I recently learned to my chagrin that I've spent the last year or so thinking that melee speed boosts applied to all melee weapons.
But that's definitely not true, as helpful others have pointed out to me. Specifically,
-yoyos are not affected (except for getting longer string, which is not bad for boss fights!),
-projectiles are not affected (although they shoot out at a faster velocity, better for nailing monsters better)
-flails are presumably not affected (since they're projectiles?)
-Boomerangs might not be affected (I had some bananarangs and tested them with and without feral claws next to a dummy, and saw some kind of increase. Maybe because faster projectiles return to you faster?)
So, what hardmode melee weapons are actually affected in their primary attack (so, for example, not influx waver, since projectile does most the work)? The only ones I can think of are:
-Ore swords/phasesabers
-Fetid Baghnaks (but it's capped)
-Psycho knife
-Excalibur
-Keybrand
-Breaker Blade
-Obsidian Swordfish
-Slap hand
-Cutlass
-Ore spears
But does it apply to:
-Arkhalis?
-Solar weapons?
-Starlight?
-Chainsaws?
-The pumpkins from Horseman's Blade?
Does anybody know?
But that's definitely not true, as helpful others have pointed out to me. Specifically,
-yoyos are not affected (except for getting longer string, which is not bad for boss fights!),
-projectiles are not affected (although they shoot out at a faster velocity, better for nailing monsters better)
-flails are presumably not affected (since they're projectiles?)
-Boomerangs might not be affected (I had some bananarangs and tested them with and without feral claws next to a dummy, and saw some kind of increase. Maybe because faster projectiles return to you faster?)
So, what hardmode melee weapons are actually affected in their primary attack (so, for example, not influx waver, since projectile does most the work)? The only ones I can think of are:
-Ore swords/phasesabers
-Fetid Baghnaks (but it's capped)
-Psycho knife
-Excalibur
-Keybrand
-Breaker Blade
-Obsidian Swordfish
-Slap hand
-Cutlass
-Ore spears
But does it apply to:
-Arkhalis?
-Solar weapons?
-Starlight?
-Chainsaws?
-The pumpkins from Horseman's Blade?
Does anybody know?