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 [[Shield]]s encumber their wielder, slowing down weapon speed (after brands are applied).
-For EV penalty = <code>0.4 * encumbrance^2 / (5 + [[str]]) * (27 - [[Shields (skill)|sh_skill]]) / 27</code>, shields slow down attacks by <code>1d(EV Penalty) / 10</code> decaAut.<ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|player.cc|6163}}</ref><ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|player-act.cc|361}}</ref> If EV Penalty is not an integer, it is rounded in a weighted fashion before the dice function is rolled.
+For EV penalty = <code>0.4 * encumbrance^2 / (5 + [[str]]) * (27 - [[Shields (skill)|sh_skill]]) / 27</code>, shields slow down attacks by <code>EV Penalty / 10</code> decaAut.<ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|player.cc|6163}}</ref><ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|player-act.cc|361}}</ref> If EV Penalty is not an integer, it is rounded in a weighted fashion before the dice function is rolled.
 The values for shield encumbrance can be found on the [[Shields]] page. The shield penalty can be reduced to zero with a maxed out shield skill of 27.
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 ==Detailed Calculations==
-The formulas above give you a very close approximation to the average attack delay. However, each individual attack can be subject to multiple sources of randomness:
+The formulas above give you a very close approximation to the average attack delay. However, due to rounding, each individual attack can be subject to multiple sources of randomness:
 *If your weapon delay (post-skill, post-brand) is in fractional [[aut]], then it is rounded in a weighted fashion. For example, if you "average" attack is at 5.1 aut (0.51 decaAut), then you have a 10% chance to attack at 6 aut, and 90% chance to attack at 5 aut.

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 A few spells attack with your weapon:
-*[[Manifold Assault]] uses your attack delay exactly (following the above formulae).
+*[[Manifold Assault]] uses your weapon attack delay exactly (following the above formulae).
-*[[Vhi's Electric Charge]] uses the larger of your attack delay and your [[movement speed|movement delay]].
+*[[Vhi's Electric Charge]] uses the larger of your weapon attack delay and your [[movement speed|movement delay]].
 Also, [[Sandblast]] is cast at 1.5 delay, instead of 1.0.

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 *If your weapon delay (post-skill, post-brand) is in fractional [[aut]], then it is rounded in a weighted fashion. For example, if you "average" attack is at 5.1 aut (0.51 decaAut), then you have a 10% chance to attack at 6 aut, and 90% chance to attack at 5 aut.
-*If you wear a [[shield]], the shield's penalty is also rounded in a weighted fashion. The EV penalty (<code>2/5 * encumbrance^2 / (5 + [[str]]) * (27 - [[Shields (skill)|sh_skill]]) / 27</code>) is calculated, then roudnd.
+*If you wear a [[shield]], the shield's penalty is also rounded in a weighted fashion. The EV penalty (<code>2/5 * encumbrance^2 / (5 + [[str]]) * (27 - [[Shields (skill)|sh_skill]]) / 27</code>) is calculated, then rounded.
 *If you are using a [[ranged weapon]], then the penalty from [[body armour]] is also rounded in a weighted fashion, then added to delay.

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 The [[Wu Jian Council]] allows the player to make attacks based on movement.
-Under normal circumstances, movement takes the usual amount of time, and make attacks based on that time. For example, lets say you move at 1.0 decaAut. If you have a weapon delay of 0.7, you'll always perform 1 attack on a move (taking 0.7 / 1.0 of the time), and have a 3/7 (0.3 / 0.7) chance for a 2nd attack. As an extreme example, a [[Naga]] (1.4 move delay) with a [[quick blade]] (0.3 attack delay) would attack 4 times per move, with a 50% chance of a 5th attack.
+Under normal circumstances, movement takes the usual amount of time, and make attacks based on that time. For example, lets say you move at 1.0 decaAut. If you have a weapon delay of 0.7, you'll always perform 1 attack on a move (taking 0.7 / 1.0 of the time), and have a 3/7 (0.3 / 0.7) chance for a 2nd attack. As an extreme example, a [[Naga]] (1.4 move delay) with a [[rapier]] (0.5 attack delay) would attack 2 times per move, with an 80% chance of a 3rd attack.
-Serpent's Lash treats your movement delay as 1.0 decaAut, regardless of your actual movement delay. Wall Jump counts as 2 actions, so doubles your movement delay.
+While under Serpent's Lash, your movement delay is always treated as 1.0 decaAut, regardless of your actual movement delay. Wall Jump counts as 2 actions, so it doubles your movement delay.
 ===Rampaging===

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 ===Example===
-Take a human wielding a short sword and buckler. The human has a [[short blade|short blade skill]] of 7.5, shield skill of 5.4, and strength of 15. The [[buckler]]'s encumbrance is 5.
+Take a human wielding a short sword and buckler. The human has a [[Short Blades]] skill of 7.5, [[Shields (skill)|Shields]] skill of 5.4, and [[strength]] of 15. The [[buckler]]'s encumbrance is 5.
 *The short sword has a base delay of 11 aut, which is reduced to 7.25 aut from skill. -> (75% for 7 aut, 25% for 8 aut)

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 ''See [[Weapon Speed]] for tables summarising this information.''
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 A weapon's mindelay is usually the ''smaller'' of <code>base delay / 2</code> or 0.7 decaAut. For example, a [[dagger]] has a base delay of 1.0, so it has a mindelay of 0.5. A [[large rock]] has a base delay of 2.0, but its mindelay is still 0.7 decaAut. There are a few exceptions to this rule, such as [[rapier]]s and [[triple crossbow]]s.
-Unarmed Combat works differently. For every 5.4 [[Unarmed Combat]] skill, attack delay is reduced by 0.1 decaAut.<ref>{{source ref|0.28.0|player-act.cc|272}}</ref> It otherwise works similarly to weapons.
+Unarmed Combat works differently. For every 5.4 [[Unarmed Combat]] skill, attack delay is reduced by 0.1 decaAut.<ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|player-act.cc|333}}</ref> It otherwise works similarly to weapons.
 ===Brands===
 Weapon [[brand]]s can modify speed, applied after accounting for skills.
-* The [[speed brand]] reduces your weapon delay by x66%.
+*The [[speed brand]] reduces your weapon delay by x66%.
-* The [[heavy]] brand increases your weapon's delay by +50%.
+*The [[heavy]] brand increases your weapon's delay by +50%.
 ===Body Armour===
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 [[Shield]]s encumber their wielder, slowing down weapon speed (after brands are applied).
-For EV penalty = <code>0.4 * encumbrance^2 / (5 + [[str]]) * (27 - [[Shields (skill)|sh_skill]]) / 27</code>, shields slow down attacks by <code>1d(EV Penalty) / 10</code> decaAut.<ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|player.cc|5739}}</ref><ref>{{source ref|0.30.0|player-act.cc|306}}</ref> If EV Penalty is not an integer, it is rounded in a weighted fashion before the dice function is rolled.
+For EV penalty = <code>0.4 * encumbrance^2 / (5 + [[str]]) * (27 - [[Shields (skill)|sh_skill]]) / 27</code>, shields slow down attacks by <code>1d(EV Penalty) / 10</code> decaAut.<ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|player.cc|6163}}</ref><ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|player-act.cc|361}}</ref> If EV Penalty is not an integer, it is rounded in a weighted fashion before the dice function is rolled.
 The values for shield encumbrance can be found on the [[Shields]] page. The shield penalty can be reduced to zero with a maxed out shield skill of 27.
 ===Statuses===
-* [[Haste]] (including from [[berserk]]) reduces all action delays by a factor of 2/3
+*[[Haste]] (including from [[berserk]]) reduces all action delays by a factor of 2/3
-* [[Okawaru]]'s Finesse ability reduces weapon delay by half. This does ''not'' stack with haste.
+*[[Okawaru]]'s Finesse ability reduces weapon delay by half. This does ''not'' stack with haste.
-* [[Statue Form]], [[Petrify]]ing, and [[Slow]]ness increase all delays by a factor of 3/2. These conditions do stack with haste and with each other.
+*[[Statue Form]], [[Petrify]]ing, and [[Slow]]ness increase all delays by a factor of 3/2. These conditions do stack with haste and with each other.
 Finally, there is a hard limit of 0.1 decaAut, which no action can go under.
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 A few spells attack with your weapon:
-* [[Manifold Assault]] uses your attack delay exactly (following the above formulae).
+*[[Manifold Assault]] uses your attack delay exactly (following the above formulae).
-* [[Vhi's Electric Charge]] uses the larger of your attack delay and your [[movement speed|movement delay]].
+*[[Vhi's Electric Charge]] uses the larger of your attack delay and your [[movement speed|movement delay]].
 Also, [[Sandblast]] is cast at 1.5 delay, instead of 1.0.
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 The formulas above give you a very close approximation to the average attack delay. However, each individual attack can be subject to multiple sources of randomness:
-* If your weapon delay (post-skill, post-brand) is in fractional [[aut]], then it is rounded in a weighted fashion. For example, if you "average" attack is at 5.1 aut (0.51 decaAut), then you have a 10% chance to attack at 6 aut, and 90% chance to attack at 5 aut.
+*If your weapon delay (post-skill, post-brand) is in fractional [[aut]], then it is rounded in a weighted fashion. For example, if you "average" attack is at 5.1 aut (0.51 decaAut), then you have a 10% chance to attack at 6 aut, and 90% chance to attack at 5 aut.
-* If you wear a [[shield]], the shield's penalty is also rounded in a weighted fashion. The EV penalty (<code>2/5 * encumbrance^2 / (5 + [[str]]) * (27 - [[Shields (skill)|sh_skill]]) / 27</code>) is calculated, then roudnd.
+*If you wear a [[shield]], the shield's penalty is also rounded in a weighted fashion. The EV penalty (<code>2/5 * encumbrance^2 / (5 + [[str]]) * (27 - [[Shields (skill)|sh_skill]]) / 27</code>) is calculated, then roudnd.
-* If you are using a [[ranged weapon]], then the penalty from [[body armour]] is also rounded in a weighted fashion, then added to delay.
+*If you are using a [[ranged weapon]], then the penalty from [[body armour]] is also rounded in a weighted fashion, then added to delay.
 This can result in a wider range of attack delays than the averaging of fractional delays would imply.
 ===Example===
-Take a human wielding a short sword and buckler. The human has a [[short blade|short blade skill]] of 7.5, shield skill of 4, and strength of 15. The [[buckler]]'s encumbrance is 5.
+Take a human wielding a short sword and buckler. The human has a [[short blade|short blade skill]] of 7.5, shield skill of 5.4, and strength of 15. The [[buckler]]'s encumbrance is 5.
-* The short sword has a base delay of 11 aut, which is reduced to 7.25 aut from skill. -> (75% for 7 aut, 25% for 8 aut)
+*The short sword has a base delay of 11 aut, which is reduced to 7.25 aut from skill. -> (75% for 7 aut, 25% for 8 aut)
-* The shield gives a penalty of 1d(0.40) -> (40% chance of +1, 60% for +0).
+*The shield gives a penalty of 1d(0.40) -> (40% chance of +1, 60% for +0).
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 ''See [[Weapon Speed]] for tables summarising this information.''
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 * [[Statue Form]], [[Petrify]]ing, and [[Slow]]ness increase all delays by a factor of 3/2. These conditions do stack with haste and with each other.
-Finally, there is a hard limit of 0.2 decaAut, which no action can go under.
+Finally, there is a hard limit of 0.1 decaAut, which no action can go under.
 ==Spells==
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 ==History==
-*In [[0.31]], the hard minimum delay of 0.2 decaAut will be removed.
+*Prior to [[0.31]], there was a hard minimum attack delay of 0.2 decaAut.
 *Prior to [[0.29]], body armour did not penalize [[Ranged Weapons]].
 *Prior to [[0.28]], the [[shield]] penalty formula was different. Certain skill thresholds (4 skill for buckler, 15 for kite shield, 25 for tower shield) negated it.
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 *In [[0.31]], the hard minimum delay of 0.2 decaAut will be removed.
 *Prior to [[0.29]], body armour did not penalize [[Ranged Weapons]].
-*Prior to [[0.28]], the [[shield]] penalty was different. Certain skill thresholds (4 skill for buckler, 15 for kite shield, 25 for tower shield) negated it.
+*Prior to [[0.28]], the [[shield]] penalty formula was different. Certain skill thresholds (4 skill for buckler, 15 for kite shield, 25 for tower shield) negated it.
-*Prior to [[0.27]], the shield penalty was smaller of {1d(EV_penalty), 1d(EV_penalty)} - it was smaller on average.
+*Prior to [[0.27]], the shield attack penalty was smaller (equal to the smaller of {1d(EV_penalty), 1d(EV_penalty)}).
 *Prior to [[0.16]], the amount of skill required to negate penalties for wearing a shield was more complex.