Purpose of Cast speed.

[BadMedium]

I've yet to play a "caster" build, but between rogue, ranger and warrior I can't see any use for cast speed, even though rogue has a +cast speed per stack skill in their kit. Does it increase the speed of the cast animation? Fan of Knives (and every other ability across those three characters) comes out almost instantaneously, so what is the purpose of cast speed?

[noah9942]

lets you spam your abilities faster.

[Zenjiku]

It's op if you have the mana regen. Every char that has a spamable skill wants cast speed and mana regen to really enjoy it.

[Gugarag]

So that means cast speed = cooldown reduction?

[Myp3uk]

Originalmente postado por Gugarag:

So that means cast speed = cooldown reduction?

No :D
I don't understand this one too. Almost noone has spell with ~0 cooldown. I remember rogue only (with 0.2). So cast speed is useless for other classes... But for rogue it also useless. Why do you need it? I don't know

[Bomjus]

in heroes of hammerwatch 1 "skill speed" was itso facto cooldown reduction.

but IIRC HoH1 didn't have cooldown reduction. it ONLY had skill speed. now that HoH2 has *both* i'm not sure what cast speed does. ask in discord?

[Traltwin]

Originalmente postado por Myp3uk:

Originalmente postado por Gugarag:

So that means cast speed = cooldown reduction?

No :D
I don't understand this one too. Almost noone has spell with ~0 cooldown. I remember rogue only (with 0.2). So cast speed is useless for other classes... But for rogue it also useless. Why do you need it? I don't know

Again .... it lets you spam your abilities FASTER.... You could use all 3 of your ACTIVE Abilities way faster with Cast Speed...

[Matty]

so confused by this too, maybe for afew of the classes that have zones they create like paladin with immolation?
but I picked up a load of relics with this on a ranger run and it somehow seemed to help or felt like it made something better.

[Zenjiku]

Cooldown reduc is meant for spells that have 5-20 sec cds. Cast speed is meant for spell skills that have little cd so it can be spammed. Trust its amazing to have.

[Matty]

ahhh, I guess that makes sense.

whats the difference between weapon speed, like the in the flow boost to rythm; skill speed, like the boost to archery; and general attack speed? are they all the same? or do they do it differently and interact multiplicatively or addatively?

[Telzen]

Originalmente postado por Traltwin:

Originalmente postado por Myp3uk:

No :D
I don't understand this one too. Almost noone has spell with ~0 cooldown. I remember rogue only (with 0.2). So cast speed is useless for other classes... But for rogue it also useless. Why do you need it? I don't know

Again .... it lets you spam your abilities FASTER.... You could use all 3 of your ACTIVE Abilities way faster with Cast Speed...

As in it speeds up the animation of the abilities and does nothing for the cooldowns?

[Lambi]

Let's say you're playing Paladin. And while spamming your auto-attack, you want to quickly bash with your shield, Q and also heal and then continue auto-attacking. Cast speed will allow you to do all that much faster than normal. It doesn't reduce cooldowns, but it allows you to rotate skills faster.

[NoDiceDustin]

Originalmente postado por Telzen:

Originalmente postado por Traltwin:

Again .... it lets you spam your abilities FASTER.... You could use all 3 of your ACTIVE Abilities way faster with Cast Speed...

As in it speeds up the animation of the abilities and does nothing for the cooldowns?

This is my assumption, given CD reduction exists, others seem to be saying that as well but not as clearly as you have.

[Eliot_Thib]

If all it does is speed up animation of instant cast skills it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ worthless. I can press 2 skills in half a second without cast speed, why would I take it?

[DW420]

Originalmente postado por Eliot_Thib:

If all it does is speed up animation of instant cast skills it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ worthless. I can press 2 skills in half a second without cast speed, why would I take it?

it's not about how fast you can press the buttons, but how soon your toon will respond to keypresses.

[Lambi]

Originalmente postado por Eliot_Thib:

If all it does is speed up animation of instant cast skills it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ worthless. I can press 2 skills in half a second without cast speed, why would I take it?

Because no matter how fast you press the buttons, the character will still be stuck in the animation for a set amount of time. Cast speed reduces that time, allowing you to spam the skill more often.