Higher attack damage makes you hit harder with all abilities.Faster attack speed makes you attack faster with all abilities.I believe your inclinations are correct: it would cost more Arcane Power to use a higher attack per second wand. I don't this this is explained anywhere, and I haven't heard of anyone doing enough testing to figure it out yet (I certainly haven't).

The only problem are bad rolled rare packs. Edit: Now I am soloing inferno (i have a djusted my build). (expect for a few very bad-rolled rare packs). I expect to end hell with this build without any difficulty whatsoever. I am currently running through hell solo and it's very smooth. So it's not a surprise that my build involves a 2handed mace and no signature spell. The casting speed of defensive and ability spells is always the same. So I thought that fast attacking weapons would give you an advantage for casting defensive spells, but this is not true. For example, I can cast 4 teleport with wormhole regardless of my weapon speed. Better for damaging cool-down abilities (for example, wave of force)Īnother fact that I found very surprising: The weapon speed changes only the speed of offensive abilities.Better for 'per hit' or 'per critical hit' abilities, such as AP per critĪdvantages of slow attacking weapons (2h maces 0.9, staves 1.0):.Notice that for spells that cost arcane power, the spell cost is not adjusted, so faster attacking weapons 'consume' more arcane power for the same DPS.Īdvantages of fast attacking weapons (wands 1.4, daggers 1.5): You can cast it 2.4 times times per second Magic Missile (110% weapon damage) will do 1.1-1.65 damage. You equip a variation of this wand: 3.0 Damage Per Second, 1-1.5 Damage, 2.40 Attacks per Second. Magic Missile (110% weapon damage) will do 2.2-3.3 damage. You equip an apprentice's wand: 3.0 Damage Per Second, 2–3 Damage, 1.20 Attacks per Second. Weapon damage is calculated exactly how you would expect: I can answer this with my in-game experience now.

Diablo 3 wizard skill and weapon famage