Attack Speed

The frequency with which units attack is measured in attack speed. A unit's attack speed can be increased by items, agility, buffs from abilities, auras and passive abilities. Attack speed is capped at 400 and -80.

Base attack time
Every unit has a base attack time (BAT). It is the interval in seconds between each attack. This base value cannot change (except by certain Hero transformation abilities, such as Alchemist's Chemical Rage), but what can change is the unit's increased attack speed.

All Heroes have a BAT of 1.7 except for the following:


 * Anti-Mage: BAT 1.45
 * Windrunner: BAT 1.5
 * Huskar: BAT 1.6
 * Soul Keeper: BAT 1.5 (BAT 1.6 under Metamorphosis)
 * Alchemist (under Chemical Rage): BAT 1.45/1.3/1.15
 * Lycanthrope (under Shapeshift): BAT 1.5
 * Troll Warlord (under Berserker Rage): BAT 1.55
 * Lone Druid (under True Form): BAT 1.6

Increased attack speed
Increased attack speed (IAS) works together with base attack time to determine how often a unit can attack. IAS cannot rise above 400 or fall below -80.

Attack speed formula
To determine how often a unit attacks, the formula below is used:


 * Attacks per second = (1 + IAS)/BAT

Note: IAS in this formula is a percentage, so you must divide your actual IAS by 100 before using it in this formula.

List of Items that give Increased Attack Speed
* Item provides increased attack speed exclusively via Agility.