in reality bonus is not working when equipped.

I just read the changelog of patch 1.03 and it seems they have fixed this bug, but only for new dropped items.

  • Legendary items with the +Attack Speed bonus will now correctly provide a bonus to attack speed – Please note that this fix will only
    affect new Legendary drops. Existing Legendary items will be addressed
    in future patch.

In the meanwhile Blizzard develop a retroactive fix for bugged items, if I want to buy any Legendary item in Auction House, how can I understand if the item listed is new (AS working as intended) or old (AS not working)?

Best Answer

Any item that has the affix "Increases attack speed" increases the attack speed of the item it's on, meaning if it's on a weapon, only that weapon will be increased even if you dual wield. This also means that any pieces of armour with "Increases attack speed" won't have any effect, as they can't attack.

Any item with the prefix "Attack speed increased" increases the attack speed of all equipped weapons, therefore, if it's on a piece of armour it will still work.

So:

  • IAS - Increases attack speed = BAD (except on weapons)
  • ASI - Attack speed increased = GOOD

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